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EXTENSIVE  COLLECTION  OF  PERTINENT  TEXTS  OF  SCRIPTURE,  ILLtfSTUATiVJfc  "* 
THE  VARIOUS  ARTICLES  OF  REVEALED  RELIGION  : 

REDUCED   INTO  DISTINCT  SECTIONS, 

SO  AS  TO  EMBRACE  ALL  THE  BRANCHES  OF   EACH  SUBJECT,  THE  MOTIVES  TO  THE  BEJ.IE1    i 

PRACTICE   OF   THE    DOCTRINES   TAUGHT,  AND   THE   THREATENINGS,  PROMISES, 

REWARDS,  PUNISHMENTS,  EXAMPLES,  ETC.   ANNEXED. 

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ADDRESSED  TO 

THE  UNDERSTANDING,  THE  HOPES,  AND  THE  FEARS  OF  CHRISTIAN* 

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THE  WHOLE   FORMING 


A  COMPLETE  CONCORDANCE 


ALL  THE  ARTICLES  OF  FAITH  AND  PRACTICE  TAUGHT  IN  THE  HOLY 
SCRIPTURES. 


BY  HUGH  GASTON,  V.  D.  M. 


NEW  EDITION,   CORRECTED   AND   REVISED, 

BY  THE  REV.  JOHN  HALL. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

HOGAN  &  THOMPSON,  30  NORTH  FOURTH  STREET. 

STEREOTYPED    BY    L.    JOHNSON. 


1843. 


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ADVERTISEMENT. 


ALTHOUGH  the  former  Philadelphia  editions  of  GASTON'S  COLLECTIONS 
embraced  very  material  corrections  and  revisions  of  the  original  work, 
yet  experience  has  shown  that  it  was  still  in  want  of  a  searching  re- 
examination.  In  preparing  to  issue  this  new  edition,  the  publishers 
provided  for  the  most  accurate  revision ;  and  the  result  has  been  the 
correction  of  a  multitude  of  errors  in  the  references  and  citations,  that 
have  defaced  all  former  impressions,  both  British  and  American.  It  is 
believed  to  be  now  as  perfectly  correct  as  the  most  minute  care  can 
make  it ;  and  the  publishers  have  great  confidence,  that  the  present 
edition  of  this  important  work  will  be  received  as  the  only  standard  one 
that  has  ever  appeared ;  and  that  its  hitherto  acknowledged  usefulness 
will  be  greatly  enhanced  by  the  labours  of  the  present  editor. 


PREFACE 


THE  sacred  Scriptures,  after  the  strictest  researches  of  an  en- 
lightened and  inquiring  age,  are  still  allowed  by  the  wise,  judicious, 
and  thinking  part  of  mankind,  who  are  acquainted  with  them,  to  be 
the  only  books  in  the  world  which  truly  and  fully  show  the  way 
of  salvation  to  all  those  who  take  any  serious  thought  about  it. 
The  Scriptures,  from  the  solid  principles  of  truth  contained  in  them, 
have  the  strongest  tendency  to  improve  and  perfect  human  nature  in 
every  branch  of  personal  and  social  duty,  and  to  make  mankind 
wiser  and  better  in  every  station  and  relation  of  life.  This  effect 
they  have  produced,  and  will  still  produce,  wherever  they  are  duly 
attended  to.  An  attempt,  if  well  executed,  to  promote  the  knowledge 
and  practice  of  the  truths  they  contain,  must  therefore  be  of  real 
service  to  society ;  and  though  the  attempt  should  fail,  the  undertaker 
may,  nevertheless,  enjoy  the  pleasure  of  a  heart  ready  and  disposed 
to  do  good,  while  the  candid  part  of  mankind  will,  on  account  of  the 
goodness  of  the  design,  make  the  most  favourable  allowances. 

With  these  views,  the  author  of  the  following  work  offers  it  to  the 
public ;  confident  that  it  will  be  found,  upon  perusal,  as  well  as  by 
the  following  account  of  it,  to  be  entirely  new,  and  different,  at  least 
in  method,  from  any  thing  of  the  kind  hitherto  published. 

METHOD. — In  this  work,  the  several  articles  of  revealed  religion 
are  ranged  under  distinct  heads,  or  Chapters.  The  subject  of  each 
chapter  is  only  mentioned  at  the  beginning  of  it ;  and  the  Scripture 

vii 


Vlll  PREFACE. 

account  of  the  subject  is  afterwards  given  at  large,  in  a  numerous 
collection  of  express  and  pertinent  texts  of  Scripture,  with  which  the 
chapter  is  filled  up.  Care  is  taken  to  insert  every  article  of  revealed 
religion,  and  every  express  and  pertinent  text  upon  each  article,  in 
order  to  make  it  full  and  complete.  The  several  different  words 
by  which  any  article  of  religion  is  expressed  in  the  Bible,  are  ex- 
hibited under  distinct  Sections  ;  and  these  sections  are  filled  up  with 
those  texts  in  the  Bible,  where  the  word  occurs  upon  that  subject, 
and  introduced  mostly  in  the  order  in  which  they  lie  in  the  sacred 
books :  So  this  work,  in  some  measure,  answers  the  ends  both  of  a 
Common-place  Book,  and  Concordance,  upon  the  various  articles 
of  religion.  Thus,  in  chap.  i.  page  34,  the  ETERNITY  of  God  is 
expressed  by  the  different  wokls,  eternal,  everlasting,  for  ever,  the 
first  and  the  last,  which  make  so  many  distinct  sections.  In  like 
manner,  every  doctrine  or  duty  of  revealed  religion  is  laid  down  first, 
and  the  motives  to  the  belief  or  practice  of  them  are  made  so  many 
distinct  sections  in  each  chapter,  and  generally  come  under  the  heads 
of  threatening,  promises,  rewards,  punishments,  examples,  S?c. — 
In  this  respect  the  work  differs  from  any  book  of  the  kind  hitherto 
published.  So  much  is  transcribed  of  the  places  quoted,  as  expresses 
the  principal  part  of  the  text,  while  at  the  same  time  it  directs  the 
reader  to  the  places  themselves,  as  they  lie  in  the  Bible,  to  be  con- 
sulted at  large  upon  the  subject:  more  would  have  needlessly 
increased  the  size  of  the  book,  and  not  have  left  sufficient  room  for 
inserting  every  express  and  pertinent  text  upon  each  subject. 

OCCASION  AND  DESIGN  OP  THE  WORK. — It  might  easily  be  made 
appear,  that  the  reading  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  a*fter  a  method 
which  the  nature  of  their  composition  seems  to  require,  must  be  highly 
useful  and  proper,  for  our  acquiring  from  the  Scriptures  themselves 
the  true  knowledge  of  every  article  of  religion  contained  in 
them. 

Every  one  who  is  acquainted  with  the  sacred  Scriptures  knows, 
that  the  complete  account  which  they  contain  of  any  one  article 


PREFACE.  IX 

of  religion,  is  never  to  be  met  with  altogether  in  one  place,  without 
other  subjects  intermixed  with  it ;  but  is  to  be  collected  from  many 
different  places  of  the  Bible,  where  the  sacred  writers  have  touched 
upon  it. 

In  every  one  of  the  many  different  places  of  the  Bible,  where  any 
one  article  of  religion  is  touched  upon,  it  is  still  placed  in  some 
useful  light  for  instruction,  so  that  none  of  these  places  are  su- 
perfluous. All  these  places,  taken  together,  do  make  up  the  com- 
plete Scripture  account  of  the  subject ;  and  contain  all  the  light  which 
the  Spirit  of  revelation  has  afforded  upon  it,  as  needful  for  our 
instruction:  whoever,  therefore,  will  view  any  Scripture  truth  in 
all  that  light  afforded,  must  search  the  Scriptures  for  the  different 
places  in  which  it  is  contained,  or  where  the  subject  is  mentioned. 
In  these  places  it  will  be  found  sufficiently  explained,  enforced  by 
all  its  proper  motives,  applied  to  all  its  proper  uses,  and  set  in 
every  advantageous  light  needful  for  being  rightly  understood, 
and  properly  applied,  even  after  extraordinary  inspiration  hath 
ceased. 

Our  blessed  Saviour,  who  best  knew  the  most  profitable  method 
of  our  reading  the  Scriptures,  directed  [John  v.  39]  to  search 
them  for  the  knowledge  of  his  character  and  offices,  taught,  not  all 
in  one,  but  in  different  places  of  the  Scriptures ;  which  being  taken 
altogether,  fully  and  plainly  described  him  to  the  world,  and  left 
unbelievers  inexcusable.  Those  have  succeeded  best  in  ascertaining 
the  true  sense  of  many  portions  of  Scripture,  and  in  answering  objec- 
tions against  them,  and  setting  several  Scripture  doctrines  in  a  clear 
light,  who  have  first  searched  the  Scriptures  for  the  whole  and  complete 
account  of  the  subject :  hereby  they  were  enabled  to  show  that  what 
was  doubtful,  by  being  briefly  expressed  in  one  place,  was  sufficiently 
enlarged  upon  and  explained  in  others.  Besides  such  explications 
of  Scripture  truths  as  are  to  be  found  in  the  Scriptures  themselves, 
none  else  are  to  be  depended  upon:  for  the  sacred  writers,  being 
sufficiently  qualified  for  their  work,  did  not  leave  it  to  be  mended  by 
inferior  hands ;  but  left  the  Scriptures  a  finished  performance,  con 
2 


X  PREFACE. 

taining  a  system  of  religion  from  God,  which,  like  all  his  other  works, 
is  good  and  perfect  in  its  kind ;  being  full  and  complete  in  all  its 
parts,  plain  and  proper  in  its  terms  and  expressions,  and  efficacious- 
or  sufficient  to  answer  the  ends  for  which  it  was  written.  If  it  fails, 
no  other  writing  will  prove  effectual  for  reforming  the  world,  and 
making  mankind  wise  to  salvation. 

Every  hopeful  method  ought  to  be  tried  for  assisting  Christians 
to  reap  from  the  Holy  Scriptures  all  the  benefit  they  are  suited  to 
afford.  The  dividing  of  the  books  of  the  Bible  into  chapters  and 
verses,  [though  not  first  written  in  that  form,]  is  of  great  use  for 
finding  any  particular  place  the  reader  is  directed  to  consult.  A 
work,  pointing  out  to  the  reader  the  various  places  of  the  Bible  where 
may  be  found  the  complete  and  full  account  which  the  sacred  writers 
have  given  of  every  article  of  religion,  it  is  presumed,  might  be  of 
great  use  to  many  who  have  not  leisure  or  proper  helps  for  such 
a  research;  and  also  to  others,  on  many  occasions,  who  would 
hereby  be  furnished  with  all  the  express  and  pertinent  Scriptures 
before  them,  at  once,  upon  any  subject  they  had  occasion  to  treat 
of,  without  the  pains  of  collecting  them.  Such  a  work  might  likewise 
be  of  service  to  those  who  have  not  ability  to  purchase  many  books, 
and  to  others  who  have  not  leisure  to  read  many  upon  religion,  or 
any  other  subject;  as  by  it  they  would  be  assisted  to  find  in  the 
Bible  those  places,  that,  taken  together,  do  contain  the  best,  the 
fullest,  and  plainest,  though  brief  account,  that  is  to  be  expected, 
or  anywhere  to  be  found,  of  every  article  both  of  faith  and  prac- 
tice. A  work  that  would  answer  this  end,  might  be  the  means 
of  occasioning  proper  places  of  the  Bible  to  be  consulted  upon  every 
article  of  religion,  and  of  use  for  direction  in  every  circumstance  of 
life ;  and  well  calculated  for  turning  the  attention  of  readers  from 
books  wherein  error  is  often  conveyed  along  with  truth,  to  the  great 
danger  or  hurt  of  their  souls ;  and  thus  engaging  their  attention  more 
to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  which  are  the  most  useful  and  improving 
writings  for  all  Christians.  And  when  it  shall  please  God  to  turn 
the  attention  of  Christians  chiefly  to  the  Bible,  and  to  enable  them 


. 

PREFACE.  XI 

to  make  a  right  use  of  it,  it  may  be  expected  that  the  blessed  Re- 
deemer's kingdom,  of  knowledge  and  righteousness,  truth  and  holi- 
ness, peace  and  love,  shall  be  more  enlarged  and  strengthened  in  the 
earth.  It  was  thus,  at  the  first  spreading  of  the  gospel,  and  also  at 
our  happy  Reformation,  that  heathens  and  Papists  were  turned  from 
the  worship  of  creatures  to  the  worship  of  the  one  living  and  true 
God,  through  the  one  only  Mediator,  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  and  the 
security  of  the  Protestant  religion  against  Popery,  and  every  other 
error,  does,  under  God,  depend  on  the  knowledge  and  use  Pro- 
testants make  of  their  Bible. 

In  hopes  of  answering,  in  some  measure,  some  of  the  valuable 
ends  above  stated,  the  following  work  is  composed,  upon  the  fore- 
going plan  or  method  mentioned.  All  possible  care  has  been  taken 
to  render  it  satisfactory  to  the  reader,  by  making  it  more  full  and 
complete  than  any  thing  of  the  kind  hitherto  published ;  and  by 
inserting  the  true  Scripture  account  of  the  subjects  mentioned,  without 
regard  to  the  private  distinguishing  opinions  of  any  party  or  denomi- 
nation of  Christians ;  so  that  it  is  presumed  it  may  be  useful  at  least 
to  some  of  every  denomination ;  and  can  be  offensive  or  hurtful  to 
none,  who  are  not  prejudiced  against  Scripture  truth. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAP.  I. 

Of  the  Being  and  Attributes  of  God. 
Sect. 

1  That  there  is  a  God,  asserted,  and  proved 

by  his  works. 

2  The  perfection  of  God. 

3  The  unity  of  God. 

4  He  is  God  and  Lord  alone. 

5  There  is  none  else. 

6  There  is  none  besides  him. 

7  There  is  none  with  him. 

8  None  before  him. 

9  None  like  him. 

10  None  to  be  compared  unto  him. 

1 1  No  likeness  of  God  among  the  creatures. 

12  He  is  the  living  God. 

13  The  true  God. 

14  God  is  a  Spirit. 

15  invisible. 

—  unsearchable. 

—  eternal. 

—  everlasting. 

—  for  ever. 

-  the  First  and  the  Last. 

—  immortal. 

—  incorruptible. 


16  - 

17  - 

18  - 

19  - 

20  - 

21  - 

22  - 

23  - 

24  unchangeable. 

25  present  everywhere. 

26  God's  greatness. 

27  God  is  exalted. 

28  God's  excellency. 

29  God's  majesty. 

30  God  is  glorious — He  is  the  God  of  glory. 

31  He  is  glorious  in  favours  spiritual   and 

temporal. 

32  God's  knowledge  is  perfect. 
3'J  It  is  underived. 


Sect. 

34  Extendeth  to  all  things. 

35  Things  which  God  only  knoweth. 

36  Secret  things  which  God  will  discover. 

37  God's  knowledge  of  man  and  all  his  ways. 

38  God  knoweth  the  hearts  of  all  men. 

39 of  the  righteous. 

40  of  the  wicked. 

41  God  knoweth  his  people. 

42  their    religious    principles 

and  practice. 

43  God  knoweth  their  works — Their  wants, 

their    sorrows,    their    afflictions,   their 
wrongs  from  oppressors. 

44  God's  knowledge  of  the  wicked  and  their 

sins. 

45  God  knoweth  the  proud. 
46 

47  

48 


sons. 


the  impenitent, 
hypocritical  professors, 
liars  and  uncharitable  per- 

envious  persons, 
wicked  works, 
whoredom,  natural  and  spi- 


ritual. 

52  He  knoweth  murderers. 

53  Sins  of  the  wicked  against  God's  know- 

ledge. 

54  The  wisdom  of  God  in  general. 

55  God's  wisdom  in  creation. 

56  In  redemption  by  Jesus  Christ.        -. 

57  The  wisdom  of  creatures,  nothing  in  com- 

parison of  God's  wisdom. 

58  The  power  of  God. 

59  Might  ascribed  to  God. 

60  He  is  the  Almighty  God. 

61  God's  strength. 

62  God's  arm. 

63  The  hand  of  God. 

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CONTENTS. 


Beet. 

64  Finger  of  God. 

65  God  called  a  Rock. 

66  Nothing  hard  to  God. 

67  All  things  possible  to  God. 

68  He  is  able  to  do  every  thing. 

69  God's  power  in  his  wonderful  doings. 

70  The  prosperity  and  adversity  of  man  in 

God's  hand. 

71  God's  power  in  the  creation  of  heaven 

and  earth. 

72  in  the  government  of  the 

heavens  and  the  earth. 

73  Acts  of  God's  power  toward  his  church. 

74  God's  power  towards  the  righteous. 

75  in  spiritual  blessings  toward 

his  people. 

76  against  the  wicked. 

77  Sins  of  the  wicked  against  the  attribute 

of  power. — Duties  resulting  from,  or 
founded  upon  the  doctrine  of  God's 
power. 

78  God's  power  manifested  in  the  miracles 

recorded  in  the  Old  Testament,  in- 
stanced under  eleven  different  heads. 

79  The  righteousness  of  God. 

80  In  punishing  the  wicked. 

81  In  men's  reaping  as  they  sow. 

82  In  rewards  to  the  righteous. 

83  Things  of  God  declared  to  be  right. — 

His  judgments,  statutes,  precepts,  tes- 
timonies, commands,  words,  ways. 

84  The  justice  of  God. 

85  Injustice  and  iniquity  denied  of  God. 

86  God's  truth — Truth  ascribed  to  him. 

87  Things  of  God  called  truth. 

88  Lying  denied  of  God. 

89  The  faithfulness  of  God. 

90  Things    of  God    called    faithful.— His 

commands,  testimonies,  word,  counsels 
Christ. — God  is  to  be  praised  for  his 
faithfulness. 

91  God's  faithfulness  in  fulfilling  his  pro- 

mises. 

32 in  fulfilling  his  threat 

enings. 

93  God's  purity. — God  is  pure. 

94  God's  holiness. 

95  God's  holiness  otherwise  expressed. 


96  God  is  the  Holy  One  by  way  of  emi- 

nence. 

97  Things  pertaining  to  God   called  holy. 

— His  name,  throne,  heaven,  place, 
hill,  &c.  &c. 

98  The  goodness  of  God. 

99  The  Lord  doth  good. 

100  The  mercy  of  God.— He  is  merciful. 

101  Mercy  promised. 

L02  Persons  to  whom  mercy  is  promised. — 
Those  who  obey,  repent,  fear,  love,  and 
trust  in  God. 

L03  Mercy  prayed  for. 

1 04  Mercy  acknowledged  in  various  instances. 

105  Thanks  for  mercy. 

106  Mercy  in  the  pardon  of  sin. 

107  Pardon  and  forgiveness  prayed  for. 

108  Compassion  ascribed  to  God. — God  ex- 

cited to  compassion  towards  his  people. 

109  Compassion  to  whom  promised. 

110  Instances  of  God's  compassion. 

111  Compassion    ascribed    to    Christ. — In- 

stances. 

112  Pity  ascribed  to  God.— He  hath  pity  on 

his  people. 

113  God  will  not  pity  the  wicked. 

114  Long-suffering  of  God. 

115  Forbearance  ascribed  to  God. 

116  Kindness  ascribed  to  God,  and  promised 

and  exercised  toward  his  people. 

117  Kindness  prayed  for. 

118  Thanks  for  God's  kindness. 

119  Grace  of  God. — He  is  gracious. 

120  God's  throne  is  a  throne  of  grace. 

121  God's  Spirit  is  a  Spirit  of  grace. 

122  Christ  is  gracious. 

123  The  grace  of  God  in  the  economy  of 

man's  salvation.    In  election. 

124  Our  calling  is  of  grace. 

125  Justification  is  of  grace. 

126  Pardon  of  sin  is  through  grace. 

127  Adoption  through  grace. 

128  Sanctification  through  grace. 

129  The  Gospel  is  of  grace  given. 

130  Giving  alms  called  grace. 

131  Ministerial  abilities  are  of  grace. 

132  Effects  of  the  Gospel  in  a  sanctified  na 

ture  and  practice,  called  grace. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

133  Faith  through  grace. 

134  Hope  through  grace. 

135  Prayer  and  praise  through  grace. 

136  Salvation  is  of  grace. 

137  Grace  prayed  for. 

1 38  God's  favour. 

139 denied  to  the  wicked. 

140  God  giveth  the  favour  of  men. 

141  He  withholdeth  the  favour  of  men. 

142  God  is  bountiful. 

143  Men  ought  to  be  bountiful. 

144  God's  blessing. — He  blesseth  his  people. 

145  Persons  pronounced  blessed ;  their  graces 

and  duties. 

146  God's  blessing  promised  by  way  of  cove- 

nant ;  or  covenant  blessings. 

147  God's  anger. 

148 threatened  against  the  wicked. 

149  Wrath  of  God  threatened  against  sinners. 

150  God  is  wrath. — Prayers  deprecating  his 

wrath.     Promises.  • 

151  God's  indignation  against  sinners. 

152  Fury  ascribed  to  God. 

153  His  vengeance. 

154  God  abhorreth. 

155 loatheth — despiseth. 

156  hateth. 

157  The  Lord  is  a  terrible  God. 

158  The  dreadful  God. 

159  God  is  jealous  for  his  people.     Promises. 

His  jealousy  in  threats  against  sinners. 

160  Zeal  ascribed  to  God. 

CHAP.  II. 

Of  Creation. 

1  God  created  all  things. 

2  He  created  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 

3  Sun,  moon,  and  stars. 

4  The  sea. 

5  Summer  and  winter. 

6  North  and  south. 

7  Clouds,  wind. 

8  Rain. 

9  Creatures  in  the  sea. 

10  Inferior  creatures  on  the  dry  land. 

1 1  Grass,  herbs  and  trees. 

12  Man  created.     His  body. 


Sect. 

13  His  soul. 

14  Man's  spiritual  state  after  his  creation. 

15  Man's  first  disobedience  or  fall  from  his 

happy  state. 

1 6  His  first  sin  and  its  consequences  referred  to. 

17  Angels.     Their  number. 

18  Their  names — Cherubim,  &c. 

19  Their  nature. — Superior  to  man. 

20  They  excel  in  strength. 

21  Their  employment  for  the  good  of  God's 

people. 

22  Instances  of  the  care  and  services  of  an- 

gels for  God's  people. 

23  Revelations  of  God's  will,  and  directions, 

given  by  angels. 

24  Angels  inflict  God's  judgments  on  the 

wicked. 

25  Their  attendance  on,  and  services  to  Christ 

on  earth. 

26  They  shall  attend  Christ  at  his  coming  to 

judgment. 

27  Their  employment  at  the  day  of  judgment. 

28  They  are  worshippers  of  God  the  Father. 

29  They  worship  Christ,  and  are  subject  to 

him. 

30  Devils  are  angels  that  sinned,  and  are  re- 

served unto  punishment. 

31  What  their  sin  is  supposed  to  have  been. 

32  Names  given  to  them  in  scripture. 

33  They  are  enemies  to  all  good,  and  pro- 

moters of  sin  and  misery. 

34  Satan's  enmity  to  Christ  and  his  servants. 

35  Devils  believe  that  there  is  a  God.     They 

knew  Christ. 

36  They  knew  Christ's  servants. 

37  They  know  the  sacred  scriptures. 

38  Satan  was  overcome  by  Christ. 

39  He  is  overcome  by  Christians  through  di- 

vine power  communicated. 

40  Promises  to  them  that  overcome  Satan. 

41  Duties  exhorted  to  in  opposition  to  Satan. 

CHAP.  III. 
God's  Government. 

1  God  is  King,  Ruler  and  Governor  of  the 
world ;  having  a  throne,  kingdom,  do- 
minion, government. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

2  God  is  the  Law-giver. 

3  He  is  the  Judge  of  the  earth. 

4  Counsels  of  God. — He  hath  his  counsels. 

5  Purpose  of  God. 

6  God  doth  will. 

7  Determinations  of  God. 

8  Ordinations  of  God. — Things  ordained  of 

God. 

9  Decrees  of  God.— Things  decreed. 

10  Things  appointed  of  God. 

11  Predestination.     Things  predestinated. 

12  Election  of  the  Jews. 

13  Election  of  Christians. 

14  Persons  chosen  or  elected  of  God  to  fill 

offices  in  church  and  state. 

15  Calling. — God  doth  call;  his  people  are 

called. 

16  Particular    persons    called    to    offices. — 

Priests,  &c. 

17  Justification. — God  justifieth. 

18  Men  not  justified  by  the  works  of  the  law. 

19  Men   are  justified  freely,  and    by  grace 

through  Christ. 

20  Sanctification. — God  sanctified  the  Jews. 

21  Jews  were  commanded  to  sanctify  them- 

selves. 

22  God  doth  sanctify  Christians. 

23  God  sanctifieth  Christians  by  his  word  and 

Spirit. 

24  Justification  and  sanctification  otherwise 

expressed. — God  doth  wash,  &c. 

25  God  doth  cleanse. — Duty  to  cleanse  our- 

selves.    Promises  to  the  cleansed. 

26  God  doth  purge. — Duty. 

27  God  purifieth.— Duty. 

28  God  doth  refine. 

29  The  Lord  is  a  God  unto  his  people  ;  he  is 

with  them  and  among  them. 

30  God  forsaketh  not  his  people. 

31  Prayers  that  God  would  not  forsake  his 

people. 

32  God  forsaketh  the  wicked. 

33  God  doth  not  cast    off   nor   reject   his 

people. 

34  Prayers  against  being  cast  off. 

35  God  casteth  off  and  rejecteth  the  wicked. 

36  God  a  Father. — He  is  a  Father  to  his 

people. 


Sect. 

37  How  any  of  mankind  come  into  the  rela- 

tion of  children  unto  God,  besides  that 
of  being  created  by  him. 

38  Blessings  from  God  as  a  Father  to  his 

people  as  his  children. 

39  Marks  and  characters  of  God's  children,  in 

the  exercise  of  the  graces,  and  practice 
of  the  duties  of  religion. 

40  The  wicked  styled  children  of  whatever 

principle  reigns  in  them. 

41  Under  God,  their  heavenly  Father,  Chris- 

tians are  brethren  and  sisters,  and  owe 
to  each  other  the  duties  of  that  relation. 

42  Christ  is  their  elder  brother. 

43  Salvation.— God  is  a  Saviour. — He  saveth 

his  people. 

44  Persons  to  whom  salvation  is  promised. — 

Salvation  prayed  for. 

45  Salvation  is  of  grace. 

46  The  word  of  God  a  mean  of  salvation. 

47  Ministry  a  mean  of  salvation. 

48  God  a  defence. — He  is  the  defence  of  his 

people. 

49  Redemption. — God  a  Redeemer. 

50  God  redeemeth  his  people  from  enemies 

and  other  evils. — Threats. — Redemption 
of  particular  persons  from  evils. 

51  God  a  counsellor. — He  giveth  counsel  to 

the  righteous. 

52  He  depriveth  the  wicked  of  counsel. 

53  God  a  teacher;  he  doth  teach  his  people. 

— Teaching  from  God  prayed  for. 

54  The  Holy  Ghost  teacheth. 

55  God  doth  instruct. 

56  God  doth  direct. 

57  God  doth  lead. — Promises  that  God  will 

lead  his  people. 

58  Christ  doth  lead. 

59  God  doth  guide  his  people. 

60  God  doth  strengthen. — Strength  promised. 

— Prayed  for. — Obtained. 

61  God  doth  uphold. 

62  God  giveth  safety. 

63  God  a  shield,  rock,  fortress,  refuge,  &c. 

64  God  is  a  helper  to  his  people. — Help  from 

God  promised. — Prayed  for. — Help  ac- 
knowledged. 

65  Help  from  the  creatures  vain. 


CONTENTS. 


17 


Sect. 

66  God  a  deliverer. — He  delivereth  from  sick- 

ness. 

67  God  delivereth  from  enemies,  &c.  and  op- 

pression. 

68  Christ   a  deliverer. — Deliverance  prayed 

for. 

69  Persons  that  shall  be  delivered. — The  poor 

and  needy. 

70  Prophets  and  apostles. 

71  All  God's  faithful  servants. 

72  Deliverance  from  moral  evil. 

73  God    delivereth  into  natural   evil. — The 

wicked  into  their  enemies'  hands. — 
Heathens  into  the  hands  of  the  Israel- 
ites. 

74  The  Lord  doth  keep  his  people. — He  keep- 

eth  his  servants  from  evil. 

75  God  preserveth  his  people. 

76  God  is  the  creator  of  his  people. — Threats 

against  those  who  apostatized. 

77  He  is  the  creator  of  Christians ;  they  are 

new  creatures,  God's  workmanship. 

78  Duty  of  Christians  as  new  creatures. 

79  God  is  to  his  people  their  planter,  builder, 

&c. ;  they  are  his  planting,  his  vineyard 
which  he  watereth,  &c. — God  planted 
the  Jewish  nation  in  Canaan. 

80  The   Lord   planted,  watered,  and   made 

fruitful  the  Jewish  church. 

81  Apostasy  or  unfruitfulness ;  threats  and  re- 

proofs against  it. 

82  The  fruitful,  whether  Jews  or  Gentiles,  are 

God's  planting. 

CHAP.  IV. 

Prophecies  concerning  Christ,  his  Sufferings, 
Death,  Resurrection,  SfC.  Miracles  of 
Christ. 

1  The  testimony  of  prophecy  appealed  to  as 

a  foundation  of  faith  in  Christ. 

2  The  testimony  of  prophecy  urged  by  the 


3  Prophecies  concerning  Christ,  fulfilled  in 

his  incarnation,  life,  death,  resurrection 
and  ascension. 

4  The  nation,  tribe  and  family  he  was  to  de- 

scend from. 


Sect. 

5  The  time  of  his  life  and  death  fixed  by 

other  events  foretold  in  prophecy. 

6  The  country  and  town  where  Christ  should 

be  born. 

7  Prophecies    concerning    his    forerunner, 

John  Baptist. 

8  Christ's  purging  the  temple. 

9  His  working  miracles. 

10  That  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  should  be  upon 

him. 

1 1  That  he  should  be  a  prophet. 

12  That  he  should  preach  or  teach. 

13  That  he  should  not  seek  the  applause  of 

men. 

14  That  he  should  be  a  sufferer. — Infirmities 

he  endured. 

15  That  he  should  be  despised  of  men. 

16  That  he  should  be  hated. 

17  . reproached. 

18  Reproaches  that  were  cast  upon  him. 

19  That  he  should  be  persecuted. 

20  That  the  Jews  and  Gentiles  should  join 

against  him. 

21  That  he  should  be  sold  for  money. 

22  The  use  they  apply  the  money  to  foretold. 
33  Prophecies  concerning  his  betrayer. 

24  Concerning  the  miserable  end  of  Judas. 

— How  this  is  expressed  by  Christ. 

25  That  Christ  should  be  forsaken. — How  ex- 

pressed by  him. 

26  Peter's  denying  him. 

27  That  Christ  should  be  beaten  and  spit  on. 

28  Christ's  own  testimony  of  this. 

29  What  kind  of  death  he  should  die. 

30  Christ's  silence. 

31  They  gave  sentence  against  him. 

32  They  gave  him  gall. 

33  mock  him  on  the  cross. 

34  part  his  garments. 

35  His  words  on  the  cross. — He  prays  for  his 

enemies. 

36  His  death. 

37  That  a  bone  of  him  should  not  be  broken. 

38  That  he  should  be  buried  with  the  rich. 
39 arise  from  the  dead. 

40  Christ  rests  the  credit  of  his  pretensions 

on  the  event  of  his  rising  from  the  dead. 

41  The  witnesses  of  his  resurrection. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

42  Other  evidences  of  his  resurrection ;  his 

appearances,  &c. 

43  He  was  raised  by  the  power  of  God. 

44  Prophecies  concerning  his  ascension. 

45  That  he  should  sit  at  God's  right  hand. 

46  The  Holy  Ghost  promised. 

47  Promised  by  Christ. 

48  Prophecies  of  Christ  concerning  the  per- 

secution of  Christians. 

49  Miracles  of  Christ. — The  evidence  of  mi- 

racles appealed  to  as  a  foundation  of 
faith  in  him. 

50  New  Testament  miracles  a  foundation  of 

faith  in  Christ. — Those  attending  the 
birth  of  Christ  and  that  of  John  his  fore- 
runner. 

51  Miraculous  cures  performed  by  Christ,  and 

the  effects  thereof. 

52  Devils  cast  out. 

53  Sicknesses  healed.      Blindness,  deafness, 

lameness,  &c. 

54  The  dead  raised  to  life. 

55  He  calms  the  wind  and  sea,  walks  on  the 

water,  feeds  thousands,  &c.,  &c. 

56  Miracles    accompanying    the    death    of 

Christ. 

57  Christ  empowers  his  disciples  to  work  mi- 

racles. 

58  Miracles  wrought  by  the  apostles. 


CHAP.  V. 

Christ's  Glory  and  Exaltation. 

1  Christ's  glory  before  his  incarnation. 

2  His  glory  on  earth. 

3  His  glory  after  his  resurrection. 

4  Christ's  exaltation  at  God's  right  hand. 

5  He  is  exalted  above  mankind. 

6  The  church  is  subject  to  him. 

7  He  is  exalted  above  angels. 


CHAP.  VI. 

Divine  Titles  given  to  Christ. 

1  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God.— Hence  the  title 
of  Father,  so  often  given  to  God. 


Sect. 

2  He  is  distinguished  from  the  created  sons  of 

God. 

3  Christ  is  called  the  image  of  God. 
4 God. 

5  Lord. 

6  Christ  is  one  with  the  Father. 

7  The  same  things  spoken  of  the  Father,  and 

of  Christ.      Christ's  titles   in  general, 
arranged  alphabetically. 


CHAP.  VII. 

Christ' s  Works. 

1  He  created  all  things. 

2  He  will  raise  the  dead. 

3  Will  change  the  bodies  of  men. 

4  He  will  judge  the  world. 

5  He  will  dispense  suitable  rewards  and  pu 

nishments. 

6  Rewards  from  Christ  to  the  righteous. 

7  Punishments  to  be  inflicted  on  the  wicked 

by  Christ. 


CHAP.  VIII. 

Worship  offered  to  Christ. 

1  Acts  of  worship  offered  to  Christ  jointly 

with  the  Father. 

2  Acts  of  worship  offered  to  Christ  alone. 

CHAP.  IX. 

Perfections  of  Christ. 

1  Christ's  knowledge. 

2  wisdom. 

3  Power  and  dominion. 

4  Acts  of  Christ's  power  towards  his  peo- 

ple. 

5  Acts  of  power  against  his  enemies. 

6  Christ's  righteousness. 

7  He  promoted  righteousness. 

8  Christ's  holiness. 

9  justice. 

10  truth. 

11  goodness. 

12  eternity. 


CONTENTS. 


19 


CHAP.  X. 

Christ's  benefits  to  men,  or  blessings  they  re- 
ceive through  him  as  a  Saviour,  Redeemer, 
Deliverer,  <fc. 

Sect. 

1  Christ  is  the  Saviour :  salvation  is  by  him. 

2  Christ  a  Redeemer ;  redemption  through 

him. 

3  Christ  a  ransom. 

4  a  price. 

5  a  Deliverer. 

6  a  Mediator. 

7  an  Intercessor. 

8  an  Advocate. 

9  Reconciliation  by  Christ. 

10  Peace  with  God  by  him. 

11  Grace  from  Christ. 

1 2  Justification  by  Christ. 

13  Sanctification  through  Christ. 

14  Christ  is  called  life  to  his  people. 

15  Eternal  life  is  from  and  by  him. 

16 is  the  gift  of  God  through 

Christ. 

17  Benefits  from  Christ  against  sin. 

18  Christ's  love  to  his  people. 

19  His  care  of  his  people — his  presence  with 

them. 

20  Christ's  excellencies  and  benefits,  briefly 

expressed. 

21  Titles    given  to  Christ   taken  from  the 

highest  and  the  most  useful  offices  on 
earth. 

22  His  prophetic  office  carried  on  by  the  Spi- 

rit, speaking  in  the  prophets  of  old. 

23  Foretold  by  the  prophets. 

24  His  own  account  of  his  prophetic  office. 

25  Christ  is  called  the  light  of  the  world. 

26  Christ  a  Priest. 

27  His  offering  himself  a  sacrifice. 

28  Christ  was  given  arid  delivered ,  the  de- 

sign thereof. 

29  He  gave  himself,  and  for  what  end. 

30  Christ  suffered :  the  end  thereof. 

31  Christ's  death :  the  efficacy  thereof. 

32  Christ's  blood :  its  efficacy. 

33  Christ  a  propitiation, 

34  an  atonement. 

35  a  King,  having  dominion. 


Sect. 

36  Christ  a  Prince. 

37  a  Governor. 

38  He  is  styled  David. 

39  The  offspring  of  David. 

40  The  son  of  David. 


CHAP.  XI. 

Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper. 

I  Baptism  before  Christ's  death. 
2 after  his  resurrection. 

3  The  institution  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

4  It  is  to  be  received  frequently. 

5  And  with  a  suitable  preparation. 

CHAP.  XII. 

Of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

1  The  Spirit's  influences  upon  the  material 

and  animal  creation. 

2  Upon  the  minds  of  mankind. 

3  Upon  the  formation  of  Christ's  body. 

4  Upon  the  endowments  of  Christ's  mind. 

5  Upon  the  actions  of  Christ's  life. 

6  Upon  his  miracles. 

7  Upon  his  oblation. 

8  Upon  his  resurrection. 

9  The  Spirit's  influences   upon  the   apos- 

tles, is  a  witness  to  Christ. 
10  Upon  the  apostles,  furnishing  them  with 
the  knowledge  of  divine  truths,  and  ut- 
terance to  express  them. 

II  The  scriptures  written  by  the  prophets  and 

apostles  under  the  influence  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

12  Miraculous  gifts  of  the   Spirit  upon  the 

apostles  and  some  primitive  Christians. 

13  Influences  of  the  Spirit  upon  the  minds  cf 

Christians  in  general. 

14  Upon    governors,   magistrates,   and  war 

riors. 

15  The  Spirit  proceedeth  from  the  Father 

and  the  Son,  or  is  giv|n  and  sent  by 
them. 

16  Sins  against,  and  duties  toward  the  Spi- 

rit. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAP.  XIII. 

Of  the  Trinity. 

The  same  things  attributed  to  the  Father,  to 

the  Son,  and  to  the  Holy  Ghost — viz. 
Sect. 

1  Eternity. 

2  Omnipresence. 

3  Omniscience. 

4  Wisdom. 

5  Omnipotence. 

6  Goodness. 

7  Works  of  Trinity. — Creation. 

8  Sending  teachers. 

9  Teachers  receive  their  knowledge   from 

Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost 

10  Father,  Son  and  Spirit,  spake  by  those 

that  were  sent. 

1 1  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  are  in  Chris- 

tians as  in  a  temple. 

12  Sanctification  by  Father,  Son  and  Spirit. 

13  God's  people  led  by  Father,  Son  and  Holy 

Spirit. 

14  Giving  of  life. 

15  Raising  the  dead. 

16  The  Son  and  Spirit  joined  with  the  Fa- 

ther in  acts  of  worship. 

CHAP.  XIV. 

Duties  toward  God. 

1  Knowing  God  and  Christ. 

2  Denying  God. 

3  Prayers  for  them  that  know  God,  and  pro- 

mises to  them. 

4  God  will  kbe  known  by  his  people. — Is 

made  known  by  his  works. 

5  Christ  called  Light,  as  a  teacher  sent  to 

give  the  true  knowledge  of  God. 

6  Duties  of  the  enlightened,  who  know  God 

7  The  wicked  know  not  God. 

8  Faith  in  God. 

9  in  Christ. 

10  Brief  summaries  thereof.' 

1 1  Confessing  Christ :  promises. 

12  Denying  Christ :  threats. 

13  The  certainty  and  assurance  of  faith. 

14  Graces   and    duties    accompanying    tru 

faith ;  or  marks  and  evidences  of  it. 


ect. 

5  God  the  author  and  supreme  cause  of  faith. 

6  Prayers  and  thanks  to  God  for  faith,  as  hia 

gift. 

7  Christ   the   author  of  faith. — The  Holy 

Ghost  also  the  author  of  faith. 

8  Means  of  faith. — God's  word. 

9  A  Gospel  ministry. — The  Gospel   called 

faith,  and  the  law  of  faith. 
;0  Promise  of  Justification  to  believing  in 

God. 
;1  Justification    promised    to    believing    in 

Christ. 

22  Adoption,  or  being  sons  of  God,  promised 

to  faith. 

23  God's  love  promised  to  believing  in  Christ 

24  Christ  prayeth  for  believers. 

25  Pardon  of  sin  to  believers. 

26  The  Holy  Spirit  is  given  to  them. 

27  They  have  light  and  direction. 

28  grace  and  peace. 

joy  and  comfort 

30  Christ  is  precious  to  believers. 

31  They  have  access  to  God  in  prayer. 

32  Sanctification  by  faith. 

33  Salvation  by  faith  in  God. 

34  by  faith  in  Christ 

35  Things    extraordinary   promised    to    the 

faith  of  some  primitive  Christians. 

36  These  promises  fulfilled. 

37  Miracles  wrought  for  persons  of  eminent 

faith. 

38  Other  instances  of  approved  faith. 

39  Infidelity. — Want  of  faith  reproved. 

40  Exhortations  against  unbelief. 

41  Threatenings     against    unbelief    toward 

God. 

42  Against  unbelief  toward  Christ 

43  Causes  of  unbelief  assigned  in  scripture. 

44  Looking  to  God. 

45  Remembering    God. — Not    remembering 

him. 

46  Forgetting  God. 

47  Threats  against  those  that  forget  God. 

48  Warnings  against  forgetting  God. 

49  Meditation  upon  God  and  his  word. 

50  Fearing  God. — Fear  due  unto  him. 

51  The  excellency  of  fearing  God. 

52  To  fear  God  a  commanded  duty. 


CONTENTS. 


21 


Sect. 

53  God  is  to  be  feared  on  account  of  his  per- 

fections. 

54  On  account  of  his  words  and  works. 

55  Fear  of  the  Lord  promised  and  prayed  for. 

56  joined  with  obedience  toward  God. 

57  With  the  worship  of  God. 

58  It  is  a  motive  of  duty,  and  a  restraint  from 

sin. 

59  Promises  to  them  that  fear  God. 

60  Other  expressions  setting  forth  the  fear  of 

God. — Trembling. 

61  Heaven  and  earth  tremble  at  God's  great- 

ness.— Quake,  terror,  reverence,  afraid. 

62  Threatenings  against  those  that  fear  not 

God. 

63  The  wicked   fear  not  God  with  that  fear 

which  is  a  restraint  from  sin,  and  motive 
to  duty. 

64  They  have  a  tormenting  fear  of  God,  which 

is  their  punishment. 

65  God  delivers  the  wicked  up  to  their  fears 

of  enemies. 

66  Love  to 'God  commanded. 

67  Promises  to  them  that  love  God. 

68  Prayers  for  them  that  love  God. 

69  Exhortations  to  love  God. 

70  Instances  of  Persons  loving  God. 

71  How  love  to  God  is  produced  in  Chris- 

tians. 

72  Prayed  for  as  a  gift  from  God. 

73  It  is  a  fruit  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

74  Evidenced  by  keeping  his  commandments, 

and  loving  his  servants. 

75  Love  to  Christ  enforced  by  promises. 

76  Prayers  for  them  that  love  Christ. 

77  Love  to  Christ  enforced  by  threatenings. 

78  By  the  example  of  God  the  Father. 

79  By  the  example  of  the  church  of  God. 

80  By  Christ's  love  to  his  church. 

81  Obedience  to  Christ  the  evidence  of  love  to 

him. 

82  Hating  God. — Threats  against  it. 

83  Hating  Christ. 

84  Desiring  God. 

85  Thirsting,  longing  for  God,  and  the  things 

of  God.     Promises. 

86  Joy  in  God. 

87 through  Christ. 


Sect. 

88  Persons  encouraged  to  rejoice  in  God. 

The  righteous. 

89  The  meek. 

90  Those  that  seek  God. 

91 trust  in  God. 

92 hope  in  God. 

93  Those  who  have  faith,  or  believe. 

94  Joy  promised. 

95  Things  to  be  rejoiced  in  :  viz.  God  him- 

self—Christ Jesus. 

96  The  Holy  Ghost. 

97  God's  worship. 

98  The  worship  of  God  fixed  among  his  peo- 

ple, a  cause  of  rejoicing. 

99  God's  presence  with  his  people,  a  cause 

of  joy. 

100  God's  love  and  care  of  his  people,  a  cause 

of  joy. 

101  His  mercy,  a  cause  of  joy. 

102  Help  and  strength  from  God,  a  cause  of 

joy. 

103  Salvation  from  God  against  enemies,  a 

cause  of  joy. 

104  God's  vengeance  upon  his  and  his  peo- 

ple's enemies,  a  cause  of  rejoicing. 

105  Rejoicing  in  God's  word. 

106  Joy  in  God's  providential  government. 

107  Temporal  deliverances  of  God's  church,  a 

cause  of  joy. 

108  Spiritual  blessings  a  cause  of  rejoicing. 

109  God's  work  of  creation,  a  cause  of  joy. 

110  Worldly  prosperity  from   the  hand   of 

God,  a  cause  of  joy. 

111  Rejoicing  in  God  in  time  of  worldly  ad- 

versity. \ 

112  Comfort  in  God. — He  giveth  comfort  and 

consolation. 

113  Satisfaction. — God  satisfieth. 

1 14  Delight  in  God. 

115  Things  of  God  delighted  in  by  his  peo- 

ple. 

116  Delight  in  Christ. 

117  Glorying  in  God. 

118  Sinful  glorying  forbidden. 

119  Boasting  in  God. 

120  Sinful  boasting  of  the  wicked. 

121  Hope  in  God — and  in  Christ. 

122  The  hope  of  the  wicked  perisheth. 


CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

123  The  expectation  of  the  righteous  from 

God. 

124  Expectation  of  the  wicked. 

125  Waiting. — The  righteous  wait  for  God. 

126  The  wicked  wait  not  for  him. 

127  Submission   and  resignation  to   God. — 

Language  expressive  of  this  temper  o 
mind. 

128  Relying  upon  God. 

129  Trusting  in  God — and  in  Christ. 

130  Confidence  in  God. 

131  Confidence  in  God  a  security  against  the 

fear  of  evil  from  man. 

132  The  confidence  of  the  wicked. 

133  Assurance  of  the  righteous. 

134  Seeking  God  commanded. 

135  God  is  to  be  sought  with  all  the  heart 

136  Promises  to  them  that  seek  God. 

137  Prayers  for  them  that  seek  him. 

138  Examples  of  God's  people  seeking  him. 

139  The  wicked  seeking  not  God. 

140  They  seek    not  God    aright.— Threats 

against  such. 

141  Drawing  near  to  God. 

142  Coming  to  God   through   Christ. — To 

Christ. 

143  Following  God. 
144 Christ. 

145  Forsaking  God.     Threats. 

146  Departing  from  God. — Not  departing; 

instances. 

147  Backsliding  from  God. 

148  Going  astray. — The  wicked  go  aside,  go 

astray,  err,  wander,  turn   away  from 
God. 

149  Confession  of  going  astray. 

150  Threats  against  going  astray. 

151  Worship. — Due  to  God  only. 

152  How  God  is  to  be  worshipped. 

153  Worship  offered  by  the  wicked  unaccept- 

able to  God. 

1 54  Fasting. — Appointed  of  God. 

155  Fasts  extraordinary  and  miraculous. 

156  Fasting  acceptably. 

157  Fasts  of  the  wicked. 

158  General  occasions  of  Fasts. — Before  war. 

159  After  being  defeated  by  enemies. 

160  Upon  threatened  judgments,  &c. 


Sect.  9 

161  Discretionary  fasts  of  particular  persons. 

162  Prayer. — Persons  whose  prayer  shall  be 

heard. 

163  The  divine  influence,  or  the  Spirit's  assis- 

tance in  prayer. 

164  Prayer  to  be  made  in  the  name  of  Christ 

165  Prayer  to  be  made  in  faith. 

166  With  sincerity  of  heart. 

167  With  love  to  God. 

168  With  the  fear  of  God. 

169  With  obedience  to  God. 

170  With  humility,  confession,  and  turning 

from  sin. 

171  With  forgiveness  toward  men. 

172  With  alms  and  good  works. 

173  Prayer  must  be  frequent,  fervent,  and  im- 

portunate. 

174  Prayer  with  tears. 

175  Private  prayer. 

176  Public  prayer,  a  part  of  public  wor- 

ship. 

177  Directions  concerning  the  words  or  ex- 

pressions to  be  used  in  prayer. 

178  Of  the  gestures  of  the  body  in  prayer. 

179  Things  to  be  prayed  for,  &c. 

180  The  Lord's  prayer,  a  good  and  brief  mo- 

del of  these. 

181  Spiritual  blessings,  wisdom  and  grace, 

to  be  prayed  for. 

182  Such  earthly  things  as  are  agreeable  to 

God's  will,  with  submission  to  it. 

183  Daily  bread  to  be  prayed  for. 

184  Health  and  deliverance  from  sickness. 

185  The  prayer  of  the  poor  heard. 

186  Intercessory  prayer,  or  prayer  for  others. 

187  For  whom  we  ought  to  pray. 

188  For  the  church  of  God. 

189  Instances  of  such  prayers. 

190  For  enemies. 

191  Instances  of  such  prayers. 

192  Motives  to  prayer.    It  is  a  commanded 

duty. 

193  God  promiseth  that  he  will  hear  prayer. 

194  Declarations  that  he  hath  heard  prayer. 

195  Testimony  of  God's  people  that  he  hath 

heard  their  prayers. 

196  Their    expectations    that   their  prayers 

shall  be  heard. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

197  Their  entreaties  that  they  may  be  heard. 

198  Their  grief  at  not  being  answered. 

199  The  efficacy  of  prayer.  Miracles  wrought 

by  it. 

200  Armies  defeated  by  prayer,  and  God's 

people  delivered. 

201  Prayers  against  evil  from  enemies. 

202  Prayer  in  trouble ;  instances  thereof. 

203  Of  prayerless  persons,  or  of  not  pray- 

ing. 

204  The  prayers  of  hypocrites. 

205  The  prayers  of  the  wicked  not  acceptable 

to  God. 

206  Of  praising  God. — Praise   and    thanks 

due  unto  him,  and  required  from  the 
righteous. 

207  Praises  from  the  wicked  unacceptable  to 

God. 

208  The  wicked  are  unthankful. 

209  Praise  must  be  frequent. 

210  It  must  be  with  sincerity. 

211  God  prepareth  his  people  for  his  praise; 

or  divine  influences  therefor. 

212  Thanking  God  through  Christ 

213  Praise  is  a  part  of  public  worship. 

214  Of  singing  the  praises  of  God. 

215  Subjects  of  praise.    God's  goodness  and 

mercy,  &c. 

216  Praise  for  Christ. 

217  For  blessings  by  and  through  Christ. 

218  For  God's  will  revealed. 

219  For  the  obedience  and  faith  of  Christians 

as  owing  to  God. 

220  For  his  care  of  his  church. 

221  For  his  great  and  marvellous  works. 

222  For  God's  marvellous  acts  upon  the  bodies 

and  minds  of  mankind. 

223  For  daily  bread. 

224  For  deliverance  from  trouble  and  afflic 

tion. 

225  For  deliverance  from  enemies. 

226  Honouring  God. — Honour  due  to  God 

and  claimed  by  him. 

227  God  is  honoured  by  acts  of  worship. 

228  By  holiness  of  life. 

229  By  keeping  the  Sabbath. 

230  By  acts  of  charity  and  mercy  to  the 

poor. 


Sect. 

231  Honouring  Christ.     Motives. 

232  The  wicked  dishonour  God,  and  are  pu- 

nished. 

233  Glorifying  God. — Commanded. 

234  Christ  glorified  on  earth. 

235  Men  glorify  God  by  praise  and  thankful- 


236  By  faith. 

237  By  good  works. 

238  By  various  branches  of  duty. 

239  Doxologies,  or  glory  ascribed  to  God  in 

worship. 

240  God  is  glorified  in  the  restoration   and 

prevalence  of  true  religion  among  his 
people. — By  those  who  saw  the  mira- 
cles wrought  by  Christ. 

241  The  wicked  glorify  not  God,  and  are  pu- 

nished. 

242  God  is  glorified  in  the  destruction  of  the 

wicked. 

243  Sanctifying  God. 

244  Threats  against  those  who  sanctify  not 

God. 


CHAP.  XV. 

Characters  good  and  bad,  with  promises  and 
threats. 

1  Godliness  in  heart  and  life.      0 

2  Promises  to  the  godly. 

3  Means  of  godliness  given. 

4  Godliness  misrepresented. 

5  The    ungodly  described    by  theii   prac- 

tice. 

6  Threats  against  the  ungodly. 

7  Righteousness  required. 

8  Promises  to  the  righteous  of  peculiar  fa- 

vour from  God. 

9  Promises  of  blessings,  as  the  consequence 

of  righteousness,  by  the  appointment  of 
God. 

10  The  righteous  shall  be  delivered  from  ene- 

mies. 

1 1  The  death  of  the  righteous  blessed. 

12  They  are  blessed  after  death. 

13  Unrighteousness  forbidden. 

14  Threats  against  the  unrighteous. 


CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

15  Pardon  promised  to  those  that  forsake  un- 

righteousness. 

16  Zeal  a  duty. — Erroneous  zeal.  Want  of 

zeal. 

17  Uprightness. 

18  Promises  to  the  upright. 

19  Uprightness  prayed  for. 

20  Integrity. 

21  Particular  instances  of  integrity. 

22  Sincerity. 

23  Perfection,  a  commanded  duty. 

24  Directions  for  attaining  perfection. 

25  Perfections,  from  God  and  Christ. 

26  The  holy  Scriptures  a  mean  of  perfec- 

tion. 

27  The  ministry  a  mean  of  perfection. 

28  Promises  to  the  perfect. 

29  Instances  of  Persons  called  perfect. 

30  Hypocrisy  forbidden. 

3 1  Marks  of  hypocrites. 

32  Threats. 

33  Hypocrites  hurtful  to  men. 

.  34  The  heart. — The  heart  of  the  righteous  is 
toward  God.  The  whole  heart  signifies 
sincerity  in  duties. 

35  A  pure  heart. 

36  Perfect  heart. 

37  Upright  heart. 

38  Single  heart. 
?9  Clean  heart. 

40  Broken  contrite  heart: 

41  Duties  respecting  the  heart. 

42  God  taketh  notice  of  the  heart. 

43  God  influenceth  the  hearts  of  the  right- 

eous. 

44  God's  judgments   on  the   heart   of  the 

wicked. 

45  Satan  influences  the  hearts  of  the  wicked 

instances  thereof. 

46  An  evil  heart  described. 

47  The  heart  of  the  wicked  variously  cha- 

racterized;   as  wicked,  uncircumcised 
&c.  &c. 

48  Keeping  a  good  conscience. 

49  A  good  conscience  how  attained. 

50  Natural  conscience,  instances  of  the  force 

thereof. 

51  A  weak  conscience  not  to  be  wounded. 


Sect. 

2  Of  an  evil  conscience. 
53  Serving  God  commanded. 
>4  With  the  heart. 

55  With  suitable  dispositions. 

56  God's  servants.     Promises  to  them. 
7  Prayers  for  them. 

58  Not  serving  God.     Threats. 

59  Obedience  to  God  commanded. 

60  Universal  obedience  required. 

61  Obedience  required,  with  a  high  esteem  of 

God's  law. 

62  With  resolution  of  heart. 

63  Ability  for  obedience  promised. 
64 prayed  for. 

65  Ability  from  God  acknowledged. 

66  Instances  of  obedience. 

67  Promises  to  the  obedient. 

68  Threats  against  the  disobedient. 

69  Obedience  to  Christ  commanded. 

70  Promises  to  them  that  obey  Christ. 

71  Promises  to  them  that  overcome  tempta- 

tions in  obeying  Christ. 

72  Disobedience  to  Christ.     Threats. 

73  Works. — God  will  render  to  mankind  ac- 

cording to  their  works,  good  or  bad. 

74  Good  works  commanded. 

75  Ability  for  good  works  promised. 

76  Promises    to   the    performance   of   good 

works. 

77  Examples  of  good  works. 

78  Omission  of  good  works.     Threats. 

79  Doing  good. — Shunning   evil  and  doing 

good  commanded. 

80  Promises  to  them  that  do  good. 

81  Evil-doers;  their  works  to  be  avoided. 

82  Doing  evil,  the  character  of  the  wicked. 

83  Threats  against  evil-doers. 

84  Darkness,  and  the  works  thereof. 

85  Threats  against  them. 

86  The  righteous  walk  not  in  darkness. 

87  Dead  works. —  The    wicked,   and    their 

works,  called  dead;  the  righteous   are 
alive  from  the  dead. 

88  Works  of  the  devil,  children  of  the  devil. 

89  The  righteous  have  no  fellowship  with  the 

children  of  the  devil. 

90  Works  of  the  flesh.  Living  after  the  flesh. 

91  Lusts  of  the  flesh  forbidden  to  Christians 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect 

92  Lusting  after  women. 

93  Lusting  after  meats  and  drinks. 

94  The  evil  of  lusts. 

95  Corruption  prevailing. 

96  Confession  of  corruption. 

97  The  righteous  not  corrupt. 

98  Defilement  of  sin. 

99  Threats  against  it. 

100  Uncleanness  of  sin. 

101  Confession  of  uncleanness. 

102  Promises  against  uncleanness. 

103  Directions  against  it. 

104  Threats  against  it. 

105  Pollution. 

106  Filthiness. 

107  Directions. 

108  Promises. 

109  Threats. 

110  Vileness. 

111  Confession  of  vileness. 

112  Abominableness. 

113  Promises  to   the   just,  and  prayers  for 

them. 

114  Threatenings  against  the  unjust 

115  The  unjust  hurtful  in  the  earth. 

116  The  general  character  of  a  good  man's 

walk  and  life. 

117  Promises  to  the  good. 

118  Evil  men. 

119  Perverseness. 

120  Threats. 

121  Threats  against  the  froward. 

122  The  righteous  not  froward. 

123  Stubbornness,   the  stiff-necked    in    thei 

own  ways,  and  ways  of  their  own 
sight  and  eyes. 

124  The  wicked  are  revolters. 

125  Rebellion  against  God  forbidden. 

126  Enemies,  adversaries  of  the  Lord. 

127  Deliverance  from  enmity  against  God. 

1 28  God's  threatenings  against  the  wicked. 

129  Threats  against  the  wicked  of  evils, 

the  consequences  of  wickedness,  unde 
the  providential  government  of  God. 

130  God's  threatenings  against  sinners. 

131  Sinners    threatened    with  various  evil 

under  the  providence  of  God. 

132  Transgressors,  threatenings  against  them 

4 


ect. 

33  Iniquity  forbidden. 

34  God's  threatenings  against  the  workers 

thereof. 

135  Iniquity,  the  punishment  thereof  threat- 

ened under  the  providential  govern- 
ment of  God,  with  instances  thereof 
executed. 

First  Commandment. 

136  Idolatry,  or  the  worship  of  strange  gods 

forbidden. 

137  Threatenings  against  idolaters. 

138  Judgments  inflicted  upon  idolaters. 

139  God's  judgments  upon  particular  trans- 

gressors of  this  commandment. 

140  Covenants  and  intermarriages  with   the 

inhabitants  of  Canaan  forbidden  to  the 
Jews. 

141  Making    covenants    and   intermarriages 

with  transgressors  of  this  command- 
ment punished. 

142  Strange  gods  to  be  put  away. 

143  Transgressors     of    this     commandment 

among  the  people  of  Israel,  and   the 
•     enticers  thereto,  to  be  put  to  death. 

144  Threatenings  against  strange  gods. 

145  Strange  gods  are  vanity. 

146  Inquiring   concerning  future   events  of 

those  who  by  nature  are  no  gods  for- 
bidden. 

Second  Commandment. 

147  Images,  the  use  of  them  forbidden. 

148  God's  judgments  on  the  breakers  of  this 

commandment. 

149  Images  no  representation  of  God. 

150  Images  were  commanded  to  be  broken. 

151  Images  were  broken. 

152  Instances  of  images  used  by  apostates  as 

outward  symbols  in  worship  offered  to 
the  true  God. 

153  Worship  to  images  refused  though  com- 

manded by  kings. 

154  Threats  against  idols  and  idolaters. 

155  Promises,    warnings,   and    exhortations 


against  idolatry 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

156  God's  judgments  upon  idolaters. 

157  Upon  magicians. 

158  Enchanters. 

159  Soothsayers. 

160  Observers  of  times. 

161  Witches. 

162  Wizards — worshipping  angels,  &c. 

163  Diviners;  instances. 

164  Diviners  are  deceivers,  and  false  prophets. 

165  Threat enings  against  them. 

166  Familiar  spirits;    threats   against  those 

that  consult  them. 


Third  Commandment. 

167  Profaning  the  name  of  God. 

168  Swearing  falsely. 

169  Swearing  by  the  creatures. 

170  Swearing  by  false  gods. 

171  Swearing  in  common  conversation. 

172  Swearing    to    commit    sin,   or    to    en- 

courage it. 
:  73  Rash  unnecessary  swearing. 

1 74  The  positive  part  of  this  commandment — 
.     God  only  is  to  be  sworn  by. 

175  The  nature  and  duty  of  an  oath. 

176  Such  oaths  to  be  carefully  kept. 

177  Things  to  be  sworn  to,  are,  truth  and 

duty. 

178  Articles  of  peace  ratified  by  oath. 

179  Breach  of  such  oaths  punished. 

180  Private  compacts  ratified  by  oath. 

181  Oaths  sworn  to  kings. 

182  The  oath  of  a  single  person  decides  con- 

troversy in  certain  cases. 

183  The  duty  and  lawfulness  of  swearing. — 

Examples,  viz. 

184  God  swears  to  Abraham. 

185  To  give  the  land  of  Canaan. 

186  To  fulfil  his  covenant. — To  continue  the 

seed  of  David. 

187  To  the  perpetuity  of  Christ's  priesthood. 

188  To  fulfil  his  threatenings    against  the 

unbelieving  and  disobedient. 

189  Jesus  Christ  answers  upon  oath. 

190  The  angel  swears. 

191  Asseveration  of  sincerity,  equal  to  an 

oath  among  Christians. 


Sect. 

192  Ancient  forms  of  swearing. 

193  Blasphemy  forbidden. 

194  Occasions  of  it  to  be  avoided. 

195  From  whence  it  proceeds. 

196  Instances  of  blasphemers  and  their  pu- 

nishment 

197  Blasphemy  against   the    Holy    Ghost: 

its  punishment 

198  Persons  unjustly  accused  of  blasphemy. 

199  Of  vows:    they  are    religiously  to  be 

fulfilled. 

200  Vows  to  do  duty. 

201  Sinful  vows. 

Fourth  Commandment. 

202  Of  the  Sabbath 

203  The  Sabbath  a  day  of  rest  from  servile 

work. 

204  Duties  of  the  Sabbath ;  worshipping  God, 

reading,  hearing  his  word,  &c. 

205  Works  of  charity  and  mercy  to  be  done 

on  the  Sabbath. 

206  Promises  to  them  that  keep  the  Sabbath. 

207  The  care  of  God's  people  to  sanctify  the 

Sabbath,  and  to  prevent  the  profaning 
of  it  by  others. 

208  Threatenings  against  Sabbath-breakers. 

209  Sabbath  privileges  withdrawn. 

210  The  change   of  the  Sabbath  from  the 

seventh  to  the  first  day  of  the  week. 


CHAP.  XVI. 
Duties  towards  Mankind. 

1  Love. 

2  How  love  towards  mankind  is  produced. 

3  Prayers  and  thanks  to  God  for  Christian 

love,  as  being  his  gift 

4  The  influence  and  effects  of  love  upon 

Christians,  &c. 

5  Charity,  with  other  graces,  enjoined. 

6  Approved  examples  of  charity. 

7  Hatred  ;  threatenings  against  it 

8  Duty  of  the  righteous  towards  those  that 

hate  them. 


CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

10  Promises  to  those  that  are  unjustly  hated, 

and  threatenings  against  their  haters. 

1 1  Envy  forbidden  to  the  righteous. 

12  The  wicked,  their  envy  hurtful  to  them- 

selves. 

13  Envy  a  mark  of  an  unconverted  state. 

14  Malice  forbidden  to  the  righteous. 

15  Malice  in  the  wicked. 

16  Anger  forbidden. 

17  Instances  of  the  anger  of  the  righteous 

against  sin. 

18  Sinful  anger,  instances  thereof. 

19  Wrath. 

20  Contention  forbidden. 

21  Promises  against  contention. 

22  The  righteous  contend  only  against  sin. 

23  Peace  commanded,  with  promises  to  it. 

24  Motives  to  peace  among  Christians. 

25  Peace  prayed  for. 

26  Peace  the    gift  of  God ;    promises   and 

instances  thereof. 

27  Peace  with  God  the  reward  of  the  right- 

eous. 

28  Peace  promised  to  the  church  of  God. 

29  Unity. 

30  Honouring  one  another. 

31  Despising  others. 

32  Strife  forbidden  to  the  godly. 

33  Fightings,  quarrels. 

34  Divisions  forbidden. 

35  Offences  forbidden. 

36  Threats  against  offenders. 

37  Doing  good  to  others. 

38  Doing  evil. 

39  Doing  wrong. 

40  Doing    mischief,    the    character    of  the 

wicked. 

41  Of  being  harmless. 

42  Blameless. 

43  Promises  to  the  merciful. 

44  Unmerciful.     Threats. 

45  Compassion  and  pity. 

46  Cruelty  of  the  wicked. 

47  Forgiveness. 

48  Revenge. 

49  Duty  of  giving  and  receiving  good  counsel. 

50  Rejecting  evil  counsel ;  the  duty  and  safety 

thereof. 


Sect. 

51  Mutual  obligation  to  giving  and  receiving 

instruction. 

52  Of  refusing  instruction. 

53  To  edify  one  another. 

54  To  exhort  one  another. 

55  To  warn  one  another. 

56  To  admonish  one  another. 

57  To  rebuke  one  another,  and  to  hearken 

to  rebuke. 

58  Of  not  giving  and  receiving  rebuke. 

59  To  reprove  one  another. 

60  Of  not  hearkening  to  reproof. 

61  Gentleness. 

62  To  show  kindness,  commanded. 

63  To  give  comfort. 

64  Friendship,  and  faithfulness  therein. 

65  Unfaithfulness     in     friendship. — Bearing 

with  one  another's  weaknesses,  &c. 

66  Forbearing  to  judge  one  another. 

67  Setting  good  example. 

68  Of  enticing  others,  and  being  enticed  to 

sin. 

69  Of  gratitude,  or  returns  of  friendship. 

70  Ingratitude. 


CHAP.  XVII. 

Duties  toward  ourselves. 

1  Of  temperance  in  meat  and  dnnk. 
2 --Intemperance  in  meat  and  drink. 

3  Drunkenness ;  the  evils  thereof. 

4  Of  making  others  drunk. 

5  Sleep. 

6  Labour  commanded,  and  promises  to  the 

laborious,  &c. 

7  Of    the     sluggard,     the    slothful,    and 

idle. 

8  The  study  and  pursuit  of  wisdom  recom- 

mended. 

9  The  excellency  of  wisdom  above  all  other 

endowments. 

10  Wisdom  is  profitable,  pleasant,  and  ho- 

nourable. 

11  Wisdom  is  the  gift  of  God. 

12  Wisdom  prayed  for. 

13  Wisdom  and  religion  the  same. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

14  A  fool's  vain  pretences  to  wisdom. 

15  He  receiveth  no  instruction. 

16  He  discovereth  his  folly. 

17  His  conduct  towards  his  parents. 
ISA  fool  is  mischievous. 

19  He  is  wrathful. 

20  Contentious. 

21  A  fool's  words 

22  His  folly  is  his  pleasure. 

23  Treatment  for  fools. 

24  Folly  and  wickedness  the  same. 

25  Patience  toward  God. 

26  Patience  toward  men.  9 

27  Contentment. 

28  Discontent,  murmuring. 

29  Grudging. 

30  Meekness ;  the  exercise  of  it  required. 

31  How  produced. 

32  Examples  of  meekness. 

33  Promises  to  the  meek. 

34  Humility  toward  God. 

35  Toward  men. 

36  Promises  to  the  humble. 

37  Promises  to  humbled  sinners. 

38  Examples  of  humility. 

39  The  elect  are  humble. 

40  Humbled  saints ;  their  expressions. 

41  Pride  against  God. 

42  Pride  against  men. 

43  Spiritual  pride — such  seem  to  be   right- 

eous. 

44  They  are  proud  of  their  supposed  wisdom 

and  knowledge. 

45  The  proud  seek  honour  from  men. 

46  Threats  and  prayers  against  the  proud. 

47  Arrogancy. 

48  Loftiness. 

49  Haughtiness. 

50  Exalting  one's  self. 

51  Lifting  up  one's  self. 

52  Magnifying  one's  self. 

53  Glorying.  : 

54  Boasting. 

55  Scorning. 

56  Threats    against    kings  and  nations  for 

their  pride,  &c. 

57  Of  marriage. 

58  Divorce  by  the  law  of  Moses. 


Sect. 

59  Divorce  was  disapproved. 

60  is  expressly  forbidden  in  the  New 

Testament. 

61  Of  marriage  with  unbelievers. 

62  The  Jews  were  forbidden  to  marry  with 

the  heathen." 

63  Embracing  Christianity  did  not  dissolve 

marriage  contracts. 

64  Husbands'  duties. 

65  Duties  of  wives. — Women's  apparel. 

66  Duties  towards  children. — To  provide  for 

their  support. 

67  To  defend  them. 

68  To  pray  for  them. 

69  To  instruct  them. 

70  Particular  heads  of  instruction. 

71  Instances  of  parents   careful  to  instruct 

their  children. 

72  Correcting  children. 

73  Parents  careful   to  marry  their  children 

into  religious  families. 

74  Portions  given  to  children. 

75  Children  are  among  the  promised  blessings 

of  God  to  mankind. 

76  Children  promised. 

77  A  desire  of  children  natural  to  mankind. 

78  God's  care  of  mothers. 

79  God's  care  of  children. 

80  Grief   of  parents  at  parting  with  their 

children. 

81  Godly  parents  blessed  in  the  happiness 

of  their  children. 

82  The  wicked  punished  in   the  calamities 

of  their  children. 

83  Particular  calamities   threatened    against 

the  children  of  the  wicked. — Captivity. 

84  That  they  shall  be  slain  by  enemies. 

85  Suffer  by  famine. 

86  Other  evils  upon    the    children  of   the 

wicked. 

87  Erroneous    principles    in    religion    have 

destroyed    the     natural     affection     of 
parents. 

88  Calamities    upon    wicked    parents     and 

children. 

89  Want  of  children  to  the  wicked. 

90  Promises  to  the   godly  who  are  child- 

less. 


CONTENTS. 


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Fifth  Commandment. 
Sect. 

91  Duties  of  children  toward  parents. 

92  Dutiful  children  blessed. 

93  Disobedient     and    undutiful    children; 

threats  against  them. 

94  Undutiful  children  cursed. 

95  Duties  of  masters  towards  servants. 

96  Duties  of  servants. 

97  Duties  of   the  civil  magistrate,  to  ad- 

minister justice  impartially. 

98  Qualifications  of  the  magistrate. 

99  The  magistrate's  concern  with  religion. 

100  Good   magistrates,  a  blessing   promised 

to  God's  people. 

101  Magistracy  is  of  divine  appointment. 

102  Sins  of  magistrates :  perverting  of  judg- 

ment, respect  of  persons,  &c. 

103  Perverting   of  judgment  through  covet- 

ousness,  taking  gifts,  &c. 

104  Through  drunkenness. 

105  The  misery  of  being  governed  by  weak 

or  wicked  rulers. 

106  Wicked  rulers  set    over    people    as   a 

punishment  for  sin. 

107  Wicked  rulers  enemies  to  religion. 

108  God's  providence  over  kings  and  rulers. 

109  Particular  instances  of  God's  providence 

exalting  or  abasing  rulers. 

110  Duties  toward  governors.     Praying  for 

them. 

111  Honour    and  respect  to  be  shown  to 

magistrates. 

112  Obedience  to  magistrates. 

113  Rebellion    against   magistrates,   the  sin 

and  punishment  thereof. 

114  Disobedience  to  magistrates  a  duty,  when 

they    command    things    contrary    to 
God's  law. 

115  Ministers  of  Christ,  their  duties.     The 

commission  given  to  the  apostles. 

116  Power  committed  to  them. 

117  Excommunication. 

118  None  may  intrude   into  the  ministerial 

office. 

1 19  Teaching  truth  the  duty  of  ministers. 

120  The  good  effects  of  preaching. 

121  A  good  ministry  promised. 


Sect. 

122  A  faithful   ministry.     Promises  to,  and 

prayers  for  them. 

123  They  are  holy  and  unblameable  in  life 

and  conversation. 

124  Their   humility,    self-denial,    and    con- 

descension in  their  office. 

125  They  seek  not  applause  from  men;  they 

flatter  not,  &c. 

126  They  seek  not  riches;  neither  are  co- 

vetous. 

127  Their  duty  and  encouragement  to  speak 

boldly  the  truths  of  religion  without 
fear. 

128  Instances  of  becoming  boldness  in   re- 

proving sinners,   and    declaring    the 
truth. 

129  The  sufferings  of  the  apostles,  &c.  for 

religion. 

130  Their  temperance. 

131  They  pray  for  the  people. 

132  The  supports  of  Christians  in  general, 

and  of  the   Lord's  ministers  in  par- 
ticular, under  sufferings  for  religion. 

133  Wicked  ministers,  their  sin  and  punish- 

ment 

134  Their  covetousness. 

135  Their  intemperance. 

136  Their  slothfulness. 

137  Of  false  prophets  and  false  teachers. — 

They  deceive  the  people. 

138  Duties  toward  the  ministry.    To  receive 

their  instructions. 

139  To  esteem  and  love  them. 

140  To  pray  for  them. 

141  To  give  them  support. 

142  Despising  and   not  hearkening  to  their 

instructions.     Threats. 

143  Not  supporting  them. 

Sixth  Commandment. 

144  Of  murder. 

145  Cases  wherein  killing  of  a  man  was  not 

to  be  punished  with  death. 

146  Threatenings  against  murderers. 

147  Instances  of  their  punishment. 

148  Striking,   wounding,  maiming;  how  to 

be  punished. 


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CONTENTS. 


Seventh,  Commandment. 

Sect. 

149  Of  adultery  and  fornication. 

150  Threatenings ;  or  the  evil  consequences 

of  adultery  and  fornication. 

151  Examples,  exhortations,  promises,  &c., 

against  adultery  and  fornication. 

Eighth  Commandment. 

152  Precepts  concerning  property,  and  the 

use  of  riches. 
"•53  Threatenings  against  theft. 

1 54  Robbery  forbidden ;  with  threats. 

155  Fraud  and  cheating  in  commerce  for- 

bidden. 

156  Concerning  property  in  lands;  the  law 

thereof. 

157  Things  found,  lent,  or  entrusted  with  a 

neighbour ;  the  law  thereof. 

158  Oppression  forbidden,  and  duties  towards 

the  oppressed. 

159  Restitution  to  the  injured  to  be  made. 

160  Oppressors  threatened. 

161  Prayers  for  the  oppressed. 

162  Promises  to  the  oppressed. 

163  Duties  of  the  rich  toward  the  poor. — Hos- 

pitality. 

164  Lending  without  usury. 

165  Giving  alms. 

166  Alms  to  be  done  in  secret. 

167  To  be  given  to  the  poor  of  every  deno- 

mination. 

168  To  poor  Christians  especially. 

169  Promises  to  the  poor. 

170  Of  being  uncharitable  to  the  poor. 

171  The  stranger,   widow,   and    fatherless: 

duties  toward  them,  and  threatenings 
against  those  that  oppress  them. 

172  Promises  to  the  stranger,  fatherless,  and 

widow. 

Ninth  Commandment. 

173  Of  witness-bearing.    False  swearing,  &c. 

174  Lying  forbidden. 


Sect. 

175  Abhorred  by  God  and  good  men. 

176  Satan  and  his  children  are  liars. 

177  Threatenings  and  prayers  against  liars. 

178  The  words  of  the  wicked  injurious. 

179  Words  of  the  wicked  against  God. 

180  Evil  speaking. 

181  Talkativeness ;  rashness  with  the  tongue. 

182  Flattery. 

183  Talebearing. 

184  Whispering. 

185  Backbiting. 

186  Slandering,  &c. 

187  Reproach:     prayers     and      complaints 

against  it. 

188  God  will  bring  it  upon  the  wicked. 

189  Promises  against  reproach. 

190  Reviling   practised  by  the  wicked,  and 

endured  by  the  godly. 

191  Railing. 

192  Evil  communications. 

193  Unprofitable  disputes  about  religion. 

194  Cursing  forbidden,  and  avoided  by  the 

righteous. 

195  Practised  by  the  wicked. 

196  The    righteous;    their    care     of    their 

words. 

197  They  praise  God  with  their  mouths. 

198  The  words    of    the    righteous   toward 

men. 

Tenth  Commandment. 

199  Of  covetousness. 

200  Threats  against  the  covetous. — Instances 

of  their  punishment. 

201  An  insatiable  desire  of  riches.  , 

202  Threats    against   unjust    acquiring    of 

riches. 

203  Riches  are  not  a  lasting  possession. 

204  They  cannot  be  carried  hence   to  the 

other  world. 

205  Possessing  riches  but  not  using  them; 

the  vanity  thereof. 

206  Riches    are    attended     with    care    and 

trouble. 

207  They  recommend  no  man  to  the  favour 

of  God. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

208  The  advantages  which  one  man  hath 

over  another  by  means  of  riches. 

209  Trusting  in  riches  and  abusing  them,  the 

sin  of  the  wicked,  and  avoided  by  the 
godly. 

210  Riches  take  the  heart  and  thoughts  off 

from  God  and  religion. 

211  The  wicked  rich  man,  his  portion. 

212  The  use  of  riches  in  the  hand  of  a  wise 

and  good  man 

213  Godmaketh  rich. 

214  Riches  promised  to  the  righteous. 

215  Instances  of  good  men  that  were  rich. 

216  Riches  not  regarded  by  good  men. 

217  Things  necessary  to  the  support  of  life 

promised  to  the  righteous. — Food. 

218  Deliverance  from  famine. 

219  Spiritual   riches,  or  the  interests  of  the 

soul,  the  chief  object  of  a  wise  man's 
desires  and  pursuits. 

220  Raiment  promised. 

221  Supports  of  life  miraculously  supplied. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 

Of  Repentance. 

1  Repentance  the  first  doctrine  preached  at 

publishing  the  gospel. 

2  The    duty    of   repentance    enforced    by 

threatenings. 

3  Encouraged  by  promises 

4  Promises  to  those  that  return  to  God. 

5  Remarkable  instances  of  returning  sinners 

obtaining  mercy. 

6  Turning  to  God  enjoined  by  commands, 

and  enforced  by  threatenings. 

7  The  cause  and  means  of  repentance  and 

conversion. 

8  Jesus  Christ  giveth  repentance. 

9  God's  law  a  mean  of  conversion. 

10  The  ministry  a  mean  of  converting  sin- 

ners. 

1 1  Repentance  promised. 

12  Self-examination  needful  to  repentance. 

1 3  Consideration  needful  thereto. 

14  Inconsideration  of  the  wicked. 


Sect. 

15  The  case  of   those  who  withstand  the 

means  of  repentance. 

1 6  Sorrow  for  sin. 

17  Mourning  for  sin. 

18  Reproofs   and   threats  for  not  mourning 

for  sin. 

19  Heaviness  for  sin. 

20  Grief  for  sin. 

21  Not  grieving  for  sin. 

22  Weeping  for  sin. 

23  Tears  for  sin. 

24  The  heart  affected  for  sin. 

25  A  broken  and  contrite  heart. 

26  Shame  the  portion  of  sinners. 

27  Shame  enjoined  as  a  mark  of  true  peni- 

tents. 

28  Avoiding  sin  is  avoiding  shame. 

29  Reproofs  for  not  being  ashamed  of  sin. 

30  Abhorring   and   loathing   one's   self   for 

sin. 

31  &  32    Confession  and  acknowledgment 

of  sin.     Promises  to  it. 

33  Exhortations  to  confession. 

34  Instances  of  confessing  penitents  obtaining 

mercy. 

35  Confessions  made  in   Scripture  expres- 

sions. 

36  Amendment. 

37  Fruitfulness  in  religion. 


CHAP.  XIX. 

Of  Death  and  the  Resurrection. 

1  The  shortness  of  human  life. 

2  The  term  or  boundary  of  human  life. 

3  The  time  of  life  is  in  God's  hand. 

4  Death  prevailing  over  all  mankind,  of  every 

character,  rank,  and  station. 

5  Preparative  duties  for  death. 

6  No  preparative  duties  are  to  be  performed 

after  death. 

7  The  death  of  the  righteous  happy. 

8  The  death  of  the  wicked. 

9  The  dead  leave  all  their  possessions  behind 

them. 
10  Of  the  resurrection  of  the  dead. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAP.  XX. 

Of  a  Future  Judgment,  and  the  State  of  the 

Righteous  and  the  Wicked. 
Beet. 

1  Of  a  future   judgment    and  its  conse- 

quences. 

2  God  is  judge. 

3  The  persons  and    things  that  shall  be 

judged. 

4  When  the  day  of  judgment  shall  be. 

5  Uses  to  be  made  of  the  doctrine  of  future 

judgment,  for  encouraging  steadfastness 
and  perseverance,  &c. 

6  The  dissolution  of  the  heavens  and  the 

earth. 

7  Happiness  of  the  righteous   in   heaven 

inconceivably  great. 

8  Christians  are  heirs ;  they  have  an   in- 

heritance, a  kingdom,  &c. 

9  The  righteous  have  rest. 

10  They  enjoy  mansions,  a  new  heaven,  a 

heavenly  temple,  light,  &c. 

1 1  They  are  present  with  Christ. 


Sect. 

12  Are  in  a  state  of  joy. 

1 3  Are  free  from  pain  and  sorrow. 

14  Eternal  life  is  from  God. 

15  Life  promised  to  sundry  graces  and  duties. 

16  To  righteousness. 

17  To  the  spiritually  minded. 

18  To  seeking  God. 

19  To  godliness. 

20  To  the  fear  of  God. 

21  To  loving  God. 

22  To  mortification,  dying  unto  sin. 

23  To  suffering  for  Christ's  sake. 

24  To  perseverance. 

25  To  those  that  overcome. 

26  To  repentance. 

27  To  the  wise. 

28  Future  punishments. — Sinners  that  shall 

not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

29  The  greatest  suffering  in  this  life  set  forth 

in   language  expressive  of  future  pu- 
nishments. 

30  The  punishment  of  the  wicked  in  a  future 

state. 


For  INDEX  seepage  325 


A  SCRIPTURE  ACCOUNT, 


&c. 


CHAPTER  I. 


CONCERNING  THE  BEING  AND  ATTRIBUTES  OF  GOD. 


I.  HTHAT  there  ^  a  God,  asserted,  and 

-*•  proved  by  his  works.  Exod.  iii.  14. 
God  said  to  Moses,  I  AM  THAT  I  AM. 

Ps.  ix.  16.  The  Lord  is  known  by  the  judg- 
ment which  he  executeth. 

xix.  1.  The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God,  and  the  firmament  sheweth  his  handy 
work. — Ver.  2.  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech, 
and  night  unto  night  sheweth  knowledge.  Job 
xii.  7,  8,  9. 

Iviii.  11.  Verily  he  is  a  God  that  judgeth 
in  the  earth. 

c.  3.  The  Lord  he  is  God,  he  made  us. 

2  Cor.  i.  21.  He  that  hath  anointed  us  is 
God. 

Heb.  iii.  4.  He  that  built  all  things  is  God. 
Rom.  i.  20. 

II.  God  is  perfect.    Matt.  v.  48.  Your  Fa- 
ther in  heaven  is  perfect. 

1  John  i.  5.  God  is  light,  and  in  him  is  no 
darkness  at  all. 

III.  God  is  one.    Deut.  vi.  4.  Hear,  0  Is- 
rael, the  Lord  our  God  is  one  Lord. 

1  Cor.  viii.  4.  There  is  none  other  God,  but 
one.  (Mark  xii.  29.)  Ver.  6.  To  us  there  is 
but  one  God.  Gal.  iii.  20.  God  is  one. 

Eph.  iv.  6.  One  God  and  Father  of  all. 
Matt,  xx iii.  9.  John  viii.  41. 

1  Tim.  ii.  5.  There  is  one  God,  and  one 
Mediator. 

James  ii.  19.  Thou  believest  there  is  one 
God,  thou  doest  well. 

IV.  He  is  God  and  Lord  alone.     2  Kings 
xix.  15.  Thou  art  God  alone.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  10. 
Isa.  xxxvii.  16.  20. 

Neh.  ix.  6.  Thou  art  Lord  alone.  Ps. 
Ixxxiii.  18.  Whose  name  alone  is  Jehovah. 

V.  There  is  none  else.     Deut.  iv.  35.  The 
Lord  he  is  God,  there  is  none  else.     Isa.  xlv. 
5,  6.  14.  18.  22.— xlvi.  9. 

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VI.  None  besides  him.      2  Sam.  vii.  22. 
Neither  is  there  any  God  besides  thee. 

xxii.  32.  Who  is  God  save  the  Lord]  2 
Kings  v.  15. 

Isa.  xliv.  6.  -8.  Besides  me  there  is  no  God ; 
I  know  not  any.  Ch.  xlv.  5.  14.  21. 

Hos.  xiii.  4.  Thou  shalt  know  no  God  but 
me.  Exod.  xx.  3. 

VII.  None  with  him.     Deut.  xxxii.  39.  I 
am  he,  and  there  is  no  God  with  me. 

VIII.  None  before  him.    Isa.  xliii.  10.  Be- 
fore me  there  was  no  God  formed. 

IX.  None  like  him.    Exod.  viii.  10.  There 
is  none  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

xv.  11.  Who  is  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 
among  the  gods]  who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in 
holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing  wonders] 
Ps.  xxxv.  10.  Mic.  vii.  18. 

1  Kings  viii.  23.  Lord  God  of  Israel,  there 
is  no  God  like  thee,  in  heaven  above,  or  on 
earth  beneath,  who  keepest  covenant  and  mercy 
with  thy  servants  that  walk  before  thee  with 
all  their  heart.  Exod.  ix.  14.  Deut.  xxxiii. 
26.  2  Sam.  vii.  22.  1  Chron.  xvii.  20.  Ps. 
Ixxxvi.  8,  Isa.  xlvi.  9.  Jer.  x.  6,  7. 16. 

X.  None  to  be  compared  unto  him.      Ps. 
Ixxxix.  6.  Who  in  the  heaven  can  be  com- 
pared unto  the  Lord  ] 

XI.  No  likeness  of  Godamong  the  creatures. 
Isa.  xl.  18.  What  likeness  will  ye  compare  to 
him]     Ch.  xlvi.  5.     Deut.  iv.  12. 

Acts  xvii.  29.  We  ought  not  to  think  that 
the  Godhead  is  like  unto  gold,  or  silver,  or 
stone,  graven  by  art  and  man's  device. 

XII.  He  is  the  living  God.     Dan.  iv.  34. 
That  liveth  for  ever,  whose  dominion  is"  an 
everlasting  dominion,  and  his  kingdom  is  from 
generation  to  generation. 

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34 


ATTRIBUTES  OF   GOD. 


CHAP.  I. 


vi.  26.  He  is  the  living  God,  and  steadfast 
forever.  Acts  xiv.  15.  lThess.i.9.  Heb. 
ix.  14.— x.  31. 

XIII.  He  is  the  true  God.    Jer.  x.  10.  The 
Lord  is  the  true  God,  he  is  the  living  God,  and 
an  everlasting  King. — Ver.  11.  The  gods  that 
have  not  made  the  heavens  and  the  earth,  shall 
perish  from  the  earth,  anil  from -under  these 
heavens.     See  John  xvii.  3.     1  Thess.  i.  9. 
1  John  v.  20. 

XIV.  God  is  a  Spirit.    John  iv.  24.  God 
is  a  Spiri^  and  they  that  worship  him,  must 
worship  him  in  spirit  and  in  truth.     2  Cor. 
iii.  17. 

XV.  God  is  invisible.     Exod.  xxxiii.  20. 
There  shall  no  man  see  me  and  live. 

John  i.  18.  No  man  hath  seen  God  at  any 
time.  1  John  iv.  12. 

v.  37.  Ye  have  neither  heard  his  voice  at 
any  time,  nor  seen  his  shape. 

Rom.  i.  20.  The  invisible  things  of  God, 
are  his  eternal  power  and  Godhead. 

Col.  i.  15.  Christ  is  the  image  of  the  invi- 
sible God. 

Heb.  xi.  27.  Moses  endured  as  seeing  him 
who  is  invisible. 

1  Tim.  vi.  16.  God,  whom  no  man  hath 
seen,  nor  can  see.    Ch.  i.  17.    Job  ix.  11. 

Other  expressions  to  the  same  purpose.  Isa. 
xlv.  15.  Verily  thou  art  a  God  that  hidest  thy- 
self. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  12.  He  made  darkness  pavi- 
lions round  about  him,  dark  waters  and  thick 
clouds  of  the  skies.     Ps.  xviii.  11.      1  Kings 
viii.  12.     2  Chron.  vi.  1. 

Ps.  xcvii.  2.  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round 
about  him. 

Ixxvii.  19.  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy 
footsteps  are  not  known. 

Nah.  i.  3.  The  Lord  hath  his  way  in  the 
whirlwind,  and  in  the  storm,  and  the  clouds 
are  the  dust  of  his  feet. 

XVI.  God  is  unsearchable.      Job  xi.  7. 
Canst  thou  by  searching  find  out  God  1  Canst 
thou  find  out  the  Almighty  unto  perfection  T 
Ver.  8,  9.     Ps.  cxlv.  3.  His  greatness  is  un- 
searchable. 

Job  v.  9.  He  doeth  great  things,  and  un- 
searchable, marvellous  things  without  number. 
Ch.  ix.  10. 

Eccl.  iii.  11.  No  man  can  find  out  the  work 
that  God  makethfrom  the  beginning  to  the  end. 

Rom.  xi.  33.  How  unsearchable  are  his 
judgments,  and  his  ways  past  finding  out! 

Ps.  xxxvi.  6.  Thy  judgments  are  a  great 
deep. 


Job  xxvi.  14.  How  little  a  portion  is  heard 
of  him !  the  thunder  of  his  power  who  can 
understand  1 

xxxvii.  23.  Touching  the  Almighty,  we 
cannot  find  him  out. 

XVII.  God  is  eternal.    Isa.  Ivii.  15.  The 
high  and  lofty  one  that  inhabiteth  eternity. 

1  Tim.  i.  17.  To  the  King  eternal,  immor- 
tal, invisible,  the  only  wise  God,  be  honour 
and  glory  for  ever  and  ever. 

See  Deut.  xxxiii.  27.  The  eternal  God. 
Rom.  i.  20.  Eternal  Godhead.  2  Cor.  iv.  18. 
Things  not  seen  are  eternal 

XVIII.  Everlasting.   Isa.xl.28.  The  ever- 
lasting God,  the  Lord,  the  Creator  of  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary : 
there  is  no  searching  of  his  understanding. 

Ixiii.  16.  Thy  name  is  from  everlasting. 

Ps.  xc.  2.  From  everlasting  to  everlasting, 
thou  art  God. 

xciii.  2.  Thy  throne  is  established  of  old ; 
thou  art  from  everlasting.  Hab.  i.  12. 

Ps.  cxlv.  13.  Thy  kingdom  is  an  everlasting 
kingdom,  and  thy  dominion  endureth  through- 
out all  generations. 

Jer.  x.  10.  He  is  an  everlasting  King. 

Dan.  iv.  3.  His  kingdom  is  an  everlasting 
kingdom  and  his  dominion  is  from  generation 
to  generation.  Ch.  vii.  27.  Lam.  v.  1 9.  2 
Pet  i.  1 1. 

XIX.  He  is  for  ever.     Ps.  ix.  7.  The  Lord 
shall  endure  for  ever. 

xc.  4.  A  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are 
but  as  yesterday,  when  it  is  past,  and  as  a 
watch  in  the  night.  2  Pet.  iii.  8. 

cii.  12.  Thou,  0  Lord,  shall  endure  for  ever; 
and  thy  remembrance  unto  all  generations. — 
Ver.  24.  Thy  years  are  throughout  all  gene- 
rations.— Ver.  27.  Thou  art  the  same,  and  thy 
years  shall  have  no  end.  Job  x.  5.  xxxvi.  26. 

cxxxv.  13.  Thy  name,  O  Lord,  endureth 
for  ever;  and  thy  memorial  throughout  all 
generations. 

Lam.  v.  19.  Thou,  O  Lord,  remainest  for 
ever;  thy  throne  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. 

Ps.  civ.  31.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall 
endure  for  ever. 

XX.  The  First  and  the  Last.    Isa.  xliv.  6. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  King  of  Israel,  and 
his  Redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts:  I  am  the 
First,  and  I  am  the  Last;   and  besides  me 
there  is  no  God.     Ch.  xli.  4. — xlviii.  12. 

Rev.  i.  8.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  be- 
ginning and  the  ending,  saith  the  Lord,  which 
is,  and  which  was,  and  which  is  to  come,  the 
Almighty.  Ver.  4.  IV. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD'S  GREATNESS — GOD  EXALTED. 


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XXL  He  is  immortal.  1  Tim,  i.  17.  The 
King  eternal,  immortal,  invisible,  the  only 
\vise  God. 

vi.  16.  Who  only  hath  immortality,  dwell- 
ing in  the  light,  which  no  man  can  approach 
unto ;  whom  no  man  hath  seen,  nor  can  see. 

XXII.  Incorruptible.    Rom.  i.  23.  The  in- 
corruptible God. 

XXIII.  Blessed.    Ps.  cxix.  12.  Blessed  art 
thou,  O  Lord :  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

Rom.  i.  25.  The  Creator  who  is  blessed  for 
ever.  1  Tim.  i.  11.  The  blessed  God.  • 

1  Tim.  vi.  15.  The  blessed  and  only  Poten- 
tate, the  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords. 

XXIV.  Unchangeable.      Mai.  iii. '6.  I  am 
the  Lord,  I  change  not. 

James  i.  17.  With  whom  is  no  variableness, 
neither  shadow  of  turning. 

Numb,  xxiii.  19.  God  is  not  a  man  that  he 
should  lie,  neither  the  son  of  man  that  he 
should  repent. 

XXV.  Present  everywhere.      1  Kings  viii. 
27.  Behold  the  heaven,  and  heaven  of  heavens 
cannot  contain  thee. 

Ps.  cxxxix.  3.  Thou  compassest  my  path, 
and  my  lying  down. 

Ver.  7—10.  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy 
Spirit  ]  or  whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  pre- 
sence ?  If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven,  thou  art 
there ;  if  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold,  thou 
art  there.  If  I  take  the  wings  of  the  morning, 
and  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea ; 
even  there  shall  thy  hand  lead  me,  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  hold  me. 

Jer.  xxiii.  23.  Am  I  a  God  at  hand,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  not  a  God  afar  off? — Ver.  24. 
Do  not  I  fill  heaven  and  earth  1  saith  the  Lord. 

Eph.  i.  23.  He  filleth  all  in  all. 

GOD'S  GREATNESS. 

XXVI.  God's  Greatness.      Deut.  x.   17. 
The  Lord  your  God  is  God  of  gods,  and  Lord 
of  lords,  a  great  God,  a  mighty,  and  a  terrible, 
which  regardeth  not  persons,  nor  taketh  re- 
ward. 

xxxii.  3.  Ascribe  ye  greatness  to  our  God. 

2  Sam.  vii.  22.   Thou   art  great,  O  Lord 
God,  for  there  is  none  like  thee. 

1  Kings  viii.  42.  They  shall  hear  of  thy 
great  name,  and  of  thy  strong  hand.  2  Chron. 
vi.  32. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  25.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and 
greatly  to  be  praised ;  he  also  is  to  be  feared 
above  all  gods.  2  Chron.  ii.  5.  Exod.  xviii.  11. 

xvii.  21  Thou  didst  make  thee  a  name  of 
greatness  and  terribleness.  Deut.  v.  24. 


xxix.  11.  Thine,  0  Lord,  is  the  greatness* 
and  the  power,  and  the  glory. 

Neh.  ix.  32.  The  great,  the  mighty  and  the 
terrible  God,  that  keepeth  covenant  and  mercy. 
Ch.  iv.  14. 

Job  xxxiii.  12.  God  is  greater  than  man. 
John  x.  29.  Greater  than  all.  1  John  iii.  20. 
Greater  than  our  heart.  Ch.  iv.  4.  Greater 
than  he  that  is  in  the  world. 

xxxvi.  26.  God  is  great,and  we  know  him  not. 

Ps.  Ixxvii.  13.  Who  is  so  great  a  God  as 
our  God  1  Tit.  ii.  13.  Rev.  xix.  17. 

Ixxxvi.  10.  Thou  art  great,  and  doest 
wondrous  thin;.,  j. 

xcv.  3.  The  Lord  is  a  great  God  and  a 
great  King,  above  all  gods.  Ps.  cxxxv.  5. 

xcix.  2.  The  Lord  is  great  in  Zion,  and  he 
is  high  above  all  people. 

civ.  1.  O  Lord,  my  God,  thou  art  very 
great ;  thou  art  clothed  with  honour  and  ma- 
jesty. 

cxlv.  3.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised  ;  and  his  greatness  is  unsearchable. 
Ps.  xlviii.  1. — xcvi.  4. 

cl.  2.  Praise  him  according  to  his  excellent 
greatness. 

Jer.  xxxii.  18.  The  great,  the  mighty  God, 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  is  his  name.  Isa.  xliv.  6. 

Heb.vi.  13.  God  could  swear  by  no  greater, 
he  sware  by  himself. 

See  God's  perfections  of  knowledge,  wis- 
dom, power,  goodness,  mercy,  fyc.,  all  called 
great. 

GOD  EXALTED. 

XXVII.  God  is  exalted.     1  Chron.  xxix. 
11.    Thou  art  exalted  as  head  above  all.    Ps. 
xxi.  13. — xlvii.  9. — ex  viii.  16. 

Neh.  ix.  5.  His  glorious  name  is  exalted 
above  all  blessing  and  praise. 

Ps.  xlvi.  10.  I  will  be  exalted  among  the 
heathen,  I  will  be  exalted  in  the  earth. 

Ivii.  5.  Be  thou  exalted,  0  God,  above  the 
heavens  ;  let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the  earth. 
Ver.  11.  Ps.  cviii.  5. 

xcvii.  9.  Thou  art  high  above  all  the  earth, 
thou  art  exalted  far  above  all  gods. 

Isa.  xii.  4.  Praise  the  Lord,  call  upon  his 
name,  declare  his  doings  among  the  people, 
make  mention  that  his  name  is  exalted. 

xxxiii.  5.  The  Lord  is  exalted,  for  he 
dwelleth  on  high:  he  hath  filled  Zion  with 
judgment  and  righteousness'. 

See  Isa.  ii.  11.  17.— v.  16.— xxx.  IS.— 
xxxiii.  10. — xlix.  11. 

GOD'S  EXCELLENCY  AND  MAJESTY. 

XXVIII.  God's  Excellency.     Job  x  iii.  11. 
Shall  not  his  excellency  make  you  afraid,  and 
his  dread  fall  upon  you  ] 


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GOD  S   GLORY— HIS  KNOWLEDGE. 


CHAP.  I. 


xxxvii.  23.  The  Almighty  is  excellent  in 
power,  and  judgment. 

Ps.  viii.  1.  &  9.  How  excellent  is  thy  name 
in  all  the  earth.  Ps.  cxlviii.  13. 

cl.  2.  Praise  him  according  to  his  excellent 
greatness.  Isa.  xii.  5. 

Isa.  xxviii.  29.  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  won- 
derful in  counsel  and  excellent  in  working. 
See  Exod.  xv.  7.  Deut.  xxxiii.  26.  Job 
xxxvii.  4.  Ps.  Ixviii.  34. 

XXIX.  God's  Majesty.     I    Chron.   xxix. 

11.  Thine,  0  Lord,  is  the  greatness,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  and  the  victory,  and  the 
majesty  :  for  all  that  is  in  the  heaven  and  in 
the  earth  is  thine ;  thine  is  the  kingdom,  0 
Lord,  and  thou  art  exalted  as  head  above  all. 

Job  xxxvii.  22.  With  God  is  terrible  ma- 
jesty. Ps.  xcvi.  6. 

Ps.  xxix.  4.  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  full 
of  majesty. 

xciii.  1.  He  is  clothed  with  majesty.  Ps.civ.  1. 

Isa.  xxiv.  14.  They  shall  sing  for  the  ma- 
jesty of  the  Lord.  Ps.  cxlv.  5.  12. 

Jude  25.  To  the  only  wise  God  our  Sa- 
viour, be  glory  and  majesty.  See  Isa.  ii.  10. 

GOD'S  GLORY. 

XXX.  God  is  glorious.      Exod.  xv.  11. 
Who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in  holiness,  fearful 
in  praises  ? 

1  Chron.  xxix.  11.  Thine,  0  Lord,  is  the 
greatness,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory.  Matt. 
vi.  13. 

Ps.  viii.  1.  Thou  hast  set  thy  glory  above 
the  heavens.  Ps.  xix.  1. — xcvii.  6. — cxiii.  4. — 
cxlviii.  13. 

Ivii.  5.  Let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the  earth. 
Ver.  11.  Ps.  Ixxii.  19. 

civ.  31.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  endure 
for  ever. 

cxxxviii.  5.  Great  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 
Ps.  cxlv.  5.  11,  12. 

Isa.  vi.  3.  The  whole  earth  is  full  of  his 
glory. 

He  is  the  God  of  Glory.  Ps.  xxix.  3.  Acts 
vii.  2. — In  his  name.  Deut.  xxviii.  58. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  13.  Neh.  ix.  5. — In  his  work. 
Ps.  cxi.  3.    His  work  is  honourable  and  glori- 
ous.— In  deliverances  of  his  people.   Isa.  Ixiii. 

12.  14.   He  led  his  people  with  his  glorious 
arm. — In  the  overthrow  of  his  enemies.  Exod. 
xv.  1.     He  hath  triumphed  gloriously.     (Ps. 
Ixxvi.  4.)    Ver.  6.  Thy  right  hand  is  become 
glorious  in  power. — Ps.  xlv.  3.  Gird  thy  sword 
upon  thy  thigh,  O  most  Mighty,  with  thy  glory 
and  thy  majesty.      See  Isa.   xxx.  30,  and 

2  Thess.  i.  9. 

V. 

XXXI.  God  is  glorious  in  favours  spiritual 
and  temporal,  conferred  on  his  people,  and  in 


the  advancement  of.  religion  among  them. 
Numb.  xiv.  22.  Those  mt'n  have  seen  my 
glory  and  my  miracles. 

Deut.  v.  24.  The  Lord  ha  h  shewed  us  his 
glory  and  his  greatness. 

Ps.  Ixiii.  2.  My  soul  thirsteth  to  see  thy 
power  and  thy  glory,  as  I  have  seen  thee  in 
the  sanctuary. 

Ixxix.  9.  Help  us,  0  God  of  our  salvation, 
for  the  glory  of  thy  name. 

xc.  1 6.  Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  ser- 
vants, and  thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

cii.  16.  When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zion, 
he  shall  appear  in  his  glory.  Zech.  ii.  5.  I 
will  be  the  glory  in  the  midst  of  her. 

Isa.  xxiv.  23.  The  Lord  shall  reign  in  Jeru- 
salem gloriously. 

xxxv.  2.  They  shall  see  the  glory  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  excellency  of  our  God. 

xl.  5.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  re- 
vealed, and  all  flesh  shall  see  it.  Ch.  lix.  19. 

xliii.  7.  I  have  created  him  for  my  glory. 

Iviii.  8.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  thy 
rear-ward. 

Ix.  1.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon 
thee. 

Ixii.  2.  The  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  righteous- 
ness, and  all  kings  thy  glory.  Ch.  Ixvi.  18,  19. 

Hab.  ii.  14.  The  earth  shall  be  filled  with 
the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea. 

Luke  ii.  14.  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest, 
and  on  earth  peace,  good-will  toward  men. 

2  Cor.  iv.  6.  God  hath  shined  in  our  hearts, 
to  give  the  light  of  the  knowledge  of  the  glory 
of  God,  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Col.  i.  11.  Strengthened  with  all  might,  ac- 
cording to  his  glorious  power.  Eph.  iii.  1 6. 

1  Pet.  iv.  14.  The  Spirit  of  glory  and  of 
God,  resteth  upon  you.  See  Isa.  xxxiii.  21. — 
xlvi.  13.  Hag.  ii.  7. 

Hence,  the  Gospel  is  called  the  glorious 
Gospel.  1  Tim.  i.  11. 

Future  glory.  2  Cor.  iii.  18.  We  behold  as 
in  a  glass  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

Rom.  v.  2.  We  rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory 
of  God. 

God's  power  called  his  glory.  Rom.  vi.  4 
Christ  was  raised  up  from  the  dead  by.  the 
glory  of  the  Father. 

John  xi.  4. 40.  The  raising  of  Lazarus  from 
the  dead,  is  called  the  glory  of  God. 

1  Cor.  xi.  7.  Man  is  the  image  and  glory 
of  God. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Christ  is  the  brightness  of  the 
Father's  glory. 

GOD'S  KNOWLEDGE 
XXXII.  God's  knowledge  is  perfect.  1  Sam. 
1.  3.  The  Lord  is  a  God  of  knowledge,  and  by 
him  actions  are  weighed. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD  S     KNOWLEDGE. 


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Job  xxxvh.  16.  He  is  perfect  in  knowledge. 
Ch.  xxxvi.  4. 

Ps.  cxlvii.  5.  His  understanding  is  infinite. 
See  Rom.  xi.  33. 

Isa.  xl.  28.  There  is  no  searching  of  his 
understanding.  Prov.  xxii.  12. 

xi.  2.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  the  Spirit 
of  knowledge. 

XXXIII.  God's  knowledge  is  underived. 
Job  xxi.  22.  Shall  any  teach  God  knowledge  1 

Ps.  xciv.  9,  10.  He  that  planted  the  ear, 
shall  he  not  hear  1  he  that  formed  the  eye, 
shall  he  not  see? — He  that  teacheth  man 
knowledge,  shall  not  he  know  1 

Isa.  xl.  14.  With  whom  took  he  counsel, 
and  who  instructed  him,  and  taught  him  in 
the  path  of  judgment,  and  taught  him  know- 
ledge, and  showed  to  him  the  way  of  under- 
standing 1 

XXXIV.  Extendeth  to  all  things.    Job 
xxviii.    10.     His  eye   seeth    every   precious 
thing.'— Ver.  24.    He  looketh  to  the  ends  of 
the  earth,  and  seeth  under  the  whole  heaven. 

Ps.  cxxxix.  12.  The  darkness  hideth  not 
from  thee,  but  the  night  shineth  as  the  day : 
the  darkness  and  the  light  are  both  alike  to 
thee. 

Dan.  ii.  22.  He  knoweth  what  is  in  the 
darkness,  and  the  light  dwelleth  with  him. 

Acts  xv.  18.  Known  unto  God  are  all  his 
works  from  the  beginning  of  the  world. 

Heb.  iv.  13.  Neither  is  there  any  creature 
that  is  not  manifest  in  his  sight;  but  all  things 
are  naked  and  opened  unto  the  eyes  of  him  with 
whom  we  have  to  do. 

1  John  iii.  20.  God  knoweth  all  things. 

XXXV.  Things  which  God  only  knoweth. 
Gen.  xl.  8.  Joseph  said,  Do  not  interpretations 
belong  to  God  ] 

Deut.  xxix.  29.  The  secret  things  belong 
unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

1  Kings  viii.  39.  Thou  only  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  the  children  of  men. 

Job  xxiv.  1.  Times  are  not  hidden  from  the 
Almighty.  Acts  i.  7. 

Isa.  xlii.  9.  New  things  do  I  declare ;  be- 
fore they  spring  forth,  I  tell  you  of  them. 

xlvi.  9, 10.  I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  like 
me,  declaring  the  end  from  the  beginning,  and 
from  ancient  times,  the  things  that  are  not  yet 
done.  Ch.  xlviii.  3.  6.  16. 

Matt.  xi.  27.  No  man  knoweth  the  Son, 
but  the  Father.  John  x.  15. 

Mark  xiii.  32.  Of  that  day  and  that  hour 
knoweth  no  man,  no,  not  the  angels  which  are 
in  heaven,  neither  the  Son,  but  the  Father. 

1  Cor.  ii.  11.  The  things  of  God  knoweth 
no  man,  but  the  Spirit  of  God. 


XXXVI.  Secret  things  ivht'ch  God  will  dis- 
cover.    Job  xx.  27.  The  heavens  shall  reveal 
the  iniquity  of  the  wicked,  arid  the  earth  shall 
rise  up  against  him. 

xxviii.  11.  The  thing  that  is  hid  bringeth  he 
forth  to  light. 

Eccl.  xii.  14.  God  will  bring  into  judgment 
every  secret  thing. 

Dan.  ii.  22.  He  revealeth  the  deep  and  se- 
cret things.  Ver.  28,  29.  47. 

Matt.  x.  26.  There  is  nothing  hid  that  shall 
not  be  known. 

Rom.  ii.  16.  God  shall  judge  the  secrets  of 
men. 

1  Cor.  iv.  5.  The  Lord  will  bring  to  light 
the  hidden  things  of  darkness,  and  will  make 
manifest  the  counsels  of  the  hearts. 

Eph.  iii.  9.  The  mystery  (of  redemption") 
hath  been  hid  in  God  from  the  beginning  of 
the  world. — Ver.  10.  Now  made  known.  Col. 
i.  26. 

XXXVII.  The  knowledge  of  God  extendtth 
to  man  and  all  his  ways. 

2  Chron.  xvi.  9.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  run 
to  and  fro  throughout  the  whole  earth,  to  show 
himself  strong  in  the  behalf  of  them  whose 
heart  is  perfect  toward  him. 

Job  xxxiv.  21.  His  eyes  are  upon  the  ways 
of  man,  and  he  seeth  all  his  goings.  Chap, 
xiii.  27. — xxxi.  4. 

Ps.  xi.  4.  His  eyes  behold,  his  eyelids  try 
the  children  of  men. 

xxxiii.  13,  14.  The  Lord  looketh  from 
heaven,  he  beholdeth  all  the  sons  of  men. 
From  the  place  of  his  habitation  he  looketh 
upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

Ixvi.  7.  His  eyes  behold  the  nations. 

ciii.  14.  He  knoweth  our  frame,  he  remem- 
bereth  that  we  are  dust. 

cxiii.  6.  Who  humbleth  himself  to  behold 
the  things  that  are  in  heaven  and  in  the  earth. 

cxxxix.  1 — 4.  O  Lord,  thou  hast  searched 
me  and  known  me.  Thou  knowest  my  down- 
sitting  and  mine  up-rising,  thou  understandest 
my  thought  afar  off.  Thou  compassest  my 
path,  and  my  lying  down,  and  art  acquainted 
with  all  my  ways.  For  there  is  not  a  word 
in  my  tongue,  but  lo,  O  Lord,  thou  knowesl 
it  altogether. — Ver.  6.  Such  knowledge  is  toe 
wonderful  for  me ;  it  is  high,  I  cannot  attain 
unto  it. — Ver.  11.  If  I  say,  surely  the  dark- 
ness shall  cover  me,  even  the  night  shall  be 
light  about  me.  Ver.  12,  13.  Dan.  ii.  22. 

Ver.  15,  16.  My  substance  was  not  hid 
from  thee,  when  I  was  made  in  secret,  and 
curiously  wrought  in  the  lowest  parts  of  the 
earth.  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet 
being  unperfect,  and  in  thy  book  all  my  mem- 
bers were  written,  which  in  continuance  were 
fashioned,  when  as  yet  there  was  none  of  them. 

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GOD'S    KNOWLEDGE. 


CHAP.  I. 


Prov.  v.  21.  The  ways  of  man  are  before 
the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  he  pondereth  all  his 
goings. 

xv.  3.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  in  every 
place,  beholding  the  evil  and  the  good. 

Jer.  xxiii.  24.  Can  any  hide  himself  in  se- 
cret places,  that  I  shall  not  see  him  1  saith  the 
Lord. 

Jer.  xxxii.  19.  Thine  eyes  are  open  upon 
all  the  ways  of  the  sons  of  men,  to  give  every 
one  according  to  his  ways,  and  according  to 
the  fruit  of  his  doings. 

•  XXXVIII.  God  knoweth  the  hearts  of  all 
men.  1  Sam.  xvi.  7.  The  Lord  seeth  not  as 
man  seeth :  for  man  looketh  on  the  outward 
appearance,  but  the  Lord  looketh  on  the  heart. 
Jobx.4.  Prov.  xv.  11. 

1  Kings  viii.  39.  Thou  only  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  the  children  of  men. 

1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  The  Lord  searcheth  all 
hearts,  and  understandeth  all  the  imaginations 
of  the  thoughts. 

Jer.  xx.  12.  0  Lord  of  hosts,  that  seest  the 
reins  and  the  heart. 

Acts  i.  24.  Thou,  Lord,  which  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  men. 

XXXIX.  He  knoweth  the  hearts  of  the 
righteous.  Gen.  xx.  6.  I  know  that  thou 
didst  this  in  the  integrity  of  thy  heart. 

Ps.  xix.  14.  Let  the  meditations  of  my  heart 
be  acceptable  in  thy  sight,  O  Lord,  my  strength, 
and  my  redeemer. 

cxxxix.  23,  24.  Search  me,  O  God,  and 
know  my  heart;  try  me,  and  know  my 
thoughts ;  and  see  if  there  be  any  wicked  way 
in  me,  and  lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

Isa.  Ixvi.  2.  To  this  man  will  I  look,  even 
to  him  that  is  poor,  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and 
trembleth  at  my  word. 

Jer.  xii.  3.  Thou,  O  Lord,  knowest  me ;  thou 
hast  seen  me,  and  tried  mine  heart  toward  thee. 

1  Pet.  iii.  4.  The  hidden  man  of  the  heart, 
even  the  ornament  of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit, 
which  is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great  price. 
See  Acts  xv.  8. 

XL.  He  knoweth  the  hearts  of  the  wicked. 
Deut.  xxxi.  20,  21.  They  will  provoke  me:  for 
I  know  their  imagination  which  they  go  about, 
even  now. 

Ps.  xciv.  11.  The  Lord  knoweth  the 
thoughts  of  man,  that  they  are  vanity. 

Ezek.  xi.  5.  I  know  the  things  that  come 
into  your  mind,  every  one  of  them. 

Luke  xvi.  15.  Jesus  said,  Ye  are  they  that 
justify  yourselves  before  men,  but  God  knoweth 
your  hearts. 

Acts  viii.  21.  Thy  heart  is  not  right  in  the 
sight  of  God. 


XLI.  God  knoweth  his  people.  Gen.  vii.  1. 
The  Lord  said  to  Noah,  Thee  have  I  seen 
righteous  before  me  in  this  generation. 

xviii.  19.  I  know  Abraham,  that  he  will 
command  his  children  and  his  household  after 
him,  and  they  shall  keep  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

2  Sam.  vii.  20.  Thou,  Lord  God,  knowest 
thy  servant.  1  Chron.  xvii.  18. 

Ps.  i.  6.  The  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the 
righteous.  Ps.  xxxvii.  18. 

xxxiv.  15.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon 
the  righteous,  and  his  ears  are  open  to  their  cry. 

Ixxx.  14.  Look  down  from  heaven,  and 
behold,  and  visit  this  vine.  Ps.  cxix.  132. — 
xxv.  18.  Deut.  xx vi.  15.  Isa.  Ixiii.  15. 

Isa.  Ivii.  18.  I  have  seen  his  ways,  and  will 
heal  hirn. 

Jer.  xxiv.  6.  I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them 
for  good.  Zech.  xii.  4. 

2  Tim.  ii.  19.  The  Lord  knoweth  them  that 
are  his.  Gal.  iv.  9. 

XLII.  God  knoweth  the  religious  principles 
and  practices  of  his  people.  Rev.  ii.  19.  I 
know  thy  works,  and  charity,  and  service,  and 
faith,  and  thy  patience. 

1  Cor.  viii.  3.  If  any  man  love  God,  the 
same  is  known  of  God. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  18.  The  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
them  that  fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope  in 
his  mercy.  See  Gen.  xxii.  12. 

Nah.  i.  7.  The  Lord  knoweth  them  that 
trust  in  him. 

1  Pet.  iii.  4.  A  meek  and  quiet  spirit  which 
is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great  price. 

2. Chron.  xii.  7.  The  Lord  saw  that  they 
humbled  themselves. 

Col.  i.  22.  Present  you  holy  and  unblame- 
able,  and  unreprovable  in  his  sight. 

Matt.  vi.  18.  Appear  not  to  men  to  fast,  but 
to  thy  Father,  which  seeth  in  secret ;  and  thy 
Father  shall  reward  thee  openly. 

Ver.  6.  When  thou  prayest,  enter  into  thy 
closet;  and  when  thou  hast  shut  thy  door, 
pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in  secret  ,•  and 
thy  Father,  which  seeth  in  secret,  himself  shall 
reward  thee  openly. 

Ver.  4.  That  thine  alms  may  be  in  secret ; 
and  thy  Father,  which  seeth  in  secret,  himself 
shall  reward  thee  openly.  See  Acts  x.  4.  31. 

Job  xxxiii.  27,  28.  He  looketh  upon  man, 
and  if  any  say,  I  have  sinned,  and  perverted 
that  which  was  right,  and  it  profited  me  not ; 
he  will  deliver  his  soul  from  going  into  the  pit, 
and  his  life  shall  see  the  light.  See  Jonah 
iii.  10. 

Jer.  xvii.  16.  Thou  knowest  that  which 
came  out  of  my  lips  was  right  before  thee. 

Mai.  iii.  16.  Then  they  that  feared  the  Lord 
spake  often  one  to  another;  and  the  Lord 
hearkened  and  heard  it ;  and  a  book  of  remem- 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD'S  KNOWLEDGE. 


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brance  was  written  before  him,  for  them  that 
feared  the  Lord,  and  that  thought  upon  his 
name.  See  Ps.  cxxxix.  4.  Jer.  v.  3.  Ps.  xl. 
9.  2  Cor.  xi.  31. 

XLIII.  He  knoweth  their  works.  2  Cor. 
viii.  21.  Providing  for  honest  things,  not  only 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but  also  in  the  sight 
of  men. 

Rev.  ii.  2.  I  know  thy  works,  and  thy  la- 
bour, and  thy  patience;  and  how  thou  canst 
not  bear  them  that  are  evil.  Ver.  9.  I  know 
thy  works,  and  tribulation,  and  poverty.  Ver. 
13.  19.  Ch.  iii.  8.  Heb.  xiii.  21.  1  John 
iii.  22. 

Their  wants.  Matt.  vi.  8.  Your  Father 
knoweth  what  things  ye  have  need  of  before 
ye  ask  him. 

Matt.  vi.  31,  32.  Take  no  thought,  saying, 
What  shall  we  eat1?  or,  What  shall  we  drink  ? 
or,  Wherewithal  shall  we  be  clothed  1  For 
your  heavenly  Father  knoweth  that  ye  have 
need  of  all  these  things.  Luke  xii.  30. 

Their  sorrows.  Exod.  iii.  7.  The  Lord  said 
of  his  people,  I  know  their  sorrows.  Ch.  xiv. 
24.  Neh.  ix.  9.  Acts  vii.  34. 

Deut.  ii.  7.  The  Lord  thy  God  knoweth  thy 
walking  through  this  great  wilderness. 

Their  afflictions.  Ps.  xxxi.  7.  Thou  hast 
known  my  soul  in  adversities. 

Ps.  cii.  19,  20.  He  hath  looked  down  from 
the  height  of  his  sanctuary ;  from  heaven  did 
the  Lord  behold  the  earth ;  to  hear  the  groan- 
ing of  the  prisoner.  Ps.  xxxviii.  9.  2  Sam. 
xvi.  12.  Job  x.  15.  Ps.  xxxix.  11,  12. 

Their  wrongs  from  oppressors.  Gen.  xxxi. 
12.  The  Lord  said  to  Jacob,  I  have  seen  all 
that  Laban  doeth  to  thee.  Ver.  42. 

Exod.  ii.  25.  God  looked  upon  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  had  respect  unto  them,  under 
oppression.  Ver.  24.  Ch.  iv.  31. 

1  Sam.  ix.  16.  I  have  looked  upon  my 
people,  because  their  cry  is  come  unto  me. 
See  2  Kings  xiii.  4. — xiv.  26. 

Ps.  x.  14.  Thou  beholdest  mischief  and 
spite,  to  requite  it. 

xxxv.  21.  They  opened  their  mouth  wide 
against  me. — Ver.  22.  This  thou  hast  seen,  0 
Lord. 

Ixix.  19.  Thou  hast  known  my  reproach, 
and  my  shame,  and  my  dishonour ;  mine  ad- 
versaries are  all  before  thee. 

Isa.  lix.  15.  The  Lord  saw  it,  and  it  dis- 
pleased him  that  there  was  no  judgment. 

Lam.  iii.  59.  O  Lord,  thou  hast  seen  my 
wrong;  judge  thou  my  cause. 

Dan.  ix.  18.  0  my  God,  incline  thine  ear 
and  hear;  open  thine  eyes,  and  behold  our 
desolations.  Isa.  xxxvii.  17.  Jer.  xlviii.  30. 

God  saw,  in  affliction,  Hagar,  Gen.  xvi.  13. — 
Leah,  Gen.  xxix.  31. — Hannah,  1  Sam.i.  11. 


XLIV.  God's  knowledge  of  the  wicked  and 
their  sins.  Gen.  vi.  5.  God  saw  that  the 
wickedness  of  man  was  great  in  the  earth,  and 
that  every  imagination  of  the  thoughts  of  his 
heart  was  only  evil  continually. 

Exod.  xxxii.  9.  The  Lord  said,  I  have  seen 
this  people,  and,  behold,  it  is  a  stiff-necked 
people.  Deut.  xxxii.  19. 

Job  xi.  11.  He  knoweth  vain  men :  he  seeth 
wickedness  also ;  will  he  not  then  consider  it  1 

xxxiv.  22.  There  is  no  darkness  nor  shadow 
of  death,  where  the  workers  of  iniquity  may 
hide  themselves.  Amos  ix.  2,  3,  4. 

Ps.  xiv.  2,  3.  The  Lord  looked  down  from 
heaven  upon  the  children  of  men,  to  see  if 
there  were  any  that  did  understand,  and  seek 
God.  They  are  all  gone  aside.  Ps.  liii.  2. 

Ixix.  5.  My  sins  are  not  hid  from  thee. 

xc.  8.  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before 
thee,  our  secret  .sins  in  the  light  of  thy  coun- 
tenance. 

Isa.  xlviii.  8.  I  knew  that  thou  wouldest 
deal  very  treacherously. 

Jer.  xvi.  17.  Mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their 
ways ;  neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from  mine 
eyes. 

Amos  v.  12.  I  know  your  manifold  trans- 
gressions, and  your  mighty  sins. — Ch.  ix.  4. 
I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  for  evil. 

Hab.  i.  13.  Thou  art  of  purer  eyes  than  to 
behold  evil,  and  canst  not  look  on  iniquity. 

Luke  xv.  21.  I  have  sinned  against  heaven 
and  in  thy  sight. 

XLV.  God  knoweth  the  proud.  .  2  Sam. 
xxii.  28.  Thine  eyes  are  upon  the  haughty, 
that  thou  mayest  bring  them  down.  See  Job 
xl.  12. 

Ps.  cxxxviii.  6.  The  proud  he  knoweth 
afar  off. 

XLVI.  God  knoweth  the  impenitent.  Jer. 
viii.  6.  I  hearkened  and  heard,  but  they  spake 
not  aright :  no  man  repenteth  him  of  his 
wickedness,  saying,  What  have  I  done  1  every 
one  turned  to  his  course,  as  the  horse  rusheth 
into  the  battle. 


[I.  He  knoweth  hypocritical  professors. 
iii.  11.  When  the  King  came  in  to 


XLVII. 
Matt.  xxii. 

see  the  guests,  he  saw  there  a  man  which  had 
not  on  a  wedding-garment. 

Rev.  ii.  9.  I  know  the  blasphemy  of  them 
which  say  they  are  Jews,  and  are  not,  but  are 
the  synagogue  of  Satan. 

iii.  1.  I  know  that  thou  hast  a  name  that 
thou  livest,  and  art  dead. 

XLVIII.  Liars  and  uncharitable  persons. 
Prov.  xxiv.  1 1.  If  thou  forbear  to  deliver  them 
that  are  drawn  to  death. 


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GOD'S  WISDOM — POWER. 


CHAP.  I. 


Prov.  xxiv.  12.  If  thou  sayest,  Behold,  we 
knew  it  not;  doth  not  he  that  pondereth  the 
heart  consider  it?  and  he  that  keepeth  thy 
soul,  doth  not  he  know  it!  and  shall  not  he 
render  to  every  man  according  to  his  works  1 

XLIX.  Envious  persons.^  Prov.  xxiv.  17, 
18.  Rejoice  not  when  thine  enemy  falleth,  and 
let  not  thy  heart  be  glad  when  he  stumbleth  : 
Lest  the  Lord  see  it,  and  it  displease  him,  and 
he  turn  away  his  wrath  from  him. 

L.  He  knoweth  wicked  works.  Job  xxxiv. 
25.  He  knoweth  their  works,  and  overturneth 
them.  Ch.  xxiv.  23. 

Isa.  Ixvi.  18.  I  know  their  works,  and  their 
thoughts. 

Rev.  iii.  15.  I  know  thy  works,  that  thou 
art  neither  cold  nor  hot. 

LI.  Whoredom  natural  and  spiritual.  Jer. 
xxix.  23.  Because  they  have  committed  villany 
in  Israel,  and  have  committed  adultery  with 
their  neighbours'  wives,  and  have  spoken 
lying  words ;  even  I  know,  and  am  a  witness, 
Saith  the  Lord. 

Hos.  v.  3, 4.  I  know  Ephraim,  and  Israel  is 
not  hid  from  me;  for  now,  O  Ephraim,  thou 
committest  whoredom,  and  Israel  is  defiled. 
They  will  not  frame  their  doings,  to  turn  unto 
their  God ;  for  the  spirit  of  whoredoms  is  in 
the  midst  of  them.  Ch.  vi.  10. 

LII.  He  knoweth  murderers.  2  Sam.  xii. 
9.  Nathan  said  to  David,  Wherefore  hast  thou 
despised  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  to  do 
evil  in  his  sight  1  Thou  hast  killed  Uriah  with 
the  sword,  &c. 

2  Kings  ix.  26.  The  Lord  said,  I  have  seen 
the  blood  of  Naboth,  and  the  blood  of  his  sons. 
See  Gen.  iv.  10. 

Ps.  Ixxii.  14.  Precious  shall  the  blood  of 
the  needy  be  in  his  sight. 

Jer.  xviii.  23.  Lord,  thou  knowest  all  their 
counsel  against  me  to  slay  me:  forgive  not 
their  iniquity. 

LIII.  The  sins  of  the  wicked  against  right. 
Job  xxii.  13.  Thou  sayest,  How  doth  God 
know  ?  can  he  judge  through  the  dark  cloud  1 
Ps.  lix.  7,  8. 

Ps.  x.  11.  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  God 
hath  forgotten,  he  hideth  his  face,  he  will 
never  see  it. 

Ixxiii.  1 1.  They  say,  How  doth  God  know ! 
and  is  there  knowledge  in  the  Most  High  1 

xciv.  7.  They  say,  The  Lord  shall  not  see, 
neither  shall  the  God  of  Jacob  regard  it.  See 
ver.  8,  9. 

GOD'S  WISDOM. 

LIV.  God's  Wisdom  asserted.  Job  ix.  4. 
He  is  wise  in  heart,  and  mighty  in  strength : 


who  hath  hardened  himself  against  him  and 
hath  prospered  ]  Isa.  xxxi.  2. 

xxxvi.  5.  God  is  mighty  in  strength  and 
wisdom.  Ch.  xxxviii.  37. 

Dan.  ii.  20.  Blessed  be  God,  for  wisdom  and 
might  are  his.  Prov.  viii.  14. 

Rom.  xi.  33.  0  the  depth  of  the  wisdom  of 
God !  &c. 

xvi.  27.  To  God  only  wise,  be  glory  through 
Jesus  Christ  for  ever.  1  Tim.  i.  17.  Jude  25. 
Rev.  vii.  12. 

LV.  God" s  Wisdom  in  creation.  Ps.  civ. 
24.  O  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy  works  !  in 
wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all.  Ps.  cxxxvi.  5. 

Prov.  iii.  19, 20.  The  Lord  by  wisdom  hath 
founded  the  earth  ;  by  understanding  hath  he 
established  the  heavens.  By  his  knowledge 
the  depths  are  broken  up,  and  the  clouds  drop 
down  the  dew. 

Jer.  x.  12.  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his 
power,  he  hath  established  the  world  by  his 
wisdom,  and  hath  stretched  out  the  heavens 
by  his  discretion.  Ch.  li.  15. 

LVI.  God's  Wisdom  in  redemption  by 
Jesus  Christ.  Eph.  i.  8,  9.  He  hath  abounded 
toward  us  in  all  wisdom  and  prudence  :  Having 
made  known  unto  us  the  mystery  of  his  will. 

iii.  10,  11.  That  now  might  be  known  by 
the  church  the  manifold  wisdom  of  God,  ac- 
cording to  the  eternal  purpose  which  he  pur- 
posed in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.  Rom.  xi.  33. 

Col.  ii.  3.  Christ  in  whom  are  hid  all  the 
treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 

Rev.  v.  12.  Worthy  is  the  Lamb,  to  receive 
wisdom,  &c. 

LVII.  The  wisdom  of  creatures  nothing  in 
comparison  of  God's  Wisdom. 

Job  iv.  18.  Behold  he  put  no  trust  in  his 
servants,  and  his  angels  he  charged  with  folly. 

xxxvii.  24.  He  respecteth  not  any  that  are 
wise  of  heart. 

Prov.  xxi.  30.  There  is  no  wisdom,  nor  un- 
derstanding, nor  counsel  against  the  Lord. 

Isa.  xliv.  25.  He  frustrateth  the  tokens  of 
the  liars,  and  maketh  diviners  mad  ;  he  turneth 
wise  men  backward,  and  maketh  their  know- 
ledge foolish.  Ch.  xl.  23. 

1  Cor.  i.  25.  The  foolishness  of  God  is 
wiser  than  men. — Ver.  27.  God  hath  chosen 
the  foolish  things  of  the  world,  to  confound 
the  wise. 

iii.  19.  The  wisdom  of  this  world  is  foolish- 
ness with  God :  for  it  is  written,  He  taketh  the 
wise  in  their  own  craftiness.  Job  v.  13. 

GOD'S  POWER. 

LVIII.  Power  ascribed  to  God.  1  Chron, 
xxix.  11.  Thine,  0  Lord,  is  the  greatness,  and 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD  S  POWER. 


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the  power,  and  the  glory,  and  the  victory,  and 
the  majesty ;  for  all  that  is  in  the  heaven,  and 
in  the  earth,  is  thine ;  thine  is  the  kingdom, 
O  Lord,  and  thou  art  exalted  as  head  above 
all.  Matt.  vi.  13.  Thine  is  the  kingdom,  and 
the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever. 

Ver.  12.  In  thy  hand  is  power  and  might, 
and  in  thy  hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and  to 
give  strength  unto  all.  2  Chron.  xx.  6. 

Ps.  Ixii.  11.  Power  belongeth  unto  God. 

cxlvii.  5.  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  great 
power,  his  understanding  is  infinite. 

See  Job  xxvi.  14.  and  xxxvii.  23.  The 
thunder  of  his  power.  Ps.  xxix.  4,  and  Ixviii. 
33.  His  voice  powerful.  Hab.  iii.  4.  The 
hiding  of  his  power. 

LIX.  Might  ascribed  to  God.  Deut.  iii. 
24.  What  God  is  there  in  heaven,  or  in  earth, 
that  can  do  according  to  thy  works,  and  ac- 
cording to  thy  might  1 

Jer.  x.  6.  Thou  art  great,  and  thy  name  is 
great  in  might. 

Dan.  ii.  20.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  God,  for 
wisdom  and  might  are  his. 

Mighty.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  6.  Who  among  the 
sons  of  the  mighty  can  be  likened  unto  the 
Lord  1 

Ps.  xciii.  4.  The  Lord  on  high  is  mightier 
than  the  noise  of  many  waters,  yea,  than  the 
mighty  waves  of  the  sea. 

Jer.  xxxii.  18.  The  great,  the  mighty  God, 
the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

Ver.  19.  Great  in  counsel  and  mighty  in 
work. 


the  Almighty  God.    Gen.  xvii. 
said,  .1  am  the  Almighty  God. 


LX.  He  is 
1.  The  Lord 
Rev.  i.  8. 

Exod.  vi.  3.  God  appeared  to  Abraham,  &c., 
by  the  name  of  God  Almighty. 

Rev.  xix.  6.  The  Lord  God  omnipotent 
reigneth. 

LXI.  God's  Strength.  Job  ix.  4.  He  is 
wise  in  heart  and  mighty  in  strength;  who 
hath  hardened  himself  against  him  and  hath 
prospered  1  Ch.  xxxvi.  5.  19.— ix.  19.  If  I 
speak  of  strength,  lo,  he  is  strong. 

xii.  13.  With  him  is  wisdom,  and  strength; 
he  hath  counsel  and  understanding. 

Ps.  Ixxxix.  8.  0  Lord  of  hosts,  who  is  a 
strong  Lord,  like  unto  thee  ? 

xciii.  1.  The  Lord  is  clothed  with  strength. 

Isa.  xxvi.  4.  In  the  Lord  Jehovah  is  ever- 
lasting strength. 

1  Cor.  i.  25.  The  weakness  of  God  is 
stronger  than  men. 

LXII.  God's  Arm.  Job  xl.  9.  Hast  thou 
an  arm  like  God  1  or  canst  thou  thunder  with 
a  voice  like  him] 


Ps.  Ixxxix.  13.  Thou  hast  a  mighty  arm  ; 
strong  is  thy  hand,  and  high  is  thy  right  hand. 

LXIII.  Hand  of  God.  Exod.  xv.  6.  Thy 
right  hand  is  glorious  in  power. 

LXIV.  Finger  of  God.  Exod.  viii.  19. 
The  magicians  said,  This  is  the  finger  of  God. 

xxxi.  18.  The  tables  were  written  with  the 
finger  of  God. 

Ps.  viii.  3.  Thy  heavens  are  the  work  of 
thy  fingers. 

Luke  xi.  20.  Jesus  cast  out  devils  with  the 
finger  of  God. 

LXV.  God  called  a  rock.  Deut.  xxxii.  4. 
He  is  the  Rock,  his  work  is  perfect,  for  all  his 
ways  are  judgment,  a  God  of  truth  and  with- 
out iniquity,  just  and  right  is  he.  1  Sam.  ii. 
2.  2  Sam.  xxii.  32.  Ps.  xviii.  31. 

LXVI.  Nothing  hard  to  God.  Gen.  xviii. 
14.  Is  any  thing  too  hard  for  the  Lord? 

Jer.  xxxii.  17.  There  is  nothing  too  hard 
for  thee.  Ver.  27. 

LXVII.  All  things  possible  to  him.  Matt. 
xix.  26.  With  God,  all  things,  are  possible. 
Mark  x.  27. 

Luke  i.  37.  With  God  nothing  shall  be  im- 


xviii.  27.  The  things  that  are  impossible 
with  men,  are  possible  with  God.  Zech.  viii.  6. 

LXVIII.  He  is  able  to  do  every  thing.  Phil, 
iii.  21.  He  is  able  even  to  subdue  all  things  to 
himself. 

Rom.  iv.  21.  He  was  able  to  perform  what 
he  had  promised. 

Eph.  iii.  20.  Able  to  do  abundantly  above 
all  that  we  ask  or  think. 

LXIX.  God's  power  in  his  wonderful 
doings.  Exod.  xv.  11.  Who  is  like  thee, 
glorious  in  holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing 
wonders'? 

Deut.  iii.  24.  What  God  is  there  in  heaven, 
or  in  earth,  that  can  do  according  to  thy  works, 
and  according  to  thy  might? 

xxxii.  4.  He  is  the  Rock ;  his  work  is  perfect. 

Job  v.  9.  He  doeth  great  things,  and  un- 
searchable, marvellous  things,  without  number. 
Ch.  ix.  10. — xxxvii.  5.  Ps.  Ixxii.  18. — Ixxxvi. 
10. — cxviii.  23. — cxxxvi.  4. 

Ps.  cxi.  7.  The  works  of  his  hands  are  ve- 
rity and  judgment. 

Eccl.  iii.  14.  Whatsoever  God  doeth,  it  shall 
be  for  ever:  nothing  can  be  put  to  it, nor  any 
thing  taken  from  it. 

Dan.  iv.  3.  How  great  are  his  signs,  and 
how  mighty  are  his  wonders  !  his  kingdom  is 
D  2 


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GOD  S   POWER. 


CHAP.  I. 


an  everlasting  kingdom,  ami  his  dominion  from 
generation  to  generation  ! — Ver.  35.  All  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  are  reputed  as  nothing, 
and  he  doth  according  to  his  will  in  the  army 
of  heaven,  and  among  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth,  and  none  can  stay  his  hand,  or  say 
unto  him,  What  dost  thou]  See  Job  ix.  12. 
Isa.  xlv.  9. 

LXX.  The  prosperity  and  adversity  of 
mankind  are  in  his  hand.  Job  ii.  10.  Shall 
we  receive  good  at  the  hand  of  God,  and  shall 
we  not  receive  evil  1 

Job  v.  18.  He  maketh  sore,  and  bindeth  up ; 
he  woundeth  and  bis  hands  make  whole. 

xii.  10.  In  whose  hand  is  the  soul  of  every 
living  thing,  and  the  breath  of  all  mankind. 

xxiii.  13,  14.  He  is  in  one  mind,  and  who 
can  turn  him  1  and  what  his  soul  desireth, 
even  that  he  doth.  For  he  performeth  the 
thing  that  is  appointed  for  me,  and  many  such 
things  are  with  him. 

Isa.  xlv.  7.  I  form  the  light,  and  I  create 
darkness;  I  make  peace  and  create  evil;  I  the 
Lord  do  all  these  things.  Amos  iii.  6. 

Eccl.  ix.  1.  The  righteous,  and  the  wise, 
and  their  works,  are  in  the  hand  of  God. 

Dan.  v.  23.  God  in  whose  hand  thy  breath 
is,  and  whose  are  all  thy  ways.  Acts  xvii.  28. 

Jam.  iv.  12.  He  is  the  one  lawgiver,  who  is 
able  to  save,  and  to  destroy.  See  Jer.  xviii.  6. 
Isa.  xlv.  9.  As  clay  in  the  hand  of  the  potter, 
so  are  we  in  his  hand. 

LXXI.  God's  power  in  the  creation  of 
heaven  and  earth.  Job  xxvi.  13.  By  his 
Spirit  he  hath  garnished  the  heavens ;  his  hand 
hath  formed  the  crooked  serpent. 

Ps.  xcv.  5.  The  sea  is  his  and  he  made  it, 
and  his  hands  formed  the  dry  land. 

cii.  25.  Of  old  hast  thou  laid  the  foundation 
of  the  earth,  and  the  heavens  are  the  work  of 
thy  hands.  Heb.  i.  10. 

Isa.  xl.  12.  Who  hath  measured  the  waters 
in  the  hollow  of  his  hand,  and  meted  out 
heaven  with  the  span,  and  comprehended  the 
dust  of  the  earth  in  a  measure,  and  weighed 
the  mountains  in  scales,  and  the  hills  in  a  ba- 
lance 1  Prov.  xxx.  4. 

Isa.  xl.  26.  He  calleth  the  creatures  all  by 
names,  by  the  greatness  of  his  might,  for  that 
he  is  strong  in  power ;  not  one  faileth. 

xlviii.  13.  My  hand  also  hath  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  the  earth,  and  my  right  hand  hath 
spanned  the  heavens. 

Ixvi.  2.  All  those  things  hath  my  hand 
made. 

Jer.  x.  1 2.  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his 
power,  he  hath  established  the  world  by  his 
wisdom,  and  hath  stretched  out  the  heavens 
by  his  discretion.  Ch.  li.  15. 

xxvii.  5.  I  have  made  the  earth,  the  man 


and  the  beast  that  are  upon  the  ground,  by  my 
great  power,  and  by  my  out-stretched  arm,  and 
have  given  it  unto  whom  it  seemed  meet  unto 
rne.  Ch.  xxxii.  17. 

Rom.  i.  20.  The  invisible  things  of  God, 
from  the  creation  of  the  world  are  clearly  seen, 
being  understood  by  the  things  that  are  made, 
even  his  eternal  power  and  Godhead. 

LXXII.  In  the  government  of  the  heavens 
and  the  earth.  Job  xxvi.  12.  He  divideth  the 
sea  with  his  power,  and  by  his  understanding 
he  smiteth  through  the  proud.  See  from  ver. 
5  to  14,  and  Ps.  Ixxiv.  13. 

xxviii.  9.  He  putteth  forth  his  hand  upon 
the  rock,  he  overturneth  the  mountains  by  the 
roots. 

Ps.  Ixv.  6.  By  his  strength  he  setteth  fast 
the  mountains. 

xcv.  4.  In  his  hand  are  the  deep  places  of 
the  earth,  the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his. 

Isa.  xliii.  16,  17.  The  Lord  maketh  a  way 
in  the  sea,  and  a  path  in  the  mighty  waters. 
He  bringeth  forth  the  chariot  and  horse,  the 
army  and  the  power. 

1.  2,  3.  At  my  rebuke  I  dry  up  the  sea,  I 
make  the  rivers  a  wilderness.  I  clothe  the 
heavens  with  blackness,  and  I  make  sackcloth 
their  covering.  Nah.  i.  3,  4,  5. 

Dan.  iv.  35.  He  doth  according  to  his  will 
in  the  army  of  heaven,  and  among  the  inha- 
bitants of  the  earth. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Upholding  all  things  by  the  word 
of  his  power. 

LXXIII.  Acts  of  his  power  towards  his 
Church.  Exod.  vi.  6.  I  will  redeem  you  with 
a  stretched-out  arm,  and  with  great  judgments. 

xiii.  3.  By  strength  of  hand,  the  Lord 
brought  you  out  of  Egypt.  Ps.  cxxxvi.  12. 

Exod.  xv.  13.  Thou  hast  guided  the  people 
in  thy  strength,  unto  thy  holy  habitation. — 
Ver.  17.  Thou  shalt  plant  them  in  the  mount 
of  thine  inheritance,  in  the  sanctuary,  O  Lord, 
which  thy  hands  have  established. 

Num.  xiv.  13.  Thou  broughtest  up  this 
people,  in  thy  might. 

Deut.  iv.  34.  Hath  God  assayed  to  go  and 
tak^  him  a  nation,  from  the  midst  of  another 
nation,  by  temptations,  by  signs,  and  by 
wonders,  and  by  war,  and  by  a  mighty  hand, 
and  by  a  stretched-out  arm,  and  by  great  ter- 
rors, according  to  all  that  the  Lord  your  God 
did  for  you  in  Egypt?  Ch.  v.  15. — vii.  19, — 
xxvi.  8.  Jer.  xxxii.  21.  Ezek.  xx.  5,  6.  22. 
28.  42.— xlvii.  14.  Dan.  ix.  15. 

vi.  2 1:  The  Lord  brought  us  out  of  Egypt 
with  a  mighty  hand.  Ch.  vii.  8,  9. — ix.  26. — 
xi.  2. — xxvi.  8. — xxxiv.  12. 

Neh.  i.  10.  Thy  people  whom  thou  hast 
redeemed  by  thy  great  power,  and  by  thy  strong 
hand.  Ch.  ix.  32.  Exod.  xxxii.  11. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD  S   POWER. 


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Ps.  Ixxix.  11.  Let  the  sighing  of  the  pri- 
soner come  before  thee,  according  to  the 
greatness  of  thy  power. 

cvi.  8.  He  saved  them  for  his  name's  sake, 
that  he  might  make  his  mighty  power  to  be 
known.  Ps.  cxi.  6. 

Isa.  xlix.  26.  All  flesh  shall  know  that  I  the 
Lord,  am  thy  Saviour  and  thy  Redeemer,  the 
mighty  One  of  Jacob.  Ch.  Ix.  16. — Ixiii.  16. 

Jer.  xx.  It.  The  Lord  is  with  me,  as  a 
mighty  terrible  one,  therefore  my  persecutors 
shall  stumble,  and  shall  not  prevail.  Ps. 
xlv.  3. 

See  Numb.  xi.  23.  Deut.  xxxiii.  27.  Ps. 
xliv.  3. — Ixxvii.  10.  14. — Ixxviii.  54. — Ixxx. 
15.— cxviii.  23.  Isa.  li.  9.  11.  Jer.  1.  34. 

LXXIV.  God's  power  towards  the  right- 
eous. 2  Chron.  xvi.  9.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord 
run  to  and  fro  throughout  the  whole  earth,  to 
shew  himself  strong  in  behalf  of  those  whose 
heart  is  perfect  toward  him. 

Hand.  1  Chron.  xxix.  12.  Both  riches  and 
honour  come  of  thee,  and  thou  reignest  over 
all :  and  in  thy  hand  is  power  and  might ;  and 
in  thy  hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and  to  give 
strength  unto  all.  Ch.  iv.  10. 

Ezra  viii.  22.  The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon 
all  them  for  good  that  seek  him,  but  his  power 
and  wrath  is  against  all  them  that  forsake  him. 
Ver.  31. 

Ps.  xvii.  7.  Thou  savest  by  thy  right  hand 
them  that  put  their  trust  in  thee.  Ps.  xviii. 
35. — xxxvii.  24.  Dan.  iii.  17. 

xx.  6.  He  will  hear  with  the  strength  of  his 
right  hand.  Ps.  Ix.  5. 

xxxi.  5.  Into  thy  hand  I  commit  my  spirit. 
(Luke  xxiii.  46.)  Ver.  15.  My  times  are  in 
thy  hand. 

Ixiii.  8.  Thy  right  hand  upholdeth  me.  Ps. 
cviii.  6. 

Ixxx.  17.  Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man  of 
thy  right  hand.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  21. 

Isa.  i.  25.  The  Lord  saith,  I  will  turn  my 
hand  upon  thee,  and  purely  purge  away  thy 
dross,  and  take  away  all  thy  tin.  See  ver.  22. 

LXXV.  God's  power  in  spiritual  blessings 
to  his  people.  Ps.  xcv.  7.  We  are  the  people 
of  his  pasture,  and  the  sheep  of  his  hand.  Ps. 
cxxxviii.  8.  Isa.  xix.  25. — xxix.  23. — xlv. 
11. — Ix.  21. — Ixiv.  8.  Jer.  xviii.  6.  compare 
Matt.  iii.  9,  and  Rom.  xi.  23. 

ex.  3.  Thy  people  shall  be  willing  in  the 
day  of  thy  power.  2  Chron.  xxx.  12. 

Ixiii.  1,  2.  My  soul  thirsteth  for  thee ;  to  see 
thy  power  and  thy  glory,  as  I  have  seen  thee 
in  the  sanctuary.  Ps.  xcvi.6.  1  Chron.  xvi.  27. 

Eph.  i.  19.  The  exceeding  greatness  of  his 
power  to  us-ward  who  believe,  2  Cor.  vi.  7. 
Eph.  iii.  7. 


iii.  20.  He  is  able  to  do  exceeding  abun- 
dantly above  all  that  we  ask  or  think.  2  Pet. 
i.  3.  His  divine  power  hath  given  to  us  all 
things  that  pertain  to  life  and  godliness. 

John  x.  29.  None  is  able  to  pluck  his  people 
out  of  his  hand. 

2  Tim.  i.  12.  He  is  able  to  keep  that  com- 
mitted unto  him. 

Rom.  xvi.  25.  27.  To  him  that  is  of  power 
to  stablish  you,  be  glory  for  ever,  amen.  Ch. 
xiv.  4. 

2  Cor.  ix.  8.  God  is  able  to  make  all  grace 
abound  toward  you. 

Acts  xx.  32.  I  commend  you  to  God,  and 
to  the  word  of  his  grace,  which  is  able  to  build 
you  up,  and  to  give  you  an  inheritance  among 
all  them  which  are  sanctified. 

Jude  24.  He  is  able  to  keep  you  from  fall- 
ing and  to  present  you  faultless  before  the 
presence  of  his  glory,  with  exceeding  joy. 

1  Pet.  i.  5.  We  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God,  through  faith  unto  salvation. 

Duty.  Eph.  vi.  10.  Be  strong  in  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  power  of  his  might. 

LXXVI.  God's  power  against  the  wick 
ed.  Ezra  viii.  22.  God's  power  and  his 
wrath  is  against  all  them  that  forsake  him 
Nah.  i.  6. 

Ps.  xc.  11.  Who  knoweth  the  power  of 
thine  anger  1  Heb.  x.  31.  It  is  a  fearful  thing 
to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  living  God. 

Nah.  i.  3.  The  Lord  is  slow  to  anger,  and 
great  in  power,  and  will  not  at  all  acquit  the 
wicked. 

2  Thess.  i.  9.  The  wicked  shall  be  punished 
with  everlasting  destruction  from  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  power. 
SeePs.lix.il. — Ixvi.  3.     Rom.  ix.  17. 

Almighty.  Job  xxi.  29.  The  eyes  of  the 
wicked  shall  see  his  destruction,  and  he  shall 
drink  of  the  wrath  of  the  Almighty.  Ch. 
xxvii.  13,  &c. 

Job  xl.  2.  Shall  he  that  contendeth  with  the 
Almighty  instruct  him  1  he  that  reproveth  God 
let  him  answer  it. 

Isa.  xiii.  6.  The  day  of  the  Lord  shall  come 
as  a  destruction  from  the  Almighty.  Joel  i. 
15.— ii.  11. 

Might.  Ps.  xxiv.  8.  The  Lord,  strong  and 
mighty  in  battle. 

Isa.  i.  24.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  mighty 
one  of  Israel,  I  will  ease  me  of  mine  adversa- 
ries, and  avenge  me  of  mine  enemies. 

Jer.  xvi.  21.1  will  cause  them  to  know  my 
hand  and  my  might,  and  they  shall  know  that 
my  name  is  the  Lord. 

Strength.  Jer.  xxi.  5.  I  will  fight  againsf 
you,  with  an  outstretched  hand,  and  with  9 
strong  arm  ;  even  in  anger  and  in  fury,  and  in 
great  wrath. 


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OLD  TESTAMENT  MIRACLES. 


CHAP.  I 


Rev.  xviii.  8.  Strong  is  the  Lord  who 
judges  Babylon. 

Hand.  Exod.  ix.  3.  To  Pharaoh  Moses 
said,  The  hand  of  the  Lord  is  upon  thy  cattle, 
upon  the  horses,  the  asses,  the  camels,  the 
oxen,  and  the  sheep. 

Exod.  ix.  15.  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand 
that  I  may  smite  thee  and  thy  people  with 
pestilence.  Ch.  iii.  20. 

Ver.  16.  For  this  cause  have  I  raised  thee 
up,  to  shew  in  thee  my  power. 

xv.  1 6.  Fear  and  dread  shall  fall  upon  them, 
by  the  greatness  of  thine  arm.  Ch.  vii.  5. 

Deut.  ii.  15.  The  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
against  those  that  murmured,  to  destroy  them 
until  they  were  consumed. 

xxxii.  20  to  44.  How  should  one  chase  a 
thousand,  and  two  put  ten  thousand  to  flight, 
except  their  Rock  had  sold  them,  and  the  Lord 
had  shut  them  up  1 

Judges  ii.  15.  Whithersoever  they  went 
out,  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  against  them 
for  evil  1  Sam.  v.  9. — vi.  3. — vii.  13. 

1  Sam.  xii.  15.  If  ye  rebel  against  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord,  then  shall  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  be  against  you. 

Job  x.  7.  There  is  none  that  can  deliver  out 
of  thy  hand.  Ps.  1.  22.  Hos.  ii.  10. 

xxvii.  22.  God  shall  cast  upon  the  wicked 
man,  and  not  spare :  he  would  fain  flee  out  of 
his  hand. 

Ps.  xxi.  8.  Thy  hand  shall  find  out  all  thine 
enemies.  Ps.  xcviii.  1.— cxviii.  15. 

Ixvi.  5.  The  Lord  is  terrible  in  his  doing 
toward  the  children  of  men.  Ver.  3. 

Ixxv.  8.  In  the  hand  of  the  Lord  there  is  a 
cup,  and  the  wine  is  red :  it  is  full  of  mixture, 
and  he  poureth  out  of  the  same:  but  the  dregs 
thereof  all  the  wicked  of  the  earth  shall  wring 
them  out,  and  drink  them.  Jer.  xxv.  15. 17. — 
Ii.  7.  Hab.  ii.  16. 

cvi.  26.  He  lifted  up  his  hand  against  them, 
to  overthrow  them  in  the  wilderness.  Ezek. 
xx.  22,  23.  33.— xxii.  1 3,  14,  15. 

Isa.  x.  32.  He  shall  shake  his  hand  against 
the  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion.  Ch.  xix. 
16. — xxv.  11.  Jer.  vi.  12. — xv.  6. 

xxxi.  3.  When  the  Lord  shall  stretch  out 
his  hand,  both  he  that  helpeth,  and  he  that  is 
helped,  shall  fail  together. 

1.  11.  This  shall  ye  have  of  my  hand;  ye 
shall  lie  down  in  sorrow. 

Id.  10.  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy 
arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations. 

Ezek.  xiv.  13.  When  the  land  sinneth 
against  me  by  trespassing  grievously,  then 
will  I  stretch  out  my  hand  upon  it,  and  will 
break  the  staff  of  the  bread  thereof,  and  will 
send  famine  upon  it,  and  will  cut  off  man  and 
beast  from  it.  Ch.  vi.  14. 

xxv.  7.  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 


thee,  and  will  deliver  thee  for  a  spoil  to  th 
heathen.     Ver.  13.  16. — xxxv.  3. 

Arnos  ix.  2.  Though  they  dig  into  hell, 
thence  shall  my  hand  take  them. 

Zeph.  i.  4.  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
Judah.  Ch.  ii.  13. 

Acts  xiii.  1 1.  The  hand  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
thee,  and  thou  shall  be  blind  for  a  season. 

LXXVII.  Sins  against  the  power  of  God. 
Ps.  xxviii.  5.  Because  they  regard  not  the 
works  of  the  Lord,  nor  the  operation  of  his 
hands,  he  shall  destroy  them,  and  not  build 
them  up. 

Isa.  v.  12.  They  regard  not  the  work  of  the 
Lord,  neither  consider  the  operation  of  his 
hands.  Ch.  xxvi.  11. — liii.  1. — Ixv.  2. 

v.  25.  His  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but 
his  hand  is  stretched  out  still.  Ch.  ix.  12. 17. 
21.— x.  4.— xiv.  27. 

Matt.  xxii.  29.  Ye  do  err,  not  knowing  the 
scriptures,  nor  the  power  of  God. 

Duties  resulting  from  or  founded  upon  the 
doctrine  of  God's  power.  Isa.  xxxiii.  13.  Ye 
that  are  near,  acknowledge  my  might. 

Ps.  xviii.  1.  I  will  love  thee,  O  Lord  my 
strength.  See  Love  to  God. 

Luke  xii.  5.  Fear  him,  who  after  he  hath 
killed,  hath  power  to  cast  into  hell.  See  Fear 
of  God. 

Isa.  xxvi.  4.  Trust  ye  in  the  Lord  for  ever ; 
for  in  the  Lord  Jehovah  is  everlasting  strength. 
See  Trust  in  God. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  11.  Seek  the  Lord  and  his 
strength.  Ps.  cv.  4.  See  Seek  God. 

Ps.  xxi.  1.  The  king  shall  joy  in  thy 
strength.  See  Joy  in  God. 

lix.  17.  To  thee,  0  my  strength,  will  I  sing. 
See  Praising  God. 

Ixviii.  34.  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God. 

xcvi.  7.  Give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and 
strength. 

cxlv.  6.  Men  shall  speak  of  the  might  of 
thy  terrible  acts.  Ver.  11. 

cl.  1.  Praise  God  in  the  firmament  of  his 
power. 

Jude  25.  To  the  only  wise  God,  our  Sa- 
viour, be  glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and 
power,  both  now  and  ever.  Amen. 

Rev.  iv.  11.  Thou  art  worthy,  0  Lord,  to 
receive  glory,  and  honour,  and  power;  for  thou. 
hast  created  all  things,  and  for  thy  pleasure, 
they  are,  and  were  created.  See  Ch.  v.  13. — 
vii.  12. — xix.  1. 


OLD  TESTAMENT  MIRACLES. 

As  Miracles  may  be  considered  as  uncommon 
effects,  produced  by  the  interposal  and  ex- 
ertion of  divine  power,  it  is  thought  proper 
to  give  the  following  miracles  a  place  under 


CHAP.  I. 


OLD   TESTAMENT  MIRACLES. 


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this  article. — (See  Miracles,   Ch.  iv.  Sect. 
50  to  58.) 

LXXVIII.  1 .  Miracles  affecting  nations  and 
particular  persons.  Gen.  7th  and  8th  chap- 
ters. The  flood,  with  all  its  circumstances  : 
the  design  thereof,  2  Pet.  ii.  5,  to  destroy  the 
ungodly. 

Gen.  xxi.  2.  The  birth  of  Isaac. 

xxii.  13.  He  is  miraculously  delivered  from 
death. 

xix.  24.  The  destruction  of  Sodom  and  Go- 
morrah, &c.  Deut.  xxix.  23.  Isa.  xiii.  19.  Jer. 
xlix.  18.— 1.  40. 

Exod.  iii.  2.  An  angel  appears  to  Moses  in 
a  flame  of  fire,  in  a  bush. 

iv.  3.  Moses's  rod  is  changed  into  a  serpent. 
— Ver.  6.  His  hand  become th  leprous,  and  is 
restored. 

vii.  10.  Aaron's  rod  is  turned  into  a  serpent 
before  Pharaoh. — Ver.  12.  It  swallows  up  the 
magicians'  rods,  turned  serpents  also. — Ver. 
20.  The  waters  of  Egypt  are  turned  into 
blood. 

viii.  6.  The  plague  of  frogs.— Ver.  17.  The 
plague  of  lice. — Ver.  24.  The  plague  of  flies. 

ix.6.  A  plague  upon  cattle. — Ver.  10.  Plague 
of  boils. — Ver.  23.  Thunder,  hail,  and  fire. 

x.  13.  The  plague  of  locusts.— Ver.  22. 
Darkness  sent  as  a  plague. 

xii.  29.  The  death  of  the  first-born.— Ver. 
31.  Israel  leaves  Egypt. 

xiii.  21.  Israel  is  guided  by  a  pillar  of  a 
cloud  and  fire. 

xiv.  20.  The  pillar  is  dark  toward  the 
Egyptians,  and  bright  toward  the  Israelites. 

Ver,  21.  The  sea  is  divided. — Ver.  22.  Is- 
rael passeth  through  safely. — Ver.  26.  The 
sea  returns  and  overwhelms  the  Egyptians. 

2.  These  miracles  wrought  by  the  power  of 
God.     Exod.  iii.  20.  I  will  smite  Egypt  with 
all  my  wonders.    Ch.  iv.  9.  17.  28. — vii.  3. — 
xi.  9.      Deut.  vi.  22. — vii.   19. — xxvi.    8. — 
xxxiv.  11. 

Neh.  ix,  10.  Thou  shewedst  wonders  on 
Pharaoh.  Jer.  xxxii.  20,  21. 

3.  The  design  of  these  miracles.     Exod.  vi. 
6,  7.      I  will  redeem  you  with   great  judg- 
ments, and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

vii.  5.  The  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord,  when  I  stretch  forth  my  hand  upon 
Egypt.  Ch.  xiv.  4.  18. 

Ver.  17.  The  waters  turned  into  blood.  In 
this  thou  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

viii.  10.  By  the  plague  of  frogs,  that  thou 
mayest  know  that  there  is  none  like  unto  the 
Lord  our  God.  Ch.  ix.  14. 

Ver.  19.  Of  the  plague  of  lice :  The  magi- 
cians said,  This  is  the  finger  of  God. 

Ver.  22.  No  swarms  of  flies  shall  be  in  the 


land  of  Goshen  ;  to  the  end  thou  mayest  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

Exod.  ix.  16.  For  this,  cause  have  I  raised 
thee  up,  that  my  name  may  be  declared 
throughout  all  the  earth. 

Ver.  27,  28.  At  the  plague  of  hail,  Pharaoh 
called  for  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said  unto 
them,  I  have  sinned  this  time:  the  Lord  is 
righteous,  and  I  and  my  people  are  wicked. 
Entreat  the  Lord,  and  I  will  let  you  go. — 
Ver.  29.  Moses  said,  I  will  spread  abroad  my 
hands  unto  the  Lord;  and  the  thunder  shall 
cease,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  hail ; 
that  thou  mayest  know  that  the  earth  is  the 
Lord's. 

x.  1 6, 1 7.  At  the  plague  of  locusts,  Pharaoh 
called  for  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said,  I  have 
sinned  against  the  Lord  your  God.  Entreat 
the  Lord  your  God,  that  he  may  take  away 
from  me,  this  death  only. 

Ver.  24.  At  the.  plague  of  darkness,  Pharaoh 
said  to  Moses,  Go  serve  the  Lord;  only  let 
your  flocks  and  your  herds  be  stayed ;  let  your 
little  ones  also  go  with  you. 

xi.  7.  Against  any  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
shall  not  a  dog  move  his  tongue  against  man  or 
beast ;  that  ye  may  know,  how  that  the  Lord 
doth  put  a  difference  between  the  Egyptians 
and  Israel. 

xiv.  4.  17.  Concerning  the  overthrow  of 
Pharaoh  and  his  army,  God  said,  I  will  be 
honoured  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his 
host. — Ver.  18.  The  Egyptians  shall  know- 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  gotten  me 
honour  upon  Pharaoh,  upon  his  chariots,  and 
upon  his  horsemen. 

xii.  32.  Upon  the  death  of  the  first-born  of 
Egypt,  Pharaoh  said,  Take  your  flocks  and 
your  herds,  and  be  gone,  and  bless  me  also. 

4.  After  the  overthrow  of  Pharaoh.    Exod. 
xiv.  31.  Israel  saw  that  great  work  which  the 
Lord  did  upon  the  Egyptians ;  and  the  people 
feared  the  Lord  and  believed  the  Lord. 

xv.  1.  They  sang  this  song  to  the  Lord, 
saying,  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath 
triumphed  gloriously  :  the  horse  and  his  rider 
hath  he  thrown  into  the  sea,  &c. 

xxix.  46.  Israel  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  their  God,  that  brought  them  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

5.  Miracles  in  the  wilderness  and  the  borders 
thereof.     Exod.  xvi.  12, 13.  Quails  and  manna 
sent  for  food.     Numb.  xi.  31. 

xvii.  6.  Water  brought  from  a  rock,  for 
drink.  Numb.  xx.  11. 

Deut.  xxix.  5,  6.  Israelites'  clothes  waxed 
not  old,  &c.  That  ye  might  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord  thy  God. 

Exod.  xix.  16.  Thunders  and  lightnings, 
and  a  thick  cloud  appear  upon  Mount  Sinai, 
and  the  voice  of  a  trumpet  exceeding  loud  is 


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CHAP.  I. 


heard,  so  that  all  the  people  trembled.     Ch. 
xx.  18. 

xx.  1.  The  Jaw  is  delivered. — Ver.  22.  The 
Lord  talked  with  them  from  heaven. 

xxiv.  18.  Moses  tarries  forty  days  on  the 
mount. 

xxxiv.  28.  Moses  fasts  forty  days. — Ver.  29. 
His  face  shines  so  that  the  Israelites  could  not 
look  upon  it. 

Lev.  ix.  24.  Fire  from  the  Lord  consumes 
the  burnt-offering. 

x.  2.  Fire  from  the  Lord  consumes  Nadab 
and  Abihu,  for  offering  with  strange  fire  unto 
the  Lord. 

Numb.  xiv.  37.  Men  who  brought  an  evil 
report  die  by  the  plague. 

xvi.  1.  The  rebellion  of  Korah  and  his  com- 
pany.— Ver.  32.  The  earth  opens  and  swal- 
lows them  up. 

Ver.  49.  Fourteen  thousand  die  by  the 
plague,  for  murmuring. 

xvii.  8.  Aaron's  rod  budded,  as  a  decisive 
token  of  the  priesthood  being  fixed  in  the 
house  of  Levi. 

xi.  25.  The  spirit  of  prophecy  given  to  the 
elders  of  Israel. 

xxi.  4.  The  people  for  murmuring  are  bitten 
by  fiery  serpents. — Ver.  6.  And  healed  by 
looking  on  a  brazen  serpent. — Ver.  9.  On  a 
pole. 

xxii.  28.  Balaam  reproved  by  an  ass  speak- 
ing, and  terrified  at  the  sight  of  an  angel,  as 
he  went  to  curse  Israel. — xxiii.  8.  20.  Is 
forced  to  bless  Israel.  Ch.  xxiv.  4.  13. 

Josh.  iii.  7.  Jordan  stops  until  Israel  passeth 
over. 

6.  The  design  and  use  to  lie  made  of  these 
miracles  is  thus  set  forth.  Exod.  x.  2.  Tell 
in  the  ears  of  thy  son,  and  of  thy  son's  son, 
what  things  I  have  wrought  in  Egypt,  and  my 
signs  which  I  have  done  among  them ;  that 
ye  may  know  how  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

Deut.  iv.  32,  33.  Ask  now  of  the  days  that 
are  past,  since  the  day  that  God  created  man 
upon  the  earth,  and  ask  from  the  one  side  of 
heaven  unto  the  other,  whether  there  hath 
been  any  such  thing  as  this  great  thing  is,  or 
hath  been  heard  like  it :  Did  ever  people  hear 
the  voice  of  God  speaking  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire,  as  thou  hast  heard,  and  live  1 

Deut.  iv.  34,  35.  Or  hath  God  assayed  to 
go  and  take  him  a  nation  from  the  midst  of 
another  nation,  by  temptations,  by  signs,  and 
by  wonders,  and  by  war,  and  by  a  mighty  hand, 
and  by  a  stretched-out  arm,  and  by  great  ter- 
rors, according  to  all  that  the  Lord  your  God 
did  for  you  in  Egypt,  before  your  eyes  1  Unto 
thee  it  was  shewed,  that  thou  mightest  know 
*bat  the  Lord  he  is  God ;  there  is  none  else 
oesides  him. 

Ver.  36.  Out  of  heaven  he  made  thee  to 


hear  his  voice,  that  he  might  instruct  thee; 
and  upon  earth,  he  shewed  thee  his  great  fire ; 
and  thou  heardest  his  words  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire. — Ver.  39.  Know,  therefore,  this  day, 
and  consider  it  in  thine  heart,  that  the  Lord 
he  is  God,  in  heaven  above,  and  upon  the 
earth  beneath ;  there  is  none  else. 

Josh.  iv.  23,  24.  The  Lord  your  God  dried 
up  the  waters  of  Jordan  before  you,  as  he  did 
the  Red  sea  :  That  all  the  people  of  the  earth 
might  know  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  that  it  is 
mighty  ;  that  ye  might  fear  the  Lord  your  God 
for  ever.  Ch.  iii.  10. 

xxiv.  31.  Israel  served  the  Lord  all  the  days 
of  Joshua,  and  all  the  days  of  the  elders  that 
outlived  Joshua,  which  had  known  all  the 
works  of  the  Lord  which  he  had  done  for  Is- 
rael. Judg.  ii.  7. 

7.  Other  miracles  and  remarkable  provi- 
dences in  the  land  of  Israel,  wrought  for 
promoting  the  faith  and  worship  of  the  one 
living  and  true  God. 

Josh.  vi.  20.  Jericho  taken,  the  walls  there- 
of falling  down  at  the  sound  of  rams'  horns. 

x.  11.  Israel's  enemies  destroyed  by  hail. 

Ver.  13.  The  sun  stands  still. 

Judg.  vi.  38.  A  sign  given  to  Gideon  by  a 
fleece. 

vii.  13.  Another  sign,  a  Midianitish  host 
miraculously  discomfited. 

xiii.  3.  An  angel  foretells  the  birth  of 
Samson. 

Samson's  works.  Ch.  xiv.  6. — xv.  14,  15. 
19.— xvi.  3.  12.  14.  30. 

1  Sam.  v.  3.  Dagon  falls  before  the  ark. 

vi.  12.  The  ark  carried  to  the  land  of  Israel 
by  cattle  without  a  guide. — Ver.  14. 

vii.  1 0.  God  thundereth  upon  the  Philistines. 

xii.  18.  Thunder  and  rain  sent  at  Samuel's 
prayer. 

xiv.  15.  Enemies  struck  with  groundless 
fear.— Ver.  20.  They  kill  one  another. 

xvii.  49.  David  kills  Goliath.— Ver.  46 
Saying,  the  Lord  will  deliver  thee  into  my 
hand,  that  all  the  earth  may  know  that  there 
is  a  God  in  Israel. 

xix.  20.  The  spirit  of  prophecy  comes  upon 
Saul's  messengers. — Ver.  21.  And  upon  Saul. 
Ver.  24. 

1  Kings  xiii.  5.  The  altar  rent,  and  ashes 
poured  out  as  a  sign  foretold  by  the  prophet. 

Ver.  6.  Jeroboam's  withered  hand  restoret1 
at  the  prayer  of  the  prophet. 

Ver.  28.  An  ass  and  lion  stand  by  the 
carcass  of  a  disobedient  prophet,  slain  by  the 
lion. 

xvii.  1.  Elijah's  miracles,  viz.  A  great 
drought. — Ver.  6.  He  is  fed  by  ravens. — Ver. 
1 6.  Multiplies  a  barrel  of  meal,  and  cruse  of 
oil  in  famine. — Ver.  22.  Brings  a  dead  child 
to  life. 


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xviii.  38.  In  a  contest  with  the  priests  of 
Baal,  to  decide  whether  the  God  of  Israel,  or 
Baal,  was  the  true  God,  fire  consumes  Elijah's 
sacrifice,  though  much  water  was  poured  on 
it. — Ver.  37.  Elijah  prayed  and  said,  hear  me, 
O  Lord,  that  this  people  may  know  that  thou 
art  the  Lord  God. — Ver.  39.  When  the  fire 
consumed  the  sacrifice,  the  people  fell  on  their 
faces  and  cried,  The  Lord  he  is  the  God,  the 
Lord  he  is  the  God. 

1  Kings  xx.    13.   A   remarkable    victory. 
Ver.  28. 

2  Kings  i.  10.     Officers  sent  to  lay  hold  on 
Elijah,  are  consumed   by  fire  from  heaven. 
Ver.  12. 

ii.  8.  Jordan  struck  with  Elijah's  mantle, 
divides. — Ver.  11.  Elijah  is  carried  to  heaven. 
— Ver.  22.  Waters  healed  by  Elisha. 

iii.  22.  Waters  appear  like  blood  to  the 
enemy. — Ver.  24.  A  great  slaughter  of  them. 

iv.  5.  Elisha  multiplies  a  widow's  oil. — Ver. 
35.  Restores  a  dead  child  to  life. — Ver.  42. 
Sons  of  the  prophet  miraculously  fed. 

v.  14.  Naaman  cured  of  leprosy. — Ver.  27. 
Leprosy  entailed  upon  Gehazi  and  his  off- 
spring. 

2  Kings  vi.  6.  Iron  swims. 

vi.  12.  Elisha  discovereth  secret  counsels. 
— Ver.  18.  At  his  prayer  the  enemy  is  smit- 
ten with  blindness. — Ver.  20.  Their  eyes 
opened. 

xiii.  21.  A  dead  man  is  restored  to  life,  on 
touching  the  bones  of  Elisha. 

xix.  35.  An  angel  smites  the  host  of  the 
Assyrians.  Isa.  xxxvii.  36. 

xx.  10.  The  shadow  returns  ten  degrees 
on  the  dial,  as  a  sign  to  Hezekiah. 

1  Chron.  xxi.  26.  An  angel  slaying  the  Is- 
raelites is  stopped  at  David's  prayer. 

2  Chron.  vii.  1.  Fire  consumes  the  sacrifice 
at  Solomon's  prayer. 

xx.  23.  Enemies  destroy  one  another. 

Neh.  ix.  21.  During  forty  years'  travel  in 
the  wilderness,  the  clothes  of  the  Israelites 
waxed  not  old,  nor  did  their  feet  swell.  Deut. 
viii.  4. — xxix.  5. 

8.  Miraculous  judgments  by  the  hand  of 
enemies  upon  the  wicked  ,•  the  end  and  de- 
sign of  every  one  of  which  is  expressly  said 
to  be,  that  God  might  be  known  by  them. 
Ezek.  vi.  6,  7.  Your  cities  shall  be  laid 
waste.  Ver.  10.  14.  Ch.  xxxiii.  29. 

vii.  4.  I  will  recompense  thy  ways  upon 
thee.  Ver.  9.  27. 

xi.  10.  Ye  shall  fall  by  the  sword.   Ver.  12. 

xii.  15.  I  will  scatter  them  among  the  na- 
tions. Ver.  16,  20. 

xiii.  9.  Mine  hand  shall  be  upon  the  pro- 
phets that  divine  lies.  Ver.  14.  21.  23. 

xiv.  8.  Every  one  that  setteth  up  his  idols 
in  his  heart,  and  cometh  to  a  prophet  to  in- 


quire of  him  concerning  me,  I  will  set  my 
face  against  that  man. 

xv.  7.  I  will  set  my  face  against  them. 
Ver.  8. 

xx.  37.  I  will  cause  you  to  pass  under  the 
rod.  Ver.  12.  44. 

Ver.  38.  I  will  purge  out  the  rebels  from 
among  you. 

xxi.  3.  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  am 
against  thee,  and  will  draw  forth  my  sword  : 
it  shall  not  return  any  more. 

xxii.  15.  And  I  will  scatter  thee  among  the 
heathen,  and  disperse  thee  in  the  countries, 
and  will  consume  thy  filthiness  out  of  thee. 

Ver.  22.  As  silver  is  melted  in  the  midst 
of  the  furnace,  so  shall  ye  be  melted  in  the 
midst  thereof;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  the 
Lord  have  poured  out  my  fury  upon  you. 

xxiii.  46.  I  will  give  them  to  be  removed 
and  spoiled.  Ver.  49. 

xxv.  7.  I  will  deliver  thee  for  a  spoil  to  the 
heathen.  See  Ch.  xxiv.  21.  24.  27. 

9.  Judgments  upon  other  nations  for  the 
same  end.     Ezek.  xxv.  16.  I  will  stretch  out 
my  hand  upon  the  Philistines.     Ver.  5.  7.  11. 
14.  17. 

xxvi.  3.  I  am  against  thee,  O  Tyrus.  Ver.  6. 

xxviii.  22.  Against  thee,  O  Zidon.  Ver. 
23,  24.  26. 

xxix.  3.  Against  thee,  O  Pharaoh.  Ver. 
9.16.21.  Ch.  xxx.— xxxii. 

xxxv.  2.  Mount  Seir,  I  will  lay  thy  cities 
waste.  Ver.  4.  9.  15. 

xxxviii.  16.  Thou  Gog  shall  come  against 
my  people.  Ver.  23. 

10.  The  same  is  asserted  to  be  the  end  of 
the  following  merciful  providences,  as   the 
reader  will  find  by  consulting  at  large  the 
places  quoted. 

Isa.  xlix.  23.  And  kings  shall  be  thy  nurs- 
ing fathers,  and  their  queens  thy  nursing 
mothers :  They  shall  bow  down  to  thee,  with 
their  face  toward  the  earth,  and  lick  up  the 
dust  of  thy  feet,  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord :  For  they  shall  not  be  ashamed 
that  wait  for  me. 

Ezek.  xxxiv.  27.  The  tree  shall  yield  her 
fruit,  the  earth  shall  yield  her  increase,  and 
they  shall  be  safe. 

xxxvi.  37.  I  will  increase  them  with  men 
like  a  flock. — Ver.  38.  So  shall  the  waste 
cities  be  filled  with  men.  Ver.  11.  23. 

xxxvii.  6.  I  will  lay  sinews  upon  you,  and 
will  bring  up  flesh  upon  you,  and  cover  you 
with  skin,  and  put  breath  in  you,  and  ye 
shall  live ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord.— Ver.  13.  Ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  opened  your  graves,  O  my 
people,  and  brought  you  up  out  of  your  graves. 

xxxix.  27.  When  I  have  brought  them  from 
captivity,  then  shall  they  know  that  I  am  the 


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RIGHTEOUSNESS   OF   GOD. 


CHAP.  I. 


Lord,  which  caused  them  to  be  led  into  cap- 
tivity. Ver.  7.  22.  28. 

Seelsa.xliii.9, 10, 11, 12.— xlv.3.— lx.6.— 
Ixvi.  14.  Ezek.  xvi.  62. 

11.  Miracles  in  Babylon.  Dan.  ii.  31.  Da- 
niel tells  the  king  his  dream,  and  the  inter- 
pretation thereof. — Ver.  47.  The  king  an- 
swered, Of  a  truth  it  is,  that  your  God  is  a 
God  of  gods,  and  a  Lord  of  kings,  and  a  re- 
veal er  of  secrets. 

iii.  25.  Three  men  in  the  fiery  furnace  un- 
hurt by  it. — Ver.  29.  The  king  made  a  de- 
cree, that  whosoever  should  speak  against  God 
who  delivered  them,  should  be  cut  in  pieces. 

iv.  19.  Daniel  explains  the  king's  dream, 
which  being  accomplished,  the  king  praised 
and  honoured  the  King  of  heaven.  Ver.  34.  37. 

v.  25.  Daniel  explains  the  writing  upon  the 
wall,  concerning  Belshazzar. 

See  also  Daniel's  visions. 


RIGHTEOUSNESS  OF  GOD. 

LXXIX.  Righteousness  ascribed  to  God. 
Deut.  xxxii.  4.  All  his  ways  are  judgment: 
a  God  of  truth,  and  without  iniquity;  just 
and  right  is  he. 

Job  xxxvi.  3.  Elihu  said,  I  will  ascribe 
righteousness  to  my  Maker. 

Ps.  xi.  7.  For  the  righteous  Lord  loveth 
righteousness.  Ps.  xxxiii.  5. 

xxxvi.  6.  Thy  righteousness  is  like  the 
great  mountains ;  thy  judgments  are  a  great 
deep. 

xlviii.  10.  Thy  right  hand  is  full  of  right- 
eousness. 

Ixxi.  19.  Thy  righteousness,  0  God,  is  very 
high. 

xcii.  15.  There  is  no  unrighteousness  in 
the  Lord. 

xcvii.  2.  Righteousness  and  judgment  are 
the  habitation  of  his  throne. 

cxi.  3.  His  righteousness  endureih  for  ever. 
Ps.  cxii.  3.  9. 

cxix.  137.  Righteous  art  thou,  0  Lord,  and 
upright  are  thy  judgments.  (Jer.  xii.  1.) 
Ver.  142.  Thy  righteousness  is  an  everlast- 
ing righteousness,  and  thy  law  is  the  truth. 

cxlv.  17.  The  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his 
ways,  and  holy  in  all  his  works. 

Jer.  ix.  24.  I  am  the  Lord,  which  exercise 
loving-kindness,  judgment  and  righteousness 
in  the  earth. 

LXXX.  God  is  righteous  in  punishing  the 
wicked.  Gen.  xviii.  23.  Abraham  said,  Wilt 
thou  also  destroy  the  righteous  with  the  wick- 
ed ! — Ver.  25.  That  be  far  from  thee,  to  slay 
the  righteous  with  the  wicked  ;  and  that  the 
righteous  should  be  as  the  wicked,  that  be  far 


from  thee :  Shall  not  the  Judge  of  all  the 
earth  do  right  1 

Exod.  ix.  27.  Pharaoh  said,  The  Lord  is 
righteous ;  I  and  my  people  are  wicked. 

Neh.  ix.  33.  Thou  art  just  in  all  that  is 
brought  upon  us;  for  thou  hast  done  right, 
but  we  have  done  wickedly. — Lam.  i.  18. 
Dan.  ix.  14. 

Job  xxxiv.  23.  He  will  not  lay  upon  man 
more  than  right. 

Ps.  xcviii.  2.  His  righteousness  hath  he 
openly  shewed  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen. 

cxxix.  4.  The  Lord  is  righteous ;  he  hath 
cut  asunder  the  cords  of  the  wicked. 

Isa.  xxviii.  17.  Judgment  will  I  lay  to  the 
line,  and  righteousness  to  the  plummet. 

Dan.  ix.  7.  0  Lord,  righteousness  belong- 
eth  unto  thee,  but  unto  us  confusion  of  faces, 
as  at  this  day.  Ver.  14.  Mic.  vi.  5. 

Rev.  xvi.  5.  The  angel  said,  Thou  art  right- 
eous, O  Lovd,  because  thou  hast  judged  thus. 
Ch.  xviii.  6. 

LXXXI.  Men  shall  reap  as  they  sow.  For 
this  see  the  following  texts :  Job  iv.  8.  Prov. 
xxii.8.  Jer.ii.  19.  Hos.x.  13.  Gal.vi.7,8. 
Whatsoever  a  man  soweth  that  shall  he  also 
reap. 

LXXXII.  In  rewards  to  the  righteous. 
1  Sam.  xxvi.  23.  The  Lord  render  to  every 
man  his  righteousness,  and  his  faithfulness. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  21.  The  Lord  rewarded  me 
according  to  my  righteousness.  Ps.  xviii.  20. 
See  1  Kings  viii.  32.  Job  xxxiii.  26. 

Matt.  xx.  4.  Whatsoever  is  right,  I  will 
give  you. 

LXXXIII.  Things  of  God  declared  to  be 
right. 

Righteous  are  his  judgments.  Neh.  ix.  1 3. 
Thou  gavest  them  right  judgments,  and  true 
laws,  good  statutes  and  commandments.  See 
Deut.  iv.  8.  Ps.  xix.  9. — cxix.  62.  106.  137. 
160.  164.  Jer.  xii.  1. 

Statutes.  Ps.  xix.  8.  The  statutes  of  the 
Lord  are  right. 

Precepts.  Ps.  cxix.  128.  I  esteem  all  thy 
precepts  concerning  all  things  to  be  right. 

Testimonies.  Ps.  cxix.  138.  Thy  testimo- 
nies that  thou  hast  commanded  are  righteous. 
Ver.  144. 

Commands.  Ps.  cxix.  172.  All  thy  com- 
mandments are  righteousness. 

Word.  Ps.  xxxiii.  4.  The  word  of  the 
Lord  is  right,  and  all  his  works  are  done  in 
truth.  Isa.  xlv.  19. 

Ways.  Hos.  xiv.  9.  The  ways  of  the 
Lord  are  right,  and  the  just  shall  walk  in 
them.  Acts  xiii.  10. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD  S   JUSTICE — TRUTH — FAITHFULNESS. 


JUSTICE  OF  GOD. 

LXXXIV.  Justice  ascribed  to  God. 

Deut.  xxxii.  4.  A  God  of  truth,  and  without 
iniquity  :  just  and  right  is  he. 

Neh.  ix.  33.  Thou  art  just  in  all  that  is 
brought  upon  us.  Lam.  i.  18. 

Job  iv.  17.  Shall  mortal  man  be  more  just 
than  God  ? 

viii.  3.  Doth  God  pervert  judgment,  or  doth 
the  Almighty  pervert  justice? 

xxxvii.  23.  He  is  excellent  in  power,  and  in 
judgment,  and  in  plenty  of  justice. 

Ps.  Ixxxix.  14.  Justice  and  judgment  are 
the  habitation  of  thy  throne ;  mercy  and  truth 
shall  go  before  thy  face.  Ps.  xcvii.  2. 

Isa.  xlv.  21.  I  the  Lord,  a  just  God,  and  a 
Saviour. 

Jer.  1.  7.  They  have  sinned  against  the 
Lord,  the  habitation  of  justice. 

Zeph.  iii.  5.  The  just  Lord  is  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

1  John  i.  9.  He  is  just  to  forgive  us  our  sins. 
Rev.  xv.  3.  Just  and  true  are  thy  ways,  thou 

King  of  saints. 

LXXXV.  Injustice  and  iniquity  denied 
concerning  God.  Deut.  xxxii.  4.  See  above. 

2  Chron.  xix.  7.  There  is  no  iniquity  with 
the  Lord. 

Job  xxxiv.  12.  Surely  God  will  not  do 
wickedly ;  neither  will  the  Almighty  pervert 
judgment.  See  Jer.  ii.  5.  Zeph.  iii.  5. 

GOD'S  TRUTH. 

LXXXVI.  Truth  ascribed  to  God.  Exod. 
xxxiv.  6.  The  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gra- 
cious, long-suffering,  abundant  in  goodness  and 
truth. 

Deut.  xxxii.  4.  A  God  of  truth,  and  without 
iniquity ;  just  and  right  is  he. 

Ps.  xxv.  10.  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are 
mercy  and  truth,  to  such  as  keep  his  covenant 
and  his  testimonies. 

Ivii.  3.  God  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and 
his  truth. — Ver.  10.  Thy  mercy  is  great  unto 
the  heavens,  and  thy  truth  unto  the  clouds. 

Ixxxv.  10.  Mercy  and  truth  are  met  to- 
gether ;  righteousness  and  peace,  &c. 

Ixxxvi.  15.  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full 
of  compassion,  and  gracious,  long-suffering, 
and  plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth. 

Ixxxix.  14.  Justice  and  judgment  are  the 
habitation  of  thy  throne:  mercy  and  truth 
shall  go  before  thy  face. 

xci.  4.  His  truth  shall  be  thy  shield  and 
buckler. 

Ps.  xcvi.  13.  He  shall  judge  the  world  with 
righteousness,  and  the  people  with  his  truth. 
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xcviii.  3.  He  hath  remembered  his  mercy 
and  his  truth  toward  the  house  of  Israel. 

c.  5.  The  Lord  is  good  ;  his  mercy  is  ever- 
lasting, and  his  truth  endureth  to  all  genera- 
tions. Ps.  cxvii.  2. 

cxlvi.  6.  He  keepeth  truth  for  ever. 

See  Gen.  xxiv.  27. — xxxii.  10.  Ps.  xxxi. 
5. — cxv.  1. — cxxxviii.  2.  Numb,  xxiii.  19. 
John  vii.  28. — viii.  26.  2  Cor.  i.  18.  Rev. 
iii.  7.— vi.  10. 

LXXXVII.  Things  of  God  called  truth. 
Ps.  xxxiii.  4.  The  word  of  the  Lord  is  right; 
and  all  his  works  are  done  in  truth.  Ps.  cxi.  8. 

Dan.  iv.  37*  All  his  works  are  truth,  and 
his  ways  judgment. 

Ps.  cxix.  142.  Thy  righteousness  is  an  ever- 
lasting righteousness,  and  thy  law  is  the  truth. 
Ps.  xix.  9. — cxix.  160. 

Isa.  xxv.  1.  Thy  counsels  of  old  are  faith- 
fulness and  truth. 

Rev.  xv.  3.  Just  and  true  are  thy  ways,  thou 
King  of  saints. 

LXXXVIII.  Lying  denied  of  God.  Numb, 
xxiii.  19.  God  is  not  a  man  that  he  should  lie. 

1  Sam.  xv.  29.  The  strength  of  Israel  will 
not  lie.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  35. 

Tit.  i.  2.  God  cannot  lie.     Heb.  vi.  18. 


GOD'S  FAITHFULNESS. 

LXXXIX.  The  faithfulness  of  God.  Deut. 
vii.  9.  He  is  the  faithful  God,  which  keepeth 
covenant  and  mercy  with  them  that  love  him 
and  keep  his  commandments,  to  a  thousand 
generations. 

Ps.  xxx  vi.  5.  Thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  is  in  the 
heavens ;  and  thy  faithfulness  reacheth  unto 
the  clouds. 

Ixxxix.  8.  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  a 
strong  Lord  like  unto  thee,  or  to  thy  faithful- 
ness round  about  thee  1  Ver.  2. 

Ver.  33.  My  loving-kindness  will  I  not  ut- 
terly take  from  him,  nor  suffer  my  faithfulness 
to  fail.  Ver.  24. 

cxix.  90.  Thy  faithfulness  is  unto  all  gene- 
rations. Ver.  75. 

cxliii.  1.  In  thy  faithfulness  answer  me,  and 
in  thy  righteousness. 

Isa.  xlix.  7.  The  Lord  is  faithful. 

Lam.  iii.  23.  Great  is  thy  faithfulness. 

1  Cor.  i.  9.  God  is  faithful,  by  whom  ye 
were  called  unto  the  fellowship  of  his  Son 
Jesus  Christ.  Ch.x.  13. 

1  Thess.v.  24.  Faithful  is  he  thatcalleth  you. 

2  Thess.  iii.  3.   The  Lord  is  faithful,  who 
shall  establish  you,  and  keep  you  from  evil. 

2  Tim.ii.  13.  He  abideth  faithful. 
Heb.  x.  23.  He  is  faithful  that  promised. 
I  Pet.  iv.  19.  A  faithful  Creator. 
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GOD'S  PURITY — HOLINESS. 


CHAP.  I. 


1  John  i.  9.  He  is  faithful  and  just  to  for- 
give us  our  sins. 

XC.  Things  of  God  called  faithful.  Com- 
mands and  testimonies.  Ps.  cxix.  138.  Thy 
commandments  are  righteous,  and  very  faith- 
ful. Ver.86. 

Word.  Tit.  i.  9.  The  scriptures  are  his 
faithful  word.  Rev.  xxi.  5. — xxii.  6. 

Counsels.  Isa.  xxv.  1.  Thy  counsels  of  old 
are  faithfulness  and  truth. 

Christ.  Rev.i.5.  He  is  the  faithful  witness. 
Ch.  xix.  11. 

God  to  be  praised  for  his  faithfu  Iness.  Ps. 
xl.  10.  I  have  declared  thy  faithfulness  and 
thy  salvation. 

Ixxxix.  1.  With  my  mouth  will  I  make 
known  thy  faithfulness. — Ver.  5.  The  heavens 
shall  praise  thy  wonders,  O  Lord :  thy  faith- 
fulness also  in  the  congregation  of  the  saints. 

xcii.  2.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  show  forth  thy 
loving-kindness  in  the  morning,  and  thy  faith- 
fulness every  night.  Ps.  Ixxxviii.  1 1. 

XCI.  God's  faithfulness  in  fulfilling  his 
promises.  Josh.  xxi.  45.  There  failed  not 
aught  of  any  good  thing  which  the  Lord  had 
spoken  unto  the  house  of  Israel :  all  came  to 
pass.  Ch.  xxiii.  14,  15.  1  Kings  viii.  15. 
20.  24, 

Mic.  vii.  20.  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth 
to  Jacob,  and  thy  mercy  to  Abraham,  which 
thou  hast  sworn  to  our  fathers  from  the  days 
of  old.  Jer.  xi.  5.  Compare  Gen.  xxvi.  3. 
Deut.  ix.  5. 

Actsiii.  18.  These  things  which  God  showed 
by  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets,  that  Christ 
should  suffer,  he  hath  fulfilled.  Ch.  xiii.  32, 
33.  Luke  i.  72,  73.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  34. 

XCII.  In  fulfilling  threatenings.  Lam. 
ii.  17.  The  Lord  hath  fulfilled  his  word  that 
he  commanded  in  the  days  of  old ;  he  hath 
thrown  down  and  hath  not  pitied,  he  hath 
caused  thine  enemy  to  rejoice  over  thee,  &c. 
See  Isa.  Ixvi.  14.  Jer.  i.  12. — xxxix.  16. — li. 
29.  Ezek.  xii.  25. 

GOD'S  PURITY,. 

XCIII.  God  is  pure.  Job  iv.  17.  Shall  a 
man  be  more  pure  than  his  Maker?  Ver.  18. 

xv.  15.  Behold  he  putteth  no  trust  in  his 
saints ;  yea  the  heavens  are  not  clean  in  his 
sight. 

xxv.  5.  Behold  .even  to  the  moon,  and  it 
shineth  not,  yea  the  stars  are  not  pure  in  his 
sight. 

Hab.  i.  1 3.  Thou  art  of  purer  eyes  than  to 
behold  evil,  and  canst  not  look  on  iniquity. 

1  John  iii.  3.  God  is  pure. 


Ps.  xix.  8.  His  commandment  is  pure. 
Ps.  xii.  6.      Ps.  cxix.  140.      Prov.  xxx.  5. 
His  word  is  pure. 

GOD'S  HOLINESS 

XCIV.  Holiness  of  God.  Exod.  xv.  11. 
Who  is  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  glorious  in 
holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing  wonders? 

Lev.  xix.  2.  Ye  shall  be  holy,  for  I  the  Lord 
your  God  am  holy.  Ch.  xi.  44. — xx.  26. — 
xxi.  8. 

Josh.  xxiv.  19.  He  is  an  holy  God,  a  jealous 
God. 

1  Sam.  ii.  2.  There  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord. 

Ps.  xxii.  3.  Thou  art  holy,  O  thou  that  in- 
habitest  the  praises  of  Israel. 

xcix.  5.  Worship  at  his  footstool,  for  he  is 
holy.  Ver.  9. 

cxlv.  17.  The  Lord  is  holy  in  all  his  works. 

Isa.  v.  1 6.  God  that  is  holy  shall  be  sancti- 
fied in  righteousness. 

vi.  3.  Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  whole  earth  is  full  of  his  glory.  Rev.  iv.  8. 

Ixiii.  15.  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  be- 
hold from  the  habitation  of  thy  holiness,  and 
of  thy  glory. 

Amos  iv.  2.  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his 
holiness. 

John  xvii.  11.  Holy  Father,  keep  through 
thine  own  name,  those  whom  thou  hast 
given  me. 

Rev.  iii.  7.  These  things  saith  he  that  is  holy. 

vi.  10.  How  long,  O  Lord,  holy  and  true, 
dost  thou  not  judge  and  avenge  our  blood  on 
them  that  dwell  on  the  earth. 

xv.  4.  Who  shall  not  fear  thee,  0  Lord,  and 
glorify  thy  name,  for  thou  only  art  holy ;  for 
all  nations  shall  come  and  worship  before  thee. 

XCV.  The  same  otherwise  expressed.  Job 
iv.  17.  Shall  a  man  be  more  pure  than  his 
Maker?  Ch.  ix.  2. 

Ver.  18.  Behold  he  put  no  trust  in  his  ser- 
vants, and  his  angels  he  charged  with  folly. 

xv.  15.  He  putteth  no  trust  in  his  saints, 
yea  the  heavens  are  not  clean  in  his  sight. 

xxv.  5.  Behold  even  to  the  moon,  and  it 
shineth  not,  yea  the  stars  are  not  pure  in  his 
sight. 

xxxiv.  10.  Far  be  it  from  God  that  he 
should  do  wickedness,  and  from  the  Almighty 
that  he  should  commit  iniquity. 

Ps.  v.  4,  5.  Thou  art  not  a  God  that  hath 
pleasure  in  wickedness,  neither  shall  evil 
dwell  with  thee.  The  foolish  shall  not  stand  in 
thy  sight :  thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

Lam.  iii.  38.  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Most 
High  proceedeth  not  evil  and  good. 

Hab.  i.  13.  Thou  art  of  purer  eyes  than 
to  behold  evil,  and  canst  not  look  on  iniquity. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOODNESS   OF   GOD. 


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James  i.  13.  God  cannot  be  tempted  with 
evil,  neither  tempteth  he  any  man. 

1  John  i.  5.  God  is  light,  and  in  him  is  no 
darkness  at  all. 

XCVI.  God  is  the  holy  one  by  way  of 
eminency.  Isa.  xliii.  15.  I  am  the  Lord,  your 
holy  one. 

Hab.  i.  12.  Art  thou  not  from  everlasting, 

0  Lord,  my  holy  one  ]     See  2  Kings  xix.  22. 
Isa.  xxix.  23. — xxxvii.  23. — xlix.  7.    Jer.  1.  29. 

The  holy  one  of  Israel.  Ps.  Ixxi.  22.  I 
will  praise  thee,  0  thou  holy  one  of  Israel.  Ps. 
Ixxxix.  18.  Isa.  i.  4. — x.  20. — xii.  6.— xvii. 
7.— xxix.  19.— xxxi.  1.  Jer.  li.  5.  Ezek. 
xxxix.  7. 

XCVII.  Tilings  pertaining  to  God  declared 
holy. 

His  name.  Ps.  cxi.  9.  Holy  and  reverend 
is  his  name.  Lev.  xxii.  32.  Ps.  xcix.  3.  Isa. 
Ivii.  15.  Ezek.  xxxix.  7. 

Throne.  Ps.  xlvii.  8.  God  sitteth  upon  the 
throne  of  his  holiness. 

Heaven.  Ps.  xx.  6.  He  will  hear  from  his 
holy  heaven,  with  the  saving  strength  of  his 
right  hand.  2  Chron.  xxx.  27. 

Place.  Ps.  xxiv.  3,  4.  Who  shall  ascend 
into  the  hill  of  the  Lord  ?  and  who  shall  stand 
in  his  holy  place  1  He  that  hath  clean  hands 
and  a  pure  heart.  Ps.  xlvi.  4. — Ixviii.  1 7.  35. 

Hill.  Ps.  iii.  4.  I  cried,  God  heard  me  out 
of  his  holy  hill.  Ps.  ii.  6.— xv.  1.— xliii.  3.— 
xcix.  9. 

Habitation.  Deut.  xxvi.  15.  Look  down 
from  thy  holy  habitation,  from  heaven,  and 
bless  thy  people.  Ps.  Ixviii.  5.  Jer.  xxv.  30. 
Zech.  ii.  13. 

Mountain.  Isa.  Ixv.  25.  They  shall  not 
hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy  mountain.  Ch. 
xi.  9.— Ivi.  7.— Ivii.  13.— Ezek.  xx.  40.  Dan. 
xi.  45.  Joel  iii.  1 7.  Zech.  viii.  3. 

House.  Ps.xciii.  5.  Holiness  becometh  thy 
house,  O  Lord.  1  Chron.  xxix.  3.  Isa.  Ixiv.  1 1. 

Oracle.  Ps.  xxviii.  2.  Hear  the  voice  of 
my  supplications,  when  I  cry  unto  thee,  when 

1  lift  up  my  hands  toward  thy  holy  oracle. 

Promise.  Ps.  cv.  42.  He  remembered  his 
holy  promise. 

Covenant.  Luke  i.  72.  God  remembered 
his  holy  covenant.  Dan.  xi.  28.  30. 

Law.  Rom.  vii.  12.  The  law  is  holy,  and 
the  commandment  holy,  just  and  good. 

Scriptures.  Rom.  i.  2.  Promised  in  the 
holy  scriptures.  2  Tim.  iii.  15. 

Calling.  2  Tim.  i.  9.  God  hath  saved  us, 
and  called  us  with  an  holy  calling. 

Sabbath.  Exod.  xvi.  23.  To-morrow  is  the 
rest  of  the  holy  Sabbath.  Ch.  xxxi.  14,  15. 
JNeh.  ix.  14.  Isa.  Iviii.  13. 

People.    Deut.  vii.  6.  Thou  art  an  holy 


people  to  the  Lord  your  God.     Ch.  xiv.  2.  21. 
See  Exod.  xix.   6,  and  1  Pet.  ii.  9.     Lev  x. 

10.  Num.  xv.  40.    1  Cor.  iii.  17.    Eph.i.4.— 
v.  27.     Heb.  iii.  1.  1  Pet.  i.  15.— ii.  5.— 2  Pet. 
iii.  11. 

Prophets.  Luke  i.  70.  God  spake  by  the 
mouth  of  his  holy  prophets.  2  Pet.  iii.  2 
Rev.  xxii.  6. 

Priests.  Exod.  xxii.  31.  Ye  priests  shall 
be  holy  unto  me. — Isa.  Iii.  11.  Be  ye  clean 
that  bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 

Jesus.  Acts  iv.  30.  Signs  and  wonders 
done  by  the  name  of  thy  holy  child  Jesus. 
Heb.  vii.  26.  Ps.  xvi.  10. — Ixxxix.  19.  Acts 

11.  27.— iii.  14.— xiii.  35. 

Spirit.  Ps.  li.  11.  Take  not  thy  holy 
Spirit  from  me.  Isa.  Ixiii.  10,  11.  Luke  xi. 
13.  Rom.i.4.  Eph.i.13.— iv.30.— IThess. 
iv.  8. 

Angels.  Mark  viii.  38.  The  Son  of  man 
cometh  with  the  holy  angels.  Acts  x.  22. 
Rev.  xiv.  10. 

GOODNESS  OF  GOD. 

XCVIII.  Goodness  ascribed  to  God.  Exod. 
xxxiv.  6.  The  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful 
and  gracious,  long-suffering,  and  abundant  in 
goodness  and  truth. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  34.  0  give  thanks  to  the 
Lord,  for  he  is  good,  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever.  2  Chron.  v.  13. — vii.  3.  Ezra  iii.  11. 
Ps.  c.  5. — cvi.  1. — cvii.  1.— cxviii.  1.  29. — 
cxxxv.  3. — cxxxvi.  1. — cxlv.  9.  Jer.  xxxiii. 

11.  Lam.  iii.  25.    Nah.  i.  7. 

Ps.  xxv.  8.  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord ; 
therefore  will  he  teach  sinners  in  the  way. 

xxxiv.  8.  O  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is 
good :  blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  him, 

Iii.  1.  The  goodness  of  God  endureth  con- 
tinually. 

Ixxxvi.  5.  Thou,  Lord,  art  good,  and  ready 
to  forgive,  and  plenteous  in  mercy,  to  all  that 
call  upon  thee.  Ps.  cxix.  68. 

cxlv.  7.  Men  shall  abundantly  utter  the 
memory  of  thy  great  goodness,  and  shall  sing 
of  thy  righteousness. 

Zech.  ix.  17.  How  great  is  his  goodness ! 
how  great  is  his  beauty  ! 

Matt.  xix.  17.  There  is  none  good  but  one, 
that  is,  God.  Luke  xviii.  19. 

Rom.  ii.  4.  The  goodness  of  God  leadeth 
to  repentance. 

xi.  22.  Behold  the  goodness  and  severity 
of  God. 

XCIX.     The  Lord  doth  good.  Gen.  xxxiv 

12.  The  Lord  said  to  Jacob,  I  will  surely  &  > 
thee  good,  &c. 

1. 20.  Joseph  said  to  his  brethren,Ye  thought 
evil  against  me,  but  God  meant  it  unto  goovf. 


MERCY   OF   GOD. 


CHAP.  I. 


Exod.  xxxiii.  19.  The  Lord  said,  I  will 
make  all  my  goodness  pass  before  thee. 

Deut.  xxx.  9.  The  Lord  will  rejoice  over 
thee  for  good. 

xxxiii.  16.  Blessed  be  Joseph,  for  the  good 
will  of  him  that  dwelt  in  the  bush. 

2  Sam.  vii.  28.  0  Lord,  thou  hast  promised 
this  goodness  unto  thy  servant.  Ver.  29. 

1  Kings  viii.  66.  The  people  rejoiced  for  all 
the  goodness  the  Lord  had  done  for  David  his 
servant,  and  for  Israel  his  people. 

Ezra  viii.  22.  The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon 
all  them  for  good  that  seek  him.  Ver.  18. 
Ch.  vii.  9.  Neh.  ii.  8.  18. 

Neh.  v.  19.  Think  upon  me,  my  God,  for 
good.  Ch.  xiii.  31. 

ix.  25.  Thy  people  delighted  themselves  in 
thy  great  goodness. 

Job  ii.  10.  Shall  we  receive  good  at  the 
hand  of  God,  and  shall  we  not  receive  evil1? 

Ps.  iv.  6.  Many  say,  Who  will  shew  us 
any  good  1  Lord  lift  thou  up  the  light  of  thy 
countenance  upon  us. 

xxi.  3.  Thou  preventest  with  the  blessings 
of  goodness. 

xxiii.  6.  Goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow 
me  all  the  days  of  my  life,  and  I  will  dwell 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  for  ever. 

xxv.  7.  According  to  thy  mercy,  remember 
me  for  thy  goodness'  sake. 

xx vii.  13.  I  had  fainted  unless  I  had  be- 
lieved, to  see  the  goodness  of  the  Lord  in  the 
land  of  the  living. 

xxxiii.  5.  The  earth  is  full  of  the  goodness 
of  the  Lord. 

xxxiv.  10.  They  that  seek  the  Lord  shall 
not  want  any  good  thing. 

Ixv.  4.  We  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  good- 
ness of  thy  house,  even  of  thy  holy  temple. 

Ixix.  16.  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  loving- 
kindness  is  good. 

Ixxiii.  1.  Truly  God  is  good  to  Israel,  to 
such  as  are  of  a  clean  heart. 

Ixxxiv.  11.  The  Lord  is  a  sun  and  shield; 
he  will  give  grace  and  glory :  no  good  thing 
will  he  withhold  from  them  that  walk  up- 
rightly. 

Ixxxvi.  17.  Show  me  a  token  for  good. 

ciii.  5.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul;  who 
satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good  things. 

cvii.  8.  O  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful  works 
to  the  children  of  men.  Ver.  15.  21.  31. 

cxix.  122.  Be  surety  for  thy  servant  for 
good. 

cxliii.  10.  Thy  spirit  is  good,  lead  me  into 
the  land  of  uprightness. 

cxliv.  2.  The  Lord  is  my  goodness,  my 
fortress,  and  high  tower,  &c. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  7.  I  will  mention  the  loving-kind- 
nesses of  the  Lord,  and  the  praises  of  the 


Lord,  according  to  all  that  the  Lord  hath  be- 
stowed on  us,  and  the  great  goodness  toward 
the  house  of  Israel,  which  he  hath  bestowed 
on  them. 

Jer.  xxiv.  5.  I  sent  them  captives  out  of  this 
place  for  their  good. — Ver.  6.  I  will  set  mine 
yes  upon  them  for  good,  and  I  will  build 
them,  and  plant  them. 

xxix.  32.  Th«  wicked  shall  not  behold  the 
good  that  I  will  do  for  my  people. 

xxxi.  12.  They  shall  come  and  sing  in  the 
height  of  Zion  ;  and  shall  flow  together  to  the 
goodness  of  the  Lord,  for  wheat  and  for  wine, 
&c. — Ver.  14.  My  people  shall  be  satisfied 
with  my  goodness,  saith  the  Lord. 

xxxii.  39.  I  will  give  them  one  heart  and 
one  way,  that  they  may  fear  me  for  ever ;  for 
the  good  of  them,  and  of  their  children  after 
them. — Ver.  42.  I  will  bring  upon  this  people 
all  the  good  that  I  have  promised. 

xxxiii.  9.  The  nations  of  the  earth  shall 
hear  the  good  that  I  do  unto  my  people,  and 
they  shall  fear  and  tremble,  for  all  the  good- 
ness, and  for  all  the  prosperity. 

Ver.  14.  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  I  will  perform  that  good  thing 
which  I  have  promised  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael. See  Josh.  xxi.  45. — xxiii.  14. — xxiv.  20. 
and  1  Kings  viii.  56. 

Hos.  iii.  5.  The  children  of  Israel  shall  fear 
the  Lord,  and  his  goodness  in  the  latter  days. 

Matt.  vii.  11.  If  ye,  being  evil,  know  how 
to  give  good  gifts  to  your  children,  how  much 
more  shall  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven, 
give  good  things  to  them  that  ask  him  1 

xx.  15.  Is  thine  eye  evil  because  I  am 
good] 

Luke  i.  53.  He  hath  filled  the  hungry 
with  good  things. 

ii.  14.  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  and  on 
earth  peace,  good  will  toward  men. 

xii.  32.  It  is  your  Father's  good  pleasure  to 
give  you  the  kingdom. 

Acts  xiv.  17.  God  left  not  himself  without 
witness,  in  that  he  did  good,  and  gave  us  rain 
from  heaven,  and  fruitful  seasons.  Ps.  civ. 
28. — Ixviii.  10. — Ixxxv.  12. 

Rom.  viii.  28.  All  things  work  together  for 
good  to  them  that  love  God,  to  them  who  are 
the  called  according  to  his  purpose. 

James  i.  17.  Every  good  gift,  and  every 
perfect  gift  is  from  above,  arid  cometh  down 
from  the  Father  of  lights. 

MERCY  OF  GOD. 

C.  God  is  merciful.  Exod.  xxxiv.  6,  7. 
The  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gracious,  long- 
suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness  and  truth; 
keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  forgiving  ini- 
quity, transgression  and  sin. 


CHAP.  I 


MERCY   OF   GOD. 


53 


Numb.  xiv.  18.  The  Lord  is  long-suffering, 
and  of  great  mercy,  forgiving  iniquity. 

Neh.  ix.  17.  Thou  art  a  God  ready  to  par- 
don, gracious  and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and 
of  great  kindness.  Ver.  19.  27,  28.  31. 

Ps.  xxxvi.  5.  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  is  in  the 
heavens,  and  thy  faithfulness  reacheth  unto 
the  clouds. 

Ivii.  10.  Thy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  hea- 
vens, and  thy  truth  unto  the  clouds.  Ps. 
cviii.  4. 

Ixii.  12.  Unto  thee,  O  Lord,  belongeth 
mercy. 

Ixxxvi.  15.  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full 
of  compassion,  and  gracious,  long-suffering, 
and  plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth.  Ver.  5. 

c.  5.  The  Lord  is  good,  his  mercy  is  ever- 
lasting and  his  truth  endureth  to  all  genera- 
tions. 

ciii.  8.  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious, 
slow  to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy.  Ps. 
cxi.  4. 

cxvi.  5.  Gracious  is  the  Lord,  and  right- 
eous ;  yea,  our  God  is  merciful. 

cxix.  156.  Great  are  thy  tender  mercies,  0 
Lord.  2  Sam.  xxiv.  14. 

cxxxviii.  8.  Thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  endureth 
for  ever. 

cxlv.  8.  The  Lord  is  gracious,  and  full  of 
compassion ;  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great 
mercy. 

Dan.  ix.  9.  To  the  Lord  our  God  belong 
mercies  and  forgivenesses,  though  we  have 
rebelled  against  him. 

Lam.  iii.  22.  It  is  of  the  Lord's  mercies 
that  we  are  riot  consumed,  because  his  com- 
passions fail  not. — Ver.  32.  Though  he  cause 
grief,  yet  will  he  have  compassion,  according 
to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies. 

Jonah  iv.  2.  Thou  art  a  gracious  God,  and 
merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness, 
and  repentest  thee  of  the  evil. 

Mic.  vii.  18.  Who  is  a  God  like  unto  thee, 
that  pardoneth  iniquity,  and  passeth  by  the 
transgression  of  the  remnant  of  his  heritage  1 
he  retaineth  not  his  anger  for  ever,  because  he 
delighteth  in  mercy. 

2  Cor.  i.  3.  The  Father  of  mercies,  and  the 
God  of  all  comfort. 

Eph.  ii.  4.  God  is  rich  in  mercy. 

James  ii.  13.  Mercy  rejoiceth  against  judg- 
ment. 

James  v.  11.  The  Lord  is  very  pitiful,  and 
of  tender  mercy. 

1  Pet.  ii.  3.  If  ye  have  tasted  that  the  Lord 
is  gracious. 

CI.  Mercy  promised.  Ps.  v.  7.  I  will  come 
into  thy  house  in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy. 

Ivii.  3.  God  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and 
his  truth. 


Ps.  lix.  10.  The  God  of  my  mercy  shall 
prevent  me. 

Ixxxix.  2,  Mercy  shall  be  built  up  for  ever  ; 
thy  faithfulness  shalt  thou  establish  in  the 
heavens. — Ver.  14.  Mercy  and  truth  shall  go 
before  thy  face. — Ver.  28.  My  mercy  will  I 
keep  for  him  for  evermore. 

cii.  13.  Thou  shalt  have  mercy  on  Zion. 

Isa.  xiv.  1.  The  Lord  will  have  mercy  on 
Jacob,  and  will  yet  choose  Israel. 

xxx.  18.  Therefore  will  the  Lord  wait,  that 
he  may  be  gracious  unto  you ;  and  therefore    . 
will  he  be  exalted  that  he  may  have  mercy 
upon  you. 

liv.  7,  8.  For  a  small  moment  have  I  for- 
saken thee,  but  with  great  mercies  will  I  gather 
thee.  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from 
thee  for  a  moment,  but  with  everlasting  kind- 
ness will  I  have  mercy  on  thee,  saith  the  Lord 
thy  Redeemer. — Ver.  10.  For  the  mountains 
shall  depart,  and  the  hills  be  removed,  but  my 
kindness  shall  not  depart  from  thee,  neither 
shall  the  covenant  of  my  peace  be  removed, 
saith  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

xlii.  21.  The  Lord  is  well  pleased  for  his 
righteousness'  sake ;  he  will  magnify  the  law, 
and  make  it  honourable. 

Iv.  3.  I  wilr*  make  an  everlasting  covenant 
with  you,  even  the  sure  mercies  of  David. 

xlix.  10.  He  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall 
lead  them,  even  by  the  springs  of  water  shall 
he  guide  them. 

Ix.  10.  In  my  wrath  I  smote  thee,  but  in 
my  favour  have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 

Jer.  xxx.  18.  I  will  bring  again  the  capti- 
vity of  Jacob's  tents,  and  have  mercy  on  his 
dwelling-places.  Ch.  xxxiii.  26.  Ezek.  xxxix. 
25.  Hos.  i.  7.— ii.  23. 

xlii.  12.  I  will  shew  mercies  unto  you,  that 
the  king  of  Babylon  may  Jiave  mercy  upon 
you,  and  cause  you  to  return  to  your  own 
land. 

Lam.  iii.  32.  Though  the  Lord  cause  grief, 
yet  will  he  have  compassion,  according  to  the 
multitude  of  his  mercies. 

Hos.  ii.  19.  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me  in 
righteousness,  and  in  judgment,  and  in  loving- 
kindness,  and  in  mercies. 

Mic.  vii.  20.  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth 
to  Jacob,  and  the  mercy  to  Abraham,  which 
thou  hast  sworn  unto  our  fathers. 

Zech.  i.  16.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  am  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem  with  mercies. 

x.  6.  I  will  bring  them  again  to  place  them, 
for  I  have  mercy  upon  them ;  and  they  shall 
be  as  though  I  had  not  cast  them  off. 

Rom.  ix.  15.  I  will  have  mercy  on  whom  I 
will  have  mercy.  (Exod.  xxxiii.  19.)  Ver. 
1 6.  It  is  not  of  him  that  willeth,  nor  of  him 
that  runneth,  but  of  God  that  sheweth 
mercy. 

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54 


MERCY  OF   GOD. 


CHAP.  1. 


CII.  Persons  to  whom,  mercy  is  promised. 
Mercy  is  promised  to  the  obedient.  See  the 
following  texts  on  promises  to  the  obedient: 
Exod.  xx.  6.  Deut.  v.  10.— xiii.  17, 18.  Ps. 
xxv.  10. 

To  the  penitent.  See  in  promises  to  con- 
version, or  turning  to  God,  the  following  texts: 
2  Chron.  xxx.  9.  Prov.  xxviii.  13.  Isa.  Iv. 
7.  Jer.  iii.  12. — xxxi.  19,  20. 

To  them  that  fear  God  See  in  promises 
to  them  that  fear  God,  the  following  texts : 
Ps.  ciii.  11.  13.  17.  Luke  i.  50. 

To  them  that  love  God.  See  in  promises 
to  loving  God,  the  following  texts  :  Exod.  xx. 
6.  Deut.  v.  10.  Ps.  cxix.  132.  Jude  21. 

To  them  that  trust  in  God.  See  in  pro- 
mises to  them  that  trust  in  God,  the  following 
texts:  Ps.  xxxii.  10. — xxxiii.  22. 

CIII.  Mercy  prayed  for.  Numb.  vi.  24, 
25,  26.  On  this  wise  the  priests  shall  bless 
(or  pray  for)  the  people :  The  Lord  bless  thee, 
and  keep  thee :  The  Lord  make  his  face 
shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto  thee : 
The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  thee, 
and  give  thee  peace. 

xiv.  19.  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the  iniquity 
of  this  people,  according  to  the  greatness  of 
thy  mercy. 

Deut.  xxi.  8.  Be  merciful,  0  Lord,  unto 
thy  people,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed. 

Neh.  xiii.  22.  Remember  me,  O  my  God, 
and  spare  me,  according  to  the  greatness  of 
thy  mercy. 

Ps.  iv.  1.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  and  hear 
my  prayer. 

vi.  2.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  0  Lord,  for  I 
am  weak :  O  Lord,  heal  me. — Ver.  4.  O  save 
me  for  thy  mercies'  sake.  Ps.  xxx.  10. — 
Ixix.  13,  14.  16,  17.— Ivii.  1.— xliv.  26.— Ivi. 
1. — cxxiii.  3. 

Ps.  ix.  13.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  0  Lord  ; 
consider  my  trouble. 

xxv.  6,  7.  Remember,  0  Lord,  thy  tender 
mercies  and  thy  loving-kindnesses;  for  they 
have  been  ever  of  old. — Remember  not  the  sins 
of  my  youth,  nor  my  transgressions :  accord- 
ing to  thy  mercy  remember  thou  me.  Ps. 
Lxxxvi.  6. 

Ver.  7. 16.  For  thy  goodness'  sake,  0  Lord, 
turn  thee  unto  me,  and  have  mercy  upon  me  ; 
for  I  am  desolate  and  afflicted.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  16. 

xxvi.  11.  I  will  walk  in  mine  integrity  :  re- 
deem me,  and  be  merciful  unto  me. 

xl.  11.  Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender  mercies 
from  me,  0  Lord :  let  thy  loving-kindness  and 
thy  truth  continually  preserve  me. 

xli.  4.  Lord,  be  merciful  unto  me ;  heal  my 
soul,  for  I  have  sinned  against  thee. 

li.  1.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  accord- 
ing to  thy  loving-kindness ;  according  to  the 


multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies  blot  out  my 
transgressions. 

Ixi.  7.  O  prepare  mercy  and  truth,  which 
may  preserve  the  king. 

Ixxix.  8.  O  remember  not  against  us  former 
iniquities:  let  thy  tender  mercies  speedily 
prevent  us. — Ver.  9.  Help  us,  O  God  of  our 
salvation,  for  the  glory  of  thy  name ;  and  de- 
liver us,  and  purge  away  our  sins  for  thy 
name's  sake. 

Ixxxv.  7.  Show  us  thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  and 
grant  us  thy  salvation. 

Ixxxvi.  3.  Be  merciful  unto  me,  0  Lord, 
for  I  cry  unto  thee  daily. — Ver.  5.  For  thou, 
Lord,  art  good  and  ready  to  forgive ;  and 
plenteous  in  mercy  to  all  that  call  upon  thee. 
Ps.  xxvii.  7. 

xc.  14.  O  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy, 
that  we  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all  our  days. 

cix.  21,  22.  Because  thy  mercy  is  goocl, 
deliver  thou  me,  for  I  am  poor  and  needy. — 
Ver.  26.  Help  me,  0  Lord  my  God,  O  save 
me  according  to  thy  mercy. 

cxix.  41.  Let  thy  mercies  come  also  unto 
me,  O  Lord,  even  thy  salvation,  according  to 
thy  word. — Ver.  58.  Be  merciful  unto  me. 
according  to  thy  word. — Ver.  77.  Let  thy 
tender  mercies  come  unto  me,  that  I  may  live. 
— Ver.  124.  Deal  with  thy  servant  according 
unto  thy  mercy ;  and  teach  me  thy  statutes.— 
Ver.  132.  Look  thou  upon  me,  and  be  merci- 
ful unto  me,  as  thou  usest  to  do  unto  those 
that  love  thy  name. 

Hos.  xiv.  2.  Take  away  all  iniquity,  and 
receive  us  graciously. 

Hab.  iii.  2.  O  Lord,  revive  thy  work  in  the 
midst  of  the  years;  in  wrath  remember  mercy, 

Mai.  i.  9.  Beseech  God  that  he  will  be  gra- 
cious unto  us. 

Luke  xviii.  13.  God  be  merciful  to  me  a 
sinner. 

Gal.  vi.  16.  As  many  as  walk  according  to 
this  rule,  peace  be  on  them,  and  mercy,  and 
upon  the  Israel  of  God. 

1  Tim.  i.  2.  Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  from 
God  our  Father,  and  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
2  Tim.  i.  2.     Tit,  i.  4.     2  John  3. 

2  Tim.  i.  16.  The  Lord  give  mercy  unto 
the    house  of    Onesiphorus. — Ver.   18.   The 
Lord  grant  that  he  may  find  mercy  of  the  Lord 
in  that  day. 

Heb.  iv.  16.  Let  us  come  boldly  unto  the 
throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy, 
and  find  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

Jude  2.  Mercy  unto  you,  and  peace  and 
love  be  multiplied. 

CIV.  Mercy  acknowledged  in  various  in- 
stances. Gen.  xix.  16.  The  Lord  being  mer- 
ciful unto  Lot,  they  brought  him  forth,  and  set 
him  without  the  city. — Ver.  19.  Lot  said, 


CHAP.  I. 


MERCY   OF   GOD. 


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Thou  hast  magnified  thy  mercy  in  saving  my 
life. 

Exod.  xv.  13.  Thou  in  thy  mercy  hast  led 
forth  the  people  which  thou  hast  redeemed. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  51.  He  sheweth  mercy  to  his 
anointed,  unto  David,  and  to  his  seed  for 
evermore.  Ps.  xviii.  50.  1  Kings  iii.  6. 
2  Chron.  vi.  42. 

Ezra  vii.  27,  28.  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who 
hath  extended  mercy  unto  me,  before  the  king 
and  his  counsellors.  Ch.  ix.  9. 

Ps.  xciv.  18.  When  I  said,  My  foot  slip- 
peth ;  thy  mercy,  Lord,  held  me  up. 

xcviii.  3.  The  Lord  hath  remembered  his 
mercy,  and  his  truth,  toward  the  house  of  Is- 
rael. Luke  i.  54.  72.  78. 

cvi.  45.  He  remembered  for  them  his  cove- 
nant, and  repented  according  to  the  multitude 
of  his  mercies. 

cxix.  64.  The  earth,  0  Lord,  is  full  of  thy 
mercy. 

Rom.  ix.  23.  That  God  might  make  known 
the  riches  of  his  glory  on  the  vessels  of  mercy, 
which  he  had  afore  prepared  unto  glory. 

1  Cor.  vii.  25.  Paul  said,  I  obtained  mercy 
of  the  Lord  to  be  faithful. 

1  Tim.  i.  13.  Paul  said,  I  who  was  a  blas- 
phemer, and  a  persecutor,  and  injurious,  ob- 
tained mercy. 

Tit.  iii.  5.  According  to  his  mercy  he 
saved  us. 

1  Pet.  i.  3.  His  abundant  mercy. 

ii.  10.  Ye  have  obtained  mercy. 

CV.  Thanks  for  mercy.  Gen.  xxiv.  27. 
Abraham's  servant  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
God,  who  hath  not  left  destitute  my  master, 
of  his  mercy  and  his  truth. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  34.  0  give  thanks  unto  the 
Lord,  for  he  is  good  :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever.  2  Chron.  v.  13. — vii.  3. — xx.  21. 
Ezra  iii.  11.  Ps.  cvi.  1. — cvii.  1. — cxviii.  1. — 
cxxxvi.  1.  Jer.  xxxiii.  11. 

Ps.  lix.  16.  I  will  sing  aloud  of  thy  mercy. 
Ps.  Ixxxix.  1. 

Ixvi.  20.  Blessed  be  God,  who  hath  not  turn- 
ed away  my  prayer,  nor  his  mercy  from  me. 

ciii.  1.  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul. — Ver.  4. 
Who  crowneth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and 
tender  mercies. 

cxv.  1 .  Not  unto  us,  but  unto  thy  name  give 
glory,  for  thy  mercy  and  thy  truth's  sake. 

CVI.  Mercy  in  the  pardon  of  sin.  See  in 
Sect.  c.  texts,  Exod.  xxxiv.  6,  7.  Numb.  xiv. 
18.  Neh.  ix.  17.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  5.  Dan.  ix.  9. 

Ps.  xxxii.  1 ,  2.  Blessed  is  he  whose  trans- 
gression is  forgiven,  whose  sin  is  covered. 
Blessed  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord  imputeth 
not  iniquity. 

Ixv.  3.  As  for  our  transgressions,  thou  shalt 
purge  them  away. 


Ixxxv.  2.  Thou  hast  forgiven  the  iniquity 
of  thy  people;  thou  hast  covered  all  their 
sin. 

ciii.  3.  The  Lord  forgiveth  all  thine  iniqui- 
ties; he  healeth  all  thy  diseases. — Ver.  10. 
He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our  sins. 

cxxx.  4.  There  is  forgiveness  with  thee,  that 
thou  mayest  be  feared. 

Isa.  i.  18.  Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet  or 
crimson,  they  shall  be  as  snow,  or  as  wool. 

xxxiii.  24.  The  inhabitants  shall  not  say,  I 
am  sick ;  the  people  that  dwelt  therein  shall  be 
forgiven  their  iniquity. 

xliii.  25.  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  blotteth  out 
thy  transgressions  for  mine  own  sake,  and  will 
not  remember  thy  sins. 

xliv.  22.  I  have  blotted  out  as  a  thick  cloud 
thy  transgressions,  and  as  a  cloud  thy  sins. 

Iv.  7.  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and 
the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts ;  and  let 
him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will  have 
mercy  upon  hirn :  and  to  our  God,  for  he  will 
abundantly  pardon.  See  promises  to  repent- 
ance  and  turning  to  God. 

Jer.  iii.  12.  Return,  thou  backsliding  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  I  will  not  cause  mine 
anger  to  fall  upon  you :  for  I  am  merciful, 
saith  the  Lord,  and' I  will  not  keep  anger  for 
ever. — Ver.  22.  Return,  ye  backsliding  child- 
ren, and  I  will  heal  your  backslidings. 

xxxiii.  8.  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all  their 
iniquity,  whereby  they  have  sinned  against 
me;  and  I  will  pardon  all  their  iniquities, 
whereby  they  have  sinned,  and  whereby  they 
have  transgressed  against  me. 

1.  20.  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time,  saith 
the  Lord,  the  iniquity  of  Israel  shall  be  sought 
for,  and  there  shall  be  none  ;  and  the  sins  of 
Judah,  and  they  shall  not  be  found ;  for  I  will 
pardon  them  whom  I  reserve. 

Ezek.  xxxiii.  15,  16.  If  the  wicked  restore 
the  pledge,  give  again  that  he  had  robbed,  walk 
in  the  statutes  of  life,  none  of  his  sins  that  he 
hath  committed  shall  be  mentioned  unto  him ; 
he  shall  surely  live. 

Hos.  xi.  8.  How  shall  I  give  thee  up, 
Ephraim?  how  shall  I  deliver  thee,  Israel? 
&c. — Ver.  9.  I  will  not  execute  the  fierceness 
of  mine  anger,  I  will  not  return  to  destroy 
Ephraim  ;  for  I  am  God,  and  not  man. 

xiv.  4.  I  will  heal  their  backsliding,  I  will 
love  them  freely :  for  mine  anger  is  turned 
away  from  him. 

Matt.  xii.  31.  All  manner  of  sin  and  blas- 
phemy shall  be  forgiven  unto  men,  but  the 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost. — Ver.  32. 
Whosoever  speaketh  a  word  against  the  Son  of 
man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

Heb.  x.  17.  Their  sins  and  their  iniquity 
will  fremember  no  more.  Ch.  viii.  12.  Jer. 
xxxi.  34. 


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GOD   IS   COMPASSIONATE — GOD   PITIETH.  CHAP.  I. 


CVIL  Pardon  and  forgiveness  prayed  for. 
Exod.  xxxii.  31,  32.  Moses  said,  This  people 
have  sinned  a  great  sin.  Yet  now,  if  thou 
wilt,  forgive  their  sin ;  if  not,  blot  me  out  of 
thy  book,  which  thou  hast  written. 

xxxiv.  9.  O  Lord,  pardon  our  iniquity  and 
our  sin,  and  take  us  for  thine  inheritance. 

Numb.  xiv.  19.  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the 
iniquity  of  this  people,  according  to  the  great- 
ness of  thy  mercy.  Ver.  20. 

1  Kings  viii.  30.    Solomon  prays  for  for- 
giveness to  the  people. 

2  Chron.   xxx.    18.    Good    Lord,    pardon 
every  one,  &c. 

Job  vii.  20.  I  have  sinned,  what  shall  I  do 
unto  thee,  0  thou  preserver  of  men  1  Ver. 
21.  Why  dost  thou  not  pardon  my  trans- 
gression 1 

Ps.  xxv.  18.  Look  upon  mine  affliction  and 
my  pain,  and  forgive  all  my  sins.  Ver.  11. 
Ps.li.  1. 

Dan.  ix.  19.  O  Lord  hear,  0  Lord  forgive; 
hearken  and  do,"defer  not  for  thine  own  sake, 
0  my  God. 

Amos  vii.  2.  O  Lord  God,  forgive  I  beseech 
thee.v 

Luke  xxiii.  34.  Jesus  said,  Father,  forgive 
them  ;  for  they  know  not  what  they  do. 

Acts  viii.  22.  Peter  said  to  Simon  Magus, 
Repent,  and  pray  God,  if  perhaps,  the  thought 
of  thy  heart  may  be  forgiven  thee.  See  Naa- 
man's  prayer,  2  Kings  v.  18.  Hezekiah's 
prayer,  2  Chron.  xxx.  18,  19. 


GOD  IS  COMPASSIONATE. 

CVIII.  Compassion  ascribed  to  God.  Ps. 
Ixxxvi.  15.  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full  of 
compassion,  and  gracious :  long-suffering,  and 
plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth". 

cxlv.  8.  The  Lord  is  gracious  and  full  of 
compassion ;  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great 
mercy.  Ps.  cxi.  4. — cxii.  4. 

God  excited  compassion  toward  his  people 
in  the  hearts  of  their  enemies.  Ps.  cvi.  46. 
1  Kings  viii.  50.  2  Chron.  xxx.  9. 

CIX.  Companion,  to  whom  promised, 
Deut.  xxx.  2,  3.  When  thou  shalt  return 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  shalt  obey  his 
voice ;  then  the  Lord  will  turn  thy  captivity 
and  have  compassion  on  thee.  Ch.  xiii.  17. 

Jer.  xii.  15.  After  I  have  plucked  them  ou 
I  will  return,  and  have  compassion  on  them 
and  will  bring  them  again  every  man  to  his 
heritage,  and  to  his  land. 

Lam.  iii.  32.  Though  he  cause  grief,  ye 
will  he  have  compassion,  according  to  th< 
multitude  of  his  mercies. 

Mic.  vii.  18.  Who  is  a  God  like  unto  thee 


who  pardoneth  iniquity!  &c. — Ver.  19.  He 
will  turn  again,  he  will  have  compassion  upon 
us ;  he  will  subdue  our  iniquities ;  and  thou 
wilt  cast  all  their  sins  into  the  depths  of  the 

i. 

Rom.  ix.  15.  I  will  have  compassion  on 
vhom  I  will  have  compassion.  Ex.  xxxiii.  19 

CX.  Instances  of  divine  compassion. 
2  Kings  xiii.  23.  The  Lord  was  gracious 
unto  Israel,  and  had  compassion  on  them, 
when  they  were  oppressed  by  enemies. 

2  Chron.  xxxvi.  15.  The  Lord  God  of  their 
"athers  sent  to  them  by  his  messengers,  rising 
up  betimes  and  sending ;  because  he  had  com- 
)assion  on  his  people,  and  on  his  dwelling- 
)lace. 

Ps.  Ixxviii.  38.  He  being  full  of  compas- 
sion, forgave  their  iniquity,  and  destroyed 
,hem  not ;  yea,  many  a  time,  turned  he  his 
anger  away,  and  did  not  stir  up  all  his  wrath. 

Lam.  iii.  22.  It  is  of  the  Lord's  mercies 
that  we  are  not  consumed :  because  his  com- 
passions fail  not. 

Matt  xviii.  27.  The  Lord  of  that  servant, 
moved  with  compassion,  forgave  him  the  debt. 

Mark  v.  1 9.  Jesus  said  to  the  man  out  of 
whom  he  had  cast  a  devil,  Go  tell  how  great 
things  the  Lord  hath  done  for  thee,  and  hath 
had  compassion  on  thee. 

Luke  xv.  20.  The  father  saw  the  prodigal 
son  returning,  and  had  compassion  on  him, 
and  ran  and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed  him. 

God  excited  compassion  towards  his  people 
in  the  hearts  of  their  enemies.  Ps.  cvi.  46. 
1  Kings  viii.  50.  2  Chron.  xxx.  9. 

CXI.  Compassion  ascribed  to  Christ.  In- 
stances in  which  it  was  excited.  Matt.  ix.  36. 
At  seeing  the  multitude  scattered  as  sheep 
without  a  shepherd.  Mark  vi.  34. 

xiv.  14.  At  seeing  in  the  multitude,  sick 
persons,  whom  he  healed. 

xv.  32.  At  seeing  a  multitude  without 
bread,  whom  he  fed.  Mark  viii.  2. 

xx.  34.  At  seeing  blind  men,  whose  eyes  he 
opened. 

Mark  i,  41.  At  seeing  a  leper,  whom  he 
healed. 

ix.  22.  25.  At  seeing  a  child  possessed  of  a 
dumb  spirit,  which  he  cast  out. 

Luke  vii.  13.  At  seeing  a  mother's  grief, 
whose  son  he  restored  to  life. 


GOD  PITIETH. 

CXII.  God  hath  pity  on  his  people.  Ps. 
ciii.  13.  Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children, 
so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  9.  In  his  love  and  in  his  pity  he 


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redeemed  his  people ;  and  he  bare  them,  and 
carried  them  all  the  days  of  old. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  21.  I  had  pity  for  my  holy 
name,  which  the  house  of  Israel  had  profaned 
among  the  heathen.  * 

Joel  ii.  18.  The  Lord  will  be  jealous  for  his 
land,  and  pity  his  people. 

James  v.  11.  The  Lord  is  very  pitiful,  and 
of  tender  mercy. 

CXIII.  God  will  not  pity  the  wicked. 
Ezek.  v.  6.  She  hath  changed  my  judgments 
:nto  wickedness:  they  have  refused  my  judg- 
ments and  statutes,  and  have  n<»t  walked  in 
them. — Ver.  11.  Neither  shalt  mine  eye 
spare,  neither  will  I  have  any  pity.  (Ch.  vii. 
9. — viii.  18. — ix.  10.)  Ver.  13.  I  will  cause 
my  fury  to  rest  upon  them. 

Jer.  xiii.  10.  14.  This  evil  people  refused 
to  hear  my  words,  and  I  will  not  pity,  nor 
spare,  nor  have  mercy,  but  destroy  them. 
Zech.  xiv. 


LONG-SUFFERING  OF  GOD,  AND 
FORBEARANCE. 

CXIV.  Long-suffering  ascribed  to  God. 
Ron*  ii.  4.  Despisest  thou  the  riches  of  his 
goodness  and  forbearance,  and  long-suffering, 
not  knowing  that  the  goodness  of  God  leadeth 
thee  to  repentance  1 

ix.  22,  23.  God  endured,  with  much  long- 
suffering,  the  vessels  of  wrath  fitted  to  de- 
struction:  That  he  might  make  known  the 
riches  of  his  glory  on  the  vessels  of  mercy, 
which  he  had  afore  prepared  unto  glory. 

1  Pet.  iii.  20.   The  long-suffering  of  God 
waited  in  the  days  of  Noah,  while  the  ark 
was  preparing. 

2  Pet.  iii.  9.  The  Lord  is  long-suffering  to 
us-ward,  not  willing  that  any  should  perish, 
but  that  all  should  come  to  repentance. — Ver. 
15.     The  long-suffering  of  our  Lord  is  salva- 
tion. 

1  Tim.  i.  1 6.  I  obtained  mercy,  that  in  me 
Christ  might  shew  all  long-suffering,  for  a 
pattern  to  them  which  should  hereafter  believe 
on  him  to  life  everlasting.  See  Numb.  xiv. 
18.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  15, 

CXV.  Forbearance  ascribed  to  God. 
Numb.  xiv.  27.  The  Lord  said,  How  long 
shall  I  bear  with  this  evil  congregation  which 
murmur  against  me  1 

Neh.  ix.  30.  Many  years  didst  thou  forbear 
them. 

Jer.  xliv.  22.  The  Lord  could  no  longer 
bear,  because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

Luke  xviii.  7.  The  Lord  will  avenge  his 
own  elect,  though  he  bear  long. 
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KINDNESS  OF  GOD. 

CXVI.  Kindness  ascribed  to  God,  and 
promised  and  exercised  towards  his  people. 
Neh.  ix.  17.  Thou  art  a  God  ready  to  pardon, 
gracious  and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of 
great  kindness. 

Ps.% xxxvi.  7.  How  excellent  is  thy  loving- 
kindness,  O  God  !  therefore  the  children  of 
men  put  their  trust  under  the  shadow  of  thy 
wings. 

xlii.  8.  The  Lord  will  command  his  loving- 
kindness  in  the  day  time,  and  in  the  night  his 
song  shall  be  with  me,  and  my  prayer  to  the 
God  of  my  life. 

Ixxxix.  33.  My  loving-kindness  will  I  not 
utterly  take  from  him,  nor  suffer  my  faithful- 
ness to  fail. 

cvii.  43.  The  wise,  they  shall  understand 
the  loving-kindness  of  the  Lord. 

cxvii.  2.  His  merciful  kindness  is  great  to- 
ward us. 

Isa.  liv.  8.  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face 
from  thee  for  a  moment,  but  with  everlasting 
kindness  will  I  have  mercy  on  thee.  Ver.  10. 
The  mountains  shall  depart  and  the  hills  be 
removed,  but  my  kindness  shall  not  depart 
from  thee,  neither  shall  the  covenant  of  my 
peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord,  that  hath 
mercy  on  thee. 

Jer.  ix.  24.  I  am  the  Lord,  which  exercise 
loving-kindness,  judgment,  and  righteousness 
in  the  earth:  for  in  these  things  I  delight, 
saith  the  Lord. 

xxxi.  3.  I  have  loved  thee  with  an  everlast- 
ing love,  therefore  with  loving-kindness  have  I 
drawn  thee. 

xxxii.  18.  Thou  shewest  loving-kindness 
unto  thousands. 

Hos.  ii.  19.  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me  in 
righteousness,  and  in  judgment,  and  in  loving- 
kindness,  and  in  mercies. 

Joel  ii.  13.  The  Lord  your  God  is  gracious 
and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kind- 
ness, and  repenteth  him  of  the  evil. 

Luke  vi.  35.  God  is  kind  unto  the  unthank- 
ful, and  to  the  evil. 

Eph.  ii.  6,  7.  God  hath  raised  us  up,  and 
made  us  sit  together  in  heavenly  places  ia 
Christ  Jesus;  that  in  the  ages  to  come  he 
might  shew5  the  exceeding  riches  of  his  grace, 
in  his  kindness  toward  us,  through  Christ 
Jesus. 

Tit.  iii.  4,  5.  The  kindness  of  God  our  Sa- 
viour toward  man,  appeared,  not  by  works  of 
righteousness  which  we  have  done,  but  accord- 
ing to  his  mercy  he  saved  us,  &c. 

CXVII.  Kindness  prayed  for.  Gen.  xxiv 
12.  Abraham's  servant  prayed,  and  said,  O 
Lord  God  of  my  master  Abraham,  I  pray  thee 


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CHAP.  I. 


send  me  good  speed,  and  shew  kindness  to  my 
master. 

Ruth  i.  8.  Naomi  said,  The  Lord  deal  kindly 
with  you  as  ye  have  dealt  with  the  dead,  and 
with  me. 

2  Sam.  ii.  6.  David  said,  The  Lord  shew 
kindness  and  truth  unto  you. 

Ps.  xvii.  7.  Shew  thy  marvellous  loving- 
kindness,  0  thou  that  savest  by  thy  right  hand, 
them  that  put  their  trust  in  thee. 

xxv.  6.  Remember,  O  Lord,  thy  tender  mer- 
cies, and  thy  loving-kindnesses,  for  they  have 
been  ever  of  old. 

xxxvi.  10.  O  continue  thy  loving-kindness 
unto  them  that  know  thee,  and  thy  righteous- 
ness to  the  upright  in  heart. 

xl.  1 1.  Let  thy  loving-kindness  and  thy  truth 
continually  preserve  me. 

li.  1.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  accord- 
ing to  thy  loving-kindness. 

Ixix.  16.  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  loving- 
kindness  is  good ;  turn  to  me  according  to  the 
multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies. 

Ixxxviii.  11.  Shall  thy  loving-kindness  be 
declared  in  the  grave  1  or  thy  faithfulness  in 
destruction  1 

Ixxxix.  49.  Lord,  where  are  thy  former 
loving-kindnesses  1 

cxix.  76.  Let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  merciful 
kindness  be  for  my  comfort,  according  to  thy 
word. — Ver.  88.  Quicken  me  after  thy  loving- 
kindness  ;  so  shall  I  keep  the  testimony  of  thy 
mouth.  Ver.  149.  159. 

cxliii.  8.  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  loving-kind- 
ness in  the  morning ;  for  in  thee  do  I  trust. 

CXVIIT.  Thanks  for  God's  kindness.  Ps. 
xxvi.  3.  Thy  loving-kindness  is  before  mine 
eyes,  and  I  have  walked  in  thy  truth. 

xxxi.  21.  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  for  he  hath 
shewed  me  his  marvellous  kindness. 

xl.  10.  I  have  not  concealed  thy  loving- 
kindness,  and  thy  truth. 

xlviii.  9.  We  have  thought  of  thy  loving- 
kindness,  O  God,  in  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

Ixiii.  3.  Because  thy  loving-kindness  is 
better  than  life,  my  lips  shall  praise  thee. 

xcii.  2.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  shew  forth  thy 
loving-kindness  in  the  morning,  and  thy  faith- 
fulness every  night. 

ciii.  4.  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  who 
crowrieth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and  tender 
mercies. 

cxxxviii.  2.  I  will  worship  toward  thy  holy 
temple,  and  praise  thy  name  for  thy  loving- 
kindness  and  for  thy  truth ;  for  thou  hast  mag- 
nified thy  word  above  all  thy  name. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  7.  I  will  mention  the  loving-kind- 
nesses of  the  Lord,  and  the  praises  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  he  hath  bestowed  on  us ; 
and  the  great  goodness  he  hath  bestowed,  &c. 


GRACE  OF  GOD. 

CXIX.  God  is  gracious.  Gen.vi.  8.  Noah 
found  grace  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord.  Moses 
found  grace.  Exod.  xxxiii.  12, 13.  16. 

Exod.  xxii.  27.  The  Lord  said,  When  the 
poor  crieth,  I  will  hear ;  for  I  am  gracious. 

xxxiii.  19.  I  will  be  gracious  to  whom  I  will 
be  gracious,  and  will  shew  mercy  on  whom  I 
will  shew  mercy. 

xxxiv.  6.  The  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gra- 
cious, long-suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness 
and  truth.  2  Chron.  xxx.  9. 

2  Kings  xiii.  23.  The  Lord  was  gracious 
unto  Israel  (in  their  distress),  and  had  com- 
passion on  them,  and  had  respect  unto  them, 
because  of  his  covenant  with  Abraham,  Isaac, 
and  Jacob,  and  would  not  destroy  them ;  neither 
cast  he  them  from  his  presence  as  yet. 

Ezra  ix.  8.  For  a  little  space,  grace  hath 
been  shewed  from  the  Lord  our  God,  to  leave 
us  a  remnant  to  escape,  and  to  give  us  a  nail 
in  his  holy  place,  that  our  God  may  lighten 
our  eyes,  and  give  us  a  reviving. 

Neh.  ix.  17.  Thou  art  a  God  ready  to  par- 
don, gracious,  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of 
great  kindness,  and  forsookest  not  thy  people. 

Ps.  Ixxvii.  9.  Hath  God  forgotten  to  be 
gracious? 

Ixxxvi.  15.  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full 
of  compassion,  and  gracious,  long-suffering, 
and  plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth.  Ps.  ciii.  8. — 
cxi.  4. — cxii.4. — cxvi.  5.— cxlv.  8.  Joel  ii.  13. 

Isa.  xxx.  18.  Therefore  will  the  Lord  wait, 
that  he  may  be  gracious  unto  you ;  and  there- 
fore will  he  be  exalted,  that  he  may  have 
mercy  upon  you. — Ver.  19.  He  will  be  very 
gracious  unto  thee,  at  the  voice  of  thy  cry; 
when  he  shall  hear  it  he  will  answer  thee. 

Jonah  iv.  2.  Thou  art  a  gracious  God,  and 
merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness, 
and  repentest  thee  of  the  evil.  See  Amos  v. 
15.  Zech.  iv.  7.  Grace,  grace. 

CXX.  God's  throne  is  a  throne  of  grace. 
Heb.  iv.  1 6.  Let  us  come  boldly  to  the  throne 
of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find 
grace  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

CXXI.  God's  Spirit  is  a  Spirit,  of  grace. 
Heb.  x.  29.  The  Spirit  of  grace.  Zech.  xii.  10. 
The  Spirit  of  grace  and  supplications. 

CXXII.  Christ  is  gracious.  Luke  iv.  22. 
Gracious  words  proceeded  out  of  his  mouth. 

John  i.  14.  He  was  full  of  grace  and  truth. 
— Ver.  1 6.  Of  his  fulness  have  all  we  received, 
and  grace  for  grace. 

Acts  xv.  11.  We  believe  that  through  the 
grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  we  shall  be 
saved. 


CHAP.  I. 


GRACE    OF   GOD. 


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Rom.  xvi.  20.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  you.  1  Cor.  xvi.  23.  Phil, 
iv.  23.  1  Thess,  v.  28.  2  Thess.  iii.  18. 

2  Cor.  viii.  9.  Ye  know  the  grace  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  though  he  was  rich,  yet 
for  your  sakes  he  became  poor,  that  ye  through 
his  poverty  might  be  rich. 

Eph.  i.  7.  We  have  redemption  through  his 
blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  according  to  the 
riches  of  his  grace. 

1  Pet.  ii.  3.  If  so  be  ye  have  tasted  that  the 
Lord  is  gracious. 

CXXIII.  The  grace  of  God  in  the  economy 
of  'man 's  salvation.  In  election. — Rom.  xi.  5, 
6.  There  is  a  remnant  according  to  the  election 
of  grace.  And  if  by  grace,  then  is  it  no  more 
of  works ;  otherwise  grace  is  no  more  grace. 

CXXIV.  Our  calling  is  of  grace.  Gal.  i. 
1 5.  God,  who  separated  me  from  my  mother's 
womb,  and  called  me  by  his  grace,  &c. 

2  Tim.  i.  9.  God  hath  saved  us,  and  called 
us  with  an  holy  calling ;  not  according  to  our 
works,  but  according  to  his  own  purpose  and 
grace,  which  was  given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  be- 
fore the  world  began. 

1  Pet.  v.  10.  The  God  of  all  grace,  who 
hath  called  us  unto  his  eternal  glory  by  Christ 
Jesus,  make  you  perfect,  establish,  strengthen, 
settle  you. 

CXXV.  Justification  is  of  grace.  Rom. 
iii.  24.  Being  justified  freely  by  his  grace, 
through  the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Gal.  ii.  21.  I  do  not  frustrate  the  grace  of 
God ;  for  if  righteousness  come  by  the  law 
then  Christ  is  dead  in  vain. 

v.  4.  Christ  is  become  of  no  effect  to  you, 
whosoever  of  you  are  justified  by  the  law;  ye 
are  fallen  from  grace.  See  Rom.  v.  15.  17. 
20,21. 

CXXVI.  Pardon  of  sin  is  through  grace. 
Eph.  i.  7.  In  Christ  we  have  redemption 
through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  ac- 
cording to  the  riches  of  his  grace. 

CXXVII.  Adoption  through  grace.  Eph. 
i.  5,  6.  God  having  predestinated  us  to  the 
adoption  of  children,  by  Jesus  Christ,  to  him- 
self, according  to  the  good  pleasure  of  his  will, 
to  the  praise  of  the  glory  of  his  grace,  wherein 
he  hath  made  us  accepted  in  the  Beloved. 

CXXVIII.  Sanctifying  grace,  or  sanctijt- 
cation  through  grace.  Ps.  Ixxxiv.  11.  The 
Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield ;  the  Lord  will 
give  grace  and  glory  ;  no  good  thing  will  he 
withhold  from  them  that  walk  uprightly. 

Prov.  iii.  34.  He  scorneth  the  scorners,  but 
oiveth  grace  to  the  lowly. 


James  iv.  6.  He  resisteth  the  proud,  but 
giveth  grace  to  the  humble. 

2  Cor.  ix.  8.  God  is  able  to  make  all  grace 
abound  toward  you ;  that  ye,  always  having 
all  sufficiency  in  all  things,  may  abound  to 
every  good  work.  Ver.  14. 

xii.  9.  The  Lord  said,  My  grace  is  sufficient 
for  thee :  for  my  strength  is  made  perfect  in, 
weakness. 

CXXIX.  The  gospel  is  nf  grace  given.  John 
i.  17.  The  law  was  given  by  Moses,  but  grace 
and  truth  came  by  Jesus  Christ. 

Acts  xiii.  43.  Paul  and  Barnabas  exhorted 
Christians  to  continue  in  the  grace  of  God. 

xiv.  3.  The  Lord  gave  testimony  to  the 
word  of  his  grace,  and  granted  signs  and 
wonders  to  be  done  in  confirmation  of  it. 

Acts  xx.  24.  I  testify  the  gospel  of  the 
grace  of  God. — Ver.  32.  I  commend -you  to 
God,  and  to  the  word  of  his  grace,  which  is 
able  to  build  you  up,  and  to  give  you  an  in- 
heritance among  all  them  that  are  sanctified. 

Rom.  v.  2.  By  Jesus  Christ  we  have  access 
by  faith  into  this  grace  wherein  we  stand,  and 
rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God. 

vi.  14.  Sin  shall  not  have  dominion  over 
you ;  for  ye  are  not  under  the  law,  but  under 
grace.  Ver.  15. 

2  Cor.  vi.  1.  We  beseech  you,  that  ye  re- 
ceive not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. 

viii.  1.  We  do  you  to  wit,  (we  make  known 
to  you)  of  the  grace  of  God  bestowed  on  the 
churches. 

Gal.  i.  6.  I  marvel  that  ye  are  so  soon  re- 
moved from  him  that  called  you  into  the  grace 
of  Christ, 

Phil.  i.  7.  Ye  are  all  partakers  of  my  grace. 

Col.  i.  6.  The  gospel  bringeth  forth  fruit  in 
you,  since  the  day  ye  heard  of  it,  and  knew 
the  grace  of  God. 

Tit.  ii.  1 1,  12,  13.  The  grace  of  God  that 
bringeth  salvation,  hath  appeared  to  all  men, 
teaching  us  that,  denying  ungodliness  and 
worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly,  right- 
eously, and  godly,  in  this  present  world ;  look- 
ing for  that  blessed  hope,  &c. 

Heb.  xii.  15.  Looking  diligently,  lest  any 
man  fail  of  the  grace  of  God. 

1  Pet.  i.  10.  The  prophets  prophesied  of 
the  grace  that  should  come  unto  you. 

v.  12.  This  is  the  true  grace  of  God  where- 
in ye  stand. 

Jude  4.  Ungodly  men  turn  the  grace  of 
God  into  lasciviousness. 

CXXX.  Giving  alms  called  grace.  2  Cor. 
iv.  15.— viii.  6,  7.  19. 

CXXXI.  Ministerial  abilities  for  publish- 
ing the  gospel,  are  of  grace.  Acts  xiv.  26. 


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CHAP.  I. 


The  apostles  had  been  recommended  to  the 
grace  of  God,  for  the  work  of  the  ministry 
which  they  fulfilled.  Ch.  xv.  40. 

Rom.  i.  5.  By  whom  (Christ)  we  have  re- 
ceived grace  and  apostleship,  for  obedience  to 
the  faith  among  all  nations. 

xii.  3.  I  say  through  the  grace  given  unto 
me,  to  every  man  that  is  among  you,  not  to 
think  of  himself  more  highly  than  he  ought 
to  think. — Ver.  6.  Having  gifts  differing,  ac- 
cording to  the  grace  that  is  given  to  us,  let  us, 
&c.  1  Pet.  iv.  10. 

Rom.  xv.  15,  16.  I  have  written  the  more 
boldly  unto  you,  because  of  the  grace  that  is 
given  to  me  of  God:  That  I  should  be  the 
minister,  &c. 

1  Cor.  iii.  10.  According  to  the  grace  of 
God  given  unto  me,  as  a  wise  master-builder, 
I  have  laid  the  foundation. 

Gal.  ii.  9.  When  the  brethren  perceived  the 
grace  that  was  given  unto  me,  they  gave  the 
right  hands  of  fellowship.  See  Eph.  iii.  2. 
7,8. 

CXXXII.  The  effects  of  the  gospel  in  a 
sanctified  nature  and  practice,  called  grace. 
Acts  iv.  33.  Great  grace  was  upon  them  all. 

xi.  23.  When  Barnabas  had  seen  the  grace 
of  God,  he  was  glad,  and  exhorted  them  all, 
that  with  purpose  of  heart  they  would  cleave 
unto  the  Lord. 

1  Cor.  i.  4.    I  thank  my  God  always  on 
your  behalf,  for  the  grace  of  God  which  is 
given  you  by  Jesus  Christ. 

xv.  10.  By  the  grace  of  God  I  am  what  I 
am :  and  his  grace  which  was  bestowed  on 
me  was  not  in  vain,  but  I  laboured  more 
abundantly  than  they  all ;  yet  not  I,  but  the 
grace  of  God  which  was  with  me. 

2  Cor.  i.  12.  Our  rejoicing  is  this,  the  testi- 
mony of  our  conscience,  that  in   simplicity 
and  godly  sincerity,  not  with  fleshly  wisdom, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God,  we  have  had  our 
conversation  in  the  world. 

1  Tim.  i.  14.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  was 
exceeding    abundant,   with   faith   and    love, 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

2  Tim.  ii.  1.  Be  strong  in  the  grace  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

2  Pet.  iii.  18.  Grow  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ. 

Heb.  xii.  28.  Wherefore  we  receiving  a 
kingdom  that  cannot  be  moved,  let  us  have 
grace,  whereby  we  may  serve  God  acceptably, 
with  reverence  and  godly  fear. 

xiii.  9.  Be  not  carried  about  with  diverse 
and  strange  doctrines ;  for  it  is  a  good  thing 
that  the  heart  be  established  with  grace. 

CXXXni.    Faith  through  grace.     Acts 


xviii.  27.  Apollos  helped  them  much  who  had 
believed  through  grace. 

CXXXIV.  Hope  through  grace.  2  Thess. 
ii.  16,  17.  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  him- 
self, and  God  even  our  Father,  which  hath 
loved  us,  and  hath  given  us  everlasting  conso- 
lation, and  good  hope  through  grace,  comfort 
your  hearts,  and  establish  you  in  every  good 
word  and  work. 

CXXXV.  Prayer  and  praise  through 
grace.  Zech.  xii.  10.  I  will  pour  upon  the 
house  of  David,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  the  spirit  of  grace  and  supplica- 
tions. 

Col.  iii.  16.  Singing  with  grace  in  your 
hearts. 

CXXXVI.  Salvation  is  of  grace.  Eph.  ii. 
5.  7,  8.  When  we  were  dead  in  sins,  he  hath 
quickened  us  together  with  Christ ;  (by  grace 
ye  are  saved ;)  that  in  the  ages  to  come  he 
might  shew  the  exceeding  riches  of  his  grace, 
in  his  kindness  toward  us,  through  Christ 
Jesus.  For  by  grace  are  ye  saved  through 
faith,  and  that  not  of  yourselves,  it  is  the  gift 
of  God. 

Heb.  ii.  9.  Jesus  Christ,  by  the  grace  of 
God,  did  taste  death  for  every  man. 

1  Pet.  i.  13.  Be  sober,  and  hope  to  the  end, 
for  the  grace  that  is  to  be  brought  unto  you  at 
the  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ. 

iii.  7.  Husbands  and  wives,  live  together, 
as  being  heirs  of  the  grace  of  life. 

CXXXVII.  Grace  prayed  for.  Gen.xliii. 
29.  Joseph  said  to  Benjamin,  God  be  gracious 
unto  thee  my  son. 

Numb.  vi.  23 — 26.  On  this  wise  ye  shall 
bless  the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  The  Lord 
bless  thee,  and  keep  thee :  The  Lord  make 
his  face  shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto 
thee :  The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon 
thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 

Ps.  cxix.  29.  Grant  me  thy  law  graciously. 

Isa.  xxxiii.  2.  Lord  be  gracious  unto  us ; 
we  have  waited  for  thee. 

Hos.  xiv.  2.  Take  away  all  iniquity,  and 
receive  us  graciously. 

Mai.  i.  9.  Beseech  God  that  he  will  be  gra- 
cious unto  us. 

Rom.  i.  7.  Grace  to  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

1  Cor.  i.  3.     2  Cor.  i.  2.     Gal.  i.  3.     Eph.  i. 
2.     Phil.   i.   2.     Col.  i.  2.      iThess.  i.    1. 

2  Thess.  i.  2.     Philem.  3. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  14.    The  grace  of   the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God,  and  the 
communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  with  you 
all.    Amen. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD'S  FAVOUR— BLESSING. 


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G€l.  vi.  18.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  your  spirit.  Rev.  xxii.  2 1 . 

Eph.  vi.  24.  Grace  be  with  all  them  that 
love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity.  Amen. 

Col.  iv.  18.  Grace  be  with  you.  2  Tim.  iv. 
22.  Tit.  iii.  15.  Heb.  xiii.  25. 

1  Tim.  i.  2.  Grace,  mercy,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  and  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
2  Tim.  i.  2.  Tit.  i.  4. 

vi.  21.  Grace  be  with  thee. 

1  Pet.  i.  2.  Grace  to  you,  and  peace  be  mul- 
tiplied. 2  Pet.  i.  2. 

Rev.  i.  4.  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace, 
from  Him  which  is,  and  which  was,  and  which 
is  to  come. 


GOD'S  FAVOUR. 

CXXXVIII.  God 's  favour.  2  Sam.  xv.  25. 
David  said,  If  I  shall  find  favour  in  the  eyes 
of  the  Lord,  he  will  bring  me  again,  and  shew 
me  both  the  ark  and  his  habitation. 

Job  x.  12.  Thou  hast  granted  me  life  and 
favour,  and  thy  visitation  hath  preserved  my 
spirit. 

xxxiii,  26.  The  penitent  shall  pray  unto 
God,  and  he  will  be  favourable  unto  him,  and 
he  shall  see  his  face  with  joy :  for  he  will  ren- 
der unto  man  his  righteousness. 

Ps.  v.  12.  Thou,  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  right- 
eous ;  with  favour  wilt  thou  compass  him  as 
with  a  shield. 

xxx,  5.  In  his  favour  is  life. — Ver.7.  Lord, 
by  thy  favour  thou  hast  made  my  mountain 
to  stand  strong. 

xli.  11.  By  this  I  know  that  thou  favourest 
me,  because  mine  enemy  doth  not  triumph 
over  me. 

xliv.  3.  Thy  right  hand,  a,nd  thine  arm,  and 
the  light  of  thy  countenance  saved  them,  be- 
cause thou  hadst  a  favour  unto  them. 

Ixxvii.  7,  Will  the  Lord  cast  off  for  ever  1 
Will  he  be  favourable  no  more  ? 

Ixxxv.  1.  Lord,  thou  hast  been  favourable 
unto  thy  land;  thou  hast  brought  back  the 
captivity  of  Jacob. 

Ixxxix.  17.  Thou  art  the  glory  of  their 
strength ;  and  in  thy  favour  our  horn  shall  be 
exalted. 

cii.  13.  Thou  wilt  have  mercy  on  Zion  ;  for 
the  time  to  favour  her,  yea,  the  set  time  is 
come. 

cvi,  4.  Remember  me,  O  Lord,  with  the 
favour  that  thou  bearest  unto  thy  people. 

cxix.  58,  I  entreated  thy  favour  with  my 
whole  heart :  be  merciful  unto  me  according 
to  thy  word. 

Prov.  iii.  3,  4.  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  for- 
sake thee :  So  shall  thou  find  favour,  and  good 
understanding  in  the  sight  of  God  and  man. 


viii.  35.  W7hoso  findeth  wisdom  findeth  life, 
and  shall  obtain  favour  of  the  Lord. 

xii.  2.  A  good  man  obtaineth  favour  of  the 
Lord :  but  a  man  of  wicked  devices  will  he 
condemn. 

Song  viii.  1 0.  I  was  in  his  eyes  as  one  that 
found  favour. 

Isa.  Ix.  10.  In  my  favour  have  I  had  mercy 
on  thee. 

Luke  i.  28.  The  angel  said  to  Mary,  Hail, 
thou  that  art  highly  favoured,  the  Lord  is  with 
thee :  blessed  art  thou  among  women. — Ver. 
30.  Thou  hast  found  favour  with  God. 

ii.  52.  Jesus  increased  in  wisdom  and  stature, 
and  in  favour  with  God  and  man. 

Acts  vii.  46.  David  found  favour  before 
God.  See  1  Sam.  ii.  26. 

CXXXIX.  God's  favour  denied  to  the 
wicked.  Isa.  xxvii.  11.  It  is  a  people  of  no 
understanding ;  therefore  he  that  made  them 
will  not  have  mercy  on  them,  and  he  that 
formed  them  will  shew  them  no  favour.  See 
Jer.  xvi.  13. 

CXL.  Godgiveth  or  withholdeth  the  favour 
of  men.  Gen.  xxxix.  21.  The  Lord  was  with 
Joseph,  and  showed  him  mercy,  and  gave 
him  favour  in  the  sight  of  the  keeper  of  the 
prison.  Acts  vii.  10. 

Exod.  iii.  21.  The  Lord  said,  I  will  give  this 
people  favour  in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians. 
Ch.  xi.  3. — xii.  36. 

Dan.  i.  9.  God  had  brought  Daniel  into 
favour  and  tender  love  with  the  prince  of  the 
eunuchs. 

CXLI.  God  wlthholdeth  from  man  the 
favour  of  man.  Deut.  xxviii.  49,  50.  Josh, 
xi.  20.  Ps.  cix.  12. 

CXLII.  God  is  bountiful.  Ps.xiii.6.  The 
Lord  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

cxvi.  7.  Return  unto  thy  rest,  O  my  soul, 
for  the  Lord  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  thee. 

cxix.  17.  Deal  bountifully  with  thy  servant, 
that  I  may  live,  and  keep  thy  word.  See  Ps. 
ex  Hi.  7. 

CXLIII.  Man  ought  to  be  bountiful.  Prov. 
xxii.  9.  He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall  be 
blessed  ;  for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the  poor. 
Ps.  xli.  1. 

2  Cor.  ix.  6.  He  that  soweth  bountifully 
shall  reap  bountifully.  Ver.  5.  11. 

GOD'S  BLESSING. 

CXLIV.  God  blesseth  his  people.  Exod. 
xx.  24.  In  all  places  where  I  record  my  name, 
I  will  come  unto  thee  and  I  will  bless  thee. 


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GOD'S  BLESSING. 


CHAP.  I. 


Numb.  vi.  27.  They  shall  put  my  name 
upon  the  children  of  Israel,  and  I  will  bless 
them. 

xxii.  12.  God  said  to  Balaam,  Thou  shalt 
not  curse  the  people,  for  they  are  blessed.  Ch. 
xxiii.,20. 

Deut.  xxiii.  5.  The  Lord  turned  the  curse 
of  Balaam  into  a  blessing,  because  he  loved 
thee.  Neh.  xiii.  2. 

xxvi.  15.  Look  down  from  thy  holy  habi- 
tation, from  heaven,  and  bless  thy  people 
Israel. 

2  Sam.  vii.  29.  David  prayed,  and  said,  O 
Lord  God,  with  thy  blessing  let  the  house  of 
thy  servant  be  blessed  for  ever.  1  Chron. 
xvii.  27. 

1  Chron.  iv.  10.  Jabez  prayed,  and  said,  0 
that  thou  wouldst  bless  me  indeed,  and  enlarge 
my  coast ;  and  that  thy  hand  might  be  with 
me,  and  that  thou  wouldst  keep  me  from  evil. 

Ps.  iii.  8.  Thy  blessing  is  upon  thy  people. 

xxviii.  9.  Save  thy  people,  and  bless  thine 
inheritance  :  feed  them  also,  and  lift  them  up 
for  ever.  Ps.  cix.  28. 

xxix.  11.  Ttte  Lord  will  bless  his  people 
with  peace. 

Ixvii.  1.  God  be  merciful  to  us  and  bless  us, 
and  cause  his  face  to  shine  upon  us. 

Ixvii.  7.  God  shall  bless  us,  and  all  the  ends 
of  the  earth  shall  fear  him. 

cxv.  12.  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us; 
he  will  bless  us :  he  will  bless  the  house  of 
Israel,  he  will  bless  the  house  of  Aaron.  See 
Ps.  cxxviii.  5. — cxxxii.  15. — cxxxiv.  3. 

CXLV.  Persons  pronounced  blessed,  their 
graces  and  duties.  Ps.  i.  1.  Blessed  is  the 
man  that  walketh  not  in  the  counsel  of  the 
ungodly. 

ii.  12.  Blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their 
trust  in  him  (Christ) 

v.  12.  Thou,  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  righteous : 
with  favour  wilt  thou  compass  him  as  with  a 
shield. 

xxiv.  4,  5.  He  that  hath  clean  hands  and  a 
pure  heart,  &c.,  he  shall  receive  the  blessing 
from  the  Lord. 

Ps.  xxxii.  1,  2.  Blessed  is  he  whose  trans- 
gression is  forgiven,  whose  sin  is  covered. 
(Rom.  iv.  7.)  Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom 
the  Lord  imputeth  not  iniquity,*  and  in  whose 
spirit  there  is  no  guile.  Rom.  iv.  7,  8. 

xxxiii.  12.  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose  God 
is  the  Lord. 

xxxiv.  8.  Blessed  is  the  man  who  trusteth 
in  the  Lord.  Ps.  Ixxxiv.  12. 

xl.  4.  Blessed  is  the  man  who  maketh  the 
Lord  his  trust. 

xli.  1,  2.  Blessed  is  he  that  considereth  the 
poor.  Prov.  xxii.  9. 

kv.  4.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou 


choosest,  and  causest  to  approach  unto  thee, 
that  he  may  dwell  in  thy  courts. 

Ixxxiv.  4,  5.  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in 
thy  house.  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength 
is  in  thee. 

Ixxxix.  15.  Blessed  is  the  people  who  know 
the  joyful  sound  :  they  shall  walk,  0  Lord,  in 
the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

xciv.  12.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou 
chastenest,  0  Lord,  and  teachest  him  out  of 
thy  law. 

cvi.  3.  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  judgment ; 
and  he  that  doth  righteousness  at  all  times. 

cxii.  2.  The  generation  of  the  upright  shall 
be  blessed. 

cxix.  1,  2.  Blessed  are  the  undefiled  in  the 
way,  who  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord.  Blessed 
are  they  that  keep  his  testimonies,  and  that 
seek  him  with  the  whole  heart. . 

cxxviii.  1.  Blessed  is  every  one  that  feareth 
the  Lord ;  that  walketh  in  his  ways.  Ver.  4. 
Ps.  cxv.  13. 

Prov.  iii.  33.  The  Lord  blesseth  the  habita- 
tion of  the  just. 

viii.  32.  Wisdom  saith,  Blessed  are  they 
that  keep  my  ways. — Ver.  34.  Blessed  is  the 
man  that  heareth  me,  watching  daily  at  my 
gates. 

x.  6,  7.  Blessings  are  upon  the  head  of  the 
just.  (Isa.  xix.  25.)  The  memory  of  the  just 
is  blessed. 

xi.  26.  Blessings  shall  be  upon  the  head  of 
him  that  selleth  corn,  (that  is,  on  him  who  is 
good'  to  the  poor.) 

xxii.  9.  He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall 
be  blessed ;  for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the 
poor. 

xx.  7.  The  just  man's  children  are  blessed 
after  him. 

xxviii.  20.  A  faithful  man  shall  abound  with 


Isa.  xxx.  18.  Blessed  are  all  they  that  wait 
for  the  Lord. 

xxxii.  20.  Blessed  are  they  that  sow  beside 
all  waters. 

Ivi.  2.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  keepeth  the 
Sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and  keepeth  his 
hand  from  doing  any  evil. 

Matt  v.  3 — 11.  Blessed  are  the  poor  in 
spirit :  for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
Blessed  are  they  that  mourn :  for  they  shall 
be  comforted.  Blessed  are  the  meek:  for  they 
shall  inherit  the  earth.  Blessed  are  they 
which  do  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteous- 
ness :  for  they  shall  be  filled.  Blessed  are  the 
merciful :  for  they  shall  obtain  mercy.  Blessed 
are  the  pure  in  heart :  for  they  shall  see  God. 
Blessed  are  the  peace-makers :  for  they  shall 
be  called  the  children  of  God.  Blessed  are 
they  which  are  persecuted  for  righteousness' 
sake:  for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD'S  BLESSING. 


63 


Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revile  you,  and 
persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  evil 
against  you  falsely  for  my  sake.  Luke  vi. 
20—22. 

xi.  6.  Jesus  said,  Blessed  is  he  whosoever 
shall  not  be  offended  in  me.  Luke  vii.  23. 

xxiv.  45,  46.  Blessed  is  that  faithful  and 
wise  servant,  whom  his  Lord  when  he  cometh 
shall  find — giving  his  household  their  meat  in 
due  season.  Luke  xii.  43. 

xxv.  34,  35.  Christ  will  say,  Come  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  pre- 
pared for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world : 
For  I  was  an  hungered  and  ye  gave  me  meat, 
&c. — Ver.  40.  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it 
unto  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
me.  Compare  Luke  vi.  20  to  24.  and  Matt, 
xi.  6. 

Luke  xi.  28.  Blessed  are  they  that  hear  the 
word  of  God  and  keep  it.  James  i.  25.  Rev. 
xxii.  14.  Deut.  xi.  26.— xxx.  19. 

xiv.  13.  When  thou  makest  a  feast,  call  the 
poor,  the  maimed,  the  lame,  and  the  blind : 
And  thou  shalt  be  blessed,  &c.  Deut.  xv.  10. 

Ver.  15.  Blessed  is  he  that  shall  eat  bread 
in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

xii.  37.  Blessed  are  those  servants  whom 
the  Lord  when  he  cometh  shall  find  watching. 
Ver.  38. 

John.  xx.  29.  Blessed  are  they  that  have  not 
seen,  and  yet  have  believed.  Matt.  xvi.  17. — 
xiii.  16.  Blessed  are  your  eyes  for  they  see, 
and  your  ears  for  they  hear. 

Gal.  iii.  9.  They  which  be  of  faith  are 
blessed  with  faithful  Abraham. 

James  i.  12.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  en- 
dureth  temptation,  for  when  he  is  tried  he 
shall  receive  the  crown  of  life. 

Rev.  i.  3.  Blessed  is  he  that  readeth,  and 
they  that  hear  the  words  of  this  prophecy, 
and  keep  those  things  that  are  written  therein. 

xiv.  13.  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in 
the  Lord. 

xvi.  15.  Blessed  is  he  that  watcheth  and 
keepeth  his  garments;  lest  he  walk  naked, 
and  they  see  his  shame. 

xix.  9.  Blessed  are  they  who  are  called  to 
the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

xx.  6.  Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  hath  part 
in  the  first  resurrection. 

CXL  VI.  God's  blessing  promised  by  way 
of  covenant,-  or  covenant  blessings.  Deut. 
vii.  9.  He  keepeth  covenant  and  mercy  with 
them  that  love  him,  and  keep  his  command- 
ments, to  a  thousand  generations. 

2  Sam.  xxiii.  5.  David  said,  Although  my 
house  be  not  so  with  God,  yet  he  hath  made 
with  me  an  everlasting  covenant,  ordered  in 
all  things  and  sure. 

Ps.  xxv.  14.  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with 


them  that  fear  him,  and  he  will  show  them  his 
covenant. 

Ixxxix.  3.  I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my 
chosen. — Ver.  28.  My  covenant  shall  stand 
fast  with  him. — Ver.  34.  My  covenant  will  I 
not  break. 

Isa.  xiii.  6.  I  will  give  thee  (Christ)  for  a 
covenant  of  the  people,  for  a  light  of  the  Gen- 
tiles. Ch.  xlix.  8.— Iv.  4. 

liv.  10.  The  mountains  shall  depart,  and 
the  hills  be  removed,  but  my  kindness  shall 
not  depart  from  thee,  neither  shall  the  cove- 
nant of  my  peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

Iv.  3.  Incline  your  ear  and  come  unto  me, 
hear  and  your  soul  shall  live ;  arid  I  will  make 
an  everlasting  covenant  with  you,  even  the 
sure  mercies  of  David. 

Jer.  xxxi.  33.  This  shall  be  the  covenant 
that  I  will  make  with  the  house  of  Israel,  saith 
the  Lord,  I  will  put  my  law  in  their  inward 
parts,  and  writhe  it  in  their  hearts,  and  will  be 
their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people.  Heb. 
viii.  10. 

xxxii.  40.  I  will  make  an  everlasting  cove- 
nant with  them,  that  I  will  not  turn  away 
from  them,  to  do  them  good ;  but  I  will  put 
my  fear  in  their  hearts,  that  they  shall  not  de- 
part from  me. ...  Ver.  38. 

xxxiii.  20,  21.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  If  ye 
can  break  my  covenant  of  the  day,  and  my 
covenant  of  the  night,  and  that  there  should 
not  be  day  and  night  in  their  season ;  then 
may  also  my  covenant  be  broken  with  David 
my  servant,  that  he  should  not  have  a  son  to 
reign  upon  his  "throne,  and  with  the  Levites, 
the  priests  my  ministers.  Ver.  25,  26. 

Jer.  1.  5.  They  shall  say,  Come,  and  let  us 
join  ourselves  to  the  Lord,  in  a  perpetual  co- 
venant that  shall  not  be  forgotten. 

Ezek.  xi.  19,  20.  I  will  give  them  one  heart, 
and  I  will  put  a  new  spirit  within  you :  and  I 
will  take  the  stony  heart  out  of  their  flesh, 
and  will  give  them  an  heart  of  flesh ;  that  they 
may  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  mine  or- 
dinances and  do  them :  and  they  shall  be  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  their  God.  Jer.  xxiv.  7. 

xvi.  8.  When  I  passed  by  thee,  and  looked 
upon  thee,  behold  thy  time  was  the  time  of 
love,  and  I  spread  my  skirt  over  thee,  and 
covered  thy  nakedness;  yea,  I  sware  unto 
thee,  and  entered  into  a  covenant  with  thee, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  thou  becamest  mine. — Ver. 
60.  I  will  remember  my  covenant  with  thee 
in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  and  I  will  establish 
unto  thee  an  everlasting  covenant. — Ver.  62 
I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

xx.  37.  I  will  cause  you  to  pass  under  the 
rod,  and  I  will  bring  you  into  the  bond  of  the 
covenant. 


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GOD  S   ANGER — WRATH. 


CHAP.  I. 


Ezek.  xxxvi.  25—28.  I  will  sprinkle  clean 
water  upon  you. — A  new  heart  will  I  give 
unto  you. — I  will  put  my  Spirit  within  you. — 
And  ye  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your 
God. 

xxxvii.  26,  27.  I  will  make  a  covenant  of 
peace  with  them ;  it  shall  be  an  everlasting 
covenant  with  them ;  and  will  set  my  sanc- 
tuary in  the  midst  of  them  for  evermore.  My 
tabernacle  shall  be  with  them  ;  yea,  I  will  be 
their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people.  Ver. 
23,  24.  2  Chron.  xxxiv.  24,  25.  31. 

Hos.  ii.  19,  20.  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me 
for  ever,  in  righteousness,  and  in  judgment, 
and  in  loving-kindness,  and  in  mercies :  I  will 
even  betroth  thee  to  me  in  faithfulness,  and 
thou  shalt  know  [that  I  am]  the  Lord.  Isa. 
liv.  5.  Thy  Maker  is  thine  husband. 

New  Covenant.  Heb.  viii.  8.  I  will  make 
a  new  covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel.  Jer. 
xxxi.  31,  32,  33,  34. 

Heb.  xii.  24.  Jesus  the  Mediator  of  the 
new  covenant 


GOD'S  ANGER. 

CXLVII.  Anger  ascribed  to  God.  Neh. 
ix.  17.  Thou  art  a  God  ready  to  pardon,  gra- 
cious and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great 
kindness.  See  Ps.  ciii.  8.  Joel  ii.  13.  Nah. 
i.  3. 

CXLVIII.  God's  anger  threatened  against 
the  wicked.  •  Numb,  xxxii.  14.  Ye  are  risen 
tip  in  your  fathers'  stead,  an  increase  of  sinful 
men,  to  augment  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

Deut.  xxix.  19,  20.  If  one  say,  I  shall  have 
peace,  though  I  walk  in  the  imagination  of 
my  heart,  to  add  drunkenness  to  thirst :  The 
Lord  will  not  spare  him  ;  but  the  anger  of  the 
Lord,  and  his  jealousy,  shall  smoke  against 
that  man,  and  all  the  curses  that  are  written 
in  this  book  shall  lie  upon  him,  and  the  Lord 
shall  blot  out  his  name  from  under  heaven. 

xxxii.  21,  22.  They  have  moved  me  to 
jealousy;  they  have  provoked  me  to  anger. 
A  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger,  and  shall  burn 
to  the  lowest  hell,  and  shall  consume  the  earth 
with  her  increase,  and  set  on  fire  the  founda- 
tions of  the  mountains. 

Job  xxi.  17.  God  distributeth  sorrows  in  his 
anger.  Ch.  ix.  13. 

Ps.  vii.  11.  God  is  angry  with  the  wicked 
every  day.  Ps.  xxxviii.  3. 

Ixxvi.  7.  Who  may  stand  in  thy  sight  when 
once  thou  art  angry?  Ps.  xc.  7.  11.  Nah. 
i,  6. 

Ixxviii.  41,  42.  They  tempted  God;  they 
remembered  not  his  hand. — Ver.  49.  He  cast 
upon  them  the  fierceness  of  his  anger,  wrath, 


and  indignation. — Ver.  50.  He  made  a  way 
for  his  anger ;  he  spared  not  their  soul  from 
death.  Isa.  v.  24,  25.  See  Isa.  x.  25. — xiii.  9. 
13.— xxx.  27.  30.— xiii.  24,  25.— Ixvi.  15. 
Jer.  xviii.  23. — xxv.  38. — xlix.  37. — Ii.  45. 
Lam.  ii.  1.— iii.  43.— iv.  11.  Ezek.  v.  13.— 
vii.  3. — xiii.  13. — xxii.  20,  21.  Mic.  v.  15. 


GOD'S  WRATH. 

CXLIX.  God's  wrath  threatened  against 
sinners.  Ezra  viii.  22.  His  power  and  his 
wrath,  is  against  all  that  forsake  him. 

Job  xx.  23.  God  shall  cast  the  fury  of  his 
wrath  upon  the  wicked.  Ch.  xxi.  20. 30.  Ps 
Ixxviii.  49, 

Ps.  ii.  12.  When  his  wrath  is  kindled  but  a 
little,  blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their  trust 
in  him.  Ps.  xc.  7.  9.  11. — cii.  10. 

Prov.  xi.  4.  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of 
wrath.  Job  xx.  28.  Ezek.  vji.  19.  Zeph. 
i.  18. 

Isa.  ix.  19.  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  is  the  land  darkened,  and  the  people 
shall  be  as  the  fuel  of  the  fire.  Jer.  1.  13. — 
vii.  29. 

Jer.  x.  10.  At  his  wrath  the  earth  shall 
tremble,  and  the  nations  shall  not  be  able  to 
abide  his  indignation.  Hos.  v.  1 0. 

Nah.  i.  2.  The  Lord  reserveth  wrath  for  his 
enemies. 

Rom.  i.  18.  The  wrath  of  God  is  revealed 
from  heaven,  against  all  ungodliness  and  un- 
righteousness of  men. 

ii.  8,  9.  Indignation  and  wrath,  tribulation 
and  anguish,  shall  be  upon  every  soul  of  man 
that  doeth  evil.  Ver.  5.  Ch.  iv.  15.— ix.  22, 

Eph.  ii.  3.  We  were  by  nature  children  of 
wrath. 

v.  6.  The  wrath  of  God  cometh  upon  the 
children  of  disobedience.  Col.  iii.  6. 

Rev.  vi.  16,  17.  The  wicked  said  to  the 
mountains  and  rocks,  Fall  on  us,  and  hide 
us  from  the  face  of  him  that  sitteth  on  the 
throne,  and  from  the  wrath  of  the  Lamb: 
For  the  great  day  of  his  wrath  is  come  ;  and 
who  shall  be  able  to  stand  1  See  Rev.  xiv. 
10.— xvi.  19. 

CL.  God  is  wroth.  Isa.  xlvii.  6.  I  was 
wroth  with  my  people,  I  have  polluted  mine 
inheritance. 

Isa.  Ixiv.  5.  Behold  thou  art  wroth ;  for  we 
have  sinned. 

Ps.  Ix.  1.  O  Lord,  thou  hast  cast  us  off; 
thou  hast  been  displeased. 

Prayers  deprecating  his  wrath.  Ps.  vi.  1. 
O  Lord,  rebuke  me  not  in  thine  anger; 
neither  chasten  me  in  thy  hot  displeasure. 
Ps.  xxxviii.  1. 


CHAP.  I. 


GOD  S    JEALOUSY. 


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Isa.  Ixiv.  9.  Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  0 
Lord ;  neither  remember  iniquity  for  ever : 
behold,  we  are  all  thy  people. 

Promises.  Isa.  Ivii.  16.  I  will  not  contend 
for  ever,  neither  will  I  be  always  wrdth :  for 
the  spirit  should  fail  before  me,  and  the  souls 
that  I  have  made. 

CLI.  God's  indignation  against  sinners. 
Isa.  Ixvi.  14.  The  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
known  toward  his  servants,  and  his  indigna- 
tion toward  his  enemies.  Ch.  xxx.  30. 

Jer.  x.  10.  At  his  wrath  the  earth  shall 
tremble,  and  the  nations  shall  not  be  able  to 
abide  his  indignation.  Jobxxvi.  11.  The  pil- 
lars of  heaven  tremble,  and  are  astonished  at 
his  reproof.  Ch.  ix.  6.  He  shaketh  the  earth 
out  of  her  place,  and  the  pillars  thereof  trem- 
ble. See  Nah.  i.  5,  6.  8. 

Mic.  vii.  9.  I  will  bear  the  indignation  of 
the  Lord,  because  I  have  sinned  against  hirn. 

Rom.  ii.  8,  9.  To  those  that  obey  unright- 
eousness, God  will  render  indignation  and 
wrath,  tribulation  and  anguish  upon  every  soul 
of  man  that  doeth  evil. 

Heb.  x.  27.  A  fearful  looking  for  of  judg- 
ment, and  fiery  indignation,  which  shall  devour 
the  adversaries. 

CLII.  God's  Fury.  Lev.  xxvi.  27,  28.  If 
ye  will  walk  contrary  to  me,  then  I  will  walk 
contrary  to  you  in  fury. 

Job  xx.  23.  God  shall  cast  the  fury  of  his 
wrath  upon  the  wicked,  arid  shall  rain  it  upon 
him. 

Isa.  lix.  18.  God  will  repay  fury  to  his  ad- 
versaries. Ch.  Ixiii.  3. 

Jer.  iv.  4.  Circumcise  yourselves  to  the  Lord, 
and  take  away  the  foreskins  of  your  heart,  lest 
my  fury  come  forth  like  fire,  and  burn  that 
none  can  quench  it,  because  of  the  evil  of  your 
doings. 

Ezek.  v.  15.  I  shall  execute  judgments  on 
thee  in  anger,  and  in  fury,  and  in  furious  re- 
bukes. Ch.  vi.  12. — xxxviii.  18.  Nah.  i.  2.  6. 

CLIII.  His  vengeance.  Deut.  xxxii.  35. 
To  me  belongeth  vengeance  and  recompense. 
Ps.  xciv.  1.  Heb.  x.  30. 

Deut.  xxxii.  41.  I  will  render  vengeance  to 
mine  enemies.  Ver.  43. 

Rom.  iii.  5.  God  taketh  vengeance.  Ch. 
xii.  19. 

2  Thess.  i.  7,  8.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven,  in  flaming  fire,  taking 
vengeance  on  them  that  know  not  God,  and 
obey  not  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

CLIV.  God  abhorreth.     Ps.v.6.  The  Lord 
will  abhor  the  bloody  and  deceitful  man. 
x.  3.  The  covetous  man  the  Lord  abhorreth. 
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CLV.  Loathelh.  Zech.  xi.  8.  My  soul 
loathed  them. 

Prov.  xiii.  5.  A  wicked  man  is  loathsome. 

Detipiseth.  Amos  v.  21.  I  hate,  I  despise 
your  feast-days. 

CLVI.  Godhateth.  Ps.  v.  5.  Thouhatest 
all  workers  of  iniquity.  Ps.  xi.  5. 

Jer.  xliv.  4.  Do  not  this  abominable  thing 
that  I  hate,  (viz.  sin.) 

Hos.  ix.  1 5.  I  hated  them  for  their  wicked- 


CLVir.  Th,e  Lord  is  a  terrible  God.  Deut. 
vii.  2 1 .  The  Lord  thy  God  is  among  you,  a 
mighty  God  and  terrible.  Jer.  xx.  11. 

Job  xxxvii.  22.  With  God  is  terrible  ma- 
jesty. 

Ps.  xlvii.  2.  The  Lord  most  high  is  terrible. 
Ps.  Ixviii.  35. 

Deut.  x.  21.  He  hath  done  terrible  things. 
1  Chron.  xvii.  21.  See  Ps.  Ixv.  5.— Ixvi.  3. 
5. — cvi.  22. — cxlv.  6.  Isa.  Ixiv.  3.  Joel  ii.  1 1. 

CLVIII.  Dreadful.  Dan.  ix.  4.  O  Lord, 
the  great  and  dreadful  God. 

Heb.  x.  31.  It  is  a  fearful  thing  jo  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  living  God.  See  Job  xiii.  1 1. 
Isa.  viii.  13.  Mai.  i.  14. 


GOD'S  JEALOUSY. 

CLIX.  God  is  jealous  for  his  people.  Pro- 
mises. Ezek.  xxxix.  25.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  Jacob,  and 
have  mercy  upon  the  whole  house  of  Israel, 
and  will  be  jealous  for  my  holy  name. 

Joel  ii.  18.  The  Lord  will  be  jealous  for  his 
land,  and  pity  his  people. 

Zech.  i.  14.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I 
am  jealous  for  Jerusalem,  and  for  Zion,  with  a 
great  jealousy.  Ch.  viii.  2. 

God's  jealousy  in  threats  against  sinners. 
Exod.  xx.  5.  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous 
God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers 
upon  the  children,  unto  the  third  and  fourth 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me.  Ch. 
xxxiv.  14.  Deut.  iv.  24. — v.  9. — vi.  15.  Josh, 
xxiv.  1 9. 

Numb.  xxv.  11.  Phinehas  turned  away  my 
wrath,  that  I  consumed  not  the  children  of  Is- 
rael in  my  jealousy. 

Deut.  xxix.  20.  The  anger  of  the  Lord  and 
his  jealousy  shall  smoke  against  the  man  that 
promiseth  himself  peace  in  his  wickedness. 

Ps.  Ixxix.  5.  Wilt  thou  be  angry  for  ever  1 
shall  thy  jealousy  burn  like  a  fire  1 

Ezek.  xvi.  38.  I  will  judge  thee,  and  give 
thee  blood  in  fury  and  jealousy.  Ver.  41,  42. 
Ch.  xxiii.  25. — xxxvi.  5,  6. — xxxviii.  19. 
,  *  2 


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CREATION. 


CHAP.  II. 


Nah.  i.  2.  Zeph.  i.  18.— iii.  8.  The  wicked 
provoke  God  to  jealousy.  See  Deut.  xxxii. 
16.  Ps.  Ixxviii.  58. 

CLX.  Zeal  ascribed  to  God.     Isa.  ix.  7. 
The  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will  perform 


this.  (viz.  to  exalt  Christ  and  promote  his 
kingdom.) 

Isa.  xxxvii.  32.  The  zeal  of  the  Lord  will 
defend  Jerusalem. 

lix.  17.  He  was  clad  with  zeal  as  a  cloak. 
See  Isa.  Ixiii.  15.  Ezek.  v.  13. 


CHAPTER  II. 


CREATION. 


I.  God  created  all  things.    See  the  Wisdom 
of  God.     Also,  Power  of  God  in  creation. 

Prov.  xx vi.  10.  The  great  God  that  formed 
all  things.  Eccl.  iii.  11. — xi.  5. 

Isa.  xliv.  24.  I  am  the  Lord  that  maketh  all 
things.  Jer.  x.  16. 

Heb.  iii.  4.  He  that  built  all  things  is  God. 

Rev.  iv.  11.  Thou  art  worthy,  O  Lord,  to 
receive  glory,  and  honour,  and  power;  for 
thou  hast  created  all  things,  and  for  thy  plea- 
sure they  are  and  were  created. 

II.  God  created  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 
Gen.  i.  1.  In  the  beginning  God  created  the 
heaven  and  the  earth.     Ch.  ii.  4.     Exod.  xx. 
11.— xxxi.  17.     2  Kings  xix.  15.     1  Chron. 
xvi.  26.  Ps.xcvi.5.  Isa.  xxxvii.  1 6.  Heb.  i.  10. 

Neh.  ix.  6.  Thou  hast  made  heaven,  the 
heaven  of  heavens,  with  all  their  host,  the 
earth,  and  all  things  that  are  therein,  the  seas, 
and  all  that  is  therein,  and  thou  preservest 
them  all ;  and  the  host  of  heaven  worshippeth 
thee. 

Job  ix.  8.  He  alone  spreadeth  out  the  hea- 
vens, and  treadeth  upon  the  waves  of  the  sea. 

xxxviii.  4 — 7.  Where  wast  thou  when  I 
laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth "?  Who  hath 
laid  the  measures  thereof,  or  who  hath  stretched 
the  line  upon  it  1  Whereupon  are  the  founda- 
tions thereof  fastened,  or  who  laid  the  corner 
stone  thereof!  When  the  morning  stars  sang 
together,  and  all  the  sons  of  God  shouted 
for  joy. 

Ps.  xxiv.  2.  He  hath  founded  the  earth  upon 
the  seas,  and  established  it  upon  the  floods. 
Ps.  Ixxviii.  69. — civ.  5. — cxix.  90,  91. — 
cxxxvi.  6. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  6.  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were 
the  heavens  made,  and  all  the  host  of  them  by 
the  breath  of  his  mouth. 

Ixxxix.  1  i.  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth 
also  is  thine ;  as  for  the  world,  and  the  fulness 
thereof,  thou  hast  founded  them. 

civ.  2.  Thou  stretchest  out  the  heavens  like 
a  curtain.  Job  xxxvii.  18.  Like  a  molten 
looking-glass. 


Isa.  xl.  28.  He  is  the  Creator  of  the  ends 
of  the  earth. 

xlii.  5.  The  Lord  created  the  heavens,  and 
stretched  them  out :  he  spread  forth  the  earth, 
and  that  which  cometh  out  of  it. 

li.  13.  The  Lord  hath  stretched  forth  the 
heavens,  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth. 
Ver.  16. 

Rev.  xiv.  7.  Worship  him  that  made  heaven 
and  earth,  and  the  sea,  and  the  fountains  of 
waters.  Acts  xiv.  15. — xvii.  24.  Ps.  cxlvi.  6. 

See  Wisdom  of  God  in  Creation.  See  also 
Power  of  God  in  Creation. 

III.  Sun  and  moon  created.    Gen.  i.  16. 
God  made  two  great  lights,  the  greater  light  to 
rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light  to  rule  the 
night ;  he  made  the  stars  also.     Job  xxxviii. 
12.  19.  24. 

Gen.  i.  3.  God  said,  Let  there  be  light,  and 
there  was  light.  Ps.  Ixxiv.  16,  17. 

Job  ix.  9.  Which  maketh  Arcturus,  Orion, 
and  Pleiades,  and  the  chambers  of  the  south. 
Ver.  7.  Amos  v.  8. 

Ps.  viii.  3, 4.  When  I  consider  thy  heavens, 
the  work  of  thy  fingers,  the  moon  and  the 
stars,  which  thou  hast  ordained :  What  is 
man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him?  and  the 
son  of  man,  that  thou  visitest  him  1 

Ps.  xix.  4.  In  the  heavens  hath  he  set  a  ta- 
bernacle for  the  sun. 

civ.  19.  He  appointeth  the  moon  for  sea- 
sons ;  the  sun  knoweth  his  going  down. 

cxlviii.  3.  Praise  ye  him  sun  and  moon ; 
praise  him  all  ye  stars  of  light, — Ver.  5.  For 
he  commanded,  and  they  were  created.  Ver.  6. 

Jer.  xxxi.  35.  He  giveth  the  sun  for  a  light 
by  day,  and  the  ordinances  of  the  moon  and 
of  the  stars  for  a  light  by  night ;  which  divideth 
the  sea,  when  the  waves  thereof  roar:  the 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

IV.  The  sea.     Gen.i.  9,  10.  God  said,  Let 
the  waters  under  the  heaven  be  gathered  to- 
gether into  one  place,  and  let  the  dry  land 
appear :  and  it  was  so.    And  God  called  the 


CHAP.  II. 


CREATION   OF   MAN. 


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dry  land  earth,  and  the  gathering  together  of 
the  waters  called  he  seas :  and  God  saw  that 
it  was  good. 

Job  xxvi.  10.  He  hath  compassed  the  wa- 
ters with  bounds,  until  the  day  and  night  come 
to  an  end. 

xxxviii.  8 — 11.  Who  shut  up  the  sea  with 
doors,  when  it  brake  forth  as  if  it  had  issued 
out  of  the  womb  1  I  made  the  cloud  the  gar- 
ment thereof,  and  thick  darkness  a  swaddling 
band  for  it ;  and  brake  up  for  it  my  decreed 
place,  and  set  bars  and  doors;  and  said,  Hi- 
therto shall  thou  come,  but  no  further,  and  here 
shall  thy  proud  waves  be  stayed.  See  Ver.  16. 
22.  25.  28. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  7.  He  gathereth  the  waters  of 
the  sea  together  as  an  heap,  and  layeth  up  the 
depth  in  store-houses. 

xcv.  5.  The  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it :  his 
hands  formed  the  dry  land. 

civ.  10.  He  sendeth  the  springs  into  the 
valleys. 

Prov.  viii.  27 — 29.  He  prepared  the  hea- 
vens: he  set  a  compass  upon  the  face  of  the 
depth :  He  established  the  clouds  above :  he 
strengthened  the  fountains  of  the  deep :  he 
gave  the  sea  his  decree,  that  the  waters  should 
not  pass  his  commandment. 

Isa.  xl.  12.  Who  hath  measured  the  waters 
in  the  hollow  of  his  hand. 

xliii.  16.  The  Lord  maketh  a  way  in  the 
sea,  and  a  path  in  the  mighty  waters. — Ver. 
20.  I  give  waters  in  the  wilderness,  and  rivers 
in  the  desert.  Ch.  xlviii.  21. 

Jonah  i.  9.  I  fear  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hea- 
ven, which  hath  made  the  sea  and  the  dry 
land. 

Nah.  i.  3,  4.  The  Lord  hath  his  way  in  the 
whirlwind,  and  in  the  storm,  and  the  clouds 
are  the  dust  of  his  feet.  He  rebuketh  the 
sea,  and  maketh  it  dry,  and  drieth  up  all  the 


V.  Summer  and  winter.  Ps.  Ixxiv.  16, 17. 
The  day  is  thine :  the  night  also  is  thine :  thou 
hast  prepared  the  light  and  the  sun.  Thou  hast 
set  all  the  borders  of  the  earth:  thou  hast 
made  summer  and  winter. 

VI.  North  and  south.    Job  xxvi.  7.   He 
stretcheth  out  the  north  over  the  empty  place, 
and  hangeth  the  earth  upon  nothing. 

Ps.  Ixxxix.  12.  The  north  and  south  thou 
hast  created  them. 

VII.  Clouds  and  wind.    Job  xxvi.  8.  He 
bindeth  up  the  waters  in  his  thick  clouds,  and 
the  cloud  is  not  rent  under  them.     Ver.  9. 

xxxvi.  29.  Can  any  understand  the  spread- 
ings  of  the  clouds!  Ver.  30.  32.  See  Ps. 
eh.  3.— cxlvii.  8.  Prov.  viii.  28. 


Job  xxviii.  25.  He  maketh  the  weight  for 
the  winds ;  and  he  weigheth  the  waters  by 
measure.  Ch.  xxxvii.  16.  The  balancing  of 
the  clouds.  Prov.  xxx.  4.  Amos  iv.  13. 

VIII.  Rain.    Job  xxviii.  26.    He  made  a 
decree  for  the  rain,  and  a  way  for  the  light 
ning  of  the  thunder. 

Ps.  cxxxv.  7.  He  maketh  lightnings  for  the 
rain,  and  bringeth  the  wind  out  of  his  trea- 
sures. Jer.  li.  16. 

Jer.  x.  13.  When  he  uttereth  his  voice, 
there  is  a  multitude  of  waters  in  the  heavens, 
and  he  causeth  the  vapours  to  ascend  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth :  he  maketh  lightnings  with 
rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the  wind  out  of  his 
treasures.  Ch.  xiv.  22.— li.  16. 

IX.  The  inhabitants  of  the  sea.     Gen.  i. 
20,  21.  God  said,  Let  the  waters  bring  forth 
abundantly,  the  moving  creature   that  hath 
life ;  and  fowl  that  may  fly  above  the  earth, 
in  the  open  firmament  of  heaven.     And  God 
created  great  whales,  and  every  living  creature 
that  moveth,  which  the  waters  brought  forth 
abundantly  after  their  kind  ;  and  every  winged 
fowl  after  his  kind :  and  God  saw  that  it  was 
good.     Ps.  viii.  8. 

X.  The  inferior  creatures  of  the  dry  land. 
Gen.  i.  24,  25.  God  said,  Let  the  earth  bring 
forth  the  living  creature  after  his  kind,  cattle, 
and  creeping  thing,  and  beast  of  the  earth 
after  his  kind :  and  it  was  so.     And  God  made 
the  beast  of  the  earth  after  his  kind,  and  cattle 
after  their  kind :  and  every  thing  that  creepeth 
upon  the  earth,  after  his  kind :  and  God  saw 
that  it  was  good. 

XL  Grass,  herbs,  and  trees.  Gen.  i.  11, 
12.  And  God  said,  Let  the  earth  bring  forth 
grass,  the  herb  yielding  seed,  and  the  fruit  tree 
yielding  fruit  after  his  kind,  whose  seed  is  in 
itself  upon  the  earth :  and  it  was  so.  And 
the  earth  brought  forth  grass  and  herb,  yield- 
ing seed  after  his  kind,  and  the  tree  yielding 
fruit  whose  seed  was  in  itself  after  his  kind  : 
and  God  saw  that  it  was  good.  Gen.  ii.  4,  5. 


CREATION  OF  MAN. 

XII.  Creation  of  Man's  body.  Gen.  ii.  7. 
God  formed  man  of  the  dust  of  the  ground. 
Job  xxxiii.  6. 

iii.  19.  Dust  thou  art  and  unto  dust  shall 
thou  return.  Job  x.  9. 

Job  x.  8.  Thy  hands  have  made  me,  and 
fashioned  me  together  round  about.  Ps.  cxix. 
73. — cxxxviii.  8. 

Ver.  1 1.  Thou  hast  clothed  me  with  skin 


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ANGELS. 


CHAP.  II. 


and  flesh,  and  hast  fenced  me  with  bones  and 
sinews. 

Ps.  cxxxix.  14 — 16.  I  am  fearfully  and 
wonderfully  made.  My  substance  was  not 
hid  from  thee,  when  I  was  made  in  secret,  and 
curiously  wrought  in  the  lowest  parts  of  the 
earth.  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet 
being  unperfect;  and  in  thy  book  all  my 
members  were  written :  which  in  continuance 
were  fashioned,  when  as  yet  there  was  none 
of  them. 

Acts  xvii.  26.  He  made  of  one  blood  all  na- 
tions that  dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  Job 
xxxi.  15. 

XIII.  His  soul.     Gen.   ii.   7.    The   Lord 
breathed  into  his  nostrils  the  breath  of  life, 
and  man  became  a  living  soul.     Job  x.  12. 

Job  xxxiii.  4.  The  Spirit  of  God  hath  made 
me,  and  the  breath  of  the  Almighty  hath  given 
me  life.  Isa.  xlii.  5. 

Isa.  Ivii.  16.  I  will  not  contend  for  ever, 
(saith  the  Lord,)  for  the  spirit  should  fail  be- 
fore me,  and  the  souls  which  I  have  made. 

Jer.  xxxviii.  16.  The  Lord  made  us  this 
soul. 

Zech.  xii.  1.  He  formed  the  spirit  of  man 
within  him. 

1  Cor.  xv.  45.  Adam  was  made  a  living 
sou!. 

XIV.  Man's  spiritual  state  after  his  crea- 
tion.    Gen.  i.  27.   God  created   man  in  his 
own  image.     Ch.  ix.  6. 

v.  1.  In  the  likeness  of  God  made  he  him. 

Ps.  viii.  5,  6.  Thou  madest  man  a  little 
lower  than  the  angels,  and  crownedst  him  with 
glory  and  honour.  (Heb.  ii.  7.)  Thou  madest 
him  to  have  dominion  over  the  works  of  thy 
hands. 

Eccl.  vii.  29.  God  made  man  upright. 

James  iii.  9.  Men  are  made  after  the  simili- 
tude of  God. 

Col.  iii.  10.  The  new  man  is  renewed  in 
knowledge,  after  the  image  of  him  that  created 
him. 

XV.  Man1  s  first  disobedience,  or  fall  from 
his  happy  state.    Gen.  ii.  16,  17.  The  Lord 
God  commanded  the  man  saying,  Of  every 
tree  of  the  garden  thou  mayest  freely  eat.    But 
of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil, 
fhou  shalt  not  eat  of  it ;  for  in  the  day  that 
thou  eatest  thereof,  thou  shalt  surely  die. 

iii.  6.  The  woman  took  of  the  fruit  thereof, 
and  did  eat,  and  gave  also  unto  her  husband 
with  her,  and  he  did  eat.  2  Cor.  xi.  3.  See 
sentence  pronounced  against  the  offenders, 
ver.  14  to  20. 

XVI.  See  the  above  sin  and  its  consequences 


referred  to,  Rom.  v.  12.     By  one  man  sin  en- 
tered into  the  world,  and  death  by  sin. 

v.  15.  Through  the  offence  of  one  many  be 
dead. — Ver.  17.  By  one  man's  offence  death 
reigned. — Ver.  18.  By  the  offence  of  one, 
judgment  came  upon  all  men  to  condemna- 
tion.— Ver.  19.  By  one  man's  disobedience 
many  were  made  sinners. 


ANGELS. 

XVII.  Number  of  the  Angels.    Gen.xxxii. 
1,  2.  They  are  God's  host.  1  Kings  xxii.  19. 
2  Chron.  xviii.    18.     Heavenly   host.    Luke 
ii.  13. 

Ps.  Ixviii.  17.  The  chariots  of  God  are 
twenty  thousand,  even  thousands  of  angels. 

Dan.  vii.  10.  Thousand  thousands  minister- 
ed unto  him,  and  ten  thousand  times  ten  thou- 
sand stood  before  him. 

Heb.  xii.  22.  An  innumerable  company  of 
angels. 

XVIII.  Their  names.     Eph.  i.  21.  Angels, 
authorities,     principalities,     powers,    mights, 
thrones,  dominions.     1  Pet.  iii.  22.     Col.  i.  16, 
&c. 

Cherubim.  1  Sam.  iv.  4.  2  Sam.  vi.  2. 
2  Kings  xix.  15.  Ps.  xviii.  10. — Ixxx.  1. — 
xcix.  1.  Seraphim.  Isa,  vi.  2.  6. 

Angels  of  God.  Gen.  xxviii.  12.  Matt, 
xxii.  30.  Sons  of  God.  Job  i.  6. — ii.  1. — 
xxxviii.  7,  Christ's  angels.  Rev.  xxii.  16. 
Michael's  angels.  Rev.  xii.  7. 

XIX.  Their  nature  /  they  are  superior  to 
men.    Ps.  viii.  5.     Heb.  ii.  7.  9.     They  are 
spirits.   Ps.  civ.  4.     Heb.  i.  7.   Holy.     Rev. 
xiv.  10.     Elect.  1  Tim.  v.  21. 

They  excel  in  wisdom  and  knowledge. 
2  Sam.  xiv.  20. 

They  excel  in  utterance,  or  speaking 
tongues.  1  Cor.  xiii.  I. 

XX.  They  excel  in  strength.  Ps.  ciii.  20. 
They  were  created  by  Christ  Col.  i.  16. 

They  are  fellow-servants  to  the  prophets 
and  apostles,  and  are  not  to  be  worshipped. 
Judges  xiii.  16.  Col.ii.  18.  Rev.  xix.  10.— 
xxii.  9. 

They  look  into  gospel  mysteries  concerning 
Christ.  Eph.  iii.  10. 

They  are  present  in  Christian  assemblies. 
1  Cor.  xi.  1 0. 

They  see  the  behaviour  of  Christians. 
iTim.  v.21. 

They  see  the  treatment  Christians  receive 
in  the  world.  1  Cor.  iv.  9. 

They  behold  the  face  of  God,  for  Christians. 
Matt,  xviii.  10. 


CHAP.  II. 


ANGELS. 


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They  rejoice  at  the  conversion  of  sinners. 
Luke  xv.  10. 

XXI.  Their  employment  for  the  good  of 
God's  people,  in  various  instances.     Gen.  xix. 
15.    Angels  hastened    Lot  out   of    Sodom. 
Ver.  29. 

xxii.  1 1.  An  angel  saved  Isaac  from  being 
slain.  Ver.  12. 

xxiv.  40.  Abraham  said  to  his  servant,  The 
Lord,  before  whom  I  walk,  will  send  his  angel 
with  thee,  and  prosper  thy  way.  Ver.  7. 

xxviii.  12.  Jacob  dreamed,  and  beheld  a 
ladder,  and  the  angels  of  God  ascending  and 
descending.  Heb.  i.  14.  Are  they  not  minis- 
tering spirits,  sent  forth  to  minister  for  them 
who  shall  be  heirs  of  salvation  1 

xlviii.  16.  The  angel  redeemed  Jacob  from 
all  evil.  Ch.  xxxi.  11. 

XXII.  Instances  of  the  care  and  service  of 
angels  for  God's  people,  coming  from  Egypt. 
Exod.  xiv.  19.  An  angel  of  God  went  before 
the  camp  of  Israel.     Ch.  xiii.  21. — xxiii.  20. 
23. — xxxii.  34. — xxxiii.  2. 

Numb.  xx.  16.  God  sent  an  angel  and 
brought  us  out  of  Egypt.  Zech.  xii.  8. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  9.  The  Angel  of  his  presence 
saved  them. 

1  Kings  xix.  5.  7.  An  angel  feeds  and  re- 
freshes Elijah  when  persecuted. 

2  Kings  vi.  1 7.  Angels  deliver  Elisha  from 
enemies. 

Ps.  xxxiv.  7.  The  angel  of  the  Lord  en- 
campeth  round  about  them  that  fear  him,  and 
delivereth  them. 

xci.  11,  12.  He  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
over  thee,  to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways.  They 
shall  bear  thee  up  in  their  hands,  lest  thou 
dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

Dan.  iii.  25.  28.  The  angel  saved  three 
Jews,  viz.  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abednego, 
from  being  burned  in  the  fiery  furnace. 

vi.  22.  An  angel  saved  Daniel  from  being 
hurt  in  the  lion's  den. 

Matt,  xviii.  10.  Take  heed  that  ye  despise 
not  one  of  these  little  ones ;  for  I  say  unto  you, 
that  in  heaven  their  angels  do  always  behold 
the  face  of  my  father  which  is  in  heaven. 

Luke  xvi.  22.  The  beggar  died,  and  was 
carried  by  angels  into  Abraham's  bosom. 

John  v.  4.  An  angel  went  down  at  a  certain 
season,  and  troubled  the  water,  and  whosoever 
stepped  in  first  was  healed. 

Acts  v.  19,  20.  An  angel  delivered  the 
apostles  from  prison.  Ch.  xii.  7.  11. 

XXIII.  Revelations  of  God's  will  and  direc- 
tions given  by  angels.     Gen.  xvi.  7.  An  angel 
directs  Hagar  to  return  home,  and  informs  her 
of  the  future  greatness  of  her  son's  posterity. 
Ch.  xxi.  17,  18. 


xviii.  2.  10.  17.  Angels  foretell  to  Abraham 
the  birth  of  a  son,  and  the  destruction  of  So- 
dom and  Gomorrah. 

xxii.  15.  An  angel  informs  Abraham  of  the 
future  greatness  of  his  posterity. 

xxxi.  11.  An  angel  directs  Jacob  to  return 
to  his  country. 

Exod.  iii.  2.  10.  The  angel  directs  Moses  to 
deliver  Israel.  Deut.  xxxiii.  16.  Acts  vii. 
30.  35.  38. 

Judges  vi.  1 1  to  22.  An  angel  directs  Gi- 
deon to  deliver  Israel  from  enemies. 

xiii.  3  to  21.  An  angel  foretells  the  birth  of 
Samson. 

2  Kings  i.  3.  15, 16.  An  angel  directs  Elijah 
to  deliver  a  message  full  of  reproof  to  the  king 
of  Samaria,  for  consulting  heathen  gods  about 
his  recovery. 

Dan.  viii.  17. 19.  The  angel  Gabriel  explains 
to  Daniel  a  vision,  concerning  the  delivery  of 
the  Jews.  Ch.  ix.  21,  22. 

Dan.  x.  11  to  21.  An  angel  expounds  to 
Daniel,  and  encourages  him. 

Zech.  i.  9  to  21.  An  angel  expounds  to  the 
prophets.  See  Ch.  ii.  iii.  iv.  v.  vi.  Ver.  I  to  9. 

Acts  vii.  53.  The  law  was  delivered  on 
Mount  Sinai  by  angels.  Ver.  38.  Gal.  iii. 
19.  Heb.  ii.  2. 

viii.  26.  By  direction  of  an  angel,  Philip 
joins  the  eunuch,  and  instructs  and  baptizes 
him.  See  from  verse  30  to  39. 

x.  3.  By  direction  of  an  angel  Cornelius 
sends  for  Peter,  to  receive  from  him  the  know- 
ledge of  Christ.  Ver.  4.  6.  22.  30.  Ch.  xi 
13,  14. 

xxvii.  23.  By  information  from  an  angel, 
Paul  declares  the  safety  of  himself,  and  those 
who  sailed  with  him. 

Rev.  i.  1.  The  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ, 
which  God  gave  unto  him,  and  he  sent  and 
signified  it  by  his  angel  unto  his  servant  John. 
Ch.  xxii.  16. 

xxii.  9.  The  angel  said,  I  am  thy  fellow- 
servant,  and  of  thy  brethren,  the  prophets, 
and  of  them  which  keep  the  sayings  of  this 
book. 

See  other  revelations  by  angels :  Rev.  x.  1 
5,  6,  7.— xi.  15.— xiv.  6  to  19.— xvii.  1.  - 
xviii.  1.  21. 

XXIV.  Angels  inflict  God's  judgments  on 
the  wicked.  Gen.  iii.  24.  When  Adam  and 
Eve  had  been  turned  out  of  paradise,  God 
planted  cherubim  and  a  flaming  sword  to  keep 
the  way  of  the  tree  of  life. 

xix.  1  to  29.  Sodom  is  destroyed  by  angels. 

Exod.  xii.  29.  The  first-born  in  Egypt  slain 
by  a  destroying  angel.  Ver.  23. 

Numb.  xxii.  22.  The  angel  of  the  Lord 
stood  in  the  way  for  an  adversary  against  Ba 
laam.  See  to  ver.  36. 


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ANGELS. 


CHAP.  II. 


Judg.  ii.  1.4.  An  angel  is  sent  to  reprove 
Israel  for  disobedience. 

2  Sara.  xxiv.  16.  An  angel  stretched  out 
his  hand  upon  Jerusalem  to  destroy  it,  after  he 
had  slain  in  other  parts  seventy  thousand  men 
by  pestilence.  Ver.  15. 

2  Kings  xix.  35.  An  angel  of  the  Lord 
smote  in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians,  an  hun- 
dred four  score  and  five  thousand.  Isa. 
xxx vii.  36. 

Ps.  xxxv.  5,  6.  Let  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
chase  the  wicked.  Let  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
persecute  them. 

Ixxviii.  49.  He  cast  upon  them  the  fierce- 
ness of  his  anger,  wrath,  and  indignation  and 
trouble,  by  sending  evil  angels  among  them. 

Acts  xii.  23.  An  angel  of  the  Lord  smote 
Herod  because  he  gave  not  God  the  glory,  and 
he  was  eaten  of  worms. 

Rev.  vii.  2.  To  four  angels  it  was  given  to 
hurt  the  earth  and  the  sea.  See  chapters  8th 
and  9th. 

xv.  1 .  Seven  angels,  having  the  seven  last 
plagues.  Ver.  6.  See  these  plagues  through 
the  whole  16th  chapter. 

xx.  1.  An  angel  binds  Satan.  See  also  Ch. 
xix.  17. 

XXV.  Their  attendance  on,  and  services  to 
Christ.  Luke  i.  11  to  21.  The  angel  Gabriel 
foretells  the  birth,  manner  of  life,  and  ministry 
of  John,  the  forerunner  of  Christ. — Ver.  26. 
The  same  angel  foretells  to  the  virgin  Mary, 
the  conception  and  birth  of  Jesus  Christ,  and 
his  greatness.  See  to  ver.  35. 

Matt.  i.  20.  An  angel  informs  Joseph  of 
Christ's  conception,  by  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

Luke  ii.  9  to  14.  Angels  publish  the  birth 
of  Christ  to  shepherds,  and  praise  God  on  that 
occasion. 

Matt.  ii.  13.  An  angel  warns  Joseph  to 
carry  Jesus  and  his  mother  into  Egypt  for 
safety. — Ver.  19.  An  angel  directs  Joseph  and 
Mary  to  return  with  Jesus  from  Egypt. 

iv.  11.  Angels  ministered  unto  Jesus  when 
he  was  tempted  of  the  devil.  Mark  i.  13. 
John  i.  51. 

Luke  xxii.  43.  When  Christ  was  in  an 
agony,  before  he  was  apprehended  by  enemies, 
there  appeared  an  angel  unto  him  from  heaven 
strengthening  him. 

Matt.  xxvi.  51, 52.  When  Jesus  was  appre- 
hended, Peter  drew  his  sword  to  fight  for  him. 
Jesus  said,  Put  up  thy  sword ;  thinkest  thou 
that  I  cannot  now  pray  to  my  Father,  and  he 
shall  presently  give  me  more  than  twelve  le- 
gions of  angels  ? 

xxviii.  2.  At  Christ's  resurrection,  an  angel 
rolls  back  the  stone  from  the  door  of  the 
sepulchre,  and  sat  on  it. — Ver.  5.  He  declares 


Christ's  resurrection  to  those  who  came  to  the 
sepulchre,  and  directs  them  where  to  publish 
it.  Ver.  7.  Luke  xxiv.  5,  6,  7.  John  xx. 
12,  13. 

Acts  i.  10, 11.  At  Christ's  ascension,  angels 
declare  to  the  apostles  his  coming  again. 

XXVI.  They  shall  attend  Christ  at  his 
coming  to  judgment.     Matt.  xvi.  27.   The 
Son  of  man  shall  come  in  the  glory  of  his 
Father,  with  his  angels ;  and  then  he  shall  re- 
ward every  man  according  to  his  work.     Ch. 
xxv.  31,  32.     Mark  viii.  38.     Luke  ix.  26. 

Luke  xii.  8,  9.  Jesus  said,  Whosoever  shall 
confess  me  before  men,  him  shall  the  Son  of 
man  also  confess  before  the  angels  of  God. 
He  that  denieth  me  before  men,  shall  be  de- 
nied before  the  angels  of  God.  Rev.  hi.  5. 

1  Thess.  iv.   16.    The  Lord  himself  shall 
descend  from  heaven  with  a  shout,  with  the 
voice  of  the  archangel,  and  with  the  trump 
of  God,  and  the  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise  first. 
1  Cor.  xv.  52. 

XXVII.  Their  employment  at  the  day  of 
judgment.     Matt.  xiii.  39.  The  harvest  is  the 
end  of  the  world  ;  the  reapers  are  the  angels. 

xxiv.  31.  The  son  of  man  shall  send  his 
angels  with  a  great  sound  of  a  trumpet,  and 
they  shall  gather  together  his  elect  from  the 
four  winds,  from  one  end  of  heaven  to  the 
other.  Mark  xiii.  27. 

xiii.  41,  42.  The  Son  of  man  shall  send 
forth  his  angels,  and  they  shall  gather  out  of 
his  kingdom  all  things  that  offend,  and  them 
that  do  iniquity.  And  shall  cast  them  into  a 
furnace  of  fire;  there  shall  be  wailing  and 
gnashing  of  teeth.  Ver.  49,  50. 

2  Thess.  i.  7—9.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty  angels, 
in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  them  that 
know  not  God,  and  obey  not  the  gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ;   who  shall  be  punished 
with  everlasting  destruction  from  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  power. 

XXVIII.  They  are  worshippers  of  God  the 
Father.     Ps.  ciii.  20,  21.  Bless  the  Lord  all 
ye  his  angels.     (Rev.  vii.  1 1. — xix.  10. — xxii. 
9.)     Bless  the  Lord  all  ye  his  hosts,  ye  minis- 
ters of  his  that  do  his  pleasure.     Ps.  cxlviii.  2. 

Isa.  vi.  3.  The  seraphim  cried  one  to  an- 
other, and  said,  Holy,  holy,  holy  is  the  Lord 
of  hosts :  the  whole  earth  is  full  of  his  glory. 

Dan.  vii.  10.  Thousand  thousands  minister- 
ed unto  him,  and  ten  thousand  times  ten  thou- 
sand stood  before  him. 

XXIX.  They  worship  Christ,  and  are  sub- 
ject to  him.     Heb.  i.  4.  Christ  was  made  bet- 
ter than  the  angels. — Ver.  6.   God  said,  Let 
all  the  angels  of  God  worship  him. 


CHAP.  II. 


DEVILS. 


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Rev.  v.  11,  12.  Angels  round  about  the 
throne  said,  Worthy  is  the  Lamb  that  was 
slain  to  receive  power,  and  riches,  and  wisdom, 
and  strength,  and  honour,  and  glory,  and 
blessing. 

They  are  not  to  be  worshipped.  See  Col. 
ii.  18.  Rev.  xix.  10.— xxii.  8,  9. 


DEVILS. 

XXX.  Of  the  angels  some  sinned  and  are 
reserved  unto  punishment.     2  Pet.  ii.  4.  God 
spared  not  the   angels  that  sinned,  but  cast 
them  down  to  hell ;  and  delivered  them  into 
chains  of  darkness,  to  be  reserved  unto  judg- 
ment. 

Jude  6.  The  angels  that  kept  not  their  first 
estate,  but  left  their  own  habitation,  God  hath 
reserved  in  everlasting  chains  under  darkness, 
Unto  the  judgment  of  the  great  day. 

Rev.  xx.  10.  The  devil  that  deceived  the 
nations,'  was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire  and 
brimstone,  where  the  beast  and  the  false  pro- 
phet are,  and  shall  be  tormented  day  and  night 
for  ever  and  ever. 

Matt.  xxv.  41.  Everlasting  fire  is  prepared 
for  the  devil  and  his  angels. 

XXXI.  What  their  sin  is  supposed  to  have 
been.     See  above,  Jude  6. 

1  Tim.  iii.  6.  Pride  is  called  the  condemna- 
tion of  the  devil. 

Job  xxxviii.  7.  Morning  stars  is  the  name 
of  angels :  this  name  is  given  to  the  proud 
king  of  Babylon,  losing  his  power,  as  one  of 
these  morning  stars  falling. 

Isa.  xiv.  9.  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for 
thee,  to  meet  thee  at  thy  coming. — Ver.  12. 
How  art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  O  Lucifer, 
son  of  the  morning. 

Luke  x.  18.  Jesus  said,  I  beheld  Satan  fall 
as  lightning  from  heaven. 

XXXII.  Names  given  to  these  in  Scripture. 
The  god  of  this  world,  2  Cor.  iv.  4. — The 
prince  of  this  world,  John  xiv.  30. — xvi.  11. 
Beelzebub  the  chief  of  the  devils.     Luke  xi. 
15. — The   prince  of  the   power   of  the   air, 
Eph.  ii.  2. — Belial,  who  hath  his  sons  and 
children  of  the  wicked.     See  Deut.  xiii.  13. 
Judg.  xix.  22. — xx.  13.     1  Sam.  ii.  12. — x. 
27. — xxx.  22.     2  Sam.  xx.  1.     1  Kings  xxi. 
10.     2Chron.  xiii.  7.     2  Cor.  vi.  15. — The 
devil  and  his  angels,  Matt.  xxv.  41. 

The  dragon  and  his  angels,  Rev.  xii.  7.  9. 
The  angel  of  the  bottomless  pit,  Rev.  ix.  11. 

Rev.  xii.  9.  The  great  dragon,  that  old  ser- 
pent the  devil,  and  Satan,  the  deceiver,  and  his 
angels. — Ver  10.  The  accuser  of  the  brethren. 
Compare  Job  i.  9. — ii,  5.  Zech.  iii.  1. 


They  are  called  principalities  and  powers. 
Rom.  viii.  38.  Eph.  vi.  12. 

XXXIII.  Devils  are  represented  as  enemies 
to  all  good,  and  promoters  of  sin  and  misery 
among  mankind.     Gen.  iii.   1   to  7.     Satan 
called  the  serpent.     2  Cor.  xi.  3.     And  the 
old  serpent,  the  devil.     Rev.  xii.  9. — xx.  2. 
Beguiled  Eve. 

2  Sam.  xxiv.  1.  He  moved  David  to  num- 
ber the  people. 

Zech.  iii.  1.  Satan  stood  at  Joshua's  right 
hand  to  resist  him. 

Matt.  xiii.  38,  39.  The  tares  are  the  child- 
ren of  the  wicked  one.  The  enemy  that 
sowed  the  tares  is  the  devil. 

Luke  xxii.  31.  Satan  desired  to  have  Peter 
to  sift  him. 

John  vi.  70.  Jesus  said  [of  Judas],  One  of 
you  is  a  devil. 

xiii.  27.  Satan  entered  into  Judas,  and 
tempted  him  to  betray  his  master.  Luke 
xxii.  3. 

xvii.  12.  Judas  was  the  son  of  perdition. 
2  Thess.  ii.  3.  The  man  of  sin  is  the  son  of 
perdition. 

viii.  44.  To  his  enemies,  Jesus  said,  Ye  are 
of  your  father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ye  will  do ;  he  was  a  murderer  from  the 
beginning,  and  abode  not  in  the  truth,  because 
there  is  no  truth  in  him. 

Acts  v.  3.  He  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  Ana- 
nias and  Sapphira  to  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Eph.  ii.  2.  Satan  is  the  spirit  that  worketh 
in  the  children  of  disobedience. 

vi.  12.  Devils  are  the  rulers  of  the  darkness 
of  this  world. 

1  Thess.  iii.  5.  Satan  is  the  tempter.  1  Tim. 
v.  1 5.  Some  turn  aside  after  him. 

Jam.  iii.  15.  Envy  and  strife  is  the  wisdom 
that  is  earthly,  sensual,  devilish. 

1  John  iii.  8.  He  that  committeth  sin  is  of 
the  devil.  Ver.  10. 

Ver.  12.  Cain  was  of  that  wicked  one,  and 
slew  his  brother. 

Rev.  xii.  9.  Satan  deceiveth  the  whole 
world. 

Satan's  hurtfulness  to  the  bodies  and 
worldly  interests  of  mankind :  See  Job  i.  6  to 
20,  and  ii.  7.  Also  devils  are  cast  out  by 
Christ :  See  Christ's  Miracles. 

XXXIV.  The  enmity  and  endeavours  of 
Satan  and  his  servants,  to  injure  Christ  and 
his    servants.     Matt,  iv    1.    Satan  tempted 
Christ.     Mark  i.  13. 

Matt.  xiii.  19.  When  any  one  heareth  the 
word  of  the  kingdom,  and  understandeth  it 
not,  then  cometh  the  wicked  one,  and  catcheth 
away  that  which  was  sown  in  his  heart.  Mark 
iv.  15. 


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CHAP.  II. 


Luke  viii.  12.  The  devil  taketh  away  the 
word  out  of  their  hearts,  lest  they  should  be- 
lieve, and  be  saved. 

Acts  xiii.  10.  They  pervert  the  right  ways 
of  the  Lord. 

2  Cor.  iv.  4.  The  god  of  this  world  hath 
blinded  the  minds  of  those  who  believe  not. 

xii.7.  A  messenger  of  Satan  buffeted  Paul. 

1  Thess.  ii.  18.  Satan  hindered  the  apostles. 
Rev.  ii.  10. 

2  Thess.  ii.  9.  The  coming  of  the  man  of 
sin,  is  after  the  working  of  Satan,  with  all 
power  and  signs,  and  lying  wonders,  and  with 
all  deceivableness  of  unrighteousness  in  them 
that  perish ;  because  they  received  not  the  love 
of  the  truth,  that  they  might  be  saved. 

1  Tim.  iv.  1.  Some  shall  depart  from  the 
faith,  giving  heed  to  seducing  spirits,  and  doc- 
trines of  devils. 

Rev.  iii.  9.  They  say  they  are  Jews,  and 
are  not,  but  are  of  the  synagogue  of  Satan. 
See  Rev.  ii.  9,  10.— xii.  13.— xx.  10. 

XXXV.  Devils  believe  that  there  is  a  God. 
James  ii.  19.  The  devils  believe  and  tremble. 

They  know   Christ.     Mark  i.  24.   They 

said  to  Jesus,  Let  us  alone ;  what  have  we  to 

do   with   thee,   thou  Jesus   of  Nazareth  ?    I 

.     know  thee  who  thou  art,  the  holy  one  of  God. 

Luke  iv.  41.    Devils  came  out  of  many, 

crying  out,  and  saying,  Thou  art  Christ,  the 

Son  of  God. 

XXXVI.  They  knew    Christ's  servants. 
Acts  xvi.  16,  17.  A  damsel  possessed  with  a 
spirit  of  divination,  which  brought  her  mas- 
ters much  gain  by  soothsaying,  followed  Paul 
and  other  apostles,  saying,  These  men  are  ser- 
vants of  the  most  high  God,  which  shew  unto 
us  the  way  of  salvation. — Ver.  18.  Paul  com- 
manded the  evil  spirit  to  come  out  of  her. 

xix.  13.  Certain  vagabond  Jews,  exorcists, 
took  upon  them  to  call  over  them  which  had 
evil  spirits,  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  say- 
ing, We  adjure  you  by  Jesus,  whom  Paul 
preacheth. — Ver.  15,  16.  The  evil  spirit  an- 
swered and  said,  Jesus  I  know,  and  Paul  I 
know,  but  who  are  ye  1  And  the  man  in 
whom  the  evil  spirit  was,  leapt  on  them,  and 
overcame  them,  and  prevailed  against  them, 
so  that  they  fled  out  of  that  house  naked  and 
wounded. 

XXXVII.  They  know  the  sacred  Scriptures. 
Matt.  iv.  6.   They  produce  the  words  of  Ps. 
xci.  1 1,  saying,  It  is  written,  He  shall  give  his 
angels  charge  concerning  thee,  and  in  their 
hands  they  shall  bear  thee  up,  lest  at  any  time 
thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

XXXVIII.  Satan  was  overcome  by  Christ. 


Matt.  iv.  1.  to  12.  When  Jesus  was  forty  days 
tempted  of  the  devil,  the  devil  leaveth  him 
without  succeeding. 

John  xii.  31.  Jesus  said,  Now  shall  the 
prince  of  this  world  be  cast  out. 

xiv.  30.  Jesus  said,  The  prince  of  this  world 
cometh,  and  hath  nothing  in  me, 

xvi.  11.  The  prince  of  this  world  is 
judged. 

Col.  ii.  15.  He  spoiled  principalities  and 
powers,  triumphing  over  them. 

Heb.  ii.  14.  Christ  destroyed  him  that  had 
the  power  of  death,  that  is,  the  devil. 

1  John  iii.  8.  For  this  purpose  the  Son  of 
God  was  manifested,  that  he  might  destroy  the 
works  of  the  devil. 

Rev.  xvii.  14.  The  Lamb  shall  overcome 
them,  i.  e.  the  servants  of  Satan.  See  Rev 
xii.7.  9,  10,  11. 

XXXIX.  Satan  is  overcome  by  Christians, 
through  divine  power  communicated.  Matt, 
x.  1.  Jesus  gave  his  disciples  power  against 
unclean  spirits,  to  cast  them  out.  Mark  iii. 
15.— vi.  7. 

Luke  x.  17.  The  disciples  returned  with 
joy,  saying  to  Jesus,  Even  the  devils  are 
subject  to  us  through  thy  name. 

Acts  xxvi.  17,  18.  Jesus  said  to  Paul,  I  send 
thee  to  open  men's  eyes,  to  turn  them  from 
darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of  Satan 
unto  God. 

Rom.  xvi.  20.  The  God  of  peace  shall  bruise 
Satan  under  your  feet. 

2  Tim.  ii.  25,  26.  If  God  will  give  them  re- 
pentance to  the  acknowledging  of  the  truth  ; 
that  they  may  recover  themselves  out  of  the 
snare  of  the  devil,  who  are  taken  captive  by 
him  at  his  will.     Col.  i.  13. 

1  John  ii.  14.  I  have  written  unto  you, 
young  men,  because  ye  are  strong,  and  the 
word  of  God  abideth  in  you,  and  ye  have  over- 
come the  wicked  one.  Ver.  13.  Eph.  vi. 

10,  tl. 

v.  18.  He  that  is  begotten  of  God,  keepeth 
himself,  and  that  wicked  one  toucheth  him 
not.  Ch.  iv.  4. 

Rev.  xii.  11.  They  overcame  Satan  by  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb,  and  by  the  word  of  their 
testimony.  See  Rom.  viii.  37,  38,  39. 

XL.  Promises  to  them  that  overcome  Satan. 
Rev.  ii.  7.  They  shall  eat  of  the  tree  of  life. — 

1 1 .  Shall  not  be  hurt  of  the  second  death.— 1 7. 
Shall  have  hidden  manna. — 26.    Shall  have 
power  over  the  nations.     Ch.  iii.  5.  Shall  be 
clothed  in  white. — 12.  Shall  be  made  a  pillar 
in  the  temple  of  God. — 21.    Shall  sit  with 
Christ  in  his  throne.     Ch.  xxi.  7.  Shall  in- 
herit all   things.     1  Cor.  vi.  3.   Shall  judge 
fallen  angels. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD'S  GOVERNMENT. 


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XLI.  Duties  exhorted  to  in  opposition  to 
Satan.  1  Cor.  vii.  5.  Let  the  husband  and 
wife  come  together,  that  Satan  tempt  you  not 
for  your  incontinency. 

2  Cor.  ii.  11.  Let  us  receive  an  offender, 
when  become  penitent,  lest  Satan  get  an  ad- 
vantage of  us ;  for  we  are  not  ignorant  of  his 
devices. 

xi.  2.  Paul  said,  I  am  jealous  over  you,  with 
a  godly  jealousy. — Ver.  3.  I  fear  lest  by  any 
means  as  the  serpent  beguiled  Eve,  through 
his  subtilty,  so  your  minds  should  be  corrupted 
from  the  simplicity  that  is  in  Christ* 

Ver.  14,  15.  For  Satan  himself  is  trans- 
formed into  an  angel  of  light.  Therefore  it  is 
no  great  thing  if  his  ministers  also  be  trans- 
formed, as  the  ministers  of  righteousness; 
whose  end  shall  be  according  to  their  works. 

Eph.  iv.  26,  27.  Let  not  the  sun  go  down 


upon  your  wrath.  Neither  give  place  to  the 
devil. 

vi.  11, 12.  Put  on  the  whole  armour  of  God, 
that  ye  may  be  able  to  stand  against  the  wiles 
of  the  devil.  For  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh 
and  blood,  but  against  principalities,  against 
powers,  against  the  rulers  of  the  darkness  of 
this  world,  against  spiritual  wickedness  in 
high  places.— Ver.  16.  Take  the  shield  of  faith 
wherewith  ye  shall  be  able  to  quench  all  the 
fiery  darts  of  the  wicked  one. 

James  iv.  7.  Resist  the  devil,  and  he  will 
flee  from  you. 

1  Pet.  v.  8,  9.  Be  sober,  be  vigilant;  be- 
cause your  adversary  the  devil,  as  a  roaring 
lion  walketh  about,  seeking  whom  he  may 
devour.  Whom  resist  steadfast  in  the  faith. 

Jude  9.  Michael  the  archangel  said,  The 
Lord  rebuke  thee,  Satan.  Zech.  iii.  2. 


CHAPTER  III. 


GOD'S  GOVERNMENT. 


I.  HE  is  the  King,  Ruler,  and  Governor 
of  the  world,-  having  a  throne,  kingdom, 
dominion,  government.  2  Kings  xix.  15. 
Thou  art  the  God  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  1 1.  Thine  is  the  power,  and 
the  glory,  and  the  kingdom ;  and  thou  art  ex- 
alted as  head  above  all.     Matt.  vi.  13. 

2  Chron.  xx.  6.  Art  thou  not  God  in  hea- 
ven ?  and  rulest  not  thou  over  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  heathen  1  and  in  thy  hand  is  there 
not  power,  and  might,  so  that  none  is  able  to 
withstand  thee  1 

Job  xxv.  2.  Dominion  and  fear  are  with 
him  :  he  maketh  peace  in  his  high  places. 

Ps.  x.  16.  The  Lord  is  King  for  ever  and 
ever. 

\i.  4.  The  Lord's  throne  is  in  heaven :  his 
eyes  behold,  his  eyelids  try  the  children  of  men. 

xxii.  28.  The  kingdom  is  the  Lord's ;  and 
he  is  the  governor  among  the  nations. 

xlv.  6.  Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and 
ever ;  the  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a  right 
sceptre. 

xlvii.  2.  The  Lord  most  high,  is  a  great 
King  over  all  the  earth. — Ver.  8.  God  reigneth 
over  the  heathen :  God  sitteth  on  the  throne 
of  his  holiness. 

Ixvi.  7.  He  ruleth  by  his  power  for  ever; 
his  eyes  behold  the  nations. 

Ixxxix.  14.  Justice  and  judgment  are  the 
habitation  of  thy  throne. 

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xcv.  3.  The  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great 
King  above  all  gods. 

xcvii.  2.  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round 
about  him ;  righteousness  and  judgment  are 
the  habitation  of  his  throne. 

ciii.  19.  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne 
in  the  heavens ;  and  his  kingdom  ruleth  over  all. 

cxlv.  1-3.  Thy  kingdom  is  an  everlasting 
kingdom,  and  thy  dominion  endureth  through- 
out all  generations. 

Prov.  viii.  16.  By  me  princes  rule,  and 
nobles,  even  all  the  judges  of  the  earth. 

Isa.  xxxvii.  1 6.  Thou  art  the  God,  even  thou 
alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth.  Ch. 
vi.  5.  The  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Ixvi.  1.  The  heaven  is  my  throne,  and  the 
earth  is  my  footstool. 

Jer.  x.  10.  The  Lord  is  the  true  God,  he  is 
the  living  God,  and  an  everlasting  King  :  at 
his  wrath  the  earth  shall  tremble,  and  the  na- 
tions shall  not  be  able  to  abide  his  indignation. 

Dan.  iv.  3.  His  kingdom  is  an  everlasting 
kingdom,  and  his  dominion  is  from  generation 
to  generation.  Ver.  34. 

vi.  26.  He  is  the  living  God,  and  steadfast 
for  ever ;  and  his  kingdom  is  that  which  shall 
not  be  destroyed,  and  his  dominion  shall  be 
even  unto  the  end.  Ch.  vii.  14.  27. 

1  Tim.  vi.  15.  He  is  the  blessed  and  only 
Potentate,  the  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords. 

II.  God  is  the  lawgiver.    Isa.  xxxiii.  22. 


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COUNSELS— WILL— ORDINATIONS  OF   GOD.      CHAP.  III. 


The  Lord  is  our  lawgiver,  the  Lord  is  our 
king. 

James  iv.  12.  He  is  the  one  lawgiver,  who 
is  able  to  save  and  to  destroy. 

III.  God  is  the  judge  of  the  earth.  Gen. 
xviii.  25.  The  judge  of  all  the  earth.  Ps.  xciv. 
2.  Heb.  xii.  23. 

Deut.  xxxii.  36.  The  Lord  shall  judge  his 
people.  Eccl.  iii.  17.  He  shall  judge  the 
righteous  and  the  wicked. 

1  Sam.  ii.  10.  The  Lord  shall  judge  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

Ps.  ix.  4.  Thou  satest  in  the  throne  judg- 
ing right 

1.  6.  God  is  judge  himself.     Ps.  Ixxvi.  8. 

xcvi.  13.  He  shall  judge  the  world  with 
righteousness,  and  the  people  with  his  truth. 


COUNSELS  OF  GOD. 

IV.  God  has  his  counsels.     Ps.  xxxiii.  1 1. 
The  counsel  of  the  Lord  standeth  for  ever ;  the 
thoughts  of  his  heart  to  all  generations.    Prov. 
xix.  21. 

Prov.  viii.  14.  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound 
wisdom  ;  I  am  understanding. 

Isa.  xxv.  1.  Thy  counsels  of  old  are  faith- 
fulness and  truth. 

xxviii.  29.  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  wonderful 
in  counsel,  and  excellent  in  working.  Jer. 
xxxii.  19. 

xl.  14.  With  whom  took  he  counsel,  and 
who  instructed  him? — Ver.  17.  All  nations 
before  him  are  as  nothing. 

xlvi.  10.  My  counsel  shall  stand,  and  I  will 
dp  all  my  pleasure. 

Jer.  xxxii.  19.  The  Lord  of  hosts,  great  in 
counsel  and  mighty  in  work. 

Acts  ii.  23.  Jesus  was  delivered  by  the  de- 
terminate counsel  and  foreknowledge  of  God. 

iv.  27,  28.  Against  thy  holy  child  Jesus, 
whom  thou  hast  anointed,  both  Herod  and 
Pontius  Pilate,  with  the  Gentiles  and  the  peo- 
ple of  Israel,  were  gathered  together ;  for  to 
do  whatsoever  thy  hand  and  thy  counsel  de- 
termined before  to  be  done. 

Heb.  vi.  17.  God,  willing  to  shew  the  im- 
mutability of  his  counsel,  confirmed  [his  pro- 
mise] by  an  oath. 

V.  Purpose  of  God.    Jer.  Ii.  29.    Every 
purpose  of  God  shall  be  performed.     See  pur- 
poses of  God  concerning  particular  nations. 
Isa.  xiv.  24.  27. — xix.   12. — xxiii.  9. — xlvi. 
11.     Jer.  xlix.  20. 

Rom.  viii.  28.  All  things  work  together  for 
good  to  them  that  love  God,  to  them  who  are 
the  called  according  to  his  purpose. 

ix.  11,  12.  That  the  purpose  of  God  ac- 


cording to  election  might  stand,  it  was  said, 
The  elder  [brother]  shall  serve  the  younger. — 
Ver.  17.  Concerning  Pharaoh,  God  said,  For 
this  same  purpose  have  I  raised  thee  up,  that 
I  might  shew  my  power  in  thee. 

Eph.  i.  11.  In  Christ  we  have  obtained  an 
inheritance,  being  predestinated  according  to 
the  purpose  of  him  who  worketh  all  things 
after  the  counsel  of  his  own  will. 

iii.  11.  According  to  the  eternal  purpose, 
which  God  purposed  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

2  Tim.  i.  9.  God  hath  saved  us,  and  called 
us  with  a  holy  calling ;  not  according  to  our 
works,  but  according  to  his  own  purpose,  and 
grace,  which  was  given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  be- 
fore the  world  began. 

WILL  OF  GOD. 

VI.  God  doth  will.    Job  xxiii.  13.  He  is 
in  one  mind,  and  who  can  turn  him?  and 
what   his   soul  desireth  that   he  doeth.    Ps. 
xxxiii.  11. 

Dan.  iv.  35.  All  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth 
are  reputed  as  nothing,  and  he  doeth  accord- 
ing to  his  will,  in  the  army  of  heaven,  and 
among  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  ;  and  none 
can  stay  his  hand,  or  say  unto  him,  What 
dost  thou?  Job  xxxiii.  13. 

Isa.  xlvi.  10.  My  counsel  shall  stand,  and  I 
will  do  all  my  pleasure. 

Iv.  11.  My  word  shall  accomplish  that 
which  I  please. 

VII.  Determinations  of  God.    Job  xiv.  5. 
Man's  days  are  determined,  the  number  of  his 
months  are  with  thee ;  thou  hast  appointed 
his  bounds  that  he   cannot  pass.     Ver.  14. 
Acts  xvii.  26. 

Isa.  x.  23.  The  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall 
make  a  consumption,  even  determined,  in  the 
midst  of  all  the  land.  Ch.  xxviii.  22.  Zeph. 
iii.  8. 

Dan.  ix.  24.  Seventy  weeks  are  determined 
upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy  holy  city,  to 
finish  the  transgression,  and  to  make  an  end 
of  sins,  and  to  make  reconciliation  for  iniquity, 
and  to  bring  in  everlasting  righteousness,  and 
to  seal  up  the  vision  and  prophecy,  and  to 
anoint  the- most  holy.  Ver.  26,  27. 

xi.  36.  That  that  is  determined  shall  be 
done. 

Zeph.  iii.  8.  My  determination  is  to  gather 
the  nations,  to  pour  upon  them  mine  indigna- 
tion. 

Matt  xxvi.  24.  The  Son  of  man  goeth  as 
it  is  written  [determined]  of  him.  Acts  iv.  28. 

ORDINATIONS  OF  GOD. 

VIII.  Things    ordained   of   God.      Ps. 


CHAP.  III. 


DECREES  OF  GOD— ELECTION. 


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cxxxii.  17.  I  have  ordained  a  lamp  for  mine 
anointed. 

Jer.  i.  5.  I  ordained  thee  a  prophet  to  the 
nations.  1  Tim.  ii.  7. 

Hab.  i.  12.  Thou  hast  ordained  them,  [the 
enemy,]  for  judgment ;  and,  O  mighty  God, 
thou  hast  ordained  them  for  correction. 

John  xv.  16.  Jesus  said,  I  have  ordained 
you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit. 
Eph.  ii.  10. 

Acts  i.  21,  22.  Of  those  men  must  one  be 
ordained,  a  witness  with  us  of  Christ's  resur- 
rection. 

Ver.  23—26.  And  the  apostles  appointed 
two,  Joseph  and  Matthias.  And  they  prayed, 
and  said,  Thou,  Lord,  which  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  men,  shew  whether  of  these  two 
thou  hast  chosen ;  that  he  may  take  part  of 
this  ministry  and  apostleship.  And  they  gave 
forth  their  lots,  and  the  lot  fell  upon  Matthias  ; 
and  he  was  numbered  with  the  eleven  apostles. 

Jude  4.  There  are  certain  men  crept  in  un- 
awares, who  were  before  of  old  ordained  to 
this  condemnation,  ungodly  men,  turning  the 
grace  of  God  into  lasciviousness,  &c. 


DECREES  OF  GOD. 

IX.  Things  decreed  of  God.    Job  xxviii. 
26.    He  made   a  decree  for  the  rain.     Ps. 
cxlviii.  6. 

xxxviii.  10.  He  broke  up  for  the  sea  his  de- 
creed place,  and  set  bars  and  doors.  Prov. 
viii.  29.  Jer.  v.  22. 

Dan.  iv.  24.  This  is  the  decree  of  the  most 
high  God,  that  is  come  upon  the  king. 

Zeph.  ii.  2.  Before  the  decree  bring  forth, 
before  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger  come  upon 
you. 

X.  Things  appointed  of  God.    2  Sam. 
xvii.  14.  The  Lord  had  appointed  to  defeat 
the  counsel  of  Ahithophel. 

Job  vii.  1.  Is  there  not  an  appointed  time 
for  man  upon  the  earth  1  are  not  his  days 
like  the  days  of  an  hireling?  Ch.  xiv.  5.  14. 

Prov.  viii.  29.  He  appointed  the  founda- 
tions of  the  earth. 

Dan.  viii.  19.  At  the  time  appointed,  the 
end  shall  be.  Ch.  xi.  27.  35. 

Mic.  vi.  9.  He  hath  appointed  the  rod. 

Hab.  ii.  0.  The  vision  is  for  an  appointed 
time. 

Luke  xxii.  29.  He  appointed  unto  Christ  a 
kingdom. 

Acts  xvii.  31.  He  hath  appointed  a  day  in 
which  he  will  judge  the  world  by  Jesus  Christ. 

Gal.  iv.  4.  When  the  fulness  of  time  was 
come,  God  sent  forth  his  Son  made  of  a  wo- 


1  Pet.  ii.  8.  Christ  is  a  stone  of  stumbling, 
and  a  rock  of  offence  to  them  which  stumble 
at  the  word,  being  disobedient ;  whereunto 
also  they  were  appointed.  Jude  4. 

PREDESTINATION. 

XI.  Things  predestinated  of  God.     Rom. 
viii.  29,  30.  Whom  God  did  foreknow  he  did 
predestinate  to  be  conformed  to  the  image  of 
his  Son,  that  he  might  be  the  first-born  among 
many  brethren.     Moreover,  whom  he  did  pre- 
destinate, them  he  also  called  ;  and  whom  he 
called  them  he  also  justified ;  and  whom  he 
justified,  them  he  also  glorified. 

Eph.  i.  5.  God  having  predestinated  us  to 
the  adoption  of  children,  by  Jesus  Christ,  ac- 
cording to  the  good  pleasure  of  his  will. 

Ver.  11,  12.  In  him  we  have  obtained  an 
inheritance,  being  predestinated  according  to 
the  purpose  of  him  who  worketh  all  things 
after  the  counsel  of  his  own  will ;  that  we 
should  be  to  the  praise  of  his  glory. 

ELECTION. 

XII.  Election  of  the  Jews.    Neh.  ix.  7,  8. 
Thou  art  the  Lord,  the  God  who  didst  choose 
Abram,  and  broughtest  him  forth  out  of  Ur 
of  the  Chaldees,  and  gavest  him  the  name  of 
Abraham  :  And  madest  a  covenant  with  him. 
Compare  Gen.  xi.  31. — xii.  1,  2,  3.     Acts 
xiii.  17. 

Deut.  iv.  37.  Because  the  Lord  loved  thy 
fathers,  therefore  he  chose  their  seed  after 
them,  and  brought  thee  out  of  Egypt. 

vii.  6.  The  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  thee 
to  be  a  special  people  unto  himself,  above  all 
people  that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 
Ch.  xiv.  2. 

Ver.  7,  8.  The  Lord  did  not  set  his  love 
upon  you,  nor  choose  you  because  ye  were 
more  in  number  than  any  people,  (for  ye  were 
the  fewest  of  all  people:)  But  because  the 
Lord  loved  you,  and  because  he  would  keep 
the  oath  which  he  had  sworn  to  your  fathers. 
Ch.  x.  15. 

1  Kings  Hi.  8.  Thy  servant  is  in  the  midst 
of  thy  people,  whom  thou  hast  chosen. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  13,  14.  O  ye  seed  of  Israel 
his  servant,  ye  children  of  Jacob  his  chosen 
ones :  He  is  the  Lord  our  God.  Ps.  cv.  6,  7. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  12.  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose 
God  is  the  Lord,  and  the  people  whom  he 
hath  chosen  for  his  own  inheritance. 

Ixv.  4.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou 
choosest,  and  causest  to  approach  unto  thee, 
that  he  may  dwell  in  thy  courts. 

cv.  43.  The  Lord  brought  forth  his  people 
with  joy,  and  his  chosen  with  gladness. 


ELECTION. 


CHAP.  III. 


Ps  cvi.  4,  5.  Remember  me,  0  Lord,  with 
the  favour  that  thou  bearest  unto  thy  people  : 

0  visit  me  with  thy  salvation :  That  I  may 
see  the  good  of  thy  chosen,  that  I  may  rejoice 
in  the  gladness  of  thy  nation,  that  I  may  glory 
with  thine  inheritance. 

Ps.  cxxxii.  13.  The  Lord  hath  chosen  Zion, 
he  hath  desired  it  for  his  habitation. — Ver.  15. 

1  will  abundantly  bless  her  provision,  &c.   Ps. 
Ixxviii.  68. 

cxxxv.  4.  The  Lord  hath  chosen  Jacob  unto 
himself,  and  Israel  for  his  peculiar  treasure. 

Isa.  xiv.  1.  The  Lord  will  yet  choose  Israel, 
and  set  them  in  their  own  land.  Ch.  xlix.  7. 
Zech.  i.  17.— ii.  12. 

xli.  8,  9.  Thou  Israel  art  my  servant,  Jacob 
whom  I  have  chosen.  I  have  chosen  thee,  and 
not  cast  thee  away. 

xliii.  20.  I  give  waters  in  the  wilderness, 
and  rivers  in  the  desert,  to  give  drink  to  my 
people,  my  chosen^ 

xliv.  2 — 4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  made 
thee,  and  formed  thee  from  the  womb,  which 
will  help  thee,  Fear  not,  0  Jacob,  my  servant, 
and  thou  Jeshurun  whom  I  have  chosen.  For 
I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty,  and 
floods  upon  the  dry  ground;  I  will  pour  my 
Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing  upon 
thine  offspring.  And  they  shall  spring  up,  &c. 

xlv.  4.  For  Jacob  my  servant's  sake,  and 
Israel  mine  elect,  I  have  called  thee  by  thy 
name  [Cyrus] :  I  have  surtiamed  thee,  though 
thou  hast  not  known  me. 

xlviii.  10.  I  have  refined  thee,  but  not  with 
silver ;  I  have  chosen  thee  in  the  furnace  of 
affliction. — Ver.  17.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God, 
which  teacheth  thee  to  profit,  which  leadeth 
thee  by  the  way  that  thou  shouldest  go. 

Ixv.  9.  Mine  elect  shall  inherit  my  moun- 
tain, and  my  servants  shall  dwell  here. — Ver. 
22.  Mine  elect  shall  long  enjoy  the  work  of 
their  hands. 

Ezek.  xx.  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I 
chose  Israel,  and  lifted  up  my  hand  unto  the 
seed  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  made  myself 
known  unto  them. 

Zech.  iii.  2.  Q  Satan,  the  Lord  that  hath 
chosen  Jerusalem,  rebuke  thee :  Is  not  this  a 
brand  plucked  out  of  the  fire  1 

XIII.  Election  of  Christians.  Matt.  xx.  16. 
Jesus  said,  Many  be  called,  but  few  chosen. 

xxiv.  22.  For  the  elect's  sake,  those  days 
[of  calamity]  shall  be  shortened.  Mark 
xiii.  20. 

Ver.  24.  False  Christs,  and  false  prophets, 
shall  shew  great  signs  and  wonders,  insomuch, 
that  (if  it  were  possible)  they  shall  deceive  the 
very  elect. — Ver.  31.  The  Son  of  man  shall 
[at  the  last  day]  send  his  angels  with  a  great 
sound  of  a  trumpet,  and  they  shall  gather  to- 


gether his  elect,  from  the  four  winds,  from  one 
end  of  heaven  to  the  other. 

Luke  xviii.  7.  Shall  not  God  avenge  his 
own  elect,  which  cry  day  and  night  unto  him  ] 

John  vi.  37.  Jesus  said,  All  that  the  Father 
giveth  me,  &c. 

xiii.  18.  Jesus  said,  I  speak  not  of  you  all, 
I  know  whom  I  have  chosen :  but  that  the 
scripture  may  be  fulfilled,  He  that  eateth  bread- 
with  me  hath  lifted  up  his  heel  against  me. 

xv.  16.  I  have  chosen  you,  and  ordained 
you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit. — 
Ver.  19.  I  have  chosen  you  out  of  the  world, 
therefore  the  world  hateth  you. 

Rom.  viii.  33.  Who  shall  lay  any  thing  to 
the  charge  of  God's  elect  1  It  is  God  that  jus- 
tifieth. 

ix.  6.  They  are  not  all  Israel  which  are  of 
Israel. 

Ver.  10 — 13.  When  Rebecca  had  conceived 
by  Isaac,  (the  children  being  not  yet  born, 
neither  having  done  any  good  or  evil,  that  the 
purpose  of  God  according  to  election  might 
stand,  not  of  works,  but  of  him  that  calleth ;) 
it  was  said  unto  her,  The  elder  shall  serve  the 
younger.  As  it  is  written,  Jacob  have  I  loved, 
but  Esau  have  I  hated. 

Ver.  16.  It  is  not  of  him  that  willeth,  nor 
of  him  that  runneth,  but  of  God  that  sheweth 
mercy. — Ver.  18.  He  hath  mercy  on  whom  he 
will  have  mercy,  and  whom  he  will  he  hard- 
eneth. 

Ver.  21.  Hath  not  the  potter  power  over  the 
clay? 

xi.  2.  God  hath  not  cast  away  his  people, 
which  he  foreknew. 

Ver.  4 — 6.  Seven  thousand  were  reserved 
in  Israel,  who  had  not  bowed  the  knee  to  the 
image  of  Baal.  So  at  this  time  there  is  a 
remnant  according  to  the  election  of  grace: 
And  if  by  grace,  it  is  no  more  of  works. 

Ver.  7.  Israel  hath  not  obtained  that  which 
he  seeketh  for,  but  the  election  hath  obtained 
it,  and  the  rest  were  blinded. — Ver.  28.  As 
touching  the  election,  the  Jews  are  beloved  for 
the  fathers'  sakes. 

Eph.  i.  4,  5.  God  hath  chosen  us  in  Christ, 
before  the  foundation  of  the  world,  that  we 
should  be  holy  and  without  blame  before  him 
in  love.  Having  predestinated  us  to  the 
adoption  of  children  by  Jesus  Christ  to  him- 
self, according  to  the  good  pleasure  of  his  will. 

Col.  iii.  12.  Put  on  (as  the  elect  of  God, 
holy  and  beloved)  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness, 
humbleness,  &c. 

1  Thess.  i.  4.   Knowing,  brethren  beloved, 
your  election  of  God. 

2  Thess.  ii.  13.  God  hath  from  the  begin- 
ning chosen  you  to  salvation,  through  sancti- 
fication  of  the  Spirit  and  belief  of  the  truth. 

2  Tim.  ii.  10.  I  endure  all  things  for  the 


CHAP.  III. 


CALLING. 


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elect's  sake,  that  they  may  obtain  the  salvation 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  with  eternal  glory. 

Tit.  i.  1.  Paul  an  apostle,  according  to  the 
faith  of  God's  elect. 

James  ii.  5.  Hath  not  God  chosen  the  poor 
of  this  world,  rich  in  faith,  and  heirs  of  the 
kingdom  which  he  hath  promised  to  them  that 
love  him  ] 

1  Pet.  i.  2.  Elect  according  to  the  foreknow- 
ledge of  God  the  Father,  through  sanctification 
of  the  Spirit  unto  obedience,  and  sprinkling 
of  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 

ii.  9.  Ye  are  a  chosen  generation,  a  royal 
priesthood,  an  holy  nation,  a  peculiar  people  ; 
that  ye  should  shew  forth  the  praises  of  him 
who  hath  called  you  out  of  darkness  into  his 
marvellous  light. 

v.  13.  The  church  that  is  at  Babylon, 
elected  together  with  you. 

2  John,  ver.  1.  The  elect  lady.     Ver.  13. 
The  elect  sister. 

Rev.  xvii.  14.  They  that  are  with  the  Lamb, 
are  called,  and  chosen,  and  faithful. 
See  1  Tim.  v.  21.  Elect  angels. 
Christ  is  God's  elect.  Isa.  xlii.  1. 

XIV.  Persons  chosen  or  elected  of  God,  to 
Jill  offices  in  the  church  and  state.  Deut. 
xvii.  15.  Thou  shalt  set  him  king  over  thee, 
whom  th^Lord  thy  God  shall  choose.  Kings 
chosen  of  God  were  Saul,  1  Sam.  x.  24. — 
David,  2  Sam.  vi.  21.  1  Kings  viii.  16.  Ps. 
Ixxviii.  70. — Ixxxix.  3.  19,  20. — Solomon, 
1  Chron.  xxix.  1.  1  Sam.  ii.  28. 

Priests  chosen.  Levi,  Deut.  x.  8. — Aaron, 
Num.  xvi.  5. — xvii.  5.  8.  1  Sam.  ii.  28. 

Twelve  apostles  chosen.  Luke  vi.  13. — 
Matthias,  Acts  i.  24.  26. — Stephen,  Acts  vi.  5. 
—Paul,  Acts  ix.  1 5.— xxii.  14. 

Place  of  worship  chosen.  Deut  xii.  5.  11. 
14.  18.  21.  26.  The  temple,  1  Kings  ix.  3.— 
Jerusalem,  1  Kings  xi.  13.  Neh.  i.  9. 


CALLING. 

XV.  God  doth  call ;  his  people  are  called. 
Isa.  xliii.  1.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  that  created 
thee,  O  Jacob,  that  formed  thee,  O  Israel,  Fear 
not,  for  I  have  redeemed  thee,  I  have  called 
thee  by  thy  name,  thou  art  mine. 

xlviii.  12.  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob  and 
Israel  my  called,  I  am  he ;  I  am  the  first,  I 
also  am  the  last. 

Iv.  5.  Behold  thou  shalt  call  a  nation  that 
thou  knowest  not,  and  nations  that  knew  not 
thee  shall  run  unto  thee. 

Ixii.  2.  Thou  shalt  be  called  by  a  new  name, 
which  the  Lord  shall  name. 

Joel  ii.  32.  In  mount  Zion,  and  in  Jerusa- 
lem shall  be  deliverance,  as  the  Lord  hath 


said,  and  in  the  remnant  whom  the  Lord  shall 
call. 

Matt.  xx.  1.  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like 
unto  a  man  that  is  an  householder,  which 
went  out  early  in  the  morning  to  hire  labourers 
unto  his  vineyard. — Ver.  3 — 6.  He  went  out 
about  the  third,  the  sixth,  the  ninth,  and  ele- 
venth hour,  and  sent  those  he  found  into  his 
vineyard. — Ver.  9,  10.  They  received  e\ery 
man  a  penny. 

Ver.  11.  When  they  murmured  against  the 
good  man  of  the  house,  because  the  first  re- 
ceived not  more  than  they  who  entered  last. — 
Ver.  13.  He  answered,  and  said,  Friend,  I  do 
thee  no  wrong. — Ver.  15,  16.  Is  it  not  lawful 
for  me  to  do  what  I  will  with  mine  own  1  Is 
thine  eye  evil,  because  I  am  good  1  So  the 
last  shall  be  first,  and  the  first  last :  for  many 
be  called  but  few  chosen.  Ch.  xix.  30. 

xxii.  2,  3.  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like 
unto  a  king,  which  made  a  marriage  for  his 
son ;  and  sent  forth  his  servants  to  call  them 
that  were  bidden  to  the  wedding. 

John  x.  3.  The  good  Shepherd  calleth  his 
own  sheep  by  name. 

xv.  15.  Jesus  said,  I  call  you  not  servants. 
I  have  called  you  friends.  Heb.  ii.  11.  Christ 
is  not  ashamed  to  call  them  brethren. 

Acts  ii.  39.  The  promise  is  unto  you,  and 
to  your  children,  and  to  all  that  are  afar  off", 
even  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  call. 

Rom.  i.  6.  Among  whom  are  ye  also  the 
called  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Ver.  7.  To  all  that  be  in  Rome,  called  to  be 
saints. 

iv.  17.  God  calleth  those  things  that  are  not 
as  though  they  were. 

viii.  28.  All  things  work  together  for  good, 
to  them  that  love  God,  to  them  who  are  the 
called  according  to  his  purpose. 

Ver.  30.  Whom  God  did  predestinate  them 
he  also  called. 

ix.  11.  That  the  purpose  of  God  according 
to  election  might  stand,  not  of  works  but  of 
him  that  calleth. 

Ver.  23,  24.  The  vessels  of  mercy  he  hath 
prepared  unto  glory ;  even  us  whom  he  hath 
called,  not  of  the  Jews  only  but  also  of  the 
Gentiles. 

Ver.  25.  God  saith,  I  will  call  them  my 
people,  which  were  not  my  people ;  and  her 
beloved,  which  was  not  beloved.  Hos.  ii.  23. 

xi.  29.  The  gifts  and  calling  of  God  are 
without  repentance. 

1  Cor.  i.  9.  God  is  faithful,  by  whom  ye 
were  called  unto  the  fellowship  of  his  Son  Je- 
sus Christ  our  Lord. 

Ver.  24.  Unto  them  who  are  called,  both 
Jews  and  Greeks,  Christ  the  power  of  God, 
and  the  wisdom  of  God. 

Ver.  26  27.  Ye  see  your  calling  brethren, 

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JUSTIFICATION. 


CHAP.  III. 


how  that  not  many  wise  men  after  the  flesh, 
not  many  mighty,  not  many  noble  are  called  : 
But  God  hath  chosen  the  foolish  things  of  the 
world  to  confound  the  wise. 

vii.  15.  God  hath  called  us  to  peace. 

Ver.  17.  As  the  Lord  hath  called  every  one, 
so  let  him  walk.  See  ver.  18.  20,  21.  24. 

Gal.  i.  6.  I  marvel  that  ye  are  so  soon  re- 
moved from  him  that  called  you  into  the  grace 
of  Christ. 

v.  8.  This  persuasion  cometh  not  of  him 
that  calleth  you. 

Ver.  13.  Brethren,  ye  have  been  called  unto 
liberty. 

Eph.  i.  16.  I  cease  not  to  give  thanks,  and 
to  pray,  &c. — Ver.  18.  That  ye  may  know 
what  is  the  hope  of  his  calling,  and  what  the 
riches  of  the  glory  of  his  inheritance  in  the 
saints. 

iv.  1.  Walk  worthy  of  the  vocation  where- 
with ye  are  called. 

Ver.  4.  Ye  are  called  in  one  hope  of  your 
calling. 

Phil.  iii.  14.  I  press  toward  the  mark,  for 
the  prize  of  the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

Col.  iii.  15.  Let  the  peace  of  God  rule  in 
your  hearts,  to  the  which  ye  are  called  in  one 
body. 

1  Thess.  ii.  12.  Walk  worthy  of  God,  who 
hath  called  you  unto  his  kingdom  and  glory. 

iv.  7.  God  hath  not  called  us  unto  unclean- 
ness,  but  unto  holiness. 

v.  24.  Faithful  is  he  that  calleth  you. 

2  Thess.  i.  11.  We  pray  that  God  would 
count  you  worthy  of  this  calling,  and  fulfil  all 
the  good  pleasure  of  his  goodness,  and  the 
work  of  faith  with  power. 

ii.  14.  God  hath  called  you,  by  our  gospel, 
to  the  obtaining  of  the  glory  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

1  Tim.  vi.  12.  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith, 
lay  hold  on  eternal  life,  whereunto  thou  art 
called. 

2  Tim.  i.  9.  God  hath  saved  us,  and  called 
us  with  an  holy  calling,  not  according  to  our 
works,  but  according  to  his  own  purpose  and 
grace,  which  was  given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  be- 
fore the  world  began. 

Heb.  iii.  1.  Holy  brethren,  partakers  of  the 
heavenly  calling. 

ix.  15.  Jesus  is  the  mediator  of  the  New 
Testament,  that  they  which  are  called  might 
receive  the  promise  of  eternal  inheritance. 

1  Pet.  i.  15.  As  he  which  hath  called  you 
is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy,  in  all  manner  of  con- 
versation. 

ii.  9.  Show  forth  the  praises  of  him  who 
hath  called  you  out  of  darkness,  into  his  mar- 
vellous light. 

Ver.  20,  21.   If  ye  do  well,  and  suffer  for 


t,  and  take  it  patiently,  even  hereunto  were 
ve  called. 

iii.  9.  Not  rendering  evil  for  evil,  or  railing 
or  railing,  but  contrariwise  blessing ;  know- 
ng  that  ye  are  thereunto  called,  that  ye  should 
nherit  a  blessing. 

v.  10.  The  God  of  all  grace  hath  called  us 
unto  his  eternal  glory,  by  Christ  Jesus. 

2  Pet.  i.  3.  His  divine  power  hath  given 
unto  us  all  things  that  pertain  to  life  and  god- 
iness,  through  the  knowledge  of  him  that 
lath  called  us  to  glory  and  virtue. 

Ver.  10.  Give  diligence  to  make  your  call- 
ng  and  election  sure. 

Jude  1,  2.  To  them  that  are  sanctified  by 

od  the  Father,  and  preserved  in  Jesus  Christ, 
and  called :  Mercy  unto  you,  and  peace  and 
ove  be  multiplied. 

Rev.  xvii.  14.  They  that  are  with  the  Lamb, 
are  called,  and  chosen,  and  faithful. 

xix.  9.  Blessed  are  they  that  are  called  unto 
the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

Abraham  called.     See  Isa.  Ii.  2.    Heb.  xi.  8, 

XVI.  Particular  persons  called  to  offices. 
Priests.  Christ,  Isa.  xlii.  6.     Heb.  v.  10.— 

Aaron,  Heb.  v.  4. 

Prophets,  Isa.  xlix.  1,  2. 

Apostles.  Acts  xiii.  2.  Rom.  i.  1.  1  Cor, 
i.  1,  2.  Gal.  i.  15. 

God's  people  are  called  by  his  name.  Deut. 
xxviii.  10.  Jer.  xiv.  9. — xv.  16.  Dan.  ix. 
18,  19.  Amos  ix.  11,  12.  Jam.  ii.  7. 

The  heathens  not  called  by  God's  name. 
Isa.  Ixiii.  19. — Ixv.  1. 

JUSTIFICATION. 

XVII.  God  justifieth.     Isa.  xlv.  25.   In 
the  Lord  shall  all  the  seed  of  Jacob  be  justi- 
fied, and  shall  glory.     Rom.  iii.  30. 

Rom.  iii.  26.  That  God  might  be  just,  and 
the  justifier  of  him  that  believeth  in  Jesus. 

viii.  30,  31.  Whom  he  called,  them  he  also 
justified ;  and  whom  he  justified,  them  he  also 
glorified.  If  God  be  for  us,  who  can  be 
against  us  ? 

Ver.  33,  34.  Who  shall  lay  any  thing  to 
the  charge  of  God's  elect]  It  is  God  that 
justifieth ;  who  is  he  that  condemneth  \ 

XVIII.  Men  not  justified  by  the  works  of 
the  law.    Rom.  iii.  20.  By  the  deeds  of  the  law, 
there  shall  no  flesh  be  justified  in  God's  sight. 

Ver.  28.  We  conclude  that  a  man  is  justi- 
fied by  faith,  without  the  deeds  of  the  law. 

iv.  15.  The  law  worketh  wrath. 

Gal.  ii.  16.  A  man  is  not  justified  by  the 
works  of  the  law,  but  by  the  faith  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

UL  10.  As  many  as  are  of  the  works  of  the 


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law  are  under  the  curse ;  for  it  is  written, 
Cursed  is  every  one  that  continueth  not  in  all 
things  that  are  written  in  the  book  of  the  law 
to  do  them.  Deut.  xxvii.  26.  Jam.  ii.  10. 

Ver.  11.  That  no  man  is  justified  by  the 
law  in  the  sight  of  God,  is  evident :  for,  The 
just  shall  live  by  faith.  Hab.  ii.  4.  Rom.  i. 
17.  Heb.  x.  38. 

Ver.  12.  And  the  law  is  not  of  faith;  but, 
The  man  that  doeth  them,  shall  live  in  them. 
Lev.  xviii.  5.  Neh.  ix.  29.  Ezek.  iii.  21. — 
xviii.  9.  17.— xx.  11.  13.  21.— xxxiii.  13.  15, 
16.  Matt.  xix.  17.  Rom.  x.  5. 

James  ii.  10.  He  that  shall  offend  in  one 
point  is  guilty  of  all.  Compare  Rom.  iii.  19. 
Isa.  Ixiv.  6.  Ps.  cxliii.  2. 

Gal.  v.  4.  Christ  is  become  of  no  effect  to 
you,  whosoever  of  you  are  justified  by  the 
law ;  ye  are  fallen  from  grace". 

XIX.  Men  are  justified  freely,  and  by 
grace,  through  Christ.     Isa.  liii.  11.  By  his 
knowledge  shall  my  righteous  servant  justify 
many,  for  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 

Rom.  iii.  24.  Being  justified  freely  by  his 
grace,  through  the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

SANCTIFICATION. 

XX.  God  sanctified  the  Jews.    Exod.  xxxi. 
13.  The  sabbath  is  a  sign  between  me  and 
you  throughout  your  generations ;  that  ye  may 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  doth  sanctify 
you.     Lev.  xx.  8. — xxi.  8. 15.     Ezek.  xx.  12. 

Ezek.  xxxvii.  28.  The  heathen  shall  know 
that  I  the  Lord  do  sanctify  Israel,  when  my 
sanctuary  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  them. 

XXI.  Jews  were  commanded  to  sanctify 
themselves.     Lev.  xi.  44.  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God :  ye  shall  therefore  sanctify  yourselves, 
and  ye  shall  be  holy  :  for  I  am  holy.     Ch.  xx. 
7.     See  Numb.  xi.  18.    Josh.  iii.  5. — vii.  13. 
1  Sam.  xvi.  5.     Joel  ii.  16. 

XXII.  God    doth    sanctify    Christians. 
1  Thess.  iv.  3.  This  is  the  will  of  God,  even 
your  sanctification. 

v.  23.  The  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you 
wholly :  and  I  pray  God,  your  whole  spirit, 
and  soul,  and  body,  be  preserved  blameless 
unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Col.  i.  12.  The  Father  hath  made  us  meet 
to  be  partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints 
in  light. 

Ps.  Ixxxiv.  11.  The  Lord  will  give  grace 
and  glory. 

XXIII.  God  sanctifieth  Christians  by  his 
'ord  and  Spirit.     John  xvii.  17.   Sanctify 

them  through  thy  truth.     Ver.  19. 


Rom.  xv.  16.  That  the  offering  up  of  the 
Gentiles  might  be  acceptable,  being  sanctified 
by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2  Cor.  iii.  18.  We  are  changed  into  the 
image  of  Christ  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord. 

2  Thess.  ii.  13.  God  has  chosen  you  to  sal- 
vation, through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit 
and  belief  of  the  truth.  Acts  xx.  32.  1  Pet. 
i.  2. 

XXIV.  Justification  and  sanctification  ex- 
pressed in  other  words. 

God  doth  wash.  Ps.  Ii.  2.  Wash  me 
thoroughly  from  my  iniquity,  and  cleanse  me 
from  my  sin. — Ver.  7.  Wash  thou  me,  and 
I  shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 

Isa.  i.  18.  Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet, 
they  shall  be  as  white  as  snow ;  though  they 
be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall  be  as  wool. 

Isa.  iv.  4.  When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed 
away  the  filth  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

Ezek.  xvi.  4.  Thou  wast  not  washed. — 
Ver.  9.  I  washed  thee  with  water. 

Rev.  i.  5,  6.  Unto  him  [Christ]  that  loved 
us,  and  washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own 
blood,  and  hath  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto 
God  and  his  Father,  to  him  be  glory  and  do- 
minion for  ever. 

vii.  14.  These  have  washed  their  robes  and 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

Duty  to  wash  ourselves.  Ps.  xxvi.  6.  I 
will  wash  my  hands  in  innocency.  Ps. 
Ixxiii.  13. 

Isa.  i.  1 6.  Wash  you,  make  you  clean. 

Jer.  iv.  14.  O  Jerusalem,  wash  thy  heart 
from  wickedness,  that  thou  mayest  be  saved. 

Acts  xxii.  16.  Be  baptized,  and  wash  away 
thy  sins,  calling  on  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

Heb.  x.  22.  Let  us  draw  near  [unto  God] 
with  a  true  heart,  in  full  assurance  of  faith, 
having  our  hearts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  con- 
science, and  our  bodies  washed  with  pure 
water. 

XXV.  God  doth  cleanse.     Ps.  xix.  12. 
Cleanse  thou  me  from  secret  faults.    Ps.  Ii.  10. 

Jer.  xxxiii.  8.  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all 
iniquity,  whereby  they  have  sinned  against  me. 
Ezek.  xxxvii.  23. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  25.  Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean 
water  upon  you,  and  ye  shall  be  clean  from 
all  your  filthiness.  See  Efficacy  of  Christ's 
blood. 

Eph.  v.  26.  That  he  might  cleanse  the 
church,  &c.  1  John  i.  9. 

Duly  to  cleanse  ourselves.  Matt,  xxiii.  26. 
Thou  blind  Pharisee,  cleanse  first  that  which 
is  within. 

2  Cor.  vii.  1.  Let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from 
all  filthiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit.  See  Isa, 
i.  16.— Iii.  11.  James  iv.  8.  Ps.  cxix.  9. 


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CHAP.  III. 


Promises  to  the  cleansed.  Job  xvii.  9.  Ps. 
xviii.  20.  24. — xxiv.  3,  4,  5.— Ixxiii.  1. 

XXVI.  God  doth  purge.     Ps.  Ixv.  3.  As 
for  our  transgressions  thou  shall  purge  them 
away.     See  Ps.  li.  7. — Ixxix.  9. 

Isa.  i.  25.  I  will  purely  purge  away  thy 
dross. 

vi.  7.  He  said,  thy  iniquity  is  taken  away, 
and  thy  sin  purged. 

xxvii.  9.  By  this  [affliction]  shall  the  ini- 
quity of  Jacob  be  purged,  and  this  is  all  the 
fruit  to  take  away  his  sin. 

Ezek.  xxiv.  13.  Because  I  have  purged 
thee,  and  thou  wast  not  purged,  thou  shalt  not 
be  purged  any  more  till  I  have  caused  my 
fury  to  rest  upon  thee. 

•Dan.  xi.  35.  Some  of  them  shall  fall,  to  try 
them,  and  to  purge,  and  to  make  white. 

Mai.  iii.  3.  He  shall  sit  as  a  refiner  and 
purifier  of  silver ;  and  he  shall  purify  the  sons 
of  Levi,  and  purge  them  as  gold  and  silver, 
that  they  may  offer  unto  the  Lord  an  offering 
in  righteousness. 

Matt.  iii.  11,  12.  John  the  Baptist  said, 
Jesus  shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  with  fire.  Whose  fan  is  in  his  hand,  and 
he  will  thoroughly  purge  his  floor,  and  gather 
his  wheat  into  the  garner. 

John  xv.  2.  Jesus  said,  Every  branch  in  me 
that  beareth  fruit,  my  Father  purgeth,  that  it 
may  bring  forth  more  fruit. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Christ  by  himself  purged  our 
sins.  See  Christ's  blood. 

Duty.     1  Cor.  v.  7.    2  Tim.  ii.  21. 

XXVII.  God  purifieth.    Acts  xv.  9.  God 
purifying  their  hearts  by  faith. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  Christ  gave  himself  for  us,  that 
he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous 
of  good  works.  See  Mai.  iii.  3.  above. 

Duty.  James  iv.  8.  Cleanse  your  hands, 
ye  sinners,  and  purify  your  hearts,  ye  double 
minded. 

I  Pet.  i.  22.  Ye  have  purified  your  souls  in 
obeying  the  truth,  through  the  Spirit.  1  Tim. 
i.  5.  Charity  out  of  a  pure  heart. 

1  John  iii.  3.  Every  man  that  hath  this 
hope  in  him  purifieth  himself,  even  as  he  is 
pure.  2  Tim.  ii.  22.  Call  on  the  Lord  out  of 
a  pure  heart. 

XXVIII.  God  doth  refine.    Isa.  xlviii.  10. 
Behold  I  have  refined  thee,  but  not  with  silver ; 

have  chosen  thee  in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 

Zech.  xiii.  9.  I  will  refine  them  as  silver  is 
refined,  and  will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried. 

Mai.  iii.  2.  He  is  like  a  refiner's  fire,  and 
.ike  fullers'  soap.  Ver.  3. 

XXIX.  The  Lord  is  a  God  unto  his  people  ,• 


he  is  with  them  and  among  them.  Exod 
xxix.  45,  46.  I  will  dwett  among  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  will  be  their  God.  (Ch.  xx.  2.) 
And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God. 

Lev.  xxvi.  11,  12.  I  will  set  my  tabernacle 
among  you,  and  my  soul  shall  not  abhor  you. 
I  will  walk  among  you,  and  will  be  your  God, 
and  ye  shall  be  my  people. 

Ps.  xlviii.  14.  This  is  our  God  for  ever  and 
ever :  he  will  be  our  guide  even  unto  death. 

Isa.  xli.  10.  Fear  thou  not,  for  I  am  with 
thee :  be  not  dismayed,  for  I  am  thy  God. 

Jer.  vii.  23.  Obey  my  voice,  and  I  will  be 
your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people.  Ch. 
xxx.  18.  22. 

Zech.  viii.  2.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
I  was  jealous  for  Zion. — Ver.  8.  I  will  be  their 
God  in  truth  and  in  righteousness. 

2  Cor.  vi.  16.  I  will  dwell  in  them,  and 
walk  in  them ;  and  I  will  be  their  God,  and 
they  shall  be  my  people. 

Heb.  xi.  16.  God  is  not  ashamed  to  be  called 
their  God. 

Rev.  xxi.  3.  Behold  the  tabernacle  of  God 
is  with  men,  and  he  will  dwell  with  them :  and 
they  shall  be  his  people,  and  God  himself  shall 
be  with  them,  and  be  their  God. 

XXX.  God  forsaketh  not  his  people.  Deut. 
iv.  31.  The  Lord  thy  God  is  a  merciful  God; 
he  will  not  forsake  thee,  neither  destroy  thee, 
nor  forget  the  covenant  of  thy  fathers.  See 
ch.  xxxi.  6.  8.  Josh.  i.  5.  1  Chron.  xxviii. 
20.  Neh.  ix.  17.  19.  31. 

1  Sam.  xii.  22.  The  Lord  will  not  forsake 
his  people,  for  his  great  name's  sake :  because 
it  hath  pleased  the  Lord  to  make  you  his 
people. 

Ezra  ix.  9.  God  hath  not  forsaken  us  in 
our  bondage;  but  hath  extended  mercy  to  us  in 
the  sight  of  the  kings  of  Persia. 

Ps.  ix.  10.  Thou  hast  not  forsaken  them 
that  seek  thee. 

xxxvii.  28.  He  forsaketh  not  his  saints; 
they  are  preserved  for  ever.  Ver.  25. 

xciv.  14.  The  Lord  will  not  cast  off  his 
people,  neither  will  he  forsake  his  inheritance. 

Isa.  xlii.  16.  I  will  make  darkness  light  be- 
fore them,  and  crooked  things  straight.  &c. 
These  things  will  I  do,  and  not  forsake  them. 

xliv.  21.  Remember  these,  O  Jacob  and 
Israel ;  for  thou  art  my  servant :  I  have  formed 
thee;  thou  art  my  servant:  O  Israel,  thou 
shalt  not  be  forgotten  of  me. 

xlix.  14,  15,  16.  But  Zion  said,  The  Lord 
hath  forsaken  me,  and  my  Lord  hath  for- 
gotten me.  Can  a  woman  forget  her  suck- 
ing child,  that  she  should  not  have  compassion 
on  the  son  of  her  womb]  yea,  they  may  for- 
get, yet  will  I  not  forget  thee.  Behold,  I  have 


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graven  thee  on  the  palms  of  my  hands;  thy 
walls  are  continually  before  me. 

liv.  7.  For  a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken 
thee,  but  with  great  mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 
Ver.  8,  9,  10. 

2  Cor.  iv.  9.  We  are  persecuted,  but  not 
forsaken. 

Heb.  xiii.  5.  Be  content,  for  he  hath  said, 
I  will  never  leave  thee  nor  forsake  thee. 

XXXI.  Prayers  that  God  would  not  for- 
sake his  people.  1  Kings  viii.  57.  The  Lord 
be  with  us  :  let  him  not  leave  us  nor  forsake  us. 

Ps.  xxvii.  9.  Leave  me  not,  neither  forsake 
me,  0  God  of  my  salvation.  See  Ps.  xxxviii. 
21.— Ixxi.  9.  18.— cxix.  8.— cxxxviii.  8. 

XXXH.  God  forsaketh  the  wicked.  Deut. 
xxxi.  16,  17.  The  Lord  said,  This  people  will 
forsake  me,  and  break  my  covenant.  Then 
mine  anger  shall  be  kindled  against  them,  and 
I  will  forsake  them. 

Judg.  vi.  13.  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  us, 
and  delivered  us  into  the  hands  of  enemies. 

2  Kings  xxi.  14.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
forsake  the  remnant  of  my  inheritance,  and 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
because  of  their  sins. 

2  Chron.  xii.  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye 
have  forsaken  me,  and  therefore  have  I  left  you 
in  the  hand  of  your  enemies. 

xv.  2.  If  ye  forsake  the  Lord,  he  will  for- 
sake you.  Ch.  xxiv.  20. 

Ps.  Ixxviii.  60.  He  forsook  the  tabernacle 
ofShiloh.  Ver.  61. 

Jer.  xii.  7.  I  have  forsaken  my  house,  I 
have  left  my  heritage ;  I  have  given  the  dearly 
beloved  of  my  soul  into  the  hand  of  her 
enemies. 

xxiii.  39.  I  will  utterly  forget  you,  and  for- 
sake you,  and  the  city  that  I  gave  you  and 
your  fathers.  Ver.  33. 

XXXIII.  God  doth  not  cast  off  nor  reject 
his  people.  Lev.  xxvi.  43,  44.  When  they 
accept  the  punishment  of  their  iniquity,  I  will 
not  cast  them  away,  neither  abhor  them,  to 
destroy  them  utterly. 

2  Kings  xiii.  23.  The  Lord  had  compassion 
on  his  people,  and  would  not  destroy  them, 
neither  cast  them  off. 

Neh.  i.  9.  If  ye  turn  unto  me  and  keep  my 
commandments,  though  ye  were  cast  out,  I 
will  gather  you. 

Job  viii.  20.  God  will  not  cast  away  a  per- 
fect man. 

Ps.  xciv.  14.  The  Lord  will  not  cast  off  his 
people.  Lam.  iii.  31. 

Isa.  xii.  9.  I  have  chosen  thee,  and  not  cast 
thee  away. 

Jer.  xxxiii.  25,  26.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  If 
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my  covenant  be  not  with  day  and  night,  and 
if  I  have  not  appointed  the  ordinances  of  hea- 
ven and  earth,  then  will  I  cast  away  the  seed 
of  Jacob ;  for  I  will  cause  their  captivity  to 
return,  and  have  mercy  on  them.  Ver.  20. 
Ch.  xxxi.  37.  Lam.  iii.  31,  32. 

Zech.  x.  6.  They  shall  be  as  though  I  had 
not  cast  them  off;  for  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God.  Ezek.  xi.  1 9.  Mic.  iv.  7. 

Rom.  xi.  2.  God  hath  not  cast  away  his 
people,  which  he  foreknew.  Ver.  4. 

XXXIV.  Prayers  against  being  cast  off. 
Ps.  xliii.  2,  3.     Why  dost  thou  cast  me  off? 
why  go  I  mourning  1     O  send  out  thy  light 
and  truth :  let  them  lead  me,  &c. 

xliv.  23.  O  Lord  cast  us  not  off  for  ever. 
Ps.  Ixxiv.  1.  Ps.  Ixxvii.  7.  Jer.  xiv.  19.  21. 

li.  11.  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence. 

Ixxi.  9.  Cast  me  not  off  in  the  time  of  old 
age. 

XXXV.  God  casteth  off  and  rejecteth  the 
wicked.     2  Kings  xvii.  20.  Because  of  their 
wickedness  the  Lord  rejected  the  seed  of  Is- 
rael, and  afflicted  them.     Ch.  xxiii.  27. 

1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  If  thou  forsake  the  Lord 
he  will  cast  thee  off  for  ever. 

Ps.  xliv.  9.  Thou  hast  cast  off  and  put  us 
to  shame.  Ps.  Ix.  1. 10. — Ixxxix.  38.— cviii.  1 1. 

Ixxiii.  18.  Thou  castedst  the  wicked  down 
to  destruction.  Ps.  v.  10. 

Ixxxix.  44.  Thou  hast  made  his  glory  to 
cease,  and  cast  his  throne  down  to  the  ground. 
Ps.  cxlvii.  6. 

Jer.  vi.  30.  Reprobate  silver  shall  men  call 
them,  because  the  Lord  hath  rejected  them. 

vii.  15.  Because  ye  have  done  these  evil 
works,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  cast  you  out  of 
my  sight.  Ver.  20.  Ch.  xv.  1,  2. — xxiii. 
39.— Hi.  3. 

xvi.  12,  13.  Ye  have  done  evil.  Therefore 
I  will  cast  you  out  of  this  land,  into  another 
land,  where  I  will  show  you  no  favour.  Ch. 
xxii.  26. 

Lam.  v.  22.  Thou  hast  utterly  rejected  us, 
and  art  wroth  against  us. 

Ezek.  xxviii.  1 6.  I  will  cast  thee  as  profane 
out  of  the  mountain  of  God. 

xx xii.  4.  I  will  cast  thee  forth  upon  the 
open  field. — Ver.  8.  The  bright  lights  of  hea- 
ven will  I  make  dark  over  thee. 

Hos.  ix.  17.  God  will  cast  them  away,  be- 
cause they  did  not  hearken  unto  him. 

Matt.  iii.  10.  Every  tree  that  bringeth  not 
forth  good  fruit,  is  hewn  down  and  cast  into 
the  fire. 

viii.  12.  The  children  of  the  kingdom  shall 
be  cast  into  outer  darkness. 

xiii.  47.  See  the  parable  of  the  net  and 
fishers  casting  the  bad  fish  away. 


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GOD  A   FATHER. 


CHAP.  III. 


Luke  ix.  25.  What  is  a  man  advantaged  if 
he  gain  the  whole  world,  and  lose  himself,  or 
be  cast  away  1 

John  xv.  6.  If  a  man  abide  not  in  me,  he  is 
cast  forth  as  a  branch,  and  is  withered. 

1  Cor.  ix.  27.  I  keep  my  body  under,  lest  I 
be  cast  away. 

Heb.  vi.  8.  That  ground  which  beareth 
thorns  and  briers  is  rejected,  and  is  nigh  unto 
cursing,  whose  end  is  to  be  burned. 

xii.  17.  Esau  was  rejected. 


GOD  A  FATHER. 

XXXVI.  God   a  father  to  his   people. 
Exod.  iv.  22.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Israel  is 
my   son,  even   my   first-born.    Jer.  xxxL  9. 
Rom.  ix.  4. 

Exod.  iv,  23.  Let  my  son  go.    Hos.  xi.  1. 

Deut.  xiv.  1.  Ye  are  the  children  of  the 
Lord  your  God. 

Isa.  xliii.  6.  Bring  my  sons  from  far,  and 
my  daughters  from  the  ends  of  the  earth. 
Ch.  xlv.  11. 

Ixiii.  16.  Doubtless  \thou  art  our  Father, 
though  Abraham  be  ignorant  of  us,  and  Israel 
acknowledge  us  not:  thou,  0  Lord,  art  our 
Father,  our  Redeemer.  Ver.  8. 

Ixiv.  8.  Thou,  Lord,  art  our  Father:  we 
are  the  clay,  and  thou  our  potter ;  we  are  all 
the  work  of  thy  hand. 

Jer.  xxxi.  20.  Is  Ephraim  my  dear  son  ]  is 
he  a  pleasant  child  ? 

Hos.  i.  10.  In  the  place  where  it  was  said, 
Ye  are  not  my  people,  there  shall  it  be  said 
unto  you,  Ye  are  the  sons  of  the  living  God. 

Mai.  ii.  10.  Have  we  not  all  one  Father] 
hath  not  one  God  created  us  1 

Matt  vi.  9.  Our  Father  which  art  in 
heaven. 

xxiii.  9.  One  is  your  Father  which  is  in 
heaven, 

John  xx.  17.  Jesus  said,  I  ascend  to  my 
Father,  and  your  Father;  to  my  God  and 
your  God. v 

1  Cor.  viii.  6.  To  us  there  is  but  one  God 
the  Father,  of  whom  are  all  things. 

2  Cor.  vi.  18.  I  will  be  a  Father  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  my  sons  and  daughters,  saith 
the  Lord  Almighty.     Jer.  xxxi.  1.  9.     Hos. 
i.  10. 

Eph.  iv.  6.  There  is  one  God  and  Father 
of  all,  who  is  above  all,  and  through  all,  and 
in  you  all. 

XXXVII.  How  any  of  mankind  come  into 
the  relation  of  children,  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters unto  God,  besides  that  of  being  created 
by  God.    John  i.  12,  13.     As  many  as  re- 
ceived Christ,  to  them  gave  he  power  to  be- 


come the  sons  of  God,  even  to  them  that  be- 
lieve on  his  name.  Who  were  born,  not  of 
blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  God. 

iii.  3.  Jesus  said,  Except  a  man  be  born 
again,  he  cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God. — 
Ver.  5,  6.  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and 
of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God.  (Tit.  iii.  5,  6.)  That  which  is 
born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh,  and  that  which  is 
born  of  the  Spirit  is  spirit. 

Ver.  7,  8.  Marvel  not  that  I  said,  Ye  must 
be  born  again.  The  wind  bloweth  where  it 
listeth,  and  thou  hearest  the  sound  thereof, 
but  canst  not  tell  whence  it  cometh  and 
whither  it  goeth ;  so  is  every  one  that  is  bom 
of  the  Spirit 

Gal.  iii.  26.  Ye  are  all  the  children  of  God, 
by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  iv.  4,  5.  God  sent 
forth  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman,  made  under 
the  law,  to  redeem  them  that  were  under  the 
law ;  that  we  might  receive  the  adoption  of 
sons. 

Eph.  i.  4,  5,  6.  God  hath  chosen  us  in 
Christ  before  the  foundation  of  the  world, 
that  we  should  be  holy  and  without  blame 
before  him  in  love :  Having  predestinated  us 
to  the  adoption  of  children  by  Jesus  Christ, 
to  himself,  according  to  the  good  pleasure  of 
his  will ;  to  the  praise  of  the  glory  of  his 
grace,  wherein  he  hath  made  us  accepted  in 
the  beloved. 

1  Pet  i.  22,  23.  Love  one  another  with  a 
pure  heart  fervently :  Ye  being  born  again, 
not  of  corruptible  seed,  but  of  incorruptible, 
by  the  word  of  God,  which  liveth  and  abideth 
for  ever. 

James  i.  18.  Of  his  own  will  begat  he  us 
with  the  word  of  _ truth,  that  we  should  be  a 
kind  of  first-fruits'of  his  creatures. 

1  Pet.  i.  3.  God  hath  begotten  us  to  a  lively 
hope  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Luke  xx.  36.  The  children  of  the  resurrection. 

1  John  iii.  1.  Behold  what  manner  of  love 
the  Father  hath  bestowed  on  us,  that  we 
should  be  called  the  sons  of  God ! 

XXXVni.  Blessings  from  God  as  a  Fa- 
ther, to  his  people  as  his  children.  Matt,  vi.  6. 
Thy  Father  shall  reward  thee  openlv 

Ver.  8.  Your  Father  knoweth  what  things 
ye  have  need  of  before  ye  ask  him. 

Ver.  14.  Your  heavenly  Father  will  forgive 
your  trespasses. 

x.  29,  30,  31.  A  sparrow  shall  not  fall  on 
the  ground  without  your  Father.  The  very 
hairs  of  your  head  are  numbered.  Fear  ye 
not,  therefore,  ye  are  of  more  value  than  many 
sparrows. 

xiii.  43.  The  righteous  shall  shine  forth  as 
the  sun  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD   A  FATHER. 


xviii.  14.  It  is  not  the  will  of  your  Father 
that  one  of  these  little  ones  should  perish. 

Luke  xii.  32.  Fear  not,  little  flock,  it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the 
kingdom. 

John  xi.  51.  52.  The  high  priest  prophesied, 
that  Jesus  should  die  ;  and  gather  together  in 
one  the  children  of  God. 

Rom.  i.  7.  Grace  to  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father. 

viii.  15.  Ye  have  received  the  Spirit  of 
adoption,  whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father.  Gal. 
iv.  6.  Because  ye  are  sons,  God  hath  sent 
forth  the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into  your  hearts, 
crying,  Abba,  Father. 

Ver.  16,  17.  The  Spirit  beareth  witness 
with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of 
God.  And  if  children,  then  heirs;  heirs  of 
God,  and  joint  heirs  with  Christ.  Gal.  iv.  7. 
If  a  son,  then  an  heir  of  God  through  Christ. 

Rom.  viii.  19.  The  earnest  expectation  of 
the  creature  waiteth  for  the  manifestation  of 
the  sons  of  God.  (i  John  iii.  2.)  Ver.  21. 
The  creature  shall  be  delivered  from  the  bond- 
age of  corruption,  into  the  glorious  liberty  of 
the  children  of  God. 

2  Cor.  i.  3.  God  is  to  us  the  Father  of  mer- 
cies, the  God  of  all  comfort. 

Eph.  ii.  18.  Through  Christ  we  have  access, 
by  the  Spirit  unto  the  Father. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16.  Our  Father  hath  loved  us, 
and  given  us  everlasting  consolation,  and  good 
hope  through  grace. 

Heb.  ii.  10.  Bringing  many  sons  unto  glory. 

James  i.  17.  Every  good  and  perfect  gift 
cometh  from  the  Father  of  lights. 

1  John  i.  3.  Our  fellowship  is  with  the  Fa- 
ther, and  with  his  Son  Jesus  Christ. 

ii.  1.  We  have  an  advocate  with  the  Father. 

iii.  2.  Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God ; 
and  it  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be, 
but  we  know  that  when  he  shall  appear,  we 
shall  be  like  him  ;  for  we  shall  see  him  as  he  is. 

Jude  1.  Sanctified  by  God  the  Father,  pre- 
served in  Jesus  Christ,  and  called. 

XXXIX.  Marks  and  characters  of  God's 
children,  in  the  exercise  of  the  graces,  and 
practice  of  the  duties  of  religion.  Mai.  i.  6. 
If  I  be  a  Father,  where  is  mine  honour  ]  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Matt.  v.  9.  Blessed  are  the  peace-makers: 
for  they  shall  be  called  the  children  of  God. 

Ver.  16.  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men, 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify 
your  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

Ver.  44,  45.  Love  your  enemies,  bless  them 
that  curse  you,  do  good  to  them  that  hate  youj 
and  pray  for  them  which  despitefully  use  you, 
and  persecute  you  ;  that  ye  may  be  the  child- 
ren of  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven :  for  he 


maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the  evil  and  on  the 
good,  and  he  sendeth  rain  on  the  just  and  on 
the  unjust.  Luke  vi.  35. 

vi.  14.  If  ye  forgive  men  their  trespasses, 
your  heavenly  Father  will  also  forgive  you. 

Luke  vi.  36.  Be  ye  merciful  as  your  Father 
also  is  merciful. 

Matt.  v.  48.  Be  ye  perfect  as  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect. 

John  iv.  23.  The  true  worshippers  shall 
worship  the  Father  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

Rom.  viii.  14.  As  many  as  are  led  by  the 
Spirit,  are  the  sons  of  God.  Ver.  16. 

Eph.  v.  1,  2.  Be  ye  followers  of  God  as 
dear  children ;  and  walk  in  love,  as  Christ  also 
hath  loved  us. 

Ver.  20.  Giving  thanks  always  for  all  things 
unto  God  the  Father,  in  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  James  iii.  9.  With  the  tongue 
bless  we  Go'd,  even  the  Father.  Phil.  iv.  20. 
Unto  God  our  Father,  be  glory  for  ever  and 
ever. 

Phil.  ii.  14, 15.  Do  all  things  without  mur- 
murings,  and  disputings ;  that  ye  may  be 
blameless  and  harmless,  the  sons  of  God  with- 
out rebuke,  in  the  midst  of  a  crooked  and  per- 
verse nation,  among  whom  ye  shine  as  lights 
in  the  world. 

Heb.  xii.  5,  6.  The  exhortation  speaketh 
unto  you  as  unto  children,  My  son  despise  not 
thou  the  chastening  of  the  Lord,  nor  faint 
when  thou  art  rebuked  of  him ;  for  whom  the 
Lord  loveth,  he  chasteneth,  and  scourgeth 
every  son  whom  he  receiveth. 

Ver.  7,  8.  If  ye  endure  chastening,  God 
dealeth  with  you  as  with  sons :  for  what  son 
is  he  whom  the  father  chasteneth  not?  If  ye 
be  without  chastisement,  whereof  all  are  par- 
takers, then  are  ye  bastards  and  not  sons. 

Ver.  9.  Shall  we  not  be  in  subjection  to  tho 
Father  of  spirits  and  live  ] 

Ver.  10.  He  chasteneth  us  for  our  profit, 
that  we  might  be  partakers  of  his  holiness. 

1  Pet.  i.  14,  15.  As  obedient  children,  not 
fashioning  yourselves  according  to  the  former 
lusts  in  your  ignorance:  But  as  he  which  hath 
called  you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy  in  all  manner 
of  conversation. 

Ver.  17.  Call  on  the  Father,  and  pass  the 
time  of  your  sojourning  here  in  fear. 

Ver.  22,  23.  Love  one  another  with  a  pure 
heart  fervently  :  Being  born  again,  not  of  cor- 
ruptible seed,  but  of  incorruptible,  by  the  word 
of  God,  which  liveth  and  abideth  for  ever. 

1  John  ii.  29.  Every  one  that  doeth  right- 
eousness is  born  of  God. 

iii.  9.  Whosoever  is  born  of  God  doth  not 
commit  sin ;  for  his  seed  remaineth  in  him : 
and  he  cannot  sin  because  he  is  born  of  God. 
(Ch.  v.  18c)  Ver.  10.  In  this  the  children  of 
God  a*e  manifest,  and  the  children  of  the 


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SALVATION. 


CHAP.  III. 


devh ;  whosoever  doth  not  righteousness  is 
not  of  God,  neither  he  that  loveth  not  his 
brother. 

iv.  7.  Every  one  that  loveth  is  born  of  God, 
and  knoweth  God. 

v.  1.  Whosoever  belie veth  that  Jesus  is  the 
Christ,  is  born  of  God. 

Ver.  4.  Whatsoever  is  born  of  God,  over- 
cometh  the  world. — Ver.  18.  He  that  is  be- 
gotten of  God  keepeth  himself,  and  that  wicked 
one  toucheth  him  not. 

Rev.  xxi.  7.  He  that  overcometh,  shall  be 
mv  son. 

XL.  The  wicked  are  styled  the  children  of 
whatever  evil  principle  reigns  in  them  ;  and 
so  are  called — 

Children  of  the  devil.  John  viii.  44.  Acts 
xiii.  10.  1  John  iii.  10. 

Children  of  Belial.  Deut.  xiii.  13.  Judg. 
xx.  13.  1  Sam.  x.  27.  1  Kings  xxi.  10. 

Children  of  the  wicked  one.  Matt.  xiii.  38. 

Children  of  wickedness.  2  Sam.  vii.  10. 

Children  of  transgression.  Isa.  ivii.  4. 

Children  of  iniquity.  Hos.  x.  9. 

Children  of  disobedience.  Eph.  ii.  2. — v.  6. 
Col.  iii.  6. 

Children  of  this  world.  Luke  xvi.  8. — xx,  34. 

Children  of  the  flesh.  Rom.  ix.  8. 

Children  of  Ethiopians.  Amos  ix.  7. 

Children  in  whom  is  no  faith.  Deut. 
xxxii.  20. 

Backsliding  children.  Jer.  iii.  14. 

Sottish  children.  Jer.  iv.  22. 

Impudent  children.  Ezek.  ii.  4. 

Rebellious  children.  Isa.  i.  2. — xxx.  1 . 

Lying  children.  Isa.  xxx.  9. 

Children  of  wrath.  Eph.  ii.  3. 

Cursed  children.  2  Pet.  ii.  14. 

XLI.  Under  God,  their  heavenly  Father, 
Christians  are  brethren  and  sisters,  and  owe 
to  each  other  the  duties  of  that  relation. 

Matt,  xviii.  35.  Forgive  every  one  his  bro- 
ther's trespass. 

Rom.  xii.  10.  With  brotherly  love  preferring 
one  another. 

xiv.  13.  Let  no  man  put  a  stumbling-block, 
or  an  occasion  to  fall,  in  his  brother's  way. 

xvi.  17.  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  mark  them 
which  cause  divisions  and  offences,  and  avoid 
them. 

1  Cor.  v.  11.  If  any  one  that  is  called  a 
brother,  be  a  fornicator,  or  covetous,  or  an 
idolater,  or  a  railer,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  ex- 
tortioner, with  such  a  one  do  not  eat. 

vi.  5.  Is  there  not  one  among  you  able  to 
judge  between  his  brethren  ]  Ver.  6.  8. 

viii.  12.  When  ye  sin  so  against  the  bre- 
thren, ye  sin  against  Christ.  Ver.  11.  13. 

1  Thess.  iv.  6.  Let  no  man  go  beyond,  and 


defraud  his  brother  in  any  matter,  because  the 
Lord  is  the  avenger  of  all  such. 

v.  25.  Brethren,  pray  for  us.     2  Thess.  iii.  1. 

2  Thess.  iii.  6.  We  command  you,  brethren, 
in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye 
withdraw  yourselves  from  every  brother  that 
walketh  disorderly.. 

Heb.  xiii.  1.  Let  brotherly  love  continue. 
1  Pet.  iii.  8.  Love  as  brethren. 

James  ii.  15,  16.  If  a  brother  or  sister  be 
naked,  and  destitute  of  daily  food,  and  one  of 
you  say  unto  them,  Depart  in  peace,  be  ye 
warmed  and  filled;  notwithstanding  ye  give 
them  not  those  things  which  are  needful  to  the 
body,  what  doth  it  profit1 

1  Pet.  i.  22.  Seeing  ye  have  purified  your 
souls,  in  obeying  the  truth  through  the  Spirit, 
unto  unfeigned  love  of  the  brethren,  see  that 
ye  love  one  another  with  a  pure  heart  fer- 
vently. 

ii.  17.  Love  the  brotherhood. 

1  John  ii.  9.  He  that  hateth  his  brother  is 
in  darkness.  Ch.  iii.  15.  He  is  a  murderer. 

iii.  14.  16.  We  know  that  we  have  passed 
from  death  to  life,  because  we  love  the  bre- 
thren. We  ought  to  lay  down  our  lives  for 
the  brethren. 

Rev.  xii.  10.  Satan,  the  accuser  of  the  bre- 
thren, is  cast  down. 

XLII.  Christ  is  the  elder  brother.  John 
xx.  17.  Jesus  said,  Go  unto  my  brethren,  and 
say  unto  them,  I  ascend  unto  my  Father  and 
your  Father,  to  my  God  and  your  God. 

Rom.  viii.  29.  Whom  he  did  foreknow,  he 
also  did  predestinate  -to  be  conformed  to  the 
image  of  his  Son,  that  he  might  be  the  first- 
born among  many  brethren. 

Heb.  ii.  11,  12.  He  is  not  ashamed  to  call 
them  brethren  ;  saying,  I  will  declare  thy  name 
unto  my  brethren. 

Ver.  17.  It  behoved  him  to  be  made  like 
unto  his  brethren. 


SALVATION. 

XLIII.  God  is  a  Saviour.  2  Sam.  xxii.  3. 
The  God  of  my  rock ;  my  Saviour. 

Ps.  cvi.  21.  They  forgot  God  their  Saviour. 

Isa.  xliii.  3.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the 
holy  One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour.  Isa.  Ix.  1 6. 

xlix.  26.  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress  thee 
with  their  own  flesh;  and  they  shall  be 
drunken  with  their  own  blood :  and  all  flesh 
shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  am  thy  Saviour, 
and  thy  Redeemer,  the  mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

Jer.  xiv.  8.  O  the  hope  of  Israel,  the  Sa- 
viour thereof  in  time  of  trouble,  why  shouldest 
thou  be  as  a  stranger  in  the  land  1 

Hos.  xiii.  4.  There  is  no  saviour  besides 


CHAP.  III. 


SALVATION. 


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me,    saith     the    Lord.      Isa.    xliii. 
xlv.  21. 

Luke  i.  47.  My  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in  God 
my  Saviour. 

1  Tim.  ii.  3,  4.  God  our  Saviour,  who  will 
have  all  men  to  be  saved,  and  to  come  unto 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth. 

iv.  10.  The  living  God  is  the  Saviour  of  all 
men,  especially  of  those  that  believe. 

Jude  25.  To  the  only  wise  God  our  Sa- 
viour, be  glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and 
power,  both  now  and  ever.  Amen. 

God  savetk  his  people.  Deut.  xxxiii.  29. 
Who  is  like  thee,  0  people  saved  by  the  Lord  1 
Compare  Exod.  xiv.  13,  14.  30. — xv.  2. 
Numb.  x.  9.  Deut.  xx.  4.  1  Sam.  xi.  13.— 
xjx.  5. 

•  4  Sam.  xiv.  6.  There  is  no  restraint  to  the 
1/ord,  to  save  by  many  or  by  few.  Ver.  39. 
2-Chron.  xiv.  11.— xx.  17. 

xvii.  47.  The  Lord  saveth  not  with  sword 
and  spear.  Ps.  xx.  6.  The  Lord  saveth  with 
the  saving  strength  of  his  right  hand.  Ps. 
cxxxviii.  7.  - 

2  Sam.  xxii.  2,  3.  David  said,  The  Lord  is 
my  rock  and,. my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer; 
the  God  of  my  rock ;  in  him  will  I  trust ;  he 
is.my  shield,  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation,,  my 
high  tower,  and. my  refuge,'  my  Saviour;  thou 
savest  me  from -violence.     ' 

Ver.  36.  Thou  hast  given  me  the  sTiield  pf 
thy  salvation. 

Ver.  47.  The  Lord  liveth,  and  blessed  be 
my  rock ;  exalted  be  the  God  of  my  salvation. 
Ps.  xviii.  2. — xxxv.  9. 

Ps.  iii.  8.  Salvation  belongeth  unto  the  Lord. 
Isa.  xliii.  11.  Hos.  xiii.  4.  Jonah  ii.  9. 

xxvii.  1.  The  Lord  is  my  light,  and  my  sal- 
vation. Ps.  Ixii.  6.  Isa.  xii.  2. 

Ixii.  7.  In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my 
glory:  the  rock  of  my  strength  and  my 
refuge  is  in  God.  Ps.  xxv.  5. — xl.  2. — Ixvii. 
19,  20. 

Ps.  Ixix.  35.  God  will  save  Zion,  and  will 
build  the  cities  of  Judah. 

Ixxi.  3.  Thou  hast  given  commandment  to 
save  me. 

Ixxiv.  12.  God  is  my  King  of  old,  working 
salvation  in  the  earth. 

xcviii.  2,  3.  The  Lord  hath  made  known 
his  salvation:  All  the  ends  of  the  earth  have 
seen  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

cxl.  7.  O  God  the  Lord,  the  strength  of  my 
salvation,  thou  hast  covered  my  head  in  the 
day  of  battle. 

cxliv.  10.  He  giveth  salvation  unto  kings. 
Ps.  xci.  16. 

Isa.  xii.  2.  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation ;  I 
will  trust  and  not  be  afraid :  for  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah is  my  strength  and  my  song. 

xxv.  9   Lo,  this  is  our  God ;  we  have  waited 


for  him,  and  he  will  save  us:  this  is  the  Lord ; 
we  have  waited  for  him,  we  will  be  glad  and 
rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

xxvi.  1.  Salvation  will  God  appoint  for 
walls  and  bulwarks.  Ch.  xxxiii.  6.  22. 

xxxv.  4.  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  fearful 
heart,  Be  strong,  fear  not ;  behold,  your  God 
will  come  with  vengeance,  even  God  with  a 
recompense;  he  will  come  and  save  you. 

xliii.  1,  2.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  that  created 
thee,  O  Jacob,  and  that  formed  thee,  O  Israel, 
Fear  not:  I  have  redeemed  thee.  When  thou 
passest  through  the  waters,  I  will  be  with  thee; 
and  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  overflow 
thee :  when  thou  walkest  through  the  fire  thou 
shalt  not  be  burned ;  neither  shall  the  flame 
kindle  upon  thee. 

xliii.  3.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the  holy 
One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour. — Ver.  11.  I,  even 
I,  am  the  Lord,  and  beside  me  there  is  no  sa- 
viour. Ch.  xlv.  21.  Hos.  xiii.  4. 

xlv.  8.  Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from  above, 
and  let  the  skies  pour  down  righteousness; 
let  the  earth  open,  and  let  them  bring  forth 
salvation,  and  let  righteousness  spring  up  to- 
gether :  I  the  Lord  have  created  it.  Ver.  14,  15. 

'xlix.  25,  26.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
contend  with  him  that  contendeth  with  thee, 
and  I  will  save  th,y  children.  I  will  feed  them 
that  oppress  >thee  with  their,  own  flesh ;  and 
they  shall  be  drunken  with  their  own  blood  as 
with  sweet  wine:  and  all  'flesh  shall  know 
that  I  the  Lord  am  thy  Saviour,  and  thy  Re- 
de'emer,  the  migh'ty  One"  of  Jacob.  Zech. 
xiv.  11.'*  '  '.  Y 

lix.  1.  The,  Lord's  hand  is  not  shortened, 
that  it  cannot  save.  ,'  , 

Jer.  iii.  23. .Truly  in  vain  is  salvation  hoped 
for  from  the  l)iyfe,'and  from -the  multitude  of 
mountains :  truly  in  the  Lord  our  God  as  the 
salvation  of  Israel.  Ps.  cxxi.  1. » 

xv.  20.' Tain"  with  thee,  to  saVe''thee,  and  to 
deliver  thee,  s^hh  the  Lord.  •  Ch.  xxx.  1 1.  17. 
—xiii.  11.  < 

xxiii.  6.  In  those  days  Judah  shalj  be  saved, 
and  Israel  shall  dwell  safely. 

xxx.  7.  It  is  the  time  of  Jacob's  trouble; 
but  he  shall  be  saved  out  of  it.  Ver.  10.  Ch. 
xiv.  8,  9. 

xlvi.  27.  Fear  not  thou,  0  my  servant  Ja- 
cob; and  be  not  dismayed,  O  Israel:  for, 
behold,  I  will  save  thee  from  afar  off,  and  thy 
seed  from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and 
Jacob  shall  return,  and  be  in  rest  and  at  ease, 
and  none  shall  make  him  afraid.  Zech.  viii. 
7._x.  6.— xii.  7. 

Ezek.  xxxiv.  22.  I  will  save  my  flock,  and 
they  shall  no  more  be  a  prey  by  the  careless- 
ness of  their  shepherds. 

xxxvi.  29.  I  will  save  you  from  all  your 
uneleannesses. 


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SALVATION. 


CHAP.  III. 


xxxvii.  23.  I  will  save  them,  and  I  will 
cleanse  them ;  so  they  shall  be  my  people,  and 
I  will  be  their  God. 

Hos.  i.  7.  I  will  have  mercy  on  the  house 
of  Judah,  and  will  save  them  by  the  Lord. 
Ch.  xiii.  10.  Zech.  ii.  17.  19. 

XLIV.  Persons  to  whom  salvation  is  pro- 
mised. Job  xxii.  29.  God  shall  save  the 
humble  person.  See  Promises  to  the  Humble. 

Ps.  vii.  10.  God  saveth  the  upright  in  heart. 
Prov.  xxviii.  18.  See  Upright. 

xvii.  7.  Thou  savest  them  which  put  their 
trust  in  thee.  See  Trust  in  God. 

xxxiv.  18.  The  Lord  saveth  such  as  be  of  a 
contrite  spirit.  See  Contrite. 

xxxvii.  40.  He  shall  save  the  righteous  be- 
cause they  trust  in  him. 

1.  23.  To  him  that  ordereth  aright  his  con- 
versation, I  will  shew  the  salvation  of  God. 

Ixxii.  13.  He  shall  save  the  souls  of  the 
needy.  Ver.  4.  Job  v.  15.  Ps.  xxxiv.  6. — 
cix.  31. 

Ixxxv.  9.  His  salvation  is  nigh  them  that 
fear  him.  Ps.  cxlv.  19. 

cxix.  94.  I  am  thine,  save  me ;  for  I  have 
sought  thy  precepts. — Ver.  146.  Save  me,  and 
I  shall  keep  thy  testimonies. — Ver.  166.  I  have 
hoped  for  thy  salvation,  and  done  thy  com- 
mandments. 

cxlix.  4.  He  will  beautify  the  meek  with 
salvation. 

Prov.  xx.  22.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  and  he 
shall  save  thee.  Isa.  xxv.  9. 

Jer.  iv.  14.  O  Jerusalem,  wash  thine  heart 
from  wickedness,  that  thou  mayest  be  saved. 

Mark  xvi.  16.  He  that  believeth  and  is 
baptized,  shall  be  saved.  Luke  vii.  50.  Acts 
xvi.  31.  Rom.  x.  9.  Heb.  x.  39.  See  Sal- 
vation by  Christ. 

Salvation  prayed  for.  1  Sam.  vii.  8.  The 
people  said  unto  Samuel,  Cease  not  to  cry  unto 
the  Lord  our  God,  that  he  will  save  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Philistines. — Ver.  10.  The 
Lord  discomfited  the  Philistines. 

2  Kings  xix.  19.  Hezekiah  prayed,  and  said, 
O  Lord,  save  us  out  of  the  hands  of  the  king 
of  Assyria,  that  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth 
may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  God,  even 
thou  only. — Ver.  34,  35.  And  the  Lord  said, 
"I  will  defend  this  city,  to  save  it.  (Isa.  xxxvii. 
*20.  35.)  And  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that 
•the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  out,  and  smote  in 
the  camp  of  the  Assyrians,  an  hundred  and 
fourscore  "and.  five  thousand.  2  Chron. 
xxxii.  22.  i, 

2  Chron.  vi.  41.  Let  thy  priests,  0  Lord,  be 
clothed  with  salvation. 

Ps.  iii.  "7.  Save  me,  O  my  God. 
vi.  4.  Deliver  my  soul ;  O  save  me  for  thy 
mercies' 'sake.    Ps.  xxxi.  16. — cix.  26. 


vii.  1.  Save  me  from  all  them  that  perse- 
cute me. 

xiv.  7.  O  that  the  salvation  of  Israel  were 
come  out  of  Zion. 

xxvii.  9.  Leave  me  not,  neither  forsake  me, 
O  God  of  my  salvation.  Ps.  li.  14. — Ixxxviii.  I. 

xxviii.  9.  Save  thy  people;  bless  thine  in- 
heritance. Jer.  xxxi.  7. 

xxxi.  2.  Be  thou  for  an  house  of  defence  to 
save  me. 

xxxv.  3.  Say  unto  my  soul,  I  am  thy  salva- 
tion. 

xxxviii.  22.  Make  haste  to  help  me,  0  Lord, 
my  salvation. 

li.  12.  Restore  to  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation. 

liv.  1.  Save  me,  O  God,  by  thy  name,  and 
judge  me  by  thy  strength. 

Iv.  16.  I  will  call  upon  God,  and  the  Lord 
will  save  me. 

lix.  2.  Save  me  from  bloody  men. 

Ps.  Ixix.  1.  Save  me,  0  God,  for  the  waters 
are  come  into  my  soul. 

Ver.  13.  Hear  me,  in  the  truth  of  thy  sal- 
vation.— Ver.  29.  Let  thy  salvation,  O  God, 
set  me  on  high. 

Ixxi.  2.  Incline  thine  ear  unto  me,  and  save 
me. 

Ixxix.  9.  Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 
for  the  glory  of  thy  name. 

Ixxx.  2,  3.  Stir  up  thy  strength,  and  come 
and  save  us.  Cause  thy  face  to  shine,  and 
we  shall  be  saved. 

Ixxxv.  4.  Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 
and  cause  thine  anger  toward  us  to  cease. — 
Ver.  7.  Shew  us  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  and  grant 
us  thy  salvation. 

cvi.  4.  O  visit  me  with  thy  salvation. 

Ver.  47.  Save  us,  O  Lord  our  God,  and 
gather  us  from  among  the  heathen. 

cvii.  13.  They  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  saved  them  out  of  all  their 
distresses.  Ver.  19. 

cxviii.  25.  Save  now,  I  beseech  thee,  O 
Lord. 

cxix.  41.  Let  thy  mercies  come  also  unto 
me,  O  Lord,  even  thy  salvation,  according  to 
thy  word. — Ver.  123.  Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy 
salvation,  and  for  the  word  of  thy  righteous- 
ness. Ver.  81. 174. 

Ver.  146.  Save  me,  and  I  shall  keep  thy 
testimonies. 

Isa.  xxxiii.  2.  O  Lord,  be  gracious  to  us  : 
be  thou  their  arm  every  morning,  our  salva- 
tion also  in  time  of  trouble. 

Jer.  ii.  27.  In  the  time  of  their  trouble,  they 
will  say,  Arise  and  save  us. 
I 

XLV.  Salvation  is  of  grace.  Ps.  vi,  4.  O 
save  me  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

Ixxx.  3.  Cause  thy  face  to  shine  upon  us, 
and  we  shall  be  saved. 


i 

CHAP.  III. 


GOD   A  DEFENCE — REDEMPTION. 


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cvi.  8.  He  saved  them  for  his  name's  sake. 

Acts  ii.  47.  The  Lord  added  to  the  church 
daily  such  as  should  be  saved. 

Eph.  ii.  5.  By  grace  ye  are  saved.  Ver.  8. 
By  grace  ye  are  saved,  through  faith,  and  that 
not  of  yourselves,  it  is  the  gift  of  God. 

2  Tim.  i.  9.  God  hath  saved  us,  and  called 
us  with  an  holy  calling ;  not  according  to  our 
works,  but  according  to  his  own  purpose  and 
grace,  which  was  given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  be- 
fore the  world  began. 

Tit.  iii.  5.  Not  by  works  of  righteousness 
which  we  have  done,  but  according  to  his 
mercy  he  saved  us. 

XL  VI.  The  word  of  God,  a  mean  of  sal- 
vation. Rom.  i.  16.  The  gospel  is  the  power 
of  God  to  salvation. 

1  Cor.  i.  18.  Unto  us  who  are  saved,  the 
preaching  of  the  cross  of  Christ  is  the  power 
of  God. — Ver.  21.  It  pleased  God  by  the 
foolishness  of  preaching  to  save  them  that  be- 
lieve. 

xv.  2.  Ye  are  saved  by  the  gospel,  if  ye 
keep  in  memory  what  I  preached  unto  you. 

James  i.  21.  The  ingrafted  word  is  able  to 
save  your  souls. 

1  Pet.  iii.  21.  Baptism  doth  now  save  us. 

XL VII.  The  ministry  a  mean  of  salva- 
tion. 1  Cor.  ix.  22.  I  am  made  all  things  to 
all  men,  that  I  might  by  all  means  save  some. 

1  Tim.  iv.  16.  Take  heed  unto  thyself,  and 
unto  the  doctrine ;  continue  in  them  :  for  in 
doing  this  thou  shalt  both  save  thyself  and 
them  that  hear  thee. 

Jam.  v.  20.  He  which  converteth  the  sin- 
ner from  the  error  of  his  way,  shall  save  a  soul 
from  death. 

Jude  23.  Others  save  with  fear,  &c. 


GOD  A  DEFENCE. 

XLVIII.  God  is  the  defence  of  his  people. 
Numb.  xiv.  9.  Their  defence  is  departed  from 
them,  and  the  Lord  is  with  us  :  fear  them  not. 

2  Kings  xix.  34.  The  Lord  said,  I  will  de- 
fend this  city  to  save  it,  for  mine  own  sake, 
and  for  my  servant  David's  sake. 

Job  xxii.  23.  If  thou  return  to  the  Al- 
mighty, thou  shalt  be  built  up. — Ver.  25.  Yea, 
the  Almighty  shall  be  thy  defence. 

Ps.  v.  11.  Let  those  that  put  their  trust  in 
thee  rejoice,  because  thou  defendest  them. 

vii.  10.  My  defence  is  of  God,  who  saveth 
the  upright  in  heart. 

xx.  1.  The  Lord  hear  thee  in  the  day  of 
trouble :  the  name  of  the  God  of  Jacob  defend 
thee. 

xxxi.  2,  3.  Be  thou  my  strong  rock,  for  an 


house  of  defence  to  save  me.     For  thou  art 
my  rock  and  my  fortress. 

lix.  1.  O  my  God,  defend  me  from  them 
that  rise  up  against  me. — Ver.  9.  I  will  wait 
upon  thee,  for  God  is  my  defence.  Ver.  17 
Ps.  Ixii.  2.  6. 

Ver.  16.  Thou  hast  been  my  defence  and 
refuge  in  the  day  of  my  trouble. 

.  Ixxxix.  18.  The  Lord  is  our  defence:  the 
holy  One  of  Israel  is  our  King. 

Isa.  iv.  5.  Upon  all  the  glory  shall  be  a  de- 
fence [upon  Mount  Zion.] 

xxxi.  5.  The  Lord  of  hosts  will  defend  Je- 
rusalem, also  he  will  deliver  it,  and  will  pre- 
serve it. 

xxxiii.  15,  16.  He  thatwalketh  righteously, 
&c. ;  he  shall  dwell  on  high :  his  place  of  de- 
fence shall  be  the  munitions  of  rocks ;  bread 
shall  be  given  him,  his  waters  shall  be  sure. 

Zech.  ix.  15.  The  Lord  of  hosts  shall  de- 
fend his  people,  and  they  shall  devour  and 
subdue  their  enemies. 

xii.  8.  The  Lord  shall  defend  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem  ;  and  he  that  is  feeble 
among  them  shall  be  as  David,  and  the  house 
of  David  shall  be  as  God,  as  the  angel  of  the 
Lord  before  them. 


REDEMPTION. 

XLIX.  God  a  Redeemer.  Isa.  xli.  14. 
Fear  not,  I  will  help  thee,  saith  the  Lord  thy 
Redeemer. 

xlvii.  4.  As  for  our  Redeemer,  the  Lord  of 
hosts  is  his  name. 

liv.  8,  With  everlasting  kindness  will  I 
have  mercy  on  thee,  saith  the  Lord  thy  Re- 
deemer. 

Ix.  16.  Thou  shalt  know  that  I  the  Lord 
am  thy  Saviour,  and  thy  Redeemer,  the 
mighty  One  of  Jacob.  Ch.  xliv.  6. — xlviii. 
17.— xlix.  7.  26.— Ixiii.  16.  Jer.  1.  34.  Ps. 
xix.  14. — Ixxviii.  35. 

L.  God  redeemeth  his  people  from  enemies, 
and  other  evils.  Exod.  vi.  6,  7.  The  Lord 
said,  I  will  redeem  you  with  a  stretched-out 
arm,  and  with  great  judgments.  And  I  will 
take  you  to  me  for  a  people,  and  I  will  be  to 
you  a  God.  2  Sam.  vii.  23.  Isa.  xliii.  1. 

xv.  13.  Thou  in  thy  mercy  hast  led  forth 
thy  people,  which  thou  hast  redeemed.  Ps. 
Ixxvii.  15. 

Deut.  vii.  8.  The  Lord  redeemed  you  out 
of  the  house  of  bondmen.  Ch.  xiii.  5. — xv. 
15. — xxiv.  18.  Mic.  vi.  4. 

xxi.  8.  Be  merciful  unto  thy  people,  O 
Lord,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed.  Neh.  i.  10. 
Ps.  Ixxiv.  2. 

Ps.  cvi.  10.  He  redeemed  them  from  the 


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GOD  A  COUNSELLOR — GOD  DOTH  TEACH. 


CHAP.  Ill 


hand  of  the  enemy.  Ps.  cvii.  2. — cxi.  9. — 
cxxxvi.  24.  Mic.  iv.  10. 

cxxx.  8.  The  Lord  shall  redeem  Israel  from 
all  his  iniquities.  Isa.  i.  27. 

Isa.  xliv.  23.  The  Lord  hath  redeemed 
Jacob,  and  glorified  himself  in  Israel.  Ch. 
xlviii.  20. 

I.  2.  Is  mine  hand  shortened  that  it  cannot 
redeem  ? 

li.  11.  The  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall  re- 
turn and  come  to  Zion.  Ch.  xxxv.  9.  Jer. 
xxxi.  11,  12. 

Isa.  lii.  3.  Ye  shall  be  redeemed  without 
money.  Jer.  xv.  21. 

Ixii.  12.  They  shall  call  the  holy  people,  the 
redeemed  of  the  Lord. 

Ixiii.  4.  The  year  of  my  redeemed  is  come, 
saith  the  Lord. 

Hos.  xiii.  14.  I  will  ransom  them  from  the 
power  of  the  grave,  and  I  will  redeem  them 
from  death.  Ps.  xlix.  1 5. 

Zech.  x.  8.  I  will  gather  them,  for  I  have 
redeemed  them. 

Threats.  Hos.  vii.  13.  Wo  unto  them,  for 
they  have  fled  from  me.  Destruction  unto 
them,  for  they  have  transgressed  against  me, 
though  I  redeemed  them. 

Redemption  of  particular  persons  from 
evils.  Gen.  xlviii.  16.  Jacob  said,  The  angel 
that  redeemed  me  from  all  evil,  bless  the  lads. 
Isa.  xxix.  22.  The  Lord  redeemed  Abraham. 

2  Sam.  iv.  9.  David  said,  The  Lord  hath 
redeemed  my  soul  out  of  all  adversity. 
1  Kings  i.  29.  Ps.  xxxi.  5.— Ixxi.  23. 

Job  v.  20.  In  famine  he  shall  redeem  thee 
from  death,  and  in  war  from  the  power  of  the 
sword. 

Ps.  xxxiv.  22.  The  Lord  redeemeth  the 
soul  of  his  servants.  Ps.  Ixxii.  14. 

ciii.  2.  4.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul ;  who 
redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction.  Lam. 
iii.  58. 


GOD  A  COUNSELLOR. 

LI.  God  giveth  counsel  to  the  righteous. 
Ps.  xvi.  7.  I  bless  the  Lord,  who  hath  given 
me  counsel. 

Ixxiii.  24.  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy 
counsel,  and  afterward  receive  me  to  glory. 
Ps.  xxxii.  8.  Prov.  viii.  14. 

cxix.  24.  Thy  testimonies  are  my  counsel- 
lors. 

Rev.  iii.  18.  I  counsel  thee  to  buy  of  me 
gold,  &c. 

LII.  God  depriveth  the  wicked  of  counsel. 
Job  v.  13.  He  taketh  the  wise  in  their  own 
craftiness,  and  the  counsel  of  the  froward  is 
carried  headlong. 


xii.  17.  He  leadeth  counsellors  away  spoil- 
ed, and  maketh  judges  fools. 

xviii.  7.  The  wicked's  own  counsel  shall 
cast  him  down. 

Ps.  v.  10.  Let  them  fall  by  their  own  coun- 
sels. 

xxxiii.  10.  The  Lord  bringeth  the  counsel 
of  the  heathen  to  naught. 

Isa.  viii.  10.  Take  counsel,  and  it  shall 
come  to  naught ;  for  God  is  with  us.  See  Ps. 
ii.  2.  4.  Isa.  iii.  1.  3. — xxix.  15.  Jer.  xviii. 
18.— xlix.  7.  Ezek.  vii.  26.  Mic.  iv.  9. 


GOD  DOTH  TEACH. 

LIE.  God  a  teacher.  Job  xxxv.  11.  God 
teacheth  us  more  than  the  beasts  of  the  earth, 
and  maketh  us  wiser  than  the  fowls  of  heaven. 

xxxvi.  22.  Who  teacheth  like  him?  Ps. 
xciv.  10.  12. 

Ps.  xxv.  8,  9.  The  Lord  will  teach  sinners 
in  the  way.  The  meek  will  he  teach  his 
way. 

Ver.  12.  What  man  is  he  that  feareth  the 
Lord  1  him  shall  he  teach  in  the  way  that  he 
shall  choose.  Ps.  xxxii.  8. — Ixxxv.  13. 

Ixxi.  17.  0  God,  thou  hast  taught  me  from 
my  youth.  Ps.  cxix.  102. 

Isa.  xlviii.  17.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God, 
which  teacheth  thee  to  profit. 

liv.  13.  All  thy  children  shall  be  taught  of 
the  Lord.  Ch.  xxviii.  26. 

Mic.  iv.  2.  The  God  of  Jacob  he  will  teach 
us  of  his  ways. 

Hos.  xi.  3.  I  taught  Ephraim  to  go,  taking 
them  by  their  arms.  Jer.  xxxii.  33. 

Mic.  vi.  8.  He  hath  shewed  thee,  O  man, 
what  is  good. 

Acts  ii.  28.  Thou  hast  made  known  to  me 
the  ways  of  life. 

2  Cor.  iv.  6.  God  hath  shined  into  our 
hearts,  to  give  the  light  of  the  knowledge  of 
the  glory  of  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ. 

1  Thess.  iv.  9.  Ye  are  taught  of  God  to  love 
one  another.  See  Ps.  cxliv.  1.  Compare  Ps. 
xviii.  34.  2  Sam.  xxii.  35. 

Teaching  from  '  God  prayed  for.  Job 
xxxiv.  32.  That  which  I  see  not  teach  thou 
me. 

Ps.  xxv.  4.  0  Lord,  teach  me  thy  paths. 
Ver.  5.  • 

xx vii.  1 1.  Teach  me  thy  way,  0.  Lord.  Ps. 
Ixxxvi.  11. 

xc.  12.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days, 
that  we  may  apply  our  hearts  to  wisdom. 

cxix.  12.  Teach  me  thy  statutes.  Ver.  26. 
33.  64.  68.  124.  135. 

Ver.  66.  Teach  me  good  judgment  and 
knowledge. — Ver.  108.  0  Lord,  teach  me  thy 
judgments. 


CHAP.  III.   GOD   DOTH   INSTRUCT— LEAD— STRENGTHEN. 


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cxliii.  10.  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will,  for  thou 
art  my  God. 

LIV.  The  Holy  Ghost  teacheth.  John  xiv. 
26.  The  Holy  Ghost  shall  teach  you  all  things, 
and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance. 

1  John  ii.  27.  The  same  anointing  teacheth 
you  all  things. 

Neh.  ix.  20.  Thou  gavest  thy  good  Spirit 
to  instruct  them. 


INSTRUCT. 

LV.  God  doth  instruct.  Isa.  viii.  11.  The 
Lord  instructed  me,  that  I  should  not  walk  in 
the  way  of  this  people. 

Jer.  xxxi.  19.  After  that  I  was  instructed,  I 
smote  upon  my  thigh. 

Phil.  iv.  12.  Everywhere,  and  in  all  things 
I  am  instructed. 

2  Tim.  iii.  16.  All  scripture  is  profitable  for 
instruction.  See  Deut.  iv.  36. — xxxii.  10.  Jer. 
vi.  8. 

LVI.  God  doth  direct.  Ps.  cxix.  5.  O 
that  my  ways  were  directed  to  keep  thy 
statutes. — Ver.  133.  Order  thou  my  steps  in 
thy  word. 

Prov.  iii.  6.  In  all  thy  ways  acknowledge 
the  Lord,  and  he  shall  direct  thy  paths. 

xvi.  9.  A  man's  heart  deviseth  his  way ; 
but  the  Lord  directeth  his  steps. 

Isa.  xxx.  21.  Thine  ear  shall  hear  a  word 
behind  thee,  saying,  This  is  the  way,  walk  ye 
in  it,  when  ye  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and  when 
ye  turn  to  the  left. 

xlv.  13.  I  will  direct  all  his  ways. 

Ixi.  8.  I  will  direct  their  work  in  truth. 

Jer.  x.  23.  O  Lord,  I  know  that  the  way  of 
man  is  not  in  himself;  it  is  not  in  man  that 
vvalketh  to  direct  his  steps.  Prov.  xx.  24. 
Man's  goings  are  of  the  Lord. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  23.  The  steps  of  a  good  man  are 
ordered  by  the  Lord. 

2  Thess.  iii.  5.  The  Lord  direct  your  hearts 
into  the  love  of  God. 


LEAD. 

LVII.  God  doth  lead.  Deut.  xxxii.  12.  The 
Lord  alone  did  lead  his  people.  Isa.  Ixiii.  14. 

Ps.  v.  8.  Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  right- 
eousness. 

xxiii.  3.  He  leadeth  me  in  the  paths  of 
righteousness.  Ps.  cxliii.  10. 

xxv.  5.  Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach 
me ;  for  thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation. 
Ps.  xxxi.  3.— Ix.  9. 

xliii.  3.  O  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth ; 
let  them  lead  me. 

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Ixi.  2.  Lead  me  to  the  Rock  that  is  higher 
than  I. 

cxxxix.  24.  Lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

Rom.  ii.  4.  The  goodness  of  God  leadeth  to 
repentance. 

Promises  of  God  that  he  will  lead  his  people. 
Isa.  xlii.  16.  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way 
they  knew  not,  I  will  lead  them  in  paths  they 
have  not  known.  See  ch.  xlviii.  17. — xlix. 
10. — Ivii.  18.  Jer.  xxxi.  9. 

LVIII.  Christ  doth  lead.  Isa.  xl.  11.  He 
shall  gently  lead  those  that  are  with  young. 

Isa.  Iv.  4.  I  have  given  him  for  a  leader  to 
the  people. '  See  John  x.  3.  Rev.  vii.  17. 

LIX.  God  doth  guide.  Ps.  xxv.  9.  The 
meek  will  he  guide  in  judgment. 

xxxi.  3.  For  thy  name's  sake,  lead  me  and 
guide  me. 

xxxii.  8.  I  will  instruct  thee,  and  teach  thee 
in  the  way  which  thou  shall  go :  I  will  guide 
thee  with  mine  eye. 

xlviii.  14.  This  is  our  God,  he  will  be  our 
guide  even  unto  death. 

Ixxiii.  24.  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy 
counsel,  and  afterward  receive  me  to  glory. 

John  xvi.  13.  The  Spirit  of  truth  will  guide 
you  into  all  truth.  See  Isa.  Iviii.  11.  Jer.  iii. 
4.  Luke  i.  79. 


STRENGTHEN. 

LX.  God  doth  strengthen.  Gen.  xlix.  24. 
Joseph's  bow  abode  in  strength ;  the  arms  of 
his  hands  were  made  strong  by  the  hands  of 
the  mighty  God  of  Jacob. 

1  Sam.  ii.  4.  The  bows  of  the  mighty  are 
broken,  and  they  that  stumble  are  girt  with 
strength. 

xv.  29.  The  Strength  of  Israel  will  not  lie. 
Ch.  xxiii.  16.  Josh.  xiv.  11. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  27.  Strength  and  gladness  are 
in  his  place. 

xxix.  14.  Who  am  I,  and  what  is  my 
people,  that  we  should  be  able  to  offer  so 
willingly  after  this  sort  ]  for  all  things  come 
of  thee,  and  of  thine  own  have  we  given  thee. 

Neh.  viii.  10.  The  joy  of  the  Lord  is  your 
strength. 

Job  xxiii.  6.  Will  God  plead  against  me 
with  his  great  power  1  No,  but  he  would  put 
strength  in  me. 

Ps.  viii.  2.  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  thou 
hast  ordained  strength. 

xxxvii.  39.  The  Lord  is  the  strength  of  the 
righteous  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

Ixviii.  35.  The  God  of  Israel  is  he  that 
giveth  strength  unto  his  people. 

Ixxxiv.  5.  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength 
is  in  thee.  Ver.  7. 

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GOD  DOTH  UPHOLD. 


CHAP.  III. 


Ixxxix.  17.  Thou  art  the  glory  of  their 
strength. 

xcix.  4.  The  king's  strength  loveth  judg- 
ment. 

cxlvii.  13.  O  Zion,  he  hath  strengthened 
the  bars  of  thy  gates. 

Prov.  x.  29.  The.  way  of  the  Lord  is 
strength  to  the  upright. 

Isa.  xxv.  4.  0  Lord,  thou  hast  been  a 
strength  to  the  poor,  and  to  the  needy  in  his 
distress. 

xl.  29.  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint,  and 
to  them  that  have  no  might  he  increaseth 
strength. 

Dan.  ii.  37.  The  God  of  heaven  hath  given 
thee  a  kingdom,  and  power,  and  strength,  and 
glory.  Ezek.  xxx.  24,  25.  Judg.  iii.  12. 

Hos.  vii.  15.  I  bound  and  strengthened  their 
arms. 

Amos  v.  9.  The  Lord  strengthened  the 
spoiled  against  the  strong. 

2  Cor.  xii.  9.  My  strength  is  made  perfect 
in  weakness. 

Heb.  xi.  11.  Through  faith,  Sarah  received 
strength  to  conceive. 

Ver.  34.  Many  out  of  weakness  were  made 
strong. 

1  Pet  iv.  11.  If  any  man  minister,  let  him 
do  it  as  of  the  ability  that  God  giveth. 

Strength  promised.  1  Sam.  ii.  10.  The 
Lord  shall  give  strength  to  his  king.  Judg. 
\ii.ll.  Ps.  xxi.  13. 

Job  xvii.  9.  He  that  hath  clean  hands  shall 
be  stronger  and  stronger. 

Ps.  xx.  6.  God  will  hear  with  the  saving 
strength  of  his  right  hand. 

xxvii.  14.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  be  of  good 
courage,  and  he  shall  strengthen  thine 
heart. 

xxix.  11.  The  Lord  will  give  strength  unto 
his  people. 

xli.  3.  The  Lord  will  strengthen  him  [that 
considereth  the  case  of  the  poor,]  upon  the 
bed  of  languishing. 

ex.  2.  The  Lord  shall  send  the  rod  of  thy 
strength  out  of  Zion. 

Isa.  xxvii.  5.  Let  him  take  hold  of  my 
strength,  and  he  shall  make  peace  with  me. 

xl.  31.  They  that  wait  on  the  Lord  shall 
renew  their  strength. 

xli.  10.  Fear  not,  for  I  am  with  thee ;  I  am 
thy  God,  I  will  strengthen  thee. 

xlv.  24.  Surely  shall  one  say,  In  the  Lord 
have  I  righteousness  and  strength.  Mic.  v.  4. 

Isa.  Hi.  1.  Put  on  thy  strength,  0  Zion. 

liv.  2,  3.  Lengthen  thy  cords,  and  strengthen 
thy  stakes ;  for  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the 
right  hand  and  on  the  left. 

Ezek.  xxxiv.  16.  I  will  strengthen  that 
which  was  sick. 

1  Cor.  x.  13.  God  will  not  suffer  you  to  be 


tempted  above  what  ye  are  able  to  bear.  See 
Joel  iii.  16.  Zech.  x.  6.— xii.  5. 

Strength  prayed  for.  1  Chron.  xvi.  11. 
Seek  the  Lord  and  his  strength.  Ps.  cv.  4. 

Neb.  vi.  9.  O  God,  strengthen  my  hands. 
See  Judg.  xvi.  28. 

Ps.  xx.  2.  The  Lord  strengthen  thee  out  of 
Zion. 

Ixviii.  28.  Strengthen,  0  God,  that  which 
thou  hast  wrought  for  us. 

Ixxxvi.  16.  Give  thy  strength  unto  thy  ser- 
vant. 

cxix.  28.  Strengthen  thou  me  according  to 
thy  word. 

Eph.  iii.  16.  We  pray  that  God  would 
grant  you  to  be  strengthened  with  might  by 
his  Spirit  in  the  inner  man.  Col.  i.  1 1. 

1  Pet.  v.  10.  The  God  of  all  grace,  stablish, 
strengthen,  settle  you. 

Strength  obtained.  Exod.xv.2.  The  Lord 
is  my  strength  and  song :  he  is  become  my 
salvation.  2  Sam.  xxii.  33.  Ps.  xviii.  2. — 
xxvii.  1.— cxviii.  14.  Isa.  xii.  2. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  40.  Thou  hast  girded  me  with 
strength.     Ps.  xviii.  39. 

Ezra  vii.  28.  I  was  strengthened  as  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  my  God  was  upon  me. 

Ps.  xviii.  32.  It  is  God  that  girdeth  me 
with  strength,  and  maketh  my  way  perfect. 

xix.  14.  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my  Re- 
deemer. Ps.  xviii.  1. — xxviii.  7. 

xxvii.  1.  The  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my 
life ;  of  whom  shall  I  be  afraid  1  Ps.  xliii.  2. 

xlvi.  1.  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength. 

Ixii.  7.  The  rock  of  my  strength,  and  my 
refuge  is  in  God. 

Ixxi.  16.  I  will  go  in  the  strength  of  the 
Lord  God. 

Ixxiii.  26.  God  is  the  strength  of  my  heart, 
and  my  portion  for  ever. 

Ixxxi.  1 .  Sing  aloud  unto  God  our  strength. 

cxxxviii.  3.  Thou  strengthenedst  me  with 
strength  in  my  soul. 

cxl.  7.  O  God,  the  strength  of  my  salva- 
tion, thou  hast  covered  my  head  in  the  day  of 
battle.  Ps.  cxliv.  1. 

Jer.  xvi.  19.  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my 
fortress,  and  my  refuge  in  the  day  of  affliction. 

Hab.  iii.  19.  The  Lord  is  my  strength. 

2  Cor.  iii.  5.  Our  sufficiency  is  of  God. 

xii.  10.  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong. 

1  Tim.  i.  12.  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  hath 
enabled  me. 

2  Tim.  iv.  17.    The  Lord  stood  with  me, 
and  strengthened  me. 

UPHOLD. 

LXI.  God  doth  uphold.  Ps.  xvii.  5.  Hold 
up  my  goings  in  thy  paths,  that  my  footsteps 
slip  not. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD  GIVETH  SAFETY. 


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xviii.  35.  Thy  right  hand  hath  holden  me 
up.  Ps.  Ixiii.  8. 

xxxvii.  17.  The  Lord  upholdeth  the  right- 
eous. 

xli.  12.  Thou  upholdest  me  in  mine  in- 
tegrity. 

li.  12.  Uphold  me  with  thy  free  Spirit. 

Ixvi.  9.  The  Lord  holdeth  our  soul  in  life, 
and  suffereth  not  our  feet  to  be  moved. 

Ixxi.  6.  By  thee  have  I  been  holden  up 
from  the  womb. 

cxix.  117.  Hold  thou  mo  ip,  and  I  shall  be 
safe. 

cxlv.  14.  The  Lord  upholdelh  all  that  fall ; 
he  raiseth  all  that  are  bowed  down. 

Isa.  xli.  13.  I  the  Lord  will  hold  thy  right 
hand,  saying  unto  thee,  Fear  not ;  I  will  help 
thee.  Ps.  Ixxiii.  23. 

xlii.  6.  I  the  Lord  will  hold  thy  hand, 
and  will  keep  thee. 

Hos.  xi.  3.  I  taught  Ephraim  to  go,  taking 
them  by  their  arms,  but  they  knew  riot  that  I 
healed  them.  Ch.  vii.  15. 

Rom.  xiv.  4.  He  shall  be  holden  up ;  for 
God  is  able  to  make  him  stand. 

Rev.  ii.  1.  He  holdeth  the  seven  stars  in 
his  right  hand. 


SAFETY. 

LXII.  God  giveth  safety.  Exod.  xxxiv. 
24.  I  will  cast  out  the  nations  before  thee, 
and  enlarge  thy  borders:  neither  shall  any 
man  desire  thy  land,  when  thou  shalt  go  up  to 
appear  before  the  Lord  thrice  in  the  year. 

Lev.  xxv.  18.  Ye  shall  do  my  statutes  and 
keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them,  and  shall 
dwell  in  the  land  in  safety.  Ver.  19.  Deut. 
xii.  10. 

Job  v.  11.  The  Lord  doth  set  on  high  those 
that  be  low,  that  those  that  mourn  may  be  ex- 
alted to  safety.  Ch.  xi.  14.  18. 

Ps.  iv.  8.  Thou,  Lord,  makest  me  to  dwell 
in  safety.  Ps.  cxix.  117.  1  Sam.  xii.  11. 

Ps.  xii.  5.  I  will  set  the  poor  in  safety  from 
him  that  puffeth  at  him.  Isa.  xiv.  30.  The 
needy  shall  lie  down  in  safety. 

Prov.  i.  33.  Whoso  hearkeneth  to  wisdom 
shall  dwell  safely.  Ch.  iii.  21.  23. 

xviii.  10.  The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong 
tower :  the  righteous  runneth  into  it,  and  is 
safe.  Ch.  xxi.  31.  Safety  is  of  the  Lord. 

xxix.  25.  Whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
Lord,  shall  be  safe.  See  safety  promised  to 
God's  church  and  people.  Jer.  xxiii.  6. — 
xxxii.  37.  Ezek.  xxviii.  26. — xxxiv.  25.  28. 
— xxxviii.  11.  Zech.  xiv.  11. 

LXIII.  God  called  a  shield,  roc/c,  fortress, 


Abram,  Fear  not,  I  am  thy  shield  and  exceed- 
ing great  reward. 

Deut.  xxxii.  4.  The  Lord,  he  is  the  rock, 
his  work  is  perfect ;  all  his  ways  are  judg- 
ment :  a  God  of  truth,  and  without  iniquity, 
just  and  right  is  he. — Ver.  31.  Their  rock  is 
not  as  our  rock,  even  our  enemies  themselves 
being  judges.  1  Sam.  ii.  2. 

xxxiii.  27.  The  eternal  God  is  thy  refuge, 
and  underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms. — 
Ver.  29.  The  Lord,  the  shield  of  thy  help,  and 
the  sword  of  thine  excellency. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  2,  3.  David  said,  the  Lord  is 
my  rock,  and -my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer; 
the  God  of  my  rock,  in  him  will  I  trust :  he 
is  my  shield  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation, 
and  my  high  tower,  and  my  refuge,  and  my 
Saviour.  Ver.  32.  47.  51.  Ps.  xviii.  2.  31.  35. 
46.— iii.  3. — cxliv.  2. 

Ps.  v.  1 2.  Thou,  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  right- 
eous ;  with  favour  thou  wilt  compass  him  as 
with  a  shield. 

ix.  9.  The  Lord  will  be  a  refuge  for  the  op- 
pressed ;  a  refuge  in  times  of  trouble. 

xxviii.  7.  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my 
shield ;  my  heart  trusted  in  him,  and  I  am 
helped ;  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoiceth, 
and  with  my  song  will  I  praise  him. 

xxxi.  3.  Thou  art  my  rock  and  my  fortress ; 
therefore  for  thy  name's  sake  lead  me  and 
guide  me.  Ps>.  '.xi.  2. — Ixxi.  3.  7. 

xxxiii.  20.  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord : 
he  is  our  help  and  shield.  Ps.  lix.  11. — 
Ixxxiv.  9. 

xlii.  9.  I  will  say  unto  God,  my  rock,  Why 
hast  thou  forgotten  me  1 

xlvi.  1.  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength;  a 
very  present  help  in  trouble.  Ver.  7.  11. 

xlvii.  9.  The  shields  that  defend  the  earth 
are  the  Lord's. 

xlviii.  3.  God  is  known  in  the  palaces  of 
Zion  for  a  refuge. 

Ivii.  1.  In  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I 
make  my  refuge,  until  these  calamities  be 
overpast.  Ps.  Ixi.  4. 

lix.  16.  I  will  sing  aloud  of  thy  power,  and 
of  thy  mercy :  for  thou  hast  been  my  defence 
and  refuge  in  the  day  of  trouble. 

Ixi.  3.  Thou  hast  been  a  tower  from  the 
enemy. 

Ixii.  7.  The  rock  of  my  strength,  and  my 
refuge,  is  in  God.  Ver.  6.  8. 

Ixxxiv.  11.  The  Lord  is  a  sun  and  shield. 

Ixxxix.  26.  Thou  art  my  Father,  my  God, 
and  the  rock  of  my  salvation.  Ps.  xcv.  1. 

xci.  2.  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my 
refuge,  and  my  fortress ;  my  God ;  in  him 
will  I  trust.  Ver.  4.  Ps.  xciv.  22. — cxv.  9, 
10,  11. 

cxix.  114.  Thou  art  my  hiding-place,  and 


refuge,  &c.     Gen.  xv.  1.   The  Lord  said  to  [my  shield:  I  hope  in  thy  word. 


GOD   IS  A  HELPER. 


CHAP.  III. 


cxlii.  4,  5.  Refuge  failed  me,  no  man  cared 
for  my  soul.  I  cried  unto  thee,  0  Lord :  I 
said,  Thou  art  my  refuge,  and  my  portion  in 
the  land  of  the  living. 

Prov.  xiv.  26.  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is 
strong  confidence ;  and  his  children  shall  have 
a  place  of  refuge. 

xviii.  10.  The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong 
tower ;  the  righteous  runneth  into  it,  and  is 
safe. 

Isa.  iv.  6.  There  shall  be  a  place  of  refuge, 
and  covert  from  the  storm. 

xxv.  4.  Thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the 
poor,  a  strength  to  the  needy  in  his  distress ; 
a  refuge  from  the  storm,  a  shadow  from  the 
heat,  when  the  blast  of  the  terrible  ones  is  as 
a  storm  against  the  wall. 

Jer.  xvi.  19.  0  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my 
fortress,  my  refuge  in  the  day  of  affliction. 

Nah.  i.  7.  The  Lord  is  a  strong  hold  in  the 
day  of  trouble. 

Heb.  vi.  18.  We  have  fled  for  refuge  to  lay 
hold  on  the  hope  set  before  us  [i.  e.  Christ.] 

HELP. 

LXIV.  God  is  a  helper  to  his  people.  Deut. 
xxxiii.  26.  Who  rideth  upon  the  heaven  in 
thy  help. 

1  Chron.  xii.  18.  Thy  God  helpeth  thee. 

2  Chron.  xxv.  8.  God  hath  power  to  help 
and  to  cast  down. 

xxxii.  8.  With  us  is  the  Lord  our  God,  to 
help  us. 

Ps.  x.  14.  Thou  art  the  helper  of  the  father- 
less. 

xlvi.  1,  God  is  a  very  present  help  in 
trouble. 

Ixxii.  12.  He  delivereth  him  that  hath  no 
helper. 

Ixxxix.  19.  I  have  laid  help  upon  one  that 
is  mighty. 

cxv.  9.  O  Israel,  trust  thou  in  the  Lord :  he 
is  their  help  and  shield.  Ver.  10,  11. 

cxlvi.  5.  Happy  is  he  that  hath  the  God  of 
Jacob  for  his  help. 

Hos.  xiii.  9.  O  Israel,  thou  hast  destroyed 
thyself;  but  in  me  is  thy  help. 

Rom.  viii.  26.  The  Spirit  helpeth  our  in- 
firmities. 

Heb.  iv.  16.  Let  us  come  boldly  to  the 
throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy, 
and  find  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

xiii.  6.  We  may  boldly  say,  The  Lord  is 
my  helper,  I  will  not  fear  what  man  shall  do 
unto  me. 

Help  from  God  promised.  Gen.  xlix.  25. 
The  God  of  thy  father  shall  help  thee,  and 
bless  thee. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  40.  The  Lord  shall  help  the 
jr^ghteous,  and  deliver  them. 


xlvi.  5.  God-shall  help,  and  that  right  early. 

Isa.  xli.  10.  Fear  thou  not,  for  I  am  with 
thee ;  be  not  dismayed,  for  I  am  thy  God :  I 
will  strengthen  thee ;  yea,  I  will  help  thee ; 
yea,  I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of 
my  righteousness.  Ver.  13,  14.  Ch.  xliv;  2. 

1.  7.  The  Lord  will  help  me ;  therefore  will 
I  not  be  confounded.  Ch.  xlix.  8.  Ps.  xliv.  5. 

Help  prayed  for.  Deut.  xxxiii.  7.  Be  thou 
a  help  to  Judah  from  his  enemies. 

Ps.  xii.  1.  Help,  Lord,  for  the  godly  man  » 
ceaseth. 

xx.  2.  Send  help  from  the  sanctuary,  and 
strengthen  thee. 

xxxv.  2.  Lord  stand  up  for  my  help.  Ps. 
cix.  26. 

xxxviii.  22.  Make  haste  to  help  me,  O 
Lord,  my  salvation.  Ps.  xxii.  1.  19. — xl.  13 
— Ixx.  1. — Ixxi.  12. 

lix.  4.  Awake  to  help  me. 

Ix.  11.  Give  us  help  from  trouble ;  for  vain 
is  the  help  of  man.  Ps.  cviii.  12. 

Ixxix.  9.  Help  us,  0  God  of  our  salvation, 
for  the  glory  of  thy  name. 

cxix.  173.  Let  thy  hand  help  me;  for  I 
have  chosen  thy  precepts. — Ver.  175.  Let  thy 
judgments  help  me.  See  2  Chron.  xiv.  11. — 
xx.  4.  9. 

Help  from  God  acknowledged.  Exod. 
xviii.  4.  Moses  said,  The  God  of  my  father 
was  my  help. 

1  Sam.  vii.  12.  Samuel  said,  Hitherto  hath 
the  Lord  helped  us. 

Ps.  xxvii.  9.  David  said,  Thou  hast  been 
my  help ;  leave  me  not,  neither  forsake  me,  0 
God  of  my  salvation. 

xxviii.  7.  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my 
shield:  my  heart  trusted  in  him,  and  I  am 
helped.  Ps.  xxxiii.  20. 

xl.  17.  Thou  art  my  help,  and  my  deliverer. 
Ps.  liv.  4.— Ixx.  5. 

Ixiii.  7.  Thou  hast  been  my  help ;  therefore 
in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I  rejoice. 

xciv.  17.  Unless  the  Lord  had  been  my 
help,  my  soul  had  dwelt  in  silence. 

cxvi.  6.  I  was  brought  low,  and  he  helped 
me.  Ps.  cxviii.  13. 

cxviii.  7.  The  Lord  taketh  my  part  with 
them  that  help  me. 

cxxi.  1,  2.  I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the 
hills  from  whence  cometh  my  help.  My  help 
cometh  from  the  Lord,  which  made  heaven 
and  earth. 

cxxiv.  8.  Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  who  made  heaven  and  earth. 

Acts  xxvi.  22.  Having  obtained  help  of 
God,  I  continue  unto  this  day.  See  1  Chron. 
xv.  26.  2  Chron.  xviii.  31. — xxvi.  7. 15.  Ps. 
xliv.  26.  Isa,  xlix.  8. 

LXV.    Help  from    the   creatures,    vain. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD  A  D'ELIVERER. 


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Ps.  xxxiii.  17.  An  horse  is  a  vain  thing  for 
safety.  .  , •  < ' .  *  ' 

Ix.  11.  Vain  is  the  help  of  man.  Ps. 
cviii.  12.  •'-»••  »' 

cxxvii.  1.'  Except  the  Lord  build  the  house, 
they  labour  in  vain. 

cxlvi.  3.  Put  not  youj-(trust  in  princes,  nor 
in  the  son  of  man,  in  whom  there  is  no  help. 

Jer.  iii.  23.  Truly  in  vain  is  salvation  hoped 
for  from  the  hills  and  from  the  multitude  of 
mountains:  truly  in  the  Lord  ounGod  is  the 
salvation  of  Israel. 


GOD  A  DELIVERER. 

LXVI.  God delivereth  from  sickness.  Dent. 
vii.  15.  The  Lord  will  take  away  from  thee 
all  sickness,  and  will  put  none  of  the  evil  dis- 
eases of  Egypt  upon  thee.  Exod.  xv.  26. — 
xxiii.  25. 

Job  xxxiii.  25.  His  flesh  shall  be  fresher 
than  a  child's  :  he  shall  return  to<  the  days  of 
his  youth. — Ver.  28.  God  will  deliver  his  soul 
from  going  into  the  pit,  and  his  life  shall  see 
the  light. 

Ps.  xci.  3,  5,  6.  He  shall  deliver  thee ;  thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror  by  night,  nor 
for  the  arrow  that  flieth  by  day ;  nor  for  the 
pestilence  that  walketh  in  darkness ;  nor  for 
the  destruction  that  wastelh  at- noon-day. 

ciii.  3.  Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities, 
who  healeth  all  thy  diseases.  Ps.  xli.  3. — 
cxvi.  6. 

Jer.  xxxiii.  6.  Behold  I  will  hring  health 
and  cure,  and  I  will  cure  them,  and  will  reveal 
unto  them  the  abundance  of  peace  and  truth. 

LXVII.  God  deliver  etfi  from  enemies,  op- 
pression, 4-c.  Exod.  iii.  8.  The  Lord  said,  I 
am  come  down  to  deliver  my  people  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Egyptians. '  . 

xii.  27.  The  Lord  smote  the  Egyptians,  and 
delivered  our  houses.  Ch.  xviii.  4.  8,  10. 
Judges  x.  11. 

Deut.  xxiii.  14.  The  Lord  thy  God  walketh 
in  the  midst  of  thy  camp  to  deliver  thee,  and 
to  give  up  thine  enemies  before  thee. 

-.1  Sam.  xvii,  37.  David  said,  The  Lord  de- 
livered me  out  of  the  paw  of  the  lion,  and  out 
"of  the  paw  of  the  bear. 

•  2  Sam.  xii.  7.  The  Lord  said  to  David,  I 
anointed  thee  king,  and  delivered  thee  out  of 
th£  hand  of  Saul.  Ch.  xxii.  2.  18.  20.  49. 

2  Kings  xiii.  17.  Elisha  said,  The  arrow  of 
the  Lord's  deliverance. 

xvii.  39-.  Trie  Lord  your  God  ye  shall  fear, 
ami  he  shall  deliver  you  out  of  the  hand  of  all 
your  enemies. 

xx.  6.  The  Lord  said  to  Hezekiah,  I  will 
deliver  thee  and  this  city  out  of  the  hand  of 


the  king  of  Assyria.     Ch.  xix.  34,  35.     Mic. 
v.  6.     Isa.  xxxi.  5. 

1  Chron.  xi.  14.   The  'Lord  saved  the  Is- 
raelites from  the  Philistines,  by  a  great  deli- 
verance. 

2  Chron.  xii.  7.  The  Lord  said,  I  will  not 
destroy  them,  but  will  grant  them  a  deliver- 
ance. 

Ezra  ix.  13.  Thou  hast  punished  us  less 
than  our  iniquities  deserve  ;  and  hast  given  us 
a  deliverance. 

Neh.  ix.  28.  Many  times  didst  thou  deliver 
them  according  to  thy  mercies.  Ps.  cvi.  43. 

Job  v.  19.  He  shall  deliver  thee  in  six  trou- 
bles, in  seven  there  shall  no  evil  touch  thee. 
Ps.  liv.  7. — Ixxxi.  7. 

xxxiii.  24.  He  is  gracious,  and  saith,  Deli- 
ver him  from  going  down  to  the  pit.  Ver.  28. 

Ps.  xviii.  2.  The  Lord  is  my  deliverer.  Ver. 
17.  43.  48.  50. 

xxii.  4.  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee,  and  thou 
deliveredst  them.  Ver.  5. 

xxxii.  7.  Thou  art  my  hiding-place ;  thou 
shalt  compass  me  about  with  songs  of  deliver- 
ance. 

Iv.  1 8.  He  hath  delivered  my  soul  in  peace, 
from  the  battle  that  was  against  me. 

Ivi.  13.  Thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
death.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  13. — cxvi.  8. 

Ixxviii.  42.  They  remembered  not  the  day, 
when  he  delivered  them  from  the  enemy. 

Isa.  xxxviii.  1 7.  Thou  hast,  in  love  to  my 
soul,  delivered  it  from  the  pit  of  corruption. 

xlvi.  3,  4.  O  house  of  Jacob,  I  will  carry 
you,  and  will  deliver  y6u. 

Ezek.  xiii.  21.1  will  deliver  my  people  out 
of  your  hand :  (viz.  from  the  false  prophets, 
ver.  16.)  Ch.  xxxiv.  12. 

Dan.  vi.  27.  God  delivereth  and  rescueth, 
and  worketh  signs  and  wonders  in  heaven  and 
earth. 

Acts  vii.  10.  God  delivered  Joseph  out  of 
all  his  afflictions. 

Col.  i.  13.  The  Father  delivered  us  from 
the  power  of  darkness. 

2  Pet.  ii.  7.  God  delivered  just  Lot,  vexed 
with  the  filthy  conversation  of  the  wicked. 

LXVIII.  Christ  a  deliverer.  Rom.  xi.  26. 
There  shall  come  out  of  Zion  the  Deliverer. 
Isa.  lix.  20. 

Gal.  i.  4.  The  Lord  Jesus  gave  himself  for 
our  sins,  that  he  might  deliver  us  from  this 
present  evil  world. 

1  Thess.  i.  10.  Jesus  delivered  us  from  the 
wrath  to  come. 

Heb.  ii.  15.  Jesus  took  part  of  flesh  and 
blood,  that  he  might  deliver  them  who  through 
fear  of  death  were  all  their  life-time  subject  to 
bondage. 

Rom.  vii.  6.   By  Christ  we  are  c'elivered 


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GOD   A   DELIVERER. 


CHAP.  III. 


from  the  law.  Ver.  24,  25.  From  the  body 
of  death.  Ch.  viii.  21.  From  the  bondage  of 
corruption. 

Deliverance  prayed  for.  Gen.  xxxii.  11. 
Jacob  said,  Deliver  me  I  pray  thee  from  the 
hand  of  my  brother. 

1  Sam.  xxiv.  15.  David  said  to  Saul,  The 
Lord  plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me  out  of 
thy  hand. 

xxvi.  24.  Let  the  Lord  deliver  me  out  of  all 
tribulation. 
*,  Ps.  vi.  4.  Lord  deliver  my  soul. 

vii.  1.  Save  me  from  all  them  that  perse- 
cute me,  and  deliver  me.  Ps.  cxlii.  6. — 
cxliii.  9. 

xvii.  13.  Deliver  my  soul  from  the  wicked, 
which  is  thy  sword. 

xxii.  20.  Deliver  my  soul  from  the  sword  ; 
my  darling  from  the  power  of  the  dog, 

xxv.  19,  20.  Consider  mine  enemies,  for 
they  are  many  ;  and  they  hate  me  with  cruel 
hatred.  0  keep  my  soul,  and  deliver  me. 

xx vii.  12.  Deliver  me  not  over  to  the  will 
of  mine  enemies :  for  false  witnesses  are  risen 
up  against  me.  Ps.  Ixxiv.  1 9. 

xxxi.  1,  2.  Deliver  me  in  thy  righteousness. 
Bow  down  thine  ear  to  me,  and  deliver  me 
speedily. — Ver.  15.  Deliver  me  from  the  hand 
of  mine  enemies,  and  from  them  that  perse- 
cute me. 

xl.  13.  Be  pleased,  0  Lord,  to  deliver  me. — 
Ver.  14.  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  confound- 
ed, that  seek  after  my  soul  to  destroy  it 

xliii.  1.  O  deliver  me  from  the  deceitful  and 
unjust  man.  Ps.  lix.  2. — Ixxi.  4. — cxl.  1. — 
cxliv.  2.  7.  11. 

xliv.  4,  5.  O  God,  command  deliverances 
for  Jacob.  Through  thee  we  will  push  down 
our  enemies. 

Ix.  5.  That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered, 
save  with  thy  right  hand.  Ps.  cviii.  6. 

Ixix.  14.  Deliver  me  out  of  the  mire,  and 
let  me  not  sink:  let  me  be  delivered  from 
them  that  hate  me,  and  out  of  the  deep  wa- 
ters.— Ver.  18.  Deliver  me  because  of  mine 
enemies. 

cvii.  6.  They  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their 
distresses.  Ver.  20.  He  delivered  them  from 
their  destructions. 

cix.  21.  Because  thy  mercy  is  good,  do 
thou  deliver  me. 

cxix.  134.  Deliver  me  from  the  oppression 
of  man. — Ver.  153.  Consider  mine  affliction, 
and  deliver  me.  Ver.  154.  170. 

Matt.  vi.  13.  Deliver  us  from  evil.  See  Isa. 
xix.  20.  Rom.  xv.  31. 

LXIX.  Persons  that  shall  be  delivered  are, 
the  poor  and  needy.  Job  xxxvi.  15.  He  de- 
livereth  the  poor  in  his  affliction. 


Ps.  xxxv.  1 0.  Lord,  who  is  like  unto  thee, 
which  deliverest  the  poor  from  him  that  is  too 
strong  for  him,  yea,  the  poor  and  needy  from 
him  that  spoileth  him  ?  See  Ps.  Ixxii.  12. — 
Ixxxii.  4.  Jer.  xx.  13. 

LXX.  Prophets  and  apostles  delivered. 
Jer.  i.  8.  Be  not  afraid  of  their  faces,  (saith 
the  Lord  to  his  prophet,)  for  I  am  with  thee 
to  deliver  thee.  Ver.  19..  Ch.  xv.  19,  20,21. 
Ch.  xxxix.  17. 

Acts  xxvi.  15 — 17.  I  am  Jesus :  I  have  ap- 
peared unto  thee,  delivering  thee  from  the  peo- 
ple, and  from  the  Gentiles,  to  whom  I  now 
send  thee. 

2  Cor.  i.  10.  God  delivered  us  from  so  great 
a  death,  and  doth  deliver ;  in  whom  we  trust, 
that  he  will  yet  deliver  us.  See  2  Tim.  iii. 
11.— iv.  17,  18. 

LXXI.  All  God's  faithful  servants  shall  be 
delivered.  Job  xxii.  30.  He  shall  deliver  the 
island  of  the  innocent. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  18,  19.  The  eye  of  the  Lord  is 
upon  them  that  fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope 
in  his  mercy,  to  deliver  their  soul  from  death. 

xxxiv.  17.  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord 
delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles.  Ver. 
7.  19.  Ps.  xxxvii.  40.  Prov.  xi.  8. 

xli.  1.  He  that  considereth  the  poor,  the 
Lord  will  deliver  him.  Ver.  2. 

1.  15.  Call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble ; 
I  will  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt  glorify  me. 

xci.  14.  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon 
me,  therefore  will  I  deliver  him.  Ver.  2, 3, 4. 15. 

Prov.  xxviii.  26.  Whoso  walketh  wisely 
shall  be  delivered. 

Ezek.  xiv.  16.  Noah,  Daniel,  and  Job, 
should  be  delivered  in  a  city  devoted  to  de- 
struction by  the  Lord. 

Dan.  iii.  17.  Our  God  whom  we  serve  is 
able  to  deliver  us  from  the  fiery  furnace. — 
Ver.  28.  God  sent  his  angel,  and  delivered  his 
servants  that  trusted  in  him. 

xii.  1.  At  that  time  thy  people  shall  be  de- 
livered, every  one  that  shall  be  found  written 
in  the  book. 

Joel  ii.  32.  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  delivered.  Obad. 
ver.  17. 

LXXII.  Deliverance  from  moral  evil  or 
sin.  Ps.  xxxix.  8.  Deliver  me  from  all  my 
transgressions. 

li.  1 4.  Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  0 
God  of  my  salvation. 

Ixxix.  8,  9.  O  remember  not  against  us 
former  iniquities.  Deliver  us  and  purge  away 
our  sins  for  thy  name's  sake. 

cxix.  170  Deliver  me  according  to  thy  word. 

Matt.  vi.  13.  Deliver  us  from  evil. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD  KEEPETH. 


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LXXIII.  God  delivereth  into  natural  evil. 
He  delivereth  the  wicked  into  the  hands  of 
their  enemies.  Gen.  xiv.  20.  Melchizedpk  said 
to  Abram,  Blessed  be  the  most  high  God,  who 
hath  delivered  thine  enemies  into  thine  hand. 

Exod.  xxiii.  31.  The  Lord  said,  [to  his 
people,]  I  will  deliver  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  into  your  hand.  Deut.  iii.  2. — vii.  2. 16. 
23.  24. 

Numb.  xxi.  3.  The  Lord  delivered  up  the 
Canaanites,  and  Israel  destroyed  them. 

Deut.  ii.  33.  The  Lord  delivered  Sihon,  &c. 
Ver.  36.  Judg.  xi.  9.  21. 

xxviii.  25.  If  thou  rebel,  thou  shalt  be 
smitten  before  thine  enemies.  Ver.  29. — See 
this  fulfilled,  2  Chron.  xxix.  8.  Neh.  ix.  26, 
27  Ps.  Ixxviii.  59.  61.  Isa.  xlii.  24,  25. 

1  Sam.  xxiv.  10.  David  said  to  Saul,  This 
day  the  Lord  delivered  thee  into  mine  hand. 
See  1  Sam.  xvii.  46. 

1  Kings  xiii.  26.   The  prophet  said,  The 
man  of  God  was  disobedient  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  therefore  the  Lord  hath  delivered 
him  unto  the  lion. 

2  Chron.   xxv.   20.    Amaziah  would    not 
hearken  to  advice,  for  it  came  of  God,  that  he 
might  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies. 

Isa.  xxxiv.  2,  3.  The  indignation  of  the 
Lord  is  upon  all  nations,  and  his  fury  upon  all 
their  armies ;  he  hath  utterly  destroyed  them, 
he  hath  delivered  them  to  the  slaughter.  Their 
slain  shall  be  cast  out,  &c.  Ver.  5.  Ch.  xiii. 
3,  4,  5.  Hab.  i.  12. 

Jer.  xv.  9.  The  residue  of  them  will  I  de- 
liver to  the  sword  before  their  enemies,  saith 
the  Lord. 

xx.  4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  make 
thee  a  terror  to  thyself,  and  to  all  thy  friends, 
and  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword  of  their  ene- 
mies :  and  I  will  give  Judah  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Babylon.  Ver.  5. 

xxi.  4.  7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Is- 
rael, Behold,  I  will  turn  back  the  weapons  of 
war  that  are  in  your  hands,  wherewith  ye 
fight  against  the  king  of  Babylon.  And  I 
will  deliver  Zedekiah,  &c.  into  the  hands  of 
Nebuchadnezzar.  Ch.  xxiv.  8,  9,  10. — xxix. 
17.  21. 

xliii.  10,  11.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  I  will  take  Nebuchadnezzar 
the  king  of  Babylon,  my  servant,  and  he  shall 
deliver  such  as  are  for  death,  to  death,  &c. 
Ch.  xlvi.  26. 

Ezek.  xi.  8,  9.  I  will  bring  a  sword  upon 
you,  saith  the  Lord.  I  will  deliver  you  into 
the  hands  of  strangers.  Ver.  10. 

xvi.  27.  For  thy  wickedness,  I  have  dimi- 
nished thy  ordinary  food,  and  have  delivered 
thee  unto  the  will  of  them  that  hate  thee. 
Mic.  vL  14. 


xxi.  31.  I  will  deliver  thee  into  the  hand 
of  brutish  men,  skilful  to  destroy.  Ver.  32. 
Ch.  xxiii.  28.— xxv.  7.— xxxi.  10,  11. 

Amos  iii.  6.  Shall  there  be  evil  in  a  city, 
and  the  Lord  hath  not  done  it  1 

Heathens  delivered  into  the  hands  of  Is- 
rael. Og.  Deut.  iii.  2. — Amorites.  Josh.  x.  12. 
— Many  kings.  Ch.  xi.  6. — All  their  enemies. 
Ch.  xxi.  44. — The  Canaanites.  Judg.  i.  4. — 
Sisera.  Ch.  iv.  7. — Midianites.  Ch.  vii.  7. — 
Zebaand  Zalmunna.  Ch.viii.  7. — Children  of 
Ammon.  Ch.  xi.  32. — Philistines,  1  Sam. 
xxiii.  4. — Moabites.  2  Kings  iii.  18. 


THE  LORD  DOTH  KEEP  HIS 
PEOPLE. 

LXXIV.  God  doth  keep  his  servants  from 
evil.  Gen.  xxviii.  15.  The  Lord  said  to  Ja- 
cob, Behold,  I  am  with  thee,  and  will  keep 
thee  in  all  places  whither  thou  goest,  and  I 
will  not  leave  thee.  Ver.  20,  21. 

Exod.  xxiii.  20.  The  Lord  said,  Behold,  I 
send  an  angel  before  thee,  to  keep  thee  in  the 
way,  and  to  bring  thee  into  the  place  which  I 
have  prepared. 

Numb.  vi.  23 — 26.  On  this  wise  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shall  bless  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing: The  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee. 
The  Lord  make  his  face  shine  upon  thee,  and 
be  gracious  unto  thee.  The  Lord  lift  up  his 
countenance  upon  thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 

Deut.  xxxii.  10.  The  Lord  kept  Jacob  as 
the  apple  of  his  eye. 

Josh.  xiv.  10.  Moses  said,  The  Lord  hath 
kept  me  alive,  &c. 

1  Sam.  ii.  9.  The  Lord  will  keep  the  feet 
of  his  saints,  and  the  wicked  shall  be  silent  in 
darkness :  for  by  strength  shall  no  man  prevail. 

xxv.  32.  34.  David  said,  Blessed  be  the 
Lord,  that  hath  kept  his  servant  from  doing 
evil.  Ver.  39. 

1  Chron.  iv.  10.  Jabez  called  on  God,  and 
said,  0  that  thou  wouldest  bless  me,  and  keep 
me  from  evil. 

Job  xxxiii.  18.  He  keepeth  back  his  soul 
from  the  pit,  and  his  life  from  perishing  by  the' 
sword. 

Ps.  xii.  7.  Thou  shalt  keep  them,  0  Lord ; 
thou  shalt  preserve  them  from  this  generation. 
Ps.  xxxi.  20. 

xvii.  8.  Keep  me  as  the  apple  of  the  eye : 
hide  me  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

xix.  13.  Keep  back  thy  servant  from  pre- 
sumptuous sins. 

xxv.  20.  O  keep  my  soul  and  deliver  me  : 
let  me  not  be  ashamed,  for  I  trust  in  thee. 

xxx.  3.  O  Lord,  thou  hast  brought  up  my 
soul  from  the  grave ;  thou  hast  kept  me  alive. 

xxxiii.  18,  19.  The  eye  of  the  Lord  is  on 


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GOD   PRESERVETH — IS  THE   CREATOR.         CHAP.  Ill 


them  that  fear  him,  to  keep  them  alive  in 
famine. 

xxxiv.  20.  The  Lord  keepeth  all  his  bones, 
not  one  of  them  is  broken. 

xci.  11.  He  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
over  thee,  to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

cxxi.  3.  He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be 
moved :  he  that  keepeth  thee  will  not  slumber. 
— Ver.  5.  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper. 

cxxvii.  1.  Except  the  Lord  keep  the  city, 
the  watchman  waketh  but  in  vain. 

cxl.  4.  Keep  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  hands 
of  the  wicked. 

cxli.  3.  O  Lord,  keep  the  door  of  my  lips. 
— Ver.  9.  Keep  me  from  the  snare  laid  for  me. 

Prov.  iii.  26.  The  Lord  shall  keep  thy  foot 
from  being  taken. 

Isa.  xxvi.  3.  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect 
peace,  whose  mind  is  stayed  on  thee. 

xxvii.  3.  The  Lord  will  keep  his  vineyard  ; 
he  will  water  it,  he  will  keep  it  night  and  day. 

xlii.  6.  I  will  keep  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a 
covenant  of  the  people. 

Jer.  xxxi.  10.  He  will  gather  Israel,  and 
keep  him  as  a  shepherd  doth  his  flock. 

John  xvii.  11.  Jesus  prayed  thus,  Holy 
Father,  keep  through  thine  own  name,  those 
whom  thou  hast  given  me. — Ver.  1 5.  i  pray 
that  thou  shouldst  keep  them  from  the  evil 
that  is  in  the  world. 

2  Thess.  iii.  3.  The  Lord  is  faithful,  who 
shall  establish  you,  and  keep  you  from  evil. 

2  Tim.  i.  12.  The  Lord  whom  I  have  be- 
lieved, is  able  to  keep  that  which  I  have  com- 
mitted unto  him. 

1  Pet.  i.  5.  We  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God,  through  faith  unto  salvation. 

iv.  19.  Let  them  that  suffer  according  to 
the  will  of  God,  commit  the  keeping  of  their 
souls  to  him  in  well  doing,  as  unto  a  faithful 
Creator. 

Jude  24,  25.  Unto  him  that  is  able  to  keep 
you  from  falling,  and  to  present  you  faultless 
before  the  presence  of  his  glory  with  exceeding 
joy,  to  the  only  wise  God  our  Saviour,  be 
glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and  power,  both 
now  and  ever. 

•    Rev.  iii.  10.  I  will  keep  thee  from  the  hour 
of  temptation. 


GOD  PRESERVETH. 

LXXV.  God  preserveth  his  peopk.  Gen. 
xlv.  7.  Joseph  said,  God  sent  me  hither,  to 
preserve  you  a  posterity  in  the  earth. 

Deut.  vi.  24.  God  commanded  us  to  do  these 
statutes,  and  to  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  for  our 
good  always,  that  he  might  preserve  us  alive 
as  at  this  day.  ' 

Josh.  xxiv.  17.  God  preserved  us  in  all  the 


way  wherein  we  went,  among  all  people 
through  whom  we  passed. 

2  Sam.  viii.  6.  The  Lord  preserved  David 
whithersoever  he  went.  1  Sam.  xxx.  23. 

Neh.  ix.  6.  Lord,  thou  hast  made  all  things, 
and  thou  preservest  them  all. 

Job  vii.  20.  I  have  sinned,  what  shall  I  do 
unto  thee,  0  thou  preserver  of  men  1 

x.  12.  Thou  hast  granted  me  life  and  fa- 
vour, and  thy  visitation  hath  preserved  my 
spirit. 

xxix.  2.  O  that  I  were  as  in  months  past, 
as  in  the  days  when  God  preserved  me. 

Ps.  xvi.  1.  Preserve  me,  O  God;  for  in  thee 
do  I  put  my  trust. 

xxxi.  23.  The  Lord  preserveth  the  faithful. 

xxxii.  7.  Thou  art  my  hiding-place,  thou 
shall  preserve  me  from  trouble. 

xxxvi.  6.  O  Lord,  thou  preservest  man  and 
beast. 

xxxvii.  28.  The  Lord  forsaketh  not  his 
saints  ;  they  are  preserved  for  ever. 

xli.  2.  The  Lord  will  preserve  him,  and 
keep  him  alive,  and  he  shall  be  blessed,  that 
considereth  the  poor. 

Ixiv.  1.  0  God,  preserve  my  life  from  fear 
of  the  enemy. 

Ixxix.  11.  Preserve  thou  those  that  are  ap- 
pointed to  die. 

Ixxxvi.  2.  Preserve  my  soul,  O  thou  my 
God  ;  save  thy  servant  that  trusteth  in  thee. 

xcvii.  10.  The  Lord  preserveth  the  souls 
of  his  saints  ;  he  delivereth  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  wicked.  Ps.  cxl.  1. 

cxvi.  6.  The  Lord  preserveth  the  simple. 

cxxi.  7,  8.  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee 
from  all  evil  ;  he  shall  preserve  thy  soul.  He 
shall  preserve  thy  going  out  and  coming  in. 

cxlv.  20.  The'Lord  preserveth  all  them  that 
love  him. 

cxlvi.  9.  The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers  ; 
he  relieveth  the  fatherless  and  widow.  Jer. 
xlix.  11. 

Prov.  ii.  8.  He  preserveth  the  way  of  his 
saints. 

Isa.  xlix.  6.  Thou  art  my  servant,  to  restore 
the  preserved  of  Israel. 

1  Thess.  v.  23.  I  pray  God  that  your  whole 
spirit,  and  soul,  and  body,  be  preserved  blame- 
less unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Tim.  iv.  18.  The  Lord  will  preserve  me 
unto  his  heavenly  kingdom.  + 


GOD  IS  THE  CREATOR. 

LXXVI.  God  is  the  Creator  of  his  people. 
Ps.  li.  10.  Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  0  God; 
renew  a  right  spirit  within  me. 

cii.  18.  The  people  that  shall  be  created 
shall  praise  the  Lord. 


CHAP.  III. 


GOD    IS  THE   CREATOR. 


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cxlix.  2.  Let  Israel  rejoice  in  him  that  made 
him  ;  let  the  children  of  Zion  be  joyful  in  their 
king. 

Isa.  xliii.  1.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  cre- 
ated thee,  0  Jacob,  and  formed  thee,  O  Israel, 
Fear  not,  for  I  have  redeemed  thee ;  I  have 
called  thee  by  name,  thou  art  mine. — Ver.  7. 
I  have  created  him  for  my  glory,  I  have  formed 
him,  yea  I  have  made  him. — Ver.  15.  I  am 
the  Lord,  your  holy  One,  the  Creator  of  Israel, 
your  King. — Ver.  21.  This  people  have  I 
formed  for  myself,  they  shall  shew  forth  my 
praise.  Ch.  xliv.  2.  21.  24. — xlvi.  4. 

Ezek.  xxxvii.  from  ver.  1  to  15.  The  vision 
of  dry  bones  raised  to  life. 

Threats  against  those  who  apostatized  after 
they  had  been  created.  Deut.  xxxii.  6.  Do 
ye  thus  requite  the  Lord,  0  foolish  people  and 
unwise]  Is  he  not  thy  Father,  that  hath 
bought  thee !  hath  he  not  made  thee,  and  es- 
tablished thee  ] 

Ver.  15.  Jeshurun  forsook  God  that  made 
him. — Ver.  18.  Of  the  Rock  that  begat  thee, 
thou  art  unmindful,  and  hast  forgotten  God 
that  formed  thee. 

Ver.  19.  The  Lord  abhorred  them.— Ver. 
23.  He  said,  I  will  heap  mischiefs  upon  them. 

Ezek.  xxi.  30.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
judge  thee  in  the  place  where  thou  wast  cre- 
ated, in  the  land  of  thy  nativity.  See  Jerusa- 
lem's birth  and  nativity  described,  Ch.  xvi. 
3  to  14. 

Ver.  31.  I  will  pour  mine  indignation  upon 
thee ;  I  will  blow  against  thee  in  the  fire  of 
my  wrath ;  and  deliver  thee  into  the  hand  of 
brutish  men,  skilful  to  destroy.  Ver.  32. 

xxviii.  12 — 16.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to 
Tyrus :  Thou  wast  perfect  in  thy  ways,  from 
the  day  that  thou  wast  created,  till  iniquity 
was  found  in  thee.  Thou  hast  sinned,  there- 
fore I  will  cast  thee  as  profane  out  of  the 
mountain  of  God.  Ver.  18. 

LXXVH.  God  the  Creator  of  Christians: 
they  are  new  creatures,  God's  workmanship. 
Rom.  xiv.  20.  For  meat,  destroy  not  thou  the 
work  of  God. 

2  Cor.  v.  1 7.  If  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he 
is  a  new  creature. 

Gal.  vi.  1 5.  In  Christ  Jesus,  neither  circum- 
cision availeth  any  thing,  nor  uncircumcision, 
but  a  new  creature. 

Eph.  i.  6.  He  hath  made  us  accepted  in  the 
beloved. 

Col.  i.  12.  He  hath  made  us  meet  to  be 
partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints  in 

K        light. 
Eph.  ii.  10.  We  are  his  workmanship,  cre- 
ated in  Christ  Jesus  unto  good  works. 

Ver.  13.  Ye  are  made  nigh  by  the  blood  of 
Christ.  Ver.  15. 

13 


Rev.  i.  6.  He  hath  made  us  kings  and  priests 
to  God  and  his  Father. 

LXXVIII.  Duty  of  Christians  as  new 
creatures.  Rom.  vi.  4.  We  should  walk  in 
newness  of  life. 

vii.  6.  We  should  serve  in  newness  of  spirit. 

xii.  2.  Be  ye  transformed  by  the  renewing 
of  your  mind. 

1  Cor.  v.  7.  Purge  out  the  old  leaven,  that 
ye  may  be  a  new  lump. 

Eph.  iv.  22.  24.  Put  off  the  old  man,  which 
is  corrupt  according  to  the  deceitful  lusts :  And 
put  on  the  new  man,  which  after  God  is  cre- 
ated in  righteousness  and  true  holiness. 

Col.  in.  9.  Ye  have  put  off  the  old  man 
with  his  deeds ;  and  have  put  on  the  new  man, 
which  is  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  image 
of  him  that  created  him. 

1  Pet.  iv.  19.  Let  those  that  suffer  accord- 
ing to  the  will  of  God,  commit  the  keeping  of 
their  souls  unto  him  in  well  doing,  as  unto  a 
faithful  Creator. 

LXXIX.  God  is  to  his  people  their  planter, 
builder,  <SfC. ,-  they  are  his  planting,  his  vine- 
yard which  he  ivatereth  and  maketh  fruit- 
ful ,•  his  house,  his  building,  SfC. 

God  planted  the  Jewish  nation  in  the  land 
of  Canaan.  Exod.  xv.  17.  Thou  shall  bring 
them  in,  and  plant  them  in  the  mountain  of 
thine  inheritance,  in  the  sanctuary  which  thy 
hands  have  established.  2  Sam.  vii.  10. 

Jer.  xxxii.  41.  I  will  plant  them  in  this 
land  assuredly,  with  my  whole  heart.  Ch. 
xxiv.  6. — xxxi.  4.  12.  28. — xlii.  10. 

Amos  ix.  15.  I  will  plant  them  upon  their 
land,  and  they  shall  no  more  be  pulled  up  out 
of  their  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

LXXX.  The  Lord  planted,  watered,  and 
made  fruitful,  the  Jewish  church.  Ps.  Ixxx. 
8.  Thou  hast  brought  a  vine  out  of  Egypt, 
thou  hast  cast  out  the  heathen  and  planted  it. 
Ver.  15.  Ps.  Ixxii.  16. 

Isa.  iv.  2.  In  that  day  shall  the  branch  of 
the  Lord  be  beautiful  and  glorious,  and  the 
fruit  of  the  earth  shall  be  excellent  and 
comely.  Ch.  Ix.  21. 

v.  1,2.  My  beloved  hath  a  vineyard  in  a 
very  fruitful  hill :  He  fenced  it,  and  planted 
it  with  the  choicest  vine. — Ver.  7.  The  vine- 
yard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the  house  of 
Israel. 

xxvii.  3.  I  the  Lord  do  keep  the  vineyard ; 
I  will  water  it  every  moment :  lest  any  hurt  it, 
I  will  keep  it  night  and  day.  Ver.  2. 6.  Ch. 
xxxvii.  31. 

xxxv.  7.  The  parched  ground  shall  become 
a  pool,  and  the  thirsty  land  springs  of  water. 

xli.  18.  I  will  open  rivers  in  high  places, 


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PROPHECIES  CONCERNING   CHRIST. 


CHAP.  IV 


and  fountains  in  the  midst  of  the  valleys  ;  I 
will  make  the  wilderness  a  pool  of  water. 
Ver.  19,  20. 

xliv.  3,  4.  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that 
is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground ;  I 
will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my 
blessing  upon  thine  offspring.  And  they 
shall  spring  up  as  among  the  grass,  as  willows 
by  the  water-courses.  Ch.  xlix.  10. — Iviii.  11. 

Ixi.  3.  That  they  might  be  called  trees  of 
righteousness,  the  planting  of  the  Lord  that 
he  might  be  glorified. — Ver.  11.  For  as  the 
earth  bringeth  forth  her  bud,  and  the  garden 
causeth  the  things  that  are  sown  in  it  to 
spring  forth;  so  the  Lord  will  cause  right- 
eousness and  praise  to  spring  forth  before  all 
the  nations.  Jer.  xxxi.  12. 

Hos.  ii.  23.  I  will  sow  her  unto  me  in  the 
earth,  and  I  will  have  mercy  upon  her  that 
had  not  obtained  mercy. 

xiv.  5.  I  will  be  as  the  dew  unto  Israel ;  he 
shall  grow  as  the  lily  and  cast  forth  his  roots 
as  Lebanon. — Ver.  7,  8.  They  shall  revive  as 
the  corn,  and  grow  as  the  vine.  I  am  like  a 
green  fir-tree,  from  me  is  thy  fruit  found. 

Mai.  iv.  2.  Ye  shall  go  forth  and  grow  up 
as  calves  of  the  stall.  See  Jer.  xviii.  9. 

LXXXI.  Apostasy,  or  unfruit fulness, 
threats  and  reproofs  against  it.  Jer.  ii.  21. 
I  planted  thee  a  noble  vine,  wholly  a  right 
seed :  how  then  art  thou  turned  into  the  de- 
generate plant  of  a  strange  vine  unto  me  ] 

xi.  17.  The  Lord  of  hosts  that  planted  thee 
hath  pronounced  evil  against  thee.  Ch.  xlv. 
4.  Ezek.  xvii.  5.  8,  9.— xix.  10.  12. 

Jer.  xviii.  7.  9, 10.  At  what  instant  I  speak 
concerning  a  nation  to  pluck  up,  &c. 

Matt.  iii.  10.  Every  tree  that  bringeth  not 
forth  good  fruit,  is  hewn  down  and  cast  into 
the  fire. 

xiii.  3,  See  the  parable  of  the  sower.  (Mark 


iv.  3.  Luke  viii.  5.)  Ver.  24.  The  parable 
of  the  wheat  and  tares. 

xxi.  33.  The  parable  of  the  husbandman 
letting  out  the  vineyard,  and  requiring  the 
fruits.  Mark  xii.  1.  Luke  xx.  9. 

Luke  xiii.  6.  The  parable  of  the  unfruitful 
fig-tree  cumbering  the  ground.  Ver.  7,  8,  9. 

LXXXII.  The  fruitful,  whether  Jews  or 
Gentiles,  are  God's  planting.  Ps.  i.  3.  The 
righteous  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the 
rivers  of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his  fruit  in 
his  season;  his  leaf  shall  not  wither.  Jer. 
xvii.  8. 

xcii.  13,  14.  Those  that  be  planted  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  shall  flourish  in  the  courts 
of  our  God.  They  shall  bring  forth  fruit  in 
old  age ;  they  shall  be  fat  and  flourishing. 

Matt.  vii.  17.  Every  good  tree  bringeth  forth 
good  fruit.  Ver.  18.  Ch.  xii.  33. 

John  xv.  1,  2.  I  am  the  true  vine,  my  Fa- 
ther is  the  husbandman.  Every  branch  that 
beareth  not  fruit  he  taketh  away ;  and  every 
branch  that  beareth  fruit  he  purgeth,  that  it 
may  bring  forth  more  fruit.  Ver.  4,  5,  6.  8. 

Rom.  vi.  22.  Ye  have  your  fruit  unto  holi- 
ness, and  the  end  everlasting  life.  Ch.  vii.  4. 

1  Cor.  iii.  9.  Ye  are  God's  husbandry ;  ye 
are  God's  building. 

Eph.  ii.  20 — 22.  Ye  are  built  upon  the 
foundation  of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus 
Christ  himself  being  the  chief  corner-stone ; 
in  whom  all  the  building  fitly  framed  together, 
groweth  unto  an  holy  temple  in  the  Lord.  In 
whom  ye  are  builded  together  for  an  habita- 
tion of  God  through  the  Spirit. 

2  Thess.  i.  3.  We  are  bound  to  thank  God 
for  you,  brethren,  because  your  faith  groweth 
exceedingly,  and  the  charity  of  every  one  of 
you  toward  each  other  aboundeth. 

1  Pet.  ii.  5.  Ye  also,  as  lively  stones,  are 
built  up  a  spiritual  house,  an  holy  priesthood. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

PROPHECIES  CONCERNING  CHRIST,  HIS  SUFFERINGS,  DEATH, 
RESURRECTION,  &c.,  MIRACLES. 


I.  The  testimony  of  prophecy  appealed  to 
as  a  foundation  of  faith  in  Christ.  John 
v.  39.  Search  the  Scriptures,  for  in  them  ye 
think  ye  have  eternal  life,  and  they  are  they 
which  testify  of  me. 

Ver.  44.  How  can  ye  believe,  which  receive 
honour  one  of  another,  and  seek  not  the  ho- 
nour that  cometh  from  God  only  1  T 


Ver.  45 — 47.  There  is  one  that  accuseth 
you,  even  Moses  in  whom  ye  trust.  For  had 
ye  believed  Moses,  ye  would  have  believed 
me,  for  he  wrote  of  me.  (John  i.  45.)  But 
if  ye  believe  not  his  writings,  how  shall  ye 
believe  my  words  ] 

Matt.  xxvi.  24.  The  Son  of  man  goeth,  as 
it  is  written  of  him.  Mark  ix.  12.  It  is  writ- 


CHAP.  IV. 


PROPHECIES  CONCERNING  CHRIST. 


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ten  of  the  Son  of  man,  that  he  must  suffer  j 
many  things. 

Luke  xviii.  31.  All  things  written  by  the 
prophets  concerning  the  Son  of  man,  shall  be 
accomplished. 

xxii.  37.  This  that  is  written  must  be  ac- 
complished in  me. 

xxiv.  44.  All  things  must  be  fulfilled  which 
were  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  and  in  the 
prophets,  and  in  the  Psalms,  concerning  me. 
— Ver.  46.  Thus  it  is  written,  and  thus  it  be- 
hoved Christ  to  suffer,  and  to  rise  from  the 
dead  the  third  day. 

II.  The  testimony  of  prophecy  urged  by 
the  apostles.  Acts  xvii.  2,  3.  Paul  reasoned 
out  of  the  Scriptures ;  opening  and  alleging 
that  Christ  must  needs  have  suffered,  and 
risen  again  from  the  dead ;  and  that  this  Jesus 
whom  I  preach  unto  you  is  Christ. 

xxiv.  14.  After  the  way  which  they  call 
heresy,  so  worship  I  the  God  of  my  fathers, 
believing  all  things  which  are  written  in  the 
law  and  the  prophets. 

xxvi.  22,  23.  I  continue  witnessing  both  to 
small  and  great,  saying  none  other  things 
than  those  which  the  prophets  and  Moses 
did  say  should  come  :  That  Christ  should 
suffer,  and  that  he  should  be  the  first  that 
should  rise  from  the  dead. 

iii.  18.  Peter  said,  those  things  that  God 
before  had  shewed,  by  the  mouth  of  all  his 
prophets,  that  Christ  should  suffer,  he  hath 
fulfilled. 

x.  43.  To  him  gave  all  the  prophets  wit- 


xviii.  28.  He  mightily  convinced  the  Jews, 
shewing  by  the  Scriptures  that  Jesus  was 
Christ. 

xxviii.  23.  Paul  expounded  and  testified 
the  kingdom  of  God,  persuading  them  con- 
cerning Jesus,  both  out  of  the  law  of  Moses, 
and  out  of  the  prophets. 

III.  'Prophecies  concerning  Christ  fulfilled, 
in  his  incarnation,  life,  death,  resurrection, 
and  ascension.  Gen.  iii.  15.  The  seed  of  the 
woman  shall  bruise  the  serpent's  head. 

Isa.  vii.  14.  The  Lord  himself  shall  give 
you  a  sign:  Behold  a  virgin  shall  conceive 
and  bear  a  son,  and  shall  call  his  name  Im- 
manuel. 

ix.  6.  Unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a 
son  is  given.  See  this  fulfilled  in  the  concep- 
tion, and  birth  of  Jesus.  Matt.  i.  18  to  25. 
Luke  i.  28  to  35. 

Gal.  iv.  4.  God  sent  forth  his  Son,  made  of 
a  woman. 

John  i.  14.  He  was  made  flesh. 

Heb.  ii.  14.  He  took  part  of  flesh  and  blood. 
•  Ver.  17.  Was  made  like  unto  his  brethren. 


Phil.  ii.  7.  Was  made  in  the  likeness  of 
men. — Ver.  8.  Was  found  in  fashion  as  a  man, 

IV.  The  nation,  tribe,  and  family  he  was 
to  descend  from.      Gen.  xii.  3.    Abram — in 
thee  shall  all  families  of  the  earth  be  blessed. 
Acts  iii.  25.     Gal.  iii.  8. 

xxi.  12.  In  Isaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called. 
Gal.  iii.  1 6.  Thy  seed,  which  is  Christ. 

xxvi.  4.  Isaac — in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth  be  blessed. 

xxviii.  14.  Jacob — in  thy  seed  shall  all  the 
families  of  the  earth  be  blessed. 

xlix.  8.  Judah — thy  brethren  shall  praise 
thee,  &c.  Ver.  1 0. 

Isa.  xi.  1.  David — a  branch  shall  grow  out 
o*F  his  roots. 

Ps.  Ixxxix.  29.  His  seed  will  I  make  to  en- 
dure for  ever.  See  Jer.  xxiii.  5. — xxxiii.  15. 
Ps.  xviii.  50. — Ixxxix.  4.  36. — cxxxii.  11. 

John  vii.  42.  Christ  cometh  of  the  seed  of 
David. 

Matt.  xxii.  42.  He  is  David's  son. 

ix.  27.  Thou  son  of  David  have  mercy  on 
us.  Ch.  xv.  22. — xx.  30. 

xxi.  9.  Hosannah  to  the  Son  of  David. 

Mark  xi.  10.  Blessed  be  the  kingdom  of  our 
father  David. 

Heb.  vii.  14.  It  is  evident  our  Lord  sprang 
from  Judah. 

Rom.  i.  3.  Jesus  Christ  was  made  of  the 
seed  of  David. 

Acts  xiii.  23.  Of  this  man's  seed,  according 
to  his  promise,  hath  God  raised  unto  Israel  a 
Saviour.  See  Christ's  descent  reckoned. 
Matt.  i.  1  to  18.  Luke  iii.  23  to  38. 

V.  The  time  of  Christ's  life  and  death 
fixed  by  other  events  foretold  in  prophecy, 
well  known  when  they  happened.    Gen.  xlix. 
10.  The  sceptre  shall  not  depart  from  Judah, 
nor   a  lawgiver  from   between  his   feet,  till 
Shiloh  come.     [As  a  proof  that  this  sceptre, 
the  ensign  of  government,  was  departed  from 
Judah  at  our  Saviour's   birth]-1— Joseph  and 
Mary,  with  others,  went  to  be  taxed  by  the 
authority  of  a  heathen  emperor.  Luke  ii.  1 — 3. 

Dan.  ix.  24.  Seventy  weeks  are  determined 
upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy  holy  city,  to 
finish  the  transgression,  and  to  make  an  end 
of  sins,  and  to  make  reconciliation  for  iniquity, 
and  to  bring  in  everlasting  righteousness,  and 
to  seal  up  the  vision  and  prophecy,  and  to 
anoint  the  most  holy. 

Ver.  25.  Know  therefore  and  understand, 
that  from  the  going  forth  of  the  command- 
ment to  restore  and  build  Jerusalem,  unto  the 
Messiah  the  prince,  shall  be  seven  weeks,  and 
threescore  and  two  weeks  :  the  street  shall  be 
built  again,  and  the  wall  even  in  troublous 
times. 


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CHAP.  IV. 


Ver.  26.  And  after  threescore  and  two 
weeks,  shall  Messiah  be  cut  otf,  but  not  for 
himself;  and  the  people  of  the  prince  that 
shall  come,  shall  destroy  the  city  and  the 
sanctuary,  and  the  end  thereof  shall  be  with  a 
flood,  and  unto  the  end  of  the  war  desolations 
are  determined. 

Hag.  ii.  7.  The  desire  of  all  nations  shall 
come,  and  I  wiil  fill  this  house  (viz.  the  tem- 
'  pie)  with  glory. — Ver.  9.  The  glory  of  this 
latter  house  shall  be  greater  than  that  of  the 
former  house.  (  This  glory  it  had  above  the 
former,  but  in  other  respects  it  was  inferior 
to  it.  Ezra  iii.  12.  This  fixes  the  coming  of 
Christ  while  the  temple  was  standing.') 

VI.  The  country  and  tovjn  where  Christ 
should  be  born.     Mic.  v.  2.<Thou  Bethlehem 
Ephratah,  though  thou  be  little  among  the 
thousands  of  Judah,  yet  out  of  thee  shall  he 
come  forth  unto  me,  that  is  to  be  ruler  in 
Israel. 

Fulfilled.  Matt.  ii.  1.  Jesus  was  born  in 
Bethlehem. 

John  vii.  42.  Christ  cometh  of  the  seed 
of  David,  and  out  of  the  town  of  Bethlehem 
where  David  was. 

VII.  Of  his  forerunner,  John  Baptist.  Isa. 
xl.  3.  The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the 
wilderness,  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

Mai.  iii.  1.  I  will  send  my  messenger,  and 
he  shall  prepare  the  way  before  me. 

iv.  5.  I  will  send  you  Elijah  the  prophet. — 
Fulfilled.  Matt  ^ iii.  1.  In  those  days  came 
John  the  Baptist,  preaching  in  the  wilderness 
of  Judea,  saying,  Repent,  for  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  at  hand.  Luke  i.  17. 

Matt.  xi.  14.  This  is  Elias  which  was  for  to 


come. 

xvii.   12.  Elias  is  come  already, 
ix.  13. 


Mark 


VIII.  His  purging  the  temple.    Ps.  Ixix.  9. 
The  zeal  of  thy  house  hath  eaten  me  up. 

Matt.  xxi.  12.  Jesus  cast  out  all  them  that 
sold  and  bought  in  the  temple.  Mark  xi.  15. 
Luke  xix.  45.  John  ii.  13,  &c. 

IX.  His  working  miracles.    Isa.  xxxv.  5,  6. 
The  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened,  the  ears 
of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped  :  The  lame  shall 
leap  as  a  hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb 
shall  sing. 

Fulfilled.  Matt  xv.  30.  Great  multitudes 
came  unto  him,  having  with  them  those  that 
were  lame,  blind,  dumb,  maimed,  and  many 
others,  and  he  healed  them.  See  New  Testa- 
ment Miracles. 

X.  That  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  should  be 


upon  him.  Isa.  xi.  2.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
shall  rest  upon  him,  the  Spirit  of  wisdom  and 
understanding,  &c.  Ver.  3. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon 
me,  because  he  hath  anointed  me  to  preach,  &c. 

Ps.  xlv.  7.  God  hath  anointed  thee  with  the 
oil  of  gladness  above  thy  fellows. 

Fulfilled.  Matt.  iii.  16.  He  saw  the  Spirit 
of  God  descending  like  a  dove,  and  lighting 
upon  him.  John  i.  33. 

John  iii.  34.  God  giveth  not  the  Spirit  by 
measure  unto  him. 

Acts  iv.  27.  Jesus  whom  thou  hast  anoint- 
ed. Ch.  x.  38. 

'  XI.  That  he  should  be  a  prophet.  Deut. 
xviii.  15.  The  Lord  thy  God  will  raise  up  unto 
thee  a  Prophet ;  unto  him  shall  ye  hearken. 

Heb.  i.  1.  God,  who  spake  unto  the  fathers 
by  the  prophets,  hath  in  these  last  days  spoken 
to  us  by  his  Son  Christ.  Heb.  ii.  3.  See 
Christ's  predictions  concerning  his  death,  &c. 

XII.  That  he  should  preach  or  teach.    Ps. 
xl.  9.     I  have  preached  righteousness  in«  the 
great  congregation. 

Isa.  Ixi.  1.  He  hath  anointed  me  to  preach 
good  tidings  unto  the  meek.  See  Isa.  xi.  2, 3, 
4. — ii.  3.  Mic.  iv.  2. 

Matt.  iv.  23.  Jesus  went  about  preaching 
the  gospel.  Ch.  ix.  35. 

xi.  27.  Neither  knoweth  any  man  the  Fa- 
ther, save  the  Son,  and  he  to  whomsoever  the 
Son  will  reveal  him.  Ch.  xvii.  5. 

John  vii.  14.  Now  about  the  midst  of  the 
feast,  Jesus  went  up  into  the  temple  and 
taught. — Ver.  16.  My  doctrine  is  not  mine, 
but  his  that  sent  me. 

xii.  49.  I  have  not  spoken  of  myself:  but 
the  Father  which  sent  me  gave  me  command- 
ment what  I  should  say.  Ch.  xiv.  10.  24. — 
(For  the  nature  of  his  preaching,  see  his  ser- 
mon, Matt.  5th,  6th,  7th  chapters.) 

XIII.  That  he  should  not  seek  the  applause 
of  men.    Isa.  xlii.  2.   He  shall  not  cry,  nor 
lift  up,  nor  cause  his  voice  to  be  heard  in  the 
street. 

Hence  he  said,  John  v.  41,  I  receive  not 
honour  from  men. 

Matt.  viii.  4.  See  thou  tell  no  man.  Ch.  ix. 
30.— xvi.  20.  Mark  vii.  24. 

Mark  v.  43.  See  that  no  man  know  it.  Ch. 
ix.  30. 

XIV.  That  he  should  be  a  sufferer.    Isa. 
Iii.  14.     His  visage  was  more  marred  than  any 
man. 

liii.  3.  A  man  of  sorrows  and  acquainted 
with  grief. 

Heb.  iv.  1 5.  He  was  touched  with  the  feel- 
ing of  our  infirmities. 


CHAP.  IV. 


PROPHECIES  CONCERNING  CHRIST. 


101 


Infirmities  which  he  endured.  Matt.  iv.  1. 
He  was  tempted  of  the  devil. 

Ver.  2.  He  fasted  and  hungered.  Ch. 
xxi.  18. 

John  xix.  28.  He  thirsted.     Ch.  iv.  7. 

iv.  6.  He  was  weary. 

Matt.  viii.  24.  He  slept.  John  xi.  35.  He 
wept. 

Mark  iii.  5.  He  was  grieved. 

John  xii.  27.  His  soul  was  troubled. 

Matt.  xxvi.  37.  He  was  sorrowful. 

Luke  xxli.  44.  In  an  agony  he  prayed. 

Matt.  viii.  20.  He  had  not  where  to  lay  his 
head. 

XV.  That  he  should  be  despised  of  men. 
Isa.  xlix.  7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  To  him 
whom  man  despiseth,  whom  the  nation  ab- 
horreth. 

liii.  2,  3.  He  hath  no  form  nor  comeliness, 
nor  beauty  that  we  should  desire  him.  He  is 
despised  and  rejected  of  men ;  and  we  esteemed 
him  not. 

Ps.  xxii.  6.  I  am  despised  of  the  people. 
Ps.  cxviii.  22. 

Fulfilled.  John  i.  1 1.  He  came  to  his  own, 
and  his  own  received  him  not. 

Luke  xix.  14.  They  say,  We  will  not  have 
this  man  to  reign  over  us. 

Matt,  xxvii.  23.  The  people  said,  Let  him 
be  crucified.  Ver.  25.  His  blood  be  upon  us 
and  our  children. 

Luke  xxiii.  18.  They  cried  out  all  at  once, 
saying,  Away  with  this  man. 

John  xviii.  40.  Release  unto  us,  not  this 
man,  but  Barabbas. 

XVI.  He  was  hated.    Luke  xix.  14.  His 
citizens  hated  him. 

John  vii.  7.  The  world  hateth  me. 

xv.  18.  It  hated  me  before  it  hated  you. 

Matt.  x.  22.  Ye  shall  be  hated  for  my 
name's  sake.  Ch.  xxiv.  9.  Mark  xiii.  13. 
Luke  xxi.  17. 

XVII.  That  he  should  be  reproached.    Ps. 
xxii.  6.    I  am  a  reproach  of  men. 

XVIII.  Reproaches  cast  upon  him.    Matt. 
xiii.  55.  Is  not  this  the  carpenter's  son. — Ver. 
57.  They  were  offended  in  him. 

Mark  vi.  3.  Is  not  this  the  carpenter,  the 
son  of  Mary  1 

John  i.  46.  Can  any  good  thing  come  out 
of  Nazareth  ] 

vii.  52.  Out  of  Galilee  ariseth  no  prophet 

Luke  vii.  39.  If  this  man  were  a  prophet, 
he  would  have  known  who  and  what  manner 
of  woman  this  is  that  toucheth  him,  for  she 
is  a  sinner. 

John  ix.  24.  This  man  is  a  sinner. 


Luke  xv.  2.  He  receiveth  sinners,  and  eateth 
with  them. 

Matt.  xi.  19.  He  is  a  man  gluttonous,  and 
a  wine-bibber,  a  friend  of  publicans  and  sin- 
ners. Luke  vii.  34. 

xxvii.  63.  A  deceiver.  John  vii.  12.  H? 
deceiveth  the  people. 

John  ix.  16.  This  man  is  not  of  God. 

Matt.  ix.  3.  This  man  blasphemeth. 

xxvi.  65.  Ye  have  heard  his  blasphemy. 
John  x.  33. 

John  x.  20.  He  hath  a  devil,  and  is  mad, 
why  hear  ye  him  ] 

viii.  48.  Thou  art  a  Samaritan,  and  hast  a 
devil.  Ver.  52. 

Matt.  xii.  24.  This  fellow  doth  not  cast  out 
devils,  but  by  Beelzebub  the  prince  of  devils. 
Ch.  ix.  34. 

Luke  xvi.  14.  They  derided  him.  Ch. 
xxiii.  35. 

Matt,  xxvii.  29.  They  mocked  him.  Ver. 
31.  Mark  xv.  20. 

John  v.  16.  They  call  him  a  Sabbath* 
breaker. 

Heb.  xii.  3.  He  endured  such  contradiction 
of  sinners  against  himself. 

XIX.  That  he  should  be  persecuted.    Isa. 
liii.  4.  We  did  esteem  him  stricken,  smitten 
of  God  and  afflicted. 

Ps.  Ixix.  26.  They  persecute  him  whom 
thoxi  hast  smitten ;  they  talk  to  the  grief  of 
those  whom  thou  hast  wounded.  Ps.  vii.  1. 

Fulfilled.  John  v.  16.  The  Jews  did  per- 
secute Jesus,  and  sought  to  slay  him,  because 
he  had  done  these  things  on  the  Sabbath  day. 
— Ver.  18.  They  sought  the  more  to  kill  him, 
because  he  said  that  God  was  his  Father. 

xv.  20.  If  they  have  persecuted  me,  they 
will  persecute  you  also. 

XX.  That  Jews  and  Gentiles  should  join 
against  him.     Ps.  ii.  1,  2.  Why  do  the  hea- 
then  rage,  and  the  people  imagine   a  vain 
thing]     The  kings  of  the   earth  set  them- 
selves, and  the  rulers  take  counsel  together 
against  the  Lord,  and  against  his  anointed. 

Fulfilled.  Matt.  xii.  14.  The  Pharisees  held 
a  counsel  together  how  they  might  destroy 
him.  Mark  iii.  6.  John  xi.  53. 

Luke  xxiii.  12.  Pilate  and  Herod  were 
made  friends  together. 

Acts  iv.  27,  28.  Against  thy  holy  child  Je- 
sus, whom  thou  hast  anointed,  both  Herod 
and  Pontius  Pilate,  with  the  Gentiles,  and  the 
people  of  Israel,  were  gathered  together,  for  to 
do  whatsoever  thy  hand  and  thy  counsel  de- 
termined before  to  be  done. 

XXI.  Should  be  sold  for  money.    Zech. 
xi.  12,  13.  They  weighed  for  my  price  thirty 

i  2 


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PROPHECIES   CONCERNING   CHRIST. 


CHAP.  IV. 


pieces  of  silver :  a  goodly  price  that  I  was 
prized  at  of  them.     Amos  ii.  6. 

Fulfilled.  Matt.  xxvi.  15,  16.  They  co- 
venanted with  Judas  for  thirty  pieces  of  silver: 
and  from  that  time  he  sought  opportunity  to 
betray  him. 

XXII.  The  use  they  apply  the  money  to 
foretold.     Zech.   xi.   13.    I  took  the   thirty 
pieces  of  silver,  and  cast  them  to  the  potter 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

Fulfilled.  Matt,  xxvii.  7,  8.  They  bought 
with  them  the  potter's  field,  to  bury  strangers 
m.  Wherefore  that  field  was  called  the  field 
of  blood  unto  this  day.  Acts  i.  16.  19. 

XXIII.  Prophecies  of  Christ  concerning 
who  should  betray  him.     John  vi.  64.  Jesus 
knew  from  the  beginning  who  should  betray 
him. 

Ver.  70,  71.  He  said,  Have  not  I  chosen 
you  twelve  1  and  one  of  you  is  a  devil.  He 
spake  this  of  Judas ;  for  he  it  was  that  should 
betray  him. 

Matt.  xxvi.  21.  One  of  you  shall  betray 
me. — Ver.  23.  He  that  dippeth  his  hand  with 
me  in  the  dish  shall  betray  me. 

Luke  xxii.  21.  The  hand  of  him  that  be- 
trayeth  me  is  with  me  oh  the  table. 

John  xiii.  18.  He  that  eateth  bread  with 
me  hath  lift  up  his  heel  against  me. 

Fulfilled.  Matt.  xxvi.  14,  15, 16.  Then  one 
of  the  twelve,  called  Judas  Iscariot,  went  unto 
the  chief  priests,  and  said  unto  them,  What 
will  ye  give  me,  and  I  will  deliver  him  unto 
you1?  And  they  covenanted  with  him  for 
thirty  pieces  of  silver.  And  from  that  time  he 
sought  opportunity  to  betray  him. 

Ver.  47.  Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  came, 
and  with  him  a  great  multitude. 

Ver.  48,  49.  He  gave  them  a  sign,  saying, 
Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  the  same  is  he.  And 
forthwith  he  came  to  Jesus,  and  said,  Hail, 
Master,  and  kissed  him. 

XXIV.  Concerning  the  miserable  end  of 
Judas.     Ps.  cix.  7,  8.    When   he  shall   be 
judged,  let  him  be  condemned.     Let  his  days 
be  few,  and  let  another  take  his  office.     Acts 
i.  20. 

Thus  expressed  by  Christ.  Matt.  xxvi.  24. 
Wo  unto  that  man  by  whom  the  Son  of  man 
is  betrayed  !  it  had  been  good  for  that  man  if 
he  had  not  been  born. 

Fulfilled.  Matt,  xxvii.  4,  5.  Judas  said,  I 
have  sinned,  in  that  I  have  betrayed  innocent 
blood.  And  he  went  and  hanged  himself. 

Acts  i.  25.  That  he  might  go  to  his  own 
place. 

XXV.  That  Christ  should  be  forsaken. 


Zech.  xiii.  7.  Awake,  0  sword,  against  my 
Shepherd,  and  against  the  man  that  is  my 
fellow,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  smite  the 
Shepherd,  and  the  sheep  shall  be  scattered. 

Thus  expressed  by  Christ.  Matt.  xxvi.  31. 
All  ye  shall  be  offended  because  of  me  this 
night.  Mark  xiv.  27.  John  xvi.  32. — Ful- 
filled. Ver.  56.  They  all  forsook  him  and 
fled. 

XXVI.  Peter's  denying  him.    Matt.  xxvi. 
34.  Peter,  thou  shalt  deny  me. 

Ver.  70—74.  Peter  denied,  &c.  He  denied 
again  with  an  oath.  He  denied,  and  began 
to  curse  and  to  swear. 

XXVII.  That  Christ  should  be  beaten  and 
spit  on.     Ps.  xxii.  16.  The  assembly  of  the 
wicked  have  enclosed  me. 

Isa.  1.  6.  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters, 
and  my  cheeks  to  them  that  plucked  off  the 
hair :  I  hid  not  my  face  from  shame  and  spit- 
ting.— Fulfilled.  Matt.  xxvi.  67. 

Mic.  v.  1.  They  shall  smite  the  Judge  of 
Israel  with  a  rod  upon  the  cheek. — Fulfilled, 
Matt,  xxvii.  30. 

XXVIII.  Christ's  own  testimony  of  this. 
Matt.  xvi.  21.  From  that  time  forth  Jesus  be- 
gan to  shew  unto  his  disciples,  how  that  he 
must  go  unto  Jerusalem,  and   suffer  many 
things  of  the  elders  and  chief  priests,  and 
scribes,  and  be  killed,  and  be  raised  again  the 
third  day. 

Matt.  xx.  18,  19.  Behold,  we  go  up  unto 
Jerusalem,  (Luke  xiii.  33.  For  it  cannot  be 
that  a  prophet  perish  out  of  Jerusalem)  and 
the  Son  of  Man  shall  be  betrayed  unto  the 
chief  priests,  and  unto  the  scribes ;  and  they 
shall  condemn  him  to  death,  and  shall  deliver 
him  unto  the  Gentiles,  to  mock,  &c.  Mark 
x.  34.  To  spit  upon,  and  to  scourge,  and  to 
kill  him ;  and  the  third  day  he  shall  rise  again. 

XXIX.  Concerning  what  kind  of  death  he 
should  die.     Ps.  xxii.  16.  They  pierced  my 
hands  and  feet 

Zech.  xii.  10.  They  shall  look  on  me  whom 
they  have  pierced. 

John  iii.  14.  As  Moses  lifted  up  the  serpent 
in  the  wilderness,  so  must  the  Son  of  man  be 
lifted  up. 

Matt.  xxvi.  2.  After  two  days  is  the  pass- 
over,  and  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  to  be 
crucified. — Ver.  45.  The  hour  is  at  hand,  and 
the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the  hands  of 
sinners. 

XXX.  Christ's  'silence.    Isa.  liii.   7.    He 
was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted,  yet  he 
opened  not  his  mouth:  he  is  brought  as  a 


CHAP.  IV. 


PROPHECIES  CONCERNING   CHRIST. 


103 


lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before 
her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  opened  not  his 
mouth. 

Fulfilled.  Matt,  xxvii.  12.  When  he  was 
accused,  he  answered  nothing.  Mark  xiv.  61. 
— xv.  3.  5.  Luke  xxiii.  9. 

1  Pet.  ii.  23.  When  he  was  reviled,  he  re- 
viled not  again. 

XXXI.  They  give  sentence  against  him. 
Matt.  xxvi.  66.  They  condemn  him  to 
death. 

Ver.  67,  68.  Then  did  they  spit  in  his  face, 
and  buffeted  him ;  others  smote  him  with  the 
palms  of  their  hands,  saying,  Prophesy  to  us, 
thou  Christ,  who  is  he  that  smote  thee]  Luke 
xxii.  64. 

Luke  xxiii.  1.  They  lead  him  to  Pilate  (a 
Gentile.) 

Ver.  7.  Pilate  sends  him  to  Herod. — Ver. 
11.  Herod  with  his  men  of  war  set  him  at 
nought,  and  mocked  him,  and  sent  him  again 
to  Pilate. 

Ver.  21.  The  people  cried,  Crucify  him. — 
Ver.  23.  And  the  voices  of  them,  and  of  the 
chief  priests,  prevailed. 

Ver.  24.  And  Pilate  gave  sentence,  that  it 
should  be  even  as  they  required. 

Matt,  xxvii.  26.  Pilate  scourged  Jesus,  and 
delivered  him  to  be  crucified.  Ver.  27,  28,  29. 

Ver.  30,  31.  They  spit  upon  him,  and 
smote  him  on  the  head,  and  led  him  away  to 
crucify  him. 

XXXn.  They  give  him  gall    Ps.  xxii.  15. 

My  tongue  cleaveth  to  my  jaws. 

Ixix.  21.  They  gave  me  gall  for  my  meat, 
and  in  my  thirst,  they  gave  me  vinegar  to 
drink.— Fulfilled.  Matt,  xxvii.  34.  They 
gave  him  vinegar  mingled  with  gall.  Ver.  48. 
Mark  xv.  36.  Luke  xxiii.  36.  John 
xix.  29. 

XXXIII.  They  mock  him  on  the  cross.   Ps. 
xxii.  7.  All  they  that  see   me  laugh  me  to 
scorn  ;  saying,  He  trusted  on  the  Lord,  let  him 
deliver  him.     See  this  fulfilled.     Matt,  xxvii. 
ver.  39  to  44.     Mark  xv.  29. 

XXXIV.  Part  his  garments.    Ps.  xxii.  18. 
They  part  my  garments  among  them,  and  cast 
lots  upon  my  vesture.     Mark  xv.  24. 

XXXV.  His  words  on    the    cross.     Ps. 
xxii.  1.  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me.     Mark  xv.  34. 

Prays  for  his  enemies.  Isa.  liii.  12.  He 
made  intercession  for  the  transgressors. 

Fulfilled.  Luke  xxiii.  34.  Then  said  Je- 
sus, Father,  forgive  them,  for  they  know  not 
what  they  do. 


XXXVI.  His  death.    Dan.ix.26.  Messiah 
shall  be  cut  off. 

Isa.  liii.  8.  Cut  off  out  of  the  land  of  the 
iving. — Ver.  12.  He  hath  poured  out  his  soul 
unto  death. 

Luke  xxii.  53.  This  is  your  hour,  and  the 
power  of  darkness. — Matt,  xxvii.  50.  Jesus 
cried  and  yielded  up  the  ghost.  Mark  xv.  37. 
39.  Luke  xxiii.  46.  John  xix.  30. 

Isa.  liii.  12.  He  was  numbered  with  trans- 
gressors. Mark  xv.  27.  With  him  they  cru- 
cified two  thieves. 

XXXVII.  A  bone  of  him  should  not  be 
broken.     1  Cor.  v.  7.  Christ  our  passover  is 
sacrificed  for  us. 

John  xix.  36.  That  the  scripture  might  be 
fulfilled.  A  bone  of  him  shall  not  be  broken, 
/omp.  Ex.  xii.  46. 

XXXVIII.  Buried  with  the  rich.    Isa.  liii. 
.  He  made  his  grave  with  the  rich. 

Matt,  xxvii.  57,  58.  There  came  a  rich  man 
of  Arimathea,  and  begged  the  body  of  Jesus. 
— 'Ver.  59,  60.  He  wrapped  it  in  clean  linen, 
and  laid  it  in  his  own  new  tomb. 

Ver.  66.  They  made  the  sepulchre  sure, 
sealing  the  stone  and  setting  a  watch. 

XXXIX.  That  he  should  arise  from  the 
dead.     Ps.  xvi.  10.  Thou  wilt  not  leave  my 
soul  in  hell,  neither  wilt  thou  suffer  thy  holy 
one  to  see  corruption. 

Christ  often  promised  he  should  rise  on  the 
third  day,  which  answers  to  his  not  seeing 
corruption,  in  the  foregoing  text.  See  Matt. 
xvi.  21. — xx.  19.  Mark  viii.  31. 

XL.  Christ  seems  to  rest  the  credit  of  all 
his  pretensions  on  this  event  of  his  rising  from 
the  dead.  Matt.  xvi.  16.  Peter  said  unto  him, 
Thou  art  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God. — 
Ver.  20.  He  charged  his  disciples  that  they 
should  tell  no  man  that  he  was  Jesus  the 
Christ,  (Mark  ix.  9,)  till  the  Son  of  man  were 
risen  from  the  dead. 

XLI.  The  witnesses  of  his  resurrection. 
Matt,  xxviii.  5 — 7.  The  angel  said  to  the 
women,  Fear  not  ye ;  for  I  know  that  ye  seek 
Jesus  which  was  crucified.  He  is  not  here, 
for  he  is  risen  as  he  said.  Go  quickly  and 
tell  his  disciples,  that  he  is  risen  from  the 
dead,  and  behold  he  goeth  before  you  into  Ga- 
lilee, there  shall  ye  see  him.  See  John  xx. 
and  Mark  xvi.  6,  7.  Luke  xxiv.  5,  6. 

XLII.  Other  evidences  of  Chrisfs  resurrec- 
tion are,  his  appearances  often  after  he  arose, 
to  many  who  had  been  personally  acquainted 
with  him  before  his  death.  Mark  xvi.  9.  He 
appeared  first  to  Mary  Magdalene.  John  xx.  14. 


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PROPHECIES  CONCERNING  CHRIST. 


CHAP.  IV. 


Matt,  xxviii.  9.  To  other  women. 

Mark  xvi.  12.  To  two  disciples  as  they 
went  into  the  country. 

Luke  xxiv.  36.  To  the  eleven  and  others 
with  them. — Ver.  40.  He  shewed  his  hands 
and  his  feet  to  them. — Ver.  43.  He  did  eat 
before  them.  Mark  xvi.  14.  John  xx.  19. 

John  xx.  26,  27.  To  the  disciples:  and 
said  to  Thomas,  Reach  hither  thy  hand,  and 
thrust  it  into  my  side,  and  be  not  faithless  but 
believing. 

Luke  xxiv.  34.  He  appeared  to  Simon. 

John  xxi.  1.  To  the  disciples,  at  the  sea  of 
Tiberias. 

Matt  xxviii.  16.  To  the  eleven,  on  a  moun- 
tain in  Galilee. 

Acts  i.  3.  To  the  apostles  he  shewed  him- 
self alive  after  his  passion,  by  many  infallible 
proofs ;  being  seen  of  them  forty  days,  and 
speaking  of  the  things  pertaining  to  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

1  Cor.  xv.  6.  He  was  seen  of  above  five 
hundred  brethren  at  once. 

Acts  x.  40,  41.  Him  God  raised  up  the 
third  day,  and  shewed  him  openly  unto  wit- 
nesses chosen  before  of  God ;  even  to  us,  who 
did  eat  and  drink  with  him  after  he  rose  from 
the  dead. 

ii.  32.  This  Jesus  hath  God  raised  up, 
whereof  we  all  are  witnesses. 

1  Cor.  xv.  14.  If  Christ  be  not  risen,  then 
is  our  preaching  vain,  and  your  faith  is  also 
vain. 

XLIII.  He  was  raised  by  the  power  of  God. 
Rom.  vi.  4.  Christ  was  raised  from  the  dead 
by  the  glory  of  the  Father. 

Heb.  xiii.  20.  The  God  of  peace  brought 
again  from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus. 

Rom.  i.  4.  He  was  declared  to  be  the  Son 
of  God  with  power,  by  the  resurrection  from 
the  dead. 

1  Cor.  xv.  20.  He  is  the  first-fruits  of  them 
that  slept. 

Rev.  i.  5.  The  first-begotten  of  the  dead. 
See  Acts  iii.  15.  26. — iv.  10.  33. — v.  30. — 
xiii.  30.  33,  34. — xvii.  3,  Rom.  iv.  24,  25. — 
vii.  4. — viii.  11.  1  Cor.  vi.  14. — xv.  14 — 18. 
Eph.  i.  20.  Col.  ii.  12.  1  Thess.  i.  10. 
2  Tim.  ii.  8.  1  Pet  i.  21. 

XLIV.  Concerning  Christ's  ascension. 
Ps.  xvi.  11.  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of 
life. 

Ixviii.  18.  Thou  hast  ascended  on  high; 
thou  hast  led  captivity  captive;  thou  hast  re- 
ceived gifts  for  men.  Ps.  xxiv.  7. 

John  vi.  62.  What  and  if  ye  shall  see  the 
Son  of  man  ascend  up,  where  he  was  before  1 
Ch.xiv.  12. 

xx.  17.  Jesus  said,  I  ascend  unto  my  Fa- 


ther and  your  Father,  to  my  God  and  your 
God. 

Fulfilled.  Luke  xxiv.  51.  It  came  to  pass 
while  he  blessed  them,  he  was  parted  from 
them,  and  carried  up  into  heaven.  Mark 
xvi.  19. 

Acts  i.  9.  While  they  beheld  he  was  taken 
up;  and  a  cloud  received  him  out  of  their 
sight. 

XLV.  That  he  should  sit  at  God's  right 
hand.  Ps.  ex.  1.  The  Lord  said  unto  my 
Lord,  Sit  thou  at  my  right  hand,  until  I  make 
thine  enemies  thy  footstool.  Matt.  xxii.  44. 

cxviii.  22.  The  stone  which  the  builders  re- 
fused, &c. 

Acts  vii.  55,  56.  Stephen,  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  looked  up  steadfastly  into  heaven,  and 
saw  the  glory  of  God,  and  Jesus  standing  on 
the  right  hand  of  God ;  and  said,  Behold,  I  see 
the  heavens  opened,  and  the  Son  of  man 
standing  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 

XL VI.  The  Holy  Ghost  promised.  Isa. 
xliv.  3.  I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed, 
and  my  blessing  upon  thine  offspring. 

Joel  ii.  28.  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit  upon 
all  flesh.  Acts  ii.  17. 

XL  VII.  Also  promised  by  Christ.  Luke 
xxiv.  49.  Behold,  I  send  the  promise  of  my 
Father  upon  you ;  but  tarry  ye  in  the  city  of 
Jerusalem  until  ye  be  endued  with  power  from 
on  high.  Acts  i.  4. 

John  xiv.  16.  I  will  pray  the  Father,  and 
he  shall  give  you  another  Comforter,  that  he 
may  abide  with  you  for  ever. — Ver.  26.  He 
shall  teach  you  all  things,  and  bring  all  things 
to  your  remembrance,  whatsoever  I  have  said 
unto  you. 

xv.  26,  27.  He  shall  testify  of  me :  And  ye 
also  shall  bear  witness,  because  ye  have  been 
with  me  from  the  beginning. 

Acts  i.  5.  Ye  shall  be  baptized  with  the 
Holy  Ghost  not  many  days  hence. 

Matt  iii.  11.  John  said  of  Christ,  He  shall 
baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire. 

Fulfilled.  Acts  ii.  4.  They  were  all  filled 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  began  to  speak  with 
other  tongues  as  the  Spirit  gave  them  utter- 
ance.— Ver.  16.  Peter  said,  This  is  that  which 
was  spoken  by  the  prophet  Joel. 

Ver.  33.  Jesus,  being  by  the  right  hand  of 
God  exalted,  and  having  received  of  the  Father 
the  promise  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  hath  shed 
forth  this,  which  ye  now  see  and  hear. 

XLVIII.  Other  prophecies  uttered  by 
Christ.  The  persecutions  of  Christians. 
Matt  x.  22.  Ye  shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for 


CHAP.  IV. 


MIRACLES   OF  CHRIST. 


105 


my  sake.  Ver.  16.  Mark  xiii.  13.  Luke 
xxi.  17.— x.  3. 

xxiv.  9.  Then  shall  they  deliver  you  up  to  be 
afflicted,  and  shall  kill  you.  Ch.  x.  17.  John 
xvi.  2.  Matt,  xxiii.  34. — v.  1 1. — x.  22.  John 
xv.  20. 

Fulfilled.  Acts  vi.  12.  They  stoned  Ste. 
phen.  Ch.  vii.  59. 

viii.  1.  At  that  time  there  was  a  great  per- 
secution. 

ix.  1.  Saul  persecuted  them.  Ch.  xxii.  7, 
8.— xxvi.  14,  15. 

xxvi.  9.  I  verily  thought  with  myself  that 
I  ought  to  do  many  things  against  the  name 
of  Jesus.  Ver.  11.  Ch.  xxii.  19. 

Acts  xxviii.  22.  As  concerning  this  sect,  we 
know  that  everywhere  it  is  spoken  against. 

MIRACLES  OF  CHRIST. 

XLIX.  The  evidence  of  miracles  appealed 
to  as  a  foundation  of  faith  in  Christ.  Matt, 
xi.  5.  To  determine  John  the  Baptist's  faith, 
Christ  only  sends  him  an  account  of  his  mira- 
cles and  ministry. 

John  v.  36.  The  works  that  I  do  bear  wit- 
ness of  me  that  the  Father  hath  sent  me.  Ch. 
ix.  4.— x.  25. 

x.  37,  38.  If  I  do  not  the  works  of  my  Fa- 
ther, believe  me  not.  Though  ye  believe  not 
me,  believe  the  works ;  that  ye  may  know  and 
believe  that  the  Father  is  in  me,  and  I  in  him. 
Ch.  xiv.  11. 

xv.  24.  If  I  had  not  done  among  them  the 
works  which  none  other  man  did,  they  had 
not  had  sin.  Ch.  iv.  48.  Except  ye  see  signs 
and  wonders,  ye  will  not  believe. 

xx.  30,  31.  Many  other  signs  did  Jesus, 
which  are  not  written :  But  these  are  written, 
that  ye  might  believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ, 
the  Son  of  God ;  and  that  believing  ye  might 
have  life  through  his  name. 

xii.  37.  Though  he  had  done  so  many 
miracles,  some  believed  not. 

Matt.  xi.  20.  He  began  to  upbraid  the  cities 
wherein  most  of  his  mighty  works  were  done, 
because  they  repented  not.  Acts  ii.  22.  Je- 
sus approved  of  God  by  miracles,  and  won- 
ders, and  signs,  which  God  did  by  him. 

L.  New  Testament  miracles,  a  foundation 
of  faith  in  Christ. 

Miracles  attending  the  birth  of  Christ,  and 
that  of  John  his  forerunner.  Luke  i.  20. 
Zacharias  is  struck  dumb  for  unbelief. — Ver. 
64.  The  use  of  his  speech  is  restored. 

Ver.  41.  The  babe  leaped  in  Elisabeth's 
womb :  she  is  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
prophesieth  of  Christ. 

Matt.  i.  18.  Christ's  miraculous  conception 
and  birth  foretold  by  an  angel.     Ver.  20. 
14 


Luke  ii.  11.  15.  Christ's  birth  published  by 
an  angel,  to  shepherds ;  who,  thereby  finding 
him,  glorified  God.  Ver.  20. 

Matt.  ii.  2.  An  extraordinary  star  appears, 
and  guides  the  wise  men  to  where  Christ  was : 
they  worship  him.  Ver.  11. 

Luke  ii.  25 — 38.  Simeon  and  Anna  are 
directed  by  the  Spirit  to  acknowledge  Christ, 
and  speak  of  him. 

LI.  Miraculous  cures  performed  by  Christ, 
and  the  effects  thereof.  Matt.  iv.  23.  Jesus 
went  about  all  Galilee,  teaching  in  their  syna- 
gogues, and  preaching  the  gospel  of  the  king- 
dom, and  healing  all  manner  of  sickness,  and 
all  manner  of  disease,  among  the  people. — 
Ver.  24.  And  they  brought  unto  him  all  sick 
people  that  were  taken  with  divers  diseases 
and  torments,  and  those  which  were  possessed 
with  devils,  and  those  which  were  lunatic,  and 
those  that  had  the  palsy  ;  and  he  healed  them. 

The  effects  thereof:  Ver.  24,  25.  His  fame 
spread  abroad ;  and  there  followed  him  great 
multitudes. 

xi.  5.  The  blind  receive  their  sight,  the  lame 
walk,  the  lepers  are  cleansed,  the  deaf  hear, 
the  dead  are  raised  up.  Isa.  xxxv.  6. 

xv.  30.  Great  multitudes  came  unto  him, 
having  with  them  those  that  were  lame,  blind, 
dumb,  maimed,  and  many  others,  and  he  heal- 
ed them.  Effect  :  Ver.  31.  They  wondered, 
and  glorified  God. 

LII.  Devils  cast  out  by  Christ.  Matt.  viii.  1 6. 
He  cast  out  the  spirits  with  his  word.  (Mark 
i.  32,  33.  Luke  iv.  40.)  Ver.  28.  Out  of 
two  men  he  cast  devils,  who  enter  into  the 
swine.  Ver.  32.  Mark  v.  2.  8.  15.  Luke 
viii.  26.  29.  Effect :  The  people  were  taken 
with  great  fear. 

ix.  32.  He  casts  a  devil  out  of  a  dumb  man, 
who  then  spake.  Effect :  The  people  mar- 
velled saying,  It  was  never  so  seen  in  Israel. 

xii.  22,  23.  He  casts  a  devil  out  of  a  man, 
blind  and  dumb,  who  then  both  spake  and 
saw.  (Luke  xi.  14.)  Effect:  The  people 
were  amazed,  and  said,  Is  not  this  the  son  of 
David  1 

xv.  22.  He  cast  a  devil  out  of  the  daughter 
of  a  woman  of  Canaan.  Mark  vii.  25.  He 
commended  her  faith. 

xvii.  15.  Casts  a  devil  out  of  a  child  that 
was  a  lunatic,  and  sore  vexed  with  a  devil. 
(Mark  ix.  17.  Luke  ix.  43.)  Effect:  The 
people  were  all  amazed  at  the  mighty  power 
of  God.  The  father  of  the  child  said,  I  be- 
lieve, help  thou  mine  unbelief. 

Mark  i.  23.  Christ  casts  out  an  unclean 
spirit.  (Luke  iv.  36.)  Effect :  Ver.  27,  28. 
The  people  were  amazed,  and  his  fame  spread 
abroad. 


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MIRACLES  OF  CHRIST. 


CHAP.  IV. 


Ver.  34.  He  casts  out  many  devils. 

xvi.  9.  Casts  seven  devils  out  of  Mary  Mag- 
dalene. Luke  viii.  2. 

Luke  xiii.  32.  Christ  said,  I  do  cures,  and 
cast  out  devils. 

Thus  literally  did  Christ— Gen.  iii.  15. 
Bruise  the  serpent's  head. 

Heb.  ii.  14.  Destroy  the  devil,  and  his 
works.  1  John  iii.  8. 

John  xii.  31.  Cast  out  the  prince  of  this 
world.  Luke  xi.  22.  Being  stronger  than  he. 

Col.  ii.  15.  Spoil  principalities  and  powers. 

Luke  xi.  20.  By  the  finger,  the  power,  and 
Spirit  of  God. 

LIII.  Christ  heals  sicknesses.  Matt.  viii.  1 3. 
The  servant  of  a  believing  centurion.  Luke 
vii.  10.  Peter's  wife's  mother.  Mark  i.  30. 
Luke  iv.  38. 

ix.  35.  Every  sickness  and  disease  among 
the  people.  Matt.  xii.  15. — xiv.  14.  Luke 
ix.  1 1. 

John  iv.  50.  A  nobleman's  son.  Effect: 
Ver.  53.  The  father  of  the  child,  and  his  whole 
house,  believed. 

Christ  cures  blindness.  Matt.  ix.  30.  Two 
blind  men,  by  touching  their  eyes.  Effect  : 
Ver.  31.  His  fame  spread  abroad. 

Mark  viii.  22,  23.  A  blind  man,  by  spitting 
upon  his  eyes. 

x.  46.  Cures  Bartimeus.  Luke  vii.  21. 
Cures  many.  Mark  vi.  56. 

John  ix.  6,  7.  A  blind  man,  by  anointing 
his  eyes  with  clay.  Effect.-  Ver.  32,  33. 
The  man  said,  Since  the  world  began  was  it 
not  heard,  that  any  man  opened  the  eyes  of  one 
that  was  born  blind.  If  this  man  were  not  of 
God,  he  could  do  nothing.  Ver.  16.  38.  Isa. 
xxix.  18. — xxxv.  5. 

Deafness.  Mark  vii.  32.  A  man  that  was 
deaf,  and  had  an  impediment  in  his  speech, 
by  putting  his  fingers  into  his  ears  and  touch- 
ing his  tongue.  Effect :  Ver.  37.  They  were 
beyond  measure  astonished,  saying,  He  hath 
done  all  things  well.  Matt.  xi.  5. 

Lameness.  Luke  xiii.  13.  Makes  straight 
a  woman  bowed  down  with  an  infirmity. 
Effect .-  She  glorified  God. 

Luke  xxii.  51.  Heals  a  servant's  ear  that 
was  cut  off. 

John  v.  8.  Cures  a  man  at  the  pool  of 
Bethesda. 

The  leprosy.  Matt.  viii.  3.  A  leper,  by 
touching  him.  Mark  i.  40.  Effect.-  They 
blazed  abroad  his  fame. 

Luke  xvii.  14.  Ten  lepers.  Effect :  One 
of  them  who  was  a  Samaritan,  glorified  God, 
and  returned  to  Jesus  and  gave  him  thanks. 

xiv.  2.  4.  Cures  the  dropsy. 

The  palsy.  Matt.  iv.  24.— viii.  6.  Mark 
ii.  3.  5. 10. 12.  Luke  v.  18.  24, 25.  Effect  .- 


They  marvelled  and  glorified  God ;  and  his 
fame  spread  abroad. 

ix.  22.  He  cures  a  bloody  issue.  Luke  viii. 
44. 

xii.  10.  He  restores  a  withered  hand.  Luke 
yi.  10. 

LIV.  Christ  raises  the  dead  to  life.  Matt 
ix.  25.  Jairus's  daughter. 

Luke  vii.  1 1 .  A  widow's  son. 

John  xi.  39.  Lazarus.  Effect:  Ver.  45. 
Ch.  xii.  11.  Many  of  the  Jews  believed  on 
him  because  of  Lazarus. 

LV.  He  calms  the  mind  and  sea,  &c. 
Matt.  viii.  27.  Mark  vi.  51.  Luke  viii.  24. 
Effect :  They  marvelled,  saying,  What  man- 
ner of  man  is  this,  that  even  the  winds  and 
the  sea  obey  him ! 

xiv.  25.  He  walked  on  the  sea.  John 
vi.  19. 

xiv.  29.  Makes  Peter  walk  upon  the  water. 

Mark  vi.  43.  Feeds  five  thousand,  with  five 
loaves,  and  two  fishes. 

viii.  8.  Feeds  four  thousand,  with  seven 
loaves,  and  a  few  fishes. 

John  ii.  8.  He  turns  water  into  wine.  Ef- 
fect .-  Ver.  23.  Ch.  iii.  2.  Many  believed  on 
him,  seeing  the  miracles  which  he  did. 

xxi.  6.  Directs  the  disciples  to  take  a  great 
draught  of  fishes.  Effect :  Luke  v.  8.  Peter 
fell  down  and  said,  Depart  from  me,  for  I  am 
a  sinful  man,  O  Lord. 

Matt.  xvii.  27.  Directs  Peter  to  find  a  piece 
of  money  in  a  fish's  mouth. 

xxi.  19.  He  curses  the  barren  fig-tree,  which 
immediately  withers. 

LVI.  Miracles  accompanying  the  death  of 
Christ.  Matt.xxvii.  45.  A  supernatural  dark- 
ness.— Ver.  51,  52.  The  veil  of  the  temple 
rent,  the  earth  quaked,  the  rocks  rent,  graves 
opened,  and  many  bodies  of  saints  arose. 

Effect .-  Ver.  54.  The  centurion  and  those 
that  were  with  him,  seeing  these  things,  said, 
Truly  this  was  the  Son  of  God. 

xxviii.  2.  A  great  earthquake  at  his  resur- 
rection. 

LVII.  Christ  empowers  his  disciples  to 
work  miracles  for  propagating  the  Gospel. 
Matt.  x.  1 .  He  gave  them  power  against  un- 
clean spirits,  to  cast  them  out,  and  to  heal  all 
manner  of  sickness,  and  all  manner  of  dis- 


Ver.  8.  He  said  unto  them,  Heal  the  sick, 
cleanse  the  lepers,  raise  the  dead,  cast  out 
devils ;  freely  ye  have  received,  freely  give. 
Mark  iii.  15. — vi.  7. — xvi.  17.  Luke  ix.  1. — 
x.  19.— xxiv.  49.  1  Cor.  xii.  9.  28.  30. 


CHAP.  V. 


MIRACLES  OF  THE  APOSTLES. 


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MIRACLES  OF  THE  APOSTLES. 

LVIII.  Miracles  wrought  by  the  Apostles. 
Mark  vi.  13.  They  cast  out  many  devils,  and 
anointed  with  oil  many  that  were  sick,  and 
healed  them.  Luke  ix.  6. 

Luke  x.  1 7.  The  devils  were  subject  unto 
them. 

Acts  ii.  4.  Being  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
they  spake  with  other  tongues,  as  the  Spirit 
gave  them  utterance.  1  Cor.  xiv.  22. 

Ver.  41.  Three  thousand  are  converted  by 
Peter's  sermon. 

Ver.  43.  Many  wonders  and  signs  were 
done  by  the  apostles.  Ch.  xiv.  3. 

iii.  2.  6,  7.  Peter  and  John  cured  a  lame 
man,  at  the  gate  of  the  temple. 

v.  12.  Many  signs  and  wonders  were 
wrought  by  the  apostles.  Effect:  Ver.  14. 
Believers  were  the  more  added  to  the  Lord. 

Ver.  15.  They  brought  the  sick  into  the 
streets. — Ver.  16.  There  came  also  a  multi- 
tude out  of  the  cities  round  about  unto  Jerusa- 
lem, bringing  sick  folks,  and  them  which  were 
vexed  with  unclean  spirits;  and  they  were 
healed  every  one. 

viii.  6,  7.  Philip  did  many  miracles,  casting 
out  unclean  spirits,  curing  the  lame,  and  those 
which  had  palsies. 

ix.  1 — 20.  Paul's  conversion.  Ch.  xxii.  3. 
— xx  vi.  12. 

Ver.  34.  Peter  heals  Eneas  of  the  palsy. — 
Ver.  40.  Raises  Dorcas  from  the  dead. 


x.  1.  Cornelius's  vision. — Ver.  11.  Peter's 
vision. — Ver.  13.  A  voice  to  him. 

Ver.  44.  The  Holy  Ghost  falls  upon  Cor- 
nelius, and  others  that  heard  Peter  preaching 
the  gospel. 

v.  5 — 10.  The  death  of  Ananias  and  Sap- 
phira. 

Ver.  19.  The  apostles  are  brought  out  of 
prison,  by  an  angel. 

vi.  15.  Stephen's  face  seen,  as  the  face  of 
an  angel. 

vii.  55.  Stephen  sees  Christ. 

xiii.  11.  Ely  mas  struck  blind. 

xiv.  10.  Paul  heals  a  cripple,  at  Lystra. 
Ch.  xvi.  18.  Paul  casts  out  a  spirit  of  divina- 
tion. 

xvi.  26.  An  earthquake.  The  apostles  in 
prison  have  their  bands  loosed. 

xix.  6.  The  Holy  Ghost  given,  at  laying  on 
of  Paul's  hands. — Ver.  12.  He  casts  out  evil 
spirits,  &c. 

Ver.  12.  Diseases  cured  by  handkerchiefs, 
&c.  brought  from  Paul's  body. 

xxviii.  5.  Paul,  unhurt,  shakes  a  viper  off 
his  hand. 

Ver.  8.  He  cures  the  father  of  Publius  of  a 
fever  and  bloody  flux. — Ver.  9.  Others  cured 
of  diseases. 

Heb.  ii.  4.  God  bearing  them  witness,  with 
signs  and  wonders,  and  with  divers  miracles 
and  gifts  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Rom.  xv.  19. 
Through  mighty  signs  and  wonders,  by  the 
power  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 


CHAPTER  V. 


CHRIST'S  GLORY  AND  EXALTATION. 


CHRIST'S  GLORY. 

I.  CHRIST'S  glory  before  his  incarna- 
tion.   John  xvii.  5.  O  Father,  glorify  thou  me 
with  the  glory  which  I  had  with  thee  before 
the  world  was.     See  Prov.  viii.  22  to  ver.  32. 
— xxx.  4. 

II.  Christ's   glory  on    earth.      Luke   ix. 
30 — 35.   At  his   transfiguration.     Peter  and 
they  that  were  with  him,  saw  his  glory.  There 
came  a  voice  saying,  This  is  my  beloved  Son; 
hear  him. 

John  i.  14.  We  beheld  his  glory,  the  glory 
as  of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Father,  full  of 
grace  and  truth.  2  Pet.  i.  16. 

ii.  11.  This  beginning  of  miracles  did  Jesus, 
and  manifested  forth  his  glory.  Ch.  xi.  4. 


xii.  41.  These  things  said  Esaias,  when  he 
saw  his  glory.  Isa.  liii.  1. 

xvii.  22.  The  glory  which  thou  gavest  me, 
I  have  given  them. 

2  Pet.  i.  17.  He  received  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther, honour  and  glory,  when  there  came  such 
a  voice  from  the  excellent  glory,  This  is  my 
beloved  Son  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased.  Matt, 
xvii.  5.  Heb.  iii.  3. 

III.  Christ's  glory  after  his  resurrection. 
Luke  xxiv.  26.  Ought  not  Christ  to  have  suf- 
fered these  things,  and  enter  into  his  glory  1 

1  Cor.  ii.  8.  The  Lord  of  glory.    James  ii.  1. 

1  Tim.  iii.  16.  He  was  received  up  into 
glory. 

Heb.  i.  3.  The  brightness  of  the  Father's 
glory. 


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CHAP.  V. 


1  Pet.  i.  21.  God  received  him  up,  and  gave 
him  glory ;  that  your  faith  and  hope  might  be 
in  God. 

Rev.  i.  6.  To  him  be  glory  and  dominion, 
for  ever.  See  Mark  x.  37.  John  vii.  39.— 
xii.  16.  23. — xiii.  31. — xvii.  24.  Acts  iii.  13. 
Gal.  i.  5.  2  Pet.  iii.  18.  See  Christ  shall  judge 
the  world. 


CHRIST'S  EXALTATION. 

IV.  Christ's  exaltation  at  God's  right  hand. 
Ps.  ex.  1.  The  Lord  said  to  my  Lord,  Sit  thou 
at  my  right  hand,  until  I  make  thine  enemies 
thy  footstool.      Matt.  xxii.  44.     Acts  ii.  34. 
1  Cor.  xv.  25. 

Isa.  Iii.  13.  He  shall  be  exalted  and  extolled. 

Mark  xvi.  19.  The  Lord  was  received  up 
into  heaven,  and  sat  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 

Acts  vii.  55.  Stephen,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
saw  the  glory  of  God,  and  Jesus  standing  on 
the  right  hand  of  God. 

"  Eph.  i.  20.  He  set  him  on  his  own  right 
hand. 

Col.  iii.  1.  Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  God. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Who  sat  down  on  the  right  hand 
of  the  Majesty  on  high. 

viii.  1.  We  have  an  high  priest,  who  is  set 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  the  Majesty 
in  the  heavens. 

x.  12.  He  for  ever  sat  down  on  the  right 
hand  of  God. 

xii.  2.  At  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of 
God. 

1  Pet.  iii.  22.  Who  is  on  the  right  hand  of 
God.  Ch.  iv.  13. 

Rev.  iii.  21.  I  am  set  down  with  my  Father 
in  his  throne. 

V.  The  same  thus   otherwise  expressed. 
Ps.  viii.  5.  Thou  hast  crowned  him  with  glory 
and  honour.     Heb.  ii.  9.     Rev.  xix.  12. 

Ixxxix.  19.  I  have  exalted  one  chosen  out 
of  the  people. 

John  vi.  62.  Ye  shall  see  the  Son  of  man, 
ascend  up  where  he  was  before. 

Acts  ii.  33.  Jesus  being  by  the  right  hand 
of  God  exalted,  hath  shed  forth  this  which  ye 
now  see  and  hear.  See  Christ's  power :  also, 
His  kingly  office :  His  works. 

Acts  v.  31.  Him  hath  God  exalted  with  his 
right  hand. 

Phil.  ii.  9.  God  hath  highly  exalted  him, 
and  given  him  a  name,  which  is  above  every 
name. 

VI.  Christ  exalted  above  mankind.     Ps. 
cxviii.  22,  23.  The  stone  which  the  builders 


refused  is  become  the  head  of  the  corner.  This 
is  the  Lord's  doing;  it  is  marvellous  in  our 
eyes.  Matt.  xxi.  42.  Acts  iv.  11.  1  Pet 
ii.7. 

Ixxxix.  27.  I  will  make  him  my  first-born, 
higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

Matt,  xxiii.  8.  One  is  your  master,  even 
Christ. 

Rom.  viii.  29.  That  he  might  be  the  first- 
born among  many  brethren.  Heb.  i.  2.  Ap- 
pointed heir  of  all  things. 

1  Cor.  xi.  3.  The  head  of  every  man  is 
Christ.  Eph.  iv.  15. 

Eph.  i.  22.  God  gave  him  to  be  the  head 
over  all  things,  to  the  church. 

iv.  15.  May  grow  up  into  him,  which  is  the 
head,  even  Christ. 

v.  23.  Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church. 

VII.  The  church    is   subject   to   Christ. 
Matt.  iii.   11.  He  is  greater  than  John  the 
Baptist. 

xii.  6.  Greater  than  the  temple. — Ver.  41. 
— Greater  than  Jonas. — Ver.  42.  Than  So- 
lomon. 

Heb.  iii.  3.  Worthy  of  more  glory  than 
Moses. 

VIII.  Christ  exalted  above  angels.     Ps. 
viii.  6.   Thou  hast  put  all  things  under  his 
feet.     1  Cor.  xv.  27.     Eph.  i.  22. 

Eph.  i.  17.  The  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  the  Father  of  glory.— Ver.  20—22. 
Raised  him  from  the  dead,  and  set  him  at  his 
own  right  hand ;  far  above  all  principality  and 
power,  and  might,  and  dominion,  and  every 
name  that  is  named,  not  only  in  this  world, 
but  also  in  that  which  is  to  come :  and  hath 
put  all  things  under  his  feet. 

Phil.  ii.  9, 10.  God  hath  given  him  a  name, 
which  is  above  every  name ;  that  at  the  name 
of  Jesus  every,  knee  should  bow,  of  things  in 
heaven,  and  things  in  earth. 

Col.  ii.  10.  Ye  are  complete  in  him,  which 
is  the  head  of  all  principality  and  power. 

Heb.  i.  4.  Made  so  much  better  than  the 
angels,  as  he  hath  by  inheritance  obtained  a 
more  excellent  name  than  they. 

Ver.  5.  Unto  which  of  the  angels  said  he 
at  any  time,  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have 
I  begotten  thee  1  Ps.  ii.  7. 

Ver.  13.  To  which  of  the  angels  said  he  at 
any  time,  Sit  on  my  right  hand,  until  I  make 
thine  enemies  thy  footstool?  Ps.  ex.  1. 

ii.  5.  Unto  the  angels  hath  he  not  put  in 
subjection  the  world  to  come. — Ver.  8.  Thou 
hast  put  all  things  in  subjection  under  his 
feet ;  for  in  that  he  put  all  things  under  him, 
he  left  nothing  that  is  not  put  under  him.  See 
Christ  worshipped. 


CHAP.  VI. 


CHRIST  S  TITLES. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


DIVINE  TITLES  GIVEN  TO  CHRIST. 


I.  CHRIST  is  the  Son  of  God.  Ps.  ii.  7. 
Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten 
thee. — Ver.  12.  Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry, 
and  ye  perish. 

Ixxxix.  27.  I  will  make  him  my  first-born, 
higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

Isa.  ix.  6.  Unto  us  a  Son  is  given,  and  the 
government  shall  be  upon  his  shoulder. 

Matt.  iii.  1 7.  A  voice  from  heaven,  saying, 
This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well 
pleased. 

viii.  29.  The  devils  cried  outlaying,  What 
have  we  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus  thou  Son  of 
God] 

Luke  i.  32.  He  shall  be  great,  and  shall  be 
called  the  Son  of  the  Highest.— Ver.  35.  He 
shall  be  called  the  Son  of  God. 

John  i.  34.  I  saw  and  bear  record,  that  this 
is  the  Son  of  God. 

Ver.  49.  Nathaniel  said,  Thou  art  the  Son 
of  God. 

v.  18.  The  Jews  sought  the  more  to  kill 
him,  because  he  said  that  God  was  his  Father, 
making  himself  equal  with  God. 

ix.  35.  Jesus  said,  Dost  thou  believe  on  the 
Son  of  God  ?— Ver.  37.  It  is  he  that  talketh 
with  thee. 

John  x.  36.  Say  ye,  Thou  blasphemest,  be- 
cause I  said,  I  am  the  Son  of  God  1  Ver.  25. 
32.  37.  Ch.  xv.  10. 

xix.  7.  The  Jews  said,  By  our  law  he  ought 
to  die,  because  he  made  himself  the  Son  of 
God. 

xx.  17.  I  ascend  to  my  Father  and  your 
Father ;  to  my  God  and  your  God. 

Ver.  31.  These  are  written,  that  ye  might 
believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son  of 
God. 

Acts  iii.  13.  The  God  of  our  fathers  hath 
glorified  his  Son  Jesus. — Ver.  26.  God  having 
raised  up  his  Son  Jesus,  sent  him  to  bless  you. 

viii.  37.  The  eunuch  said,  I  believe  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God. 

ix.  20.  Straightway  Paul  preached  Christ, 
that  he  is  the  Son  of  God. 

Rom.  i.  3,  4.  His  Son  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord,  who  was  declared  to  be  the  Son  of  God 
with  power, 

viii.  32.  He  spared  not  his  own  Son ;  but 
delivered  him  up  for  us  all. 

2  Cor.  xi.  31.  The  God  and  Father  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 


Eph.  i.  3.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  1  Pet.  i.  3. 

Col.  i.  3.  We  give  thanks  to  God,  and  the 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Heb.  i.  2.  God  hath  in  these  last  days 
spoken  to  us  by  his  Son. 

1  Johniv.  15.  Whosoever  shall  confess  that 
Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God,  God  dwelleth  in  him. 

v.  5.  Who  is  he  that  overcometh  the  world, 
but  he  that  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of 
Godl 

Hence  the  title  of  Father  so  often  given  to 
God  by  Jesus  Christ  and  others.  As :  Matt, 
xi.  25.  I  thank  thee,  O  Father,  Lord  of  hea- 
ven and  earth. — Ver.  27.  No  man  knoweth  the 
Son  but  the  Father. 

xx  viii.  19.  Baptizing  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

Mark  xiii.  32.  Of  that  day  knoweth  no 
man,  no  not  the  Son,  but  the  Father. 

xiv.  36.  Abba,  Father,  all  things  are  possi- 
ble to  thee. 

Luke  x.  22.  No  man  knows  who  the  Fa- 
ther is  but  the  Son. 

xxii.  42.  Father,  if  thou  be  willing,  remove 
this  cup. 

xxiii.  34.  Father,  forgive  them. 

Ver.  46.  Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend 
my  spirit. 

John  iii.  35.  The  Father  loveth  the  Son. 

v.  23.  That  all  men  should  honour  the  Son, 
even  as  they  honour  the  Father.  He  that 
honoureth  not  the  Son,  honoureth  not  the 
Father. 

1  John  ii.  23.  Whoso  denieth  the  Son  hath 
not  the  Father. — (And  so  in  many  other 
places.) 

II.  Christ  is  distinguished  from  the  created 
sons  of  God,  by  the  peculiar  epithets  of  be- 
gotten, first  and  only  begotten,  first-born,  $c. 
Ps.  ii.  7.  Thou  art  my 'Son,  this  day  have  I 
begotten  thee. 

Ixxxix.  27.  I  will  make  him  my  first-born, 
higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth.  Acts  xiii. 
33.  Heb.  i.  5.— v.  5. 

John  i.  14.  The  only  begotten  of  the  Fa- 
ther.— Ver.  18.  Which  is  in  the  bosom  of  the 
Father. 

iii.  16.  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave 
his  only  begotten  Son.  Ver.  18. 

Heb.  i.  6.  When  he  bringeth  in  the  first 
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CHAP.  VI 


begotten  into  the  world,  he  saith,  Let  all  the 
angels  of  God  worship  him. 

1  John  iv.  9.  God  sent  his  only  begotten 
Son  into  the  world,  that  we  might  live  through 
him.  Chap.  v.  1.  See  Rom.  viii.  3.  Gal. 
iv.  4.  God's  own  Son. 

III.  Christ  is  called  the  image  of  God. 
2  Cor.  iv.  4.  Christ,  who  is  the  image  of  God. 

Col.  i.  15.  The  image  of  the  invisible  God. 
Phil.  ii.  6.  Who  being  in  the  form  of  God. 
Heb.  i.  3.   The  brightness  of  the  Father's 
glory  and  express  image  of  his  person. 

IV.  Christ  is  called  God.    Isa.  vii.  14.  Im- 
manuel,  God  with  us.     Matt.  i.  23. 

ix.  6.  The  mighty  God.— Ixiii.  1.  Mighty 
to  save. 

John  i.  1 .  The  word  was  God. 

Acts  xx.  28.  Feed  the  church  of  God,  which 
he  hath  purchased  with  his  own  blood. 

Rom.  ix.  5.  Christ,  who  is  over  all,  God 
blessed  for  ever. 

Phil.  ii.  6.  He  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be 
equal  with  God. 

Col.  ii.  9.  In  him  dwelleth  all  the  fulness 
of  the  Godhead  bodily. 

1  Tim.  iii.  16.  God  was  manifest  in  the 
flesh.  Tit.  i.  3. 

Tit.  ii.  10.  Adornfthe  doctrine  of  God  our 
Saviour. 

Ver.  13.  Looking  for  that  blessed  hope,  and 
the  glorious  appearing  of  the  great  God,  and 
our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

Heb.  i.  8.  Thy  throne,  0  God,  is  for  ever 
and  ever. 

iii.  4.  He  that  built  all  things  is  God.  See 
Christ  creates. 

1  John  iii.  16.  Hereby  perceive  we  the  love 
of  God,  because  he  laid  down  his  life  for  us. 

v.  20.  This  is  the  true  God  and  eternal  life. 

V.  Christ  is  Lord.     Ps.  ex.  1.  The  Lord 
said  to  my  Lord,  Sit  thou  at  my  right  hand, 
until   I  make  thine  enemies   thy   footstool. 
Matt.  xxii.  44.     Acts  ii.  25.     Heb.  i.  13. 

Isa.  xl.  3.  The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in 
the  wilderness,  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
Lord.  Matt.  iii.  3. 

Jer.  xxiii.  6.  This  is  his  name  wherewith 
he  shall  be  called.  The  Lord  our  righteousness. 
(In  the  original  it  is,  Jehovah  our  righteous- 
ness.) 

Joel  ii.  32.  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  delivered.  Rom. 
x.  13. 

Mai.  iii.  1.  The  Lord  whom  ye  seek  shall 
suddenly  come  to  his  temple,  even  the  mes- 
senger of  the  covenant. 

Matt.  vii.  21,  22.  Not  every  one  that  saith 
unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  king- 


dom of  heaven.  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that 
day,  Lord,  have  we  not  prophesied  in  thy 
name,  &c. 

Matt.  xxiv.  42.  Watch,  for  ye  know  not 
what  hour  your  Lord  doth  come.  See  ver. 
45,  46.  48.  50. 

Mark  ii.  28.  The  Son  of  man  is  Lord  of  the 
Sabbath. 

Luke  ii.  11.  Unto  you  is  born  a  Saviour, 
which  is  Christ  the  Lord. 

v.  8.  Peter  said,  Depart  from  me,  for  I  am 
a  sinful  man,  O  Lord. 

vi.  46.  Why  call  ye  me  Lord,  Lord,  and  do 
not  the  things  which  I  say  ? 

xxiii.  42.  Lord,  remember  me  when  thou 
comest  into  thy  kingdom. 

John  vi.  68.  Lord  to  whom  shall  we  go  ? 
thou  hast  the  words  of  eternal  life. 

xiii.  13.  Ye  call  me  Master  and  Lord  ;  and 
ye  say  well,  for  so  I  am. 

Acts  ii.  36.  God  hath  made  that  same  Jesus, 
whom  ye  crucified,  both  Lord  and  Christ. 

Ver.  38.  Repent,  and  be  baptized  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ.  Ch.  viii.  16. — x.  48. — 
xxii.  16. 

v.  14.  Believers  were  the  more  added  to  the 
Lord. 

vii.  59.  They  stoned  Stephen,  calling  upon 
God,  and  saying,  Lord  Jesus,  receive  my 
spirit. 

ix.  5.  The  Lord  said,  I  am  Jesus,  whom 
thou  persecutest. — Ver.  10.  To  Ananias  the 
Lord  said,  &c.  Ver.  15.  17.  Ch.  xviii.  9. 

Ver.  29.  Paul  spake  boldly  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord. — Ver.  42.  Many  believed  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

x.  36.  Jesus  Christ,  he  is  Lord  of  all. 

xi.  20.  They  spake,  preaching  the  Lord 
Jesus. — Ver.  23.  Barnabas  exhorted,  that  with 
purpose  of  heart  they  would  cleave  unto  the 
Lord. 

xvi.  31.  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved. 

xviii.  8.  Crispus  believed  on  the  Lord  with 
all  his  house. — Ver.  25.  Apollos  was  instructed 
in  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

xix.  10.  All  that  dwelt  in  Asia  heard  the 
word  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Rom.  x.  12.  The  same  Lord  is  rich  unto  all 
that  call  upon  him. 

xiv.  9.  Christ  both  died,  and  rose  and  re- 
vived, that  he  might  be  Lord  both  of  the  dead 
and  living.  Acts  x.  36.  Lord  of  all.  1  Cor. 
ii.  8.  Lord  of  glory. 

1  Cor.  i.  10.  I  beseech  you  by  the  name  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the 
same  thing. 

iii.  5.  Ye  believed,  even  as  the  Lord  gave  to 
every  man. 

iv.  4.  He  that  judgeth  me  is  the  Lord. 

v.  4,  5,  In  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 


CHAP.  VI. 


CHRIST'S  TITLES. 


ill 


Christ — with  the  power  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  to  deliver  such  an  one  unto  Satan. 

vi.  11.  Ye  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus. 

viii.  6.  To  us  there  is  one  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

xi.  23.  I  received  of  the  Lord  that  which 
also  I  delivered  unto  you. 

xii.  3.  No  man  can  say  that  Jesus  is  the 
Lord,  but  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Ver.  5.  There  are  differences  of  administra- 
tions, but  the  same  Lord. 

xv.  47.  The  second  man  is  the  Lord  from 
heaven. 

2  Cor.  i.  14.  Ye  are  ours  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord  Jesus. 

v.  6.  While  we  are  at  home  in  the  body  we 
are  absent  from  the  Lord. — Ver.  8.  Are  willing 
rather  to  be  present  with  the  Lord. 

Eph.  v.  29.  Even  as  the  Lord  cherisheth 
the  church. 

vi.  8.  Whatsoever  good  things  any  man 
doth,  the  same  shall  he  receive  of  the  Lord. 

Phil.  ii.  11.  That  every  tongue  should  con- 
fess that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord,  to  the  glory  of 
God  the  Father. 

Col.  iii.  17.  Whatsoever  ye  do  in  word  or 
deed,  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. — 
Ver.  23,  24.  Whatsoever  ye  do,  do  it  heartily 
as  to  the  Lord;  knowing  that  of  the  Lord  ye 
shall  receive  the  reward  of  the  inheritance :  for 
ye  serve  the  Lord  Christ. 

1  Thess.  i.  8.  From  you  sounded  out  the 
word  of  the  Lord. 

iv.  1,  2.  We  exhort  you  by  the  Lord  Jesus. 
Ye  know  what  commandments  we  gave  you 
by  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Ver.  16,  17.  The  Lord  himself  shall  de- 
scend. We  shall  be  caught  up  to  meet  the  Lord 
in  the  air ;  so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the  Lord. 

2  Thess.  i.  7,  8.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty  angels, 
in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  them  that 
know  not  God,  and  that  obey  not  the  gospel 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Ver.  12.  That  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  may  be  glorified. 

1  Tim.  i.  12.  I  thank  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord, 
who  enabled  me,  &c. 

vi.  15.  He  is  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of 
lords.  Rev.  xvii.  14. — xix.  16. 

2  Tim.  ii.  22.   Call  on  the  Lord,  out  of  a 
pure  heart.     Rom.  x.  13. 

iv.  8.  There  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  which  the  Lord  the  righteous 
judge  shall  give  me  at  that  day. 

Heb.  ii.  3.  How  shall  we  escape,  if  we 
neglect  so  great  salvation ;  which  at  the  first 
began  to  be  spoken  by  the  Lord,  arid  was  con- 
firmed to  us  by  them  that  heard  him  1 

xiii.  20.  Our  Lord  Jesus,  the  great  Shepherd 
of  the  sheep. 


1  Pet.  ii.  3,  4.   If  ye  have  tasted  that  the 
Lord  is  gracious.     To  whom  coming  as  unto 
a  living  stone. 

2  Pet.  i.  2.  Grace  and  peace  be  multiplied 
unto  you,  through  the  knowledge  of  God  and 
of  Jesus  our  Lord. 

Rev.  i.  8.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  be- 
ginning and  the  ending,  saith  the  Lord. 

xi.  8.  The  city  where  our  Lord  was  crucified. 

xxii.  20,  21.  He  which  testifieth  these  things 
saith,  Surely  I  come  quickly  ;  Amen.  Even 
so,  come  Lord  Jesus.  The  grace  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  be  with  you  all.  Amen. 

VI.  Christ  is  one  with  the  Father.    John 
x.  30.  I  and  my  Father  are  one.     Ch.  xvii. 
11.  22. 

Ver.  38.  The  Father  is  in  me  and  I  in  him. 
Ch.  xvii.  21.— xiv.  9,  10,  11. 

xii.  44,  45.  He  that  believeth  on  me,  be- 
lieveth  on  him  that  sent  me.  He  that  seeth 
me,  seeth  him  that  sent  me.  Ch.  xiv.  9. — 
viii.  19. 

xiv.  7.  If  ye  had  known  me,  ye  should  have 
known  my  Father  also. 

Ver.  11.  I  am  in  the  Father,  and  he  in  me. 
Ch.  xiii.  32. 

xv.  23.  He  that  hateth  me  hateth  my  Father 
also.  1  John  ii.  23.  Whosoever  denieth  the 
Son,  the  same  hath  not  the  Father. 

xvi.  15.  All  things  that  the  Father  hath  are 
mine. 

xvii.  10.  All  mine  are  thine,  and  thine  are 
mine. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Who  being  the  brightness  of  the 
Father's  glory,  and  the  express  image  of  his 
person. 

John  v.  26.  As  the  Father  hath  life  in  him- 
self, so  hath  he  given  to  the  Son  to  have  life 
in  himself.  Col.  i.  19. 

VII.  The  same  things  spoken  of  God  the 
Father  and  of  Christ.     Eph.  v.  5.  The  king- 
dom of  Christ  and  of  God. 

1  John  v.  7.  There  are  three  that  bear  record 
in  heaven,  the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the 
Holy  Ghost ;  and  these  three  are  one. 

Col.  ii.  2.  The  mystery  of  God,  and  of  the 
Father,  and  of  Christ. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16,  17.   Now  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ   himself,  and   God   even   our  Father, 
which  hath  loved  us,  and  hath  given  us  ever- 
lasting consolation,  and  good  hope  through 
grace ;  comfort  your  hearts,  and  establish  you 
in  every  good  word  and  work. 

1  Tim.  vi.  13.  I  give  thee  charge  in  the 
sight  of  God,  and  before  Christ  Jesus,  &c. 

Tit.  ii.  13.  The  appearing  of  the  great  God 
and  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

Rev.  xiv.  4.  The  first-fruits  unto  God,  and 
to  the  Lamb. 


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CHRIST'S  TITLES. 


CHAP.  VI. 


xxi.  22,  23.  The  Lord  God  Almighty,  and 
the  Lamb,  are  the  temple  of  the  city.  The 
glory  of  God  did  lighten  it,  and  the  Lamb  is 
the  light  thereof.  Ch.  xi.  15. — xx.  6. 


Christ's  Titles  in  general,  ranged  in  alpha- 
betical order. 

Adam,  the  last,  1  Cor.  xv.  45. 

Advocate,  1  John  ii.  1. 

Angel  of  the  covenant,  Mai.  Hi.  1. 

of  God's  presence,  Isa.  Ixiii.  9. 

Anointed,  (Christ)  John  i.  41. 

with  the  Holy  Ghost,  Acts  x.  38. 

not  by  measure,  Ps.  xlv.  7. 

Apostle  and  High  Priest,  Heb.  iii.  1. 
Beginning  of  the  creation  of  God,  Rev.  iii.  14. 
Begotten  of  the  Father,  John  i.  14. 
Beloved  of  God,  Eph.  i.  6. 
Bishop,  1  Pet.  ii.  25. 

Blessed  and  only  Potentate,  1  Tim.  vi.  15. 
Branch  of  righteousness,  Zech.  iii.  8. 
Bread  from  heaven,  John  vi.  50. 
Bright  and  morning  star,  Rev.  xxii.  1 6. 
Brightness  of  the  Father's  glory,  Heb.  i.  3. 
Captain  of  the  Lord's  hosts,  Josh.  v.  14,  15. 

of  salvation,  Heb.  ii.  10. 

Chosen  servant,  Matt.  xii.  18.  Luke  xxiii.35. 
Consolation  of  Israel,  Luke  ii.  25. 
Corner-stone,  Eph.  ii.  20.     1  Pet  ii.  6. 
Counsellor,  Isa.  ix.  6. 
David,  Jer.  xxx.   9.    Ezek.  xxxvii.  24,  25. 

Hos.  iii.  5. 

Deliverer,  Rom.  xi.  26. 
Emmanuel,  Isa.  vii.  14.     Matt.  i.  23. 
Everlasting  Father,  Isa.  ix.  6. 
Express  image  of  God's  person,  Heb.  i.  3. 
Faithful  witness,  Rev.  i.  5. — iii.  14. — xix.  11. 
First-begotten  of  the  dead,  Rev.  i.  5. 
First-born,  Col.  i.  15.  18. 
First-fruits,  1  Cor.  xv.  20. 
First  and  last,  Rev.  ii.  8. 
Fountain  opened,  Zech.  xiii.  1. 
Glory  of  the  Lord,  Isa.  xl.  5. 
God,  Rom.  ix.  5.     1  Tim.  iii.  16.    2  Pet.  i.  1. 

1  John  v.  20. 

Governor  of  Israel,  Matt.  ii.  6. 
Head  of  the  church,  Col.  i.  18. 

of  the  corner,  Matt.  xxi.  42. 

Heir  of  all  things,  Heb.  i.  2. 
High  Priest,  Heb.  iii.  1. 

Holy  One  of  God,  Mark  i.  24. 

of  Israel,  Isa.  xli.  14. 

Holy  child,  Acts  iv.  30. 
Hope,  1  Tim.  i.  1. 

of  Israel,  Acts  xxviii.  20. 

Horn  of  salvation,  Luke  i.  69.     Ps.  xviii.  2. 
I  Am,  John  viii.  58.     Exod.  iii.  14. 
Jehovah,  Exod.  vi.  3. 
Jesus,  Matt.  i.  21.     1  Thcss.  i.  10. 


Image  of  the  invisible  God,  Col.  i.  15. 
King  of  Zion,  Ps.  ii.  6.     Matt.  xxi.  5.    Isa 

Ixii.  11. 

of  the  Jews,  Matt.  ii.  2. 
of  Israel,  John  i.  49. 

•  of  kings,  Rev.  xvii.  14. 
Lamb  of  God,  John  i.  29.     Rev.  xiii.  8. 
Light  of  the  world,  John  ix.  5. — viii.  1 2. 
Life,  John  xiv.  6.     Col.  iii.  4. 
Lion  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  Rev.  v.  5. 
Lord,  Rom.  i.  3.     Luke  ii.  11. 

of  lords,  Rev.  xvii.  14. 

Man,  Acts  xvii.  31.     1  Tim.  ii.  5. 
Mediator,  I  Tim.  ii.  5.     Heb.  ix.  15. 
Messiah,  John  i.  41. — iv.  25. 
Melchizedek,  Heb.  vii.  1.  3. 
Mighty  God,  Isa.  ix.  6. 

Michael,  Rev.  xii.  7. 
Offspring  of  David,  Rev.  xxii.  16. 
Only  begotten  of  the  Father,  John  i.  14. 
Passover,  1  Cor.  v.  7. 
Potentate,  (Only)  1  Tim.  vi.  15. 
Prophet,  Luke  xxiv.  19.     Acts  iii.  22. 
Propitiation,  1  John  ii.  2. 
Prince  of  peace,  Isa.  ix.  6. 

of  the  kings  of  the  earth,  Rev.  i.  5. 

of  life,  Acts  iii.  15. 


Power  of  God,  1  Cor.  i.  24. 
Purifier,  Mai.  iii.  3.     Matt.  iii.  12. 
Ransom,  1  Tim.  ii.  6. 
Redeemer,  Isa.  lix.  20.    Job  xix.  25. 
Refiner,  Mai.  iii.  3. 
Righteous  servant,  Isa.  liii.  11. 
Righteousness,  1  Cor.  i.  30. 
Rock,  1  Cor.  x.  4.     Deut.  xxxii.  15. 
Root  of  David,  Rev.  xxii.  16. 
Ruler  in  Israel,  Mic.  v.  2. 
Saviour,  Luke  ii.  11.     Eph.  v.  23. 
Seed  of  the  woman,  Gen.  iii.  15. 

of  David,  2  Tim.  ii.  8. 

Shiloh,  Gen.  xlix.  10. 

Son  of  God,  John  i.  34. 

of  the  Most  High,  Luke  i.  32. 

of  man,  John  iii.  13.     Matt.  xxv.  31. 

Second  man,  1  Cor.  xv.  47. 

Servant  of  God,  Matt.  xii.  18. 
Shepherd,  John  x.  11.  14. 

(Great)  Heb.  xiii.  20. 

of  souls,  1  Pet.  ii.  25. 


Stone  refused,  Matt.  xxi.  42.     Ps.  cxviii.  22. 

Acts  iv.  11. 

Sun  of  righteousness,  Mai.  iv.  2. 
True  witness,  Rev.  iii.  14, 
Truth,  John  xiv.  6. 
Vine,  John  xv.  1. 
Way,  John  xiv.  6. 
Wonderful,  Isa.  ix.  6. 
Wisdom  of  God,  1  Cor.  i.  24. 
>-,  (Our)  1  Cor.  i.  30. 


Word  of  God,  John  i.  1.     Rev.  xix.  13. 
With  God,  John  i.  1.  14. 


CHAP.  VII. 


CHRIST  S  WORKS. 


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CHAPTER   VII. 


CHRIST'S   WORKS. 


I.  He  created  all  things.    John  i.  3.  All 
things  were  made  by  him,  and  without  him 
was  not  any  thing  made. 

Ver.  10.  The  world  was  made  by  him. 

1  Cor.  viii.  6.  By  whom  are  all  things. 

Eph.  iii.  9.  God  created  all  things  by  Jesus 
Christ. 

Col.  i.  16,  17.  By  him  were  aU  things 
created,  that  are  in  heaven,  and  that  are  in 
earth,  visible  and  invisible,  whether  they  be 
thrones  or  dominions  or  principalities  or  pow- 
ers, all  things  were  created  by  him  and  for 
him ;  and  he  is  before  all  things,  and  by  him 
all  things  consist. 

Heb.  i.  2.  By  him  God  made  the  worlds. — 
Ver.  10.  Thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning  hast  laid 
the  foundation  of  the  earth,  and  the  heavens 
are  the  works  of  thy  hands.  Ver.  11.  Ch. 
iii.  3,  4. 

II.  Christ  shall  raise  the  dead.    John  x. 
18.  Jesus  said,  I  have  power  to  lay  down  my 
life  and  to  take  it  again.     Ch.  ii.  19.  21. 

v.  21.  As  the  Father  raiseth  the  dead  and 
quickeneth  them,  even  so  the  Son  quickeneth 
whom  he  will. 

Ver.  25.  The  hour  is  coming,  and  now  is, 
when  the  dead  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Son 
of  God,  and  they  that  hear  shall  live. — Ver. 
28,  29.  All  that  are  in  the  graves  shall  hear 
his  voice,  and  shall  come  forth ;  they  that 
have  done  good  unto  the  resurrection  of  life, 
and  they  that  have  done  evil  unto  the  resur- 
rection of  damnation.  Dan.  xii.  2. 

vi.  40.  This  is  the  will  of  him  that  sent 
me,  that  every  one  that  seeth  the  Son  and  be- 
lieveth  on  him,  may  have  everlasting  life,  and 
I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day.  Ver.  39.  Ch. 
xi.  25,  26.  2  Tim.  i.  10. 

III.  Christ  will  change  the  bodies  of  man- 
kind.    Phil.  iii.  21.  Christ  shall  change  our 
vile  body,  that  it  may  be  fashioned  like  unto 
his  glorious  body,  according  to  the  working 
whereby  he  is  able  even  to  subdue  all  things 
to  himself.     See  1  Cor.  xv.  51,  52. 

IV.  Christ  shall  judge  the  world.    Isa.  xi. 
3.  He  shall  not  judge  after  the  sight  of  his 
eyes. 

Matt.  xxiv.  30,  31.  They  shall  see  the  Son 
of  man  coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven,  with 
15 


power  and  great  glory.  He  shall  send  his 
angels,  with  the  sound  of  a  trumpet,  and  they 
shall  gather  together  his  elect  from  the  four 
winds,  from  one  end  of  heaven  to  the  other. 
Dan.  vii.  13,  14.  Mark  xiii.  24  to  28.  Rev. 
i.  7. — xiv.  14. — xxii.  20. 

xxv.  31 — 33.  The  Son  of  Man  shall  come 
in  his  glory,  and  all  the  holy  angels  with  him, 
and  then  shall  he  sit  upon  the  throne  of  his 
glory.  (Matt.  xix.  28.  Luke  ix.  26.)  Be- 
fore him  shall  be  gathered  all  nations,  and  he 
shall  separate  them  one  from  another,  as  a 
shepherd  divideth  his  sheep  from  the  goats. 
He  shall  set  the  sheep  on  his  right  hand,  but 
the  goats  on  the  left. 

John  v.  22.  The  Father  hath  committed 
all  judgment  to  the  Son.— Ver.  27.  He  hath 
given  him  authority  to  execute  judgment,  be- 
cause he  is  the  Son  of  man. 

Acts  x.  42.  The  apostles  said,  Jesus  com- 
manded us  to  preach  unto  the  people,  and  to 
testify,  that  it  is  he  which  was  ordained  of  God 
to  be  the  judge  of  quick  and  dead. 

xvii.  31.  God  hath  appointed  a  day  in  which 
he  will  judge  the  world  in  righteousness,  by 
that  man  whom  he  hath  ordained  (viz.  Jesus 
Christ). 

Rom.  ii.  16.  God  shall  judge  the  secrets  of 
men  by  Jesus  Christ. 

xiv.  10.  We  shall  all  stand  before  the  judg- 
ment-seat of  Christ. 

2  Tim.  iv.  1.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  judge 
the  quick  and  the  dead,  at  his  appearing  and 
his  kingdom. 

V.  Christ  will  dispense  suitabk  rewards 
and  punishments  to  all  mankind. 

Matt.  xvi.  27.  The  Son  of  man  shall  come, 
and  then  shall  he  reward  every  one  according 
to  his  works.  Rom.  ii.  10.  2  Cor.  v.  10. 
Gal.  vi.  7,  8.  Rev.  xxii.  12.  See,  God  will 
render  to  men  according  to  their  works,  in 
Chap,  upon  Good  Works. 

VI.  Rewards  from  Christ  to  the  righteous. 
Matt.  xxv.  34 — 36.    To  them  on  his  right 
hand,  he  will  say,  Come  ye  blessed  of  my 
Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world  :  For  I  was 
an  hungered  and  ye  gave  me  meat;   I  was 
thirsty  and  ye  gave  me  drink;  I  was  a  stranger 
and  ye  took  me  in ;  naked  and  ye  clothed  me ;  I 

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CHRIST'S  WORKS. 


CHAP.  VII. 


was  sick  and  ye  visited  me ;  I  was  in  prison 
and  ye  came  unto  me. — Ver.  40.  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto 
one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have 
done  it  unto  me. 

Ver.  46.  The  righteous  shall  go  into  life 
eternal.  Ver.  36  to  40. 

xiii,  43.  Then  shall  the  righteous  shine 
forth  as  the  sun,  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Fa- 
ther. Dan.  xii.  3.  As  the  brightness  of  the 
firmament,  and  as  the  stars  for  ever  and 
ever. 

xix.  28.  Jesus  said,  Ye  that  have  fol- 
lowed me  in  the  regeneration,  when  the  Son 
of  man  shall  sit  in  the  throne  of  his  glory,  ye 
also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones,  judging  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  1  Cor.  vi.  2,  3.  Do  ye 
not  know  that  the  saints  shall  judge  the 
world  ]  That  we  shall  judge  angels  1  Luke 
xxii.  30. 

Ver.  29.  Every  one  that  hath  forsaken 
houses,  or  brethren,  or  sisters,  or  father,  or 
mother,  or  wife,  or  children,  or  lands,  for  my 
name's  sake,  shall  receive  an  hundred-fold, 
and  shall  inherit  everlasting  life.  Luke  xviii. 
29,  30. 

Luke  xxii.  29,  30.  I  appoint  unto  you  a 
kingdom,  as  my  Father  hath  appointed  unto 
me ;  that  ye  may  eat  and  drink  at  my  table,  &c. 

Col.  iii.  4.  When  Christ  who  is  our  life 
shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  also  appear  with 
him  in  glory. 

1  Thess.  iv.  17.  We  shall  be  caught  up  in 
the  clouds  to  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air  :  and  so 
shall  we  ever  be  with  the  Lord.    John  xvii.  24. 

2  Thess.  i.  10.  Christ  shall  come,  to  be  glo- 
rified in  his  saints,  and  to  be  admired  in  all 
them  that  believe. 

Rev.  ii.  10.  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of  life. 
2  Tim.  iv.  8.  A  crown  of  righteousness.  1  Cor. 
ix.  25.  An  incorruptible  crown.  1  Pet.  i.  4. 
An  inheritance  incorruptible. 

vii.  17.  The  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of 
the  throne,  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead 
them  unto  living  fountains  of  waters ;  and  God 
shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes.  See, 
Being  glad,  rejoicing  in  the  Lord. 

xi.  18.  Thy  wrath  is  come,  and  the  time  of 
the  dead  that  they  should  be  judged,  and  that 
thou  shouldst  give  reward  unto  thy  servants 
the  prophets,  and  to  the  saints,  and  them  that 
fear  thy  name  small  and  great. 

VII.  Punishments  inflicted  on  the  wicked 
by  Christ.  Matt.  vii.  22.  Many  will  say  to 
me  in  that  day,  Lord,  Lord,  have  we  not  pro- 
phesied in  thy  name,  and  in  thy  name  cast  out 
devils,  and  in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful 
works  1  Luke  xiii.  26.  We  have  eaten  and 
drunk  in  thy  presence,  and  thou  hast  taught 
'/i  our  streets. — Matt.  vii.  23.  And  then  will  I 


profess  unto  them,  I  never  knew  you ;  depart 
from  me,  ye  that  work  iniquity. 

xiii.  40 — 42.  As  the  tares  are  gathered,  and 
burned  in  the  fire  ;  so  shall  it  be  in  the  end  of 
this  world.  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  forth 
his  angels,  and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his 
kingdom  all  things  that  offend,  and  them  which 
do  iniquity.  And  shall  cast  them  into  a  fur- 
nace of  fire ;  there  shall  be  wailing  and  gnash- 
ing of  teeth. — Ver.  49,  50. 

xxv.  32,  33.  Before  the  Son  of  man  shall  be 
gathered  all  nations,  and  he  shall  separate  them 
one  from  another,  as  a  shepherd  divideth  his 
sheep  from  the  goats.  And  he  shall  set  the 
sheep  on  his  right  hand,  but  the  goats  on  the 
left.— Ver.  41—43.  Then  shall  he  say  to  them 
on  the  left  hand,  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed, 
into  everlasting  fire,  prepared  for  the  devil  and 
his  angels.  For  I  was  an  hungered  and  ye 
gave  me  no  meat ;  I  was  thirsty  and  ye  gave 
me  no  drink ;  I  was  a  stranger  and  ye  took 
me  not  in  ;  naked  and  ye  clothed  me  not ;  sick 
and  in  prison,  and  ye  visited  me  not. — Ver. 
45.  I  say  unto  you,  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not 
to  one  of  the  least  of  these,  ye  did  it  not  to 
me. — Ver.  46.  And  these  shall  go  away  into 
everlasting  punishment.  Mark  ix.  44.  The 
worm  dieth  not,  &c.  Isa.  Ixvi.  24.  John  iii 
36.  The  wrath  of  God  abideth  on  them. 

x.  11.  14, 15.  Jesus  sent  forth  his  disciples, 
and  said  unto  them,  Into  whatsoever  city  or 
town  ye  shall  enter,  if  they  shall  not  receive 
you,  nor  hear  your  words,  when  ye  depart, 
shake  off  the  dust  of  your  feet.  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  for  the 
land  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  in  the  day  of 
judgment  than  for  that  city. 

Mark  viii.  38.  Whosoever  shall  be  ashamed 
of  me,  and  of  my  words,  in  this  adulterous  and 
sinful  generation,  of  him  also  shall  the  Son  of 
man  be  ashamed,  when  he  cometh  in  the  glory 
of  his  Father,  with  the  holy  angels.  See 
threats  against  Chorazin  and  Bethsaida,  Matt, 
xi,  21,  22.  Against  Capernaum,  Matt.  xi.  23, 
24.  Against  the  impenitent  hearers  of  Christ, 
Matt.  xii.  41,  42. 

Luke  iii.  17.  He  will  gather  the  wheat  into 
his  garner,  but  the  chaff  he  will  burn  with  fire 
unquenchable. 

John  xii.  48.  He  that  rejecteth  me,  hath 
one  that  judgeth  him :  the  word  that  I  have 
spoken,  the  same  shall  judge  him  in  the  last 
day. 

1  Thess.  v.  2,  3.  The  day  of  the  Lord  so 
cometh  as  a  thief  in  the  night.     For  when 
they  shall  say,  Peace  and  safety,  then  sudden 
destruction  cometh  upon  them,  and  they  shall 
not  escape. 

2  Thess.  i.  7—9.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven,  with  his  mighty  angels, 
in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  them  that 


CHAP.  VIII. 


WORSHIP   OFFERED   TO   CHRIST. 


115 


know  not  God,  and  obey  not  the  gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Who  shall  be  punished 
with  everlasting  destruction,  from  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  power. 

ii.  8.  The  wicked  one,  (or  man  of  sin)  the 
Lord  will  consume  with  the  spirit  of  his 
mouth,  and  shall  destroy  with  the  brightness 
of  his  coming.  Rev.  xvii.  8. 

2  Pet.  ii.  4.  God  spared  not  the  angels  that 
sinned,  but  cast  them  down  to  hell,  and  deli- 
vered them  into  chains  of  darkness,  to  be  re- 
served unto  judgment. — Ver.  6.  12,  13. 

Ver.  9,  10.  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  deli- 
ver the  godly  out  of  temptations,  and  to  reserve 
the  unjust  unto  the  day  of  judgment,  to  be 
punished.  But  chiefly  them  that  walk  in  the 
lust  of  uncleanness,  and  despise  government. 

Rev.  vi.  14 — 17.  The  heaven  departed  as  a 
scroll.  And  the  kings  of  the  earth,  and  the 


great  men,  and  the  rich  men,  and  the  chief 
captains,  and  the  mighty  men,  and  every 
bondman,  and  every  freeman,  hid  themselves 
in  the  dens,  and  in  the  rocks  of  the  mountains. 
And  said  to  the  mountains  and  rocks,  Fall  on 
us,  and  hide  us  from  the  face  of  him  that  sit- 
teth  on  the  throne,  and  from  the  wrath  of  the 
Lamb :  For  the  great  day  of  his  wrath  is 
come,  and  who  shall  be  able  to  stand  ] 

xi.  18.  Thy  wrath  is  come,  and  the  time 
that  thou  shouldst  destroy  them  that  destroy 
the  earth. 

xx.  14.  Death  and  hell  were  cast  into  the 
lake  of  fire.  This  is  the  second  death. 

xx.  15.  And  whosoever  was  not  found 
written  in  the  book  of  life,  was  cast  into  the 
lake  of  fire.  Ch.  xix.  20. 

xxi.  8.  The  wicked  shall  have  their  part  in 
the  lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


WORSHIP  OFFERED  TO  CHRIST. 


I.  ACTS  of  worship  offered  to  Christ 
jointly  with  the  Father.  Matt,  xxviii.  19. 
Go  ye  and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost 

John  v.  23.  All  men  should  honour  the  Son, 
even  as  they  honour  the  Father. 

Rom.  i.  7.  Grace  to  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

1  Cor.  i.  3.     2  Cor.  i.  2.     Gal.  i.  3.    Eph.  i.  2. 
— vi.  23.     Phil.  i.  2.     Col.  i.  2.     1  Thess.  i.  1. 

2  Thess.  i.  2.     Philem.  3. 

2  Cor.  xii.  19.  We  speak  before  God  in 
Christ. 

1  Tim.  i.  2.  Grace,  mercy,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  and  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
2  Tim.  i.  2.    Tit.  i.  4.    2  John  3.    Rev.  i.  4,  5. 

Phil.  ii.  11.  Every  tongue  shall  confess, 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God 
the  Father. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16,  17.  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  God  even  our  Father,  comfort  your  hearts, 
and  establish  you. 

Rev.  v.  13.  Every  creature  which  is  in  hea- 
ven, and  on  earth,  heard  I,  saying,  Blessing, 
and  honour,  and  glory,  and  power,  be  unto 
him  that  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  unto  the 
Lamb,  for  ever  and  ever. 

vii.  9.  I  beheld  and  lo,  a  great  multitude, 
which  no  man  could  number,  of  all  nations, 
and  kindreds,  and  people,  and  tongues,  stood 
before  the  throne,  and  before  the  Lamb,  clothed 


with  white  robes,  and  palms  in  their  hands.— 
Ver.  10.  And  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying, 
Salvation  to  our  God  which  sitteth  on  the 
throne,  and  unto  the  Lamb. 

II.  Acts  of  worship  offered  to  Christ  alone 
by  the  church  in  heaven,  and  upon  earth. 
Ps.  ii.  12.  Kiss  the  Son  lest  he  be  angry,  and 
ye  perish. 

Ixxii.  17.  All  nations  shall  call  him  blessed. 

cxviii.  26.  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord.  Matt.  xxi.  9.  Luke 
xiii.  35. 

Matt.  ii.  2.  The  wise  men  said,  We  are 
come  to  worship  him. 

xviii.  20.  Where  two  or  three  are  gathered 
together  in  my  name,  &c. 

Luke  xxiii.  42.  The  malefactor  said,  Lord, 
remember  me  when  thou  comest  into  thy 
kingdom. 

xxiv.  52.  The  disciples  worshipped  him. 

Acts  vii.  59.  They  storied  Stephen,  calling 
upon  God,  and  saying,  Lord  Jesus  receive  my 
spirit. 

iii.  6.  In  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  rise  and 
walk. 

ix.  14.  Here  he  hath  authority  to  bind  all 
that  call  on  thy  name. — Ver.  21.  Is  not  this 
he  that  destroyed  them  which  called  on  this 
name? 

xxii.  16.  Be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy 
sins,  calling  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 


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PERFECTIONS  OF   CHRIST. 


CHAP.  IX. 


Rom.  x.  12.  The  same  Lord  is  rich  unto 
all  that  call  upon  him. — Ver.  13.  Whosoever 
shall  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
saved.  Acts  ii.  21.  Joel  ii.  32. 

xvi.  20.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
be  with  you.  Ver.  24.  1  Cor.  xvi.  23.  Phil, 
iv.  23.  1  Thess.  v.  28.  2  Thess.  iii.  18. 
Gal.  vi.  18.  Philem.  25. 

1  Cor.  i,  2.  With  all  that  in  every  place, 
call  on  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  14.  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  you  all.     Rev.  i.  5. — xxii.  21. 

Gal.  i.  5.  To  whom  be  glory  for  ever  and 
ever.  Amen. 

Phil.  ii.  10.  At  the  name  of  Jesus  every 
knee  should  bow. 

Ver.  1 9.  I  trust  in  the  Lord  Jesus.    Ch.iv.l. 

Col.  ii.  18,  19.  Let  no  man  beguile  you  in 
a  voluntary  humility,  and  worshipping  of 
angels,  not  holding  the  head,  [which  is 
Christ.] 

1  Thess.  iii.  11.  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
direct  our  way  unto  you. 

1  Tim.  i.  12.  I  thank  Christ  Jesus  our 
Lord,  who  hath  enabled  me. 

ii.  7.  I  speak  the  truth  in  Christ. 


v.  21.  I  charge  thee  before  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  2  Tim.  iv.  1. 

2  Tim.  ii.  19.  Let  every  one  that  nameth 
the  name  of  Christ,  depart  from  iniquity. 

iv.  22.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with  thy 
spirit. 

2  Pet.  iii.  18.  Grow  in  grace,  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ :  to  him  be  glory  both  now  and  for 
ever.  Amen. 

Heb.  i.  6.  When  he  bringeth  in  the  first 
begotten  into  the  world,  he  saith,  Let  all  the 
angels  of  God  worship  him. 

Rev.  i.  5,  6.  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood,  and 
hath  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God  and 
his  Father,  to  him  be  glory  and  dominion  for 
ever  and  ever.  Amen. 

v.  11,  12.  I  heard  the  voice  of  many  angels 
round  about  the  throne,  and  the  beasts,  and 
the  elders,  and  the  number  of  them  was  ten 
thousand  times  ten  thousand,  and  thousands 
of  thousands;  saying,  with  a  loud  voice, 
Worthy  is  the  Lamb  that  was  slain,  to  receive 
power,  and  riches,  and  wisdom,  and  strength, 
and  honour,  and  glory,  and  blessing. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

PERFECTIONS  OF  CHRIST;  HIS  KNOWLEDGE,  WISDOM,  &c. 


I.  C HEISTS  knowledge.  Isa.  xi.  2. 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him, 
the  spirit  of  knowledge,  wisdom,  and  under- 
standing. 

Matt.  ix.  4.  Jesus,  knowing  their  thoughts. 
Ch.  xii.  25.  Luke  ix.  47. 

xi.  27.  Neither  knoweth  any  man  the  Fa- 
ther, save  the  Son,  and  he  to  whom  the  Son 
will  reveal  him.  John  i.  18. — x.  15. 

Mark  ii.  8.  He  perceived  in  spirit  that  they 
so  reasoned  within  themselves. 

Luke  vii.  39.  The  Pharisee  spake  within 
himself. — Ver.  40.  Jesus  answered. 

John  ii.  24,  25.  He  knew  all  men :  he 
knew  what  was  in  man. 

vi.  64.  He  knew  who  should  betray  him. 
Chap.  xiii.  1 1. 

xvi.  19.  He  knew  they  were  desirous  to 
ask  him. 

Acts  i.  24.  Thou,  Lord,  which  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  men. 

1  Cor.  iv.  5.  The  Lord  will  make  manifest 
the  counsels  of  the  hearts. 

Heb.  iv.  12.  The  word  of  God  is  a  discerner 
of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the  heart.  Rev. 
xix.  13.  His  name  is,  The  Word  of  God. 


Rev.  ii.  23.  I  am  he  which  searcheth  the 
reins  and  hearts.  Ch.  v.  6. 

II.  Christ's   Wisdom.      Isa.  xi.  2.    The 
Spirit  of  wisdom  shall  rest  upon  him. 

Luke  ii.  40.  Jesus  was  filled  with  wisdom. 
Ver.  52. 

1  Cor.  i.  24.  Christ,  the  power  of  God  and 
the  wisdom  of  God. 

Col.  ii.  3.  In  him  are  hid  all  the  treasures 
of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 

Rev.  v.  12.  Worthy  is  the  Lamb,  to  receive 
power,  and  riches,  and  wisdom,  &c. 

III.  Christ's  power  and  dominion.    Ps. 
xlv.  3.  Gird  thy  sword,  O  most  Mighty. 

Isa.  ix.  6.  His  name  shall  be  called,  The 
Mighty  God. 

Matt.  xxiv.  30.  They  shall  see  the  Son  of 
man  coming  with  power  and  great  glory. 

xxvi.  64.  Hereafter  shall  ye  see  the  Son  of 
man  sitting  on  the  right  hand  of  power. 

xxviii.  18.  All  power  is  given  to  me  in 
heaven  and  earth. 

Luke  iv.  32.  His  word  was  with  power. 

John  x.  18.  I  have  power  to  lay  down  my 
life,  and  to  take  it  again. 


CHAP.  IX. 


PERFECTIONS   OF   CHRIST. 


117 


xvii.  2.  Thou  hast  given  him  power  over 
all  flesh. 

Acts  x.  38.  God  anointed  Jesus  of  Naza- 
reth with  power. 

1  Cor.  i.  24.  Christ  the  power  of  God. 

xv.  24.  He  shall  have  put  down  all  au- 
thority and  power.  , 

Eph.  i.  21.  He  is  above  all  principality  and 
power. 

Col.  ii.  10.  The  head  of  all  power. 

1  Tim.  vi.  16.  To  him  be  power  everlasting. 

Heb.  i.  3.  Upholding  all  things  by  the  word 
of  his  power. 

1  Pet.  iii.  22.  Who  is  on  the  right  hand  of 
God,  angels,  authorities,  and   powers  being 
made  subject  to  him. 

2  Pet.  i.  16.  We  made  known  to  you  the 
power  and  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Rev.  xii.  10.  Now  is  the  power  of  Christ 
come.  His  works  were  mighty.  Matt.  xi. 
20,  21.  23.— xiii.  54.  58.  Mark  vi.2.  Luke 
ix.  43.— xix.  37.— xxiv.  19.  See  Christ's 
miracles  and  his  works:  Creating  the  world, 
raising  the  dead,  4~c. 

IV.  Various  acts  of  Christ's  power  toward 
his  people.  Ps.  ex.  3.  Thy  people  shall  be 
willing  in  the  day  of  thy  power. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  1.  Mighty  to  save.     Ch.  xlii.  4. 

Matt.  ix.  6.  The  Son  of  man  hath  power 
on  earth  to  forgive  sins.  Mark  ii.  10.  Luke 
v.  24. 

x.  1.  He  called  unto  him  his  twelve  disci- 
ples, and  gave  them  power  against  unclean 
spirits,  to  cast  them  out,  and  to  heal  all  man- 
ner of  sickness,  and  all  manner  of  disease. 

xvi.  1 8.  I  will  build  my  church,  &c. 

Luke  v.  17.  The  power  of  the  Lord  was 
present  to  heal. 

John  x.  28.  Neither  shall  any  pluck  them 
out  of  my  hand. 

1  Cor.  i.  8.  Christ  shall  confirm  you  unto 
the  end,  that  ye  may  be  blameless  in  the  day 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,     1  Thess.  iii.  13. 

2  Cor.  xii.  9.  He  said,  My  grace  is  suffi- 
cient for  thee :  my  strength  is  made  perfect 
in   weakness.     Most  gladly  therefore,  (saith 
Paul,)  will  I  rather  glory  in  my  infirmities, 
that  the  power  of  Christ  may  rest  upon  me. 

Phil.  iii.  21.  The  Lord  Jesus.  Christ  shall 
change  our  vile  body,  that  it  may  be  fashioned 
like  unto  his  glorious  body,  according  to  the 
working  whereby  he  is  able  to  subdue  all 
things  to  himself. 

iv.  1 3.  I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ 
which  strengtheneth  me. 

Col.  i.  29.  I  labour,  striving  according  to 
his  working,  which  worketh  in  me  mightily. 

Heb.  ii.  18.  He  is  able  to  succour  them  that 
are  tempted. 

vii.  25.  Able  to  save  to  the  uttermost. 


2  Tim.  i.  12.  Able  to  keep  that  committed 
to  him. 

V.  Acts  of  his  power  against  his  enemies. 
Ps.  ii.  9.  Thou  shalt  break  them  with  a  rod  of 
iron.     Acts  xiii.  11.     Heb.  x.  13. 

ex.  2.  Rule  thou  in  the  midst  of  thine  ene- 
mies. Heb.  i.  13. 

Isa.  xi.  4.  He  shall  smite  the  earth  with  the 
rod  of  his  mouth. 

xxv.  8.  He  will  swallow  up  death  in  vic- 
tory. 1  Cor.  xv.  57. 

Ixiii.  3.  I  will  tread  them  in  mine  anger, 
and  trample  them  in  my  fury. 

Luke  iv.  36.  With  power  he  commanded 
the  unclean  spirits. 

xix.  27.  Those  mine  enemies  bring  hither 
and  slay  them. 

John  xvi.  33.  I  have  overcome  the  world. 

Col.  ii.  15.  He  spoiled  principalities  and 
powers. 

2  Thess.  i.  9.  Enemies  shall  be  punished 
with  everlasting  destruction  from  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his  power. 

ii.  8.  The  Lord  shall  consume  the  wicked 
one  with  the  spirit  of  his  mouth,  and  shall  de- 
stroy him  with  the  brightness  of  his  coming. 

Heb.  ii.  14.  He  took  part  of  flesh  and  blood, 
that  he  might  destroy  him  that  had  the  power 
of  death,  that  is,  the  devil. 

1  John  iii.  8.  The  Son  of  God  was  mani- 
fested that  he  might  destroy  the  works  of  the 
devil. 

Rev.  xvii.  14.  The  Lamb  shall  overcome 
them.  Ch.  iii.  21, 

xix.  11.  In  righteousness  he  doth  judge, 
and  make  war. 

VI.  Christ's   righteousness.    Ps.  xlv.   7. 
Thou  lovest  righteousness,  and  hatest  wicked- 
ness. 

Ixxii.  2.  He  shall  judge  with  righteousness. 
Isa.  xi.  4. 

Isa.  xi.  5.  Righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle 
of  his  loins. 

xxxii.  1.  A  king  shall  reign  in  righteousness. 

xlii.  6.  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  right- 
eousness. 

Ii.  5.  My  righteousness  is  near. 

liii.  9.  He  had  done  no  violence,  neither 
was  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

lix.  16.  His  righteousness  it  sustained  him. 

Ver.  17.  He  put  on  righteousness  as  a 
breast-plate. 

Ixii.  2.  The  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  right- 
eousness. 

Ixiii.  1. 1  that  speak  in  righteousness,  mighty 
to  save. 

Jer.  xxiii.  5,  6.  I  will  raise  unto  David  a 
righteous  Branch.  This  is  his  name,  The 
Lord  our  Righteousness. 


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CHAP.  IX. 


Mai.  iv.  2.  Unto  you  that  fear  my  name, 
snail  the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise. 

Matt.  iii.  15.  It  become th  us  to  fulfil  all 
righteousness. 

2  Tim.  iv.  8.  A  crown  of  righteousness  the 
Lord  the  righteous  judge  shall  give. 

Heb.  i.  8.  A  sceptre  of  righteousness  is  the 
sceptre  of  thy  kingdom.  Ch.  vii.  2.  King  of 
righteousness. 

1  John  ii.  1.  We  have  an  advocate,  Jesus 
Christ  the  righteous. 

VII.  He  promoted  righteousness.    Ps.  xl.  9. 
I  have  preached  righteousness. 

xlv.  4.  Rule  prosperously,  because  of  truth, 
and  meekness,  and  righteousness. 

Ixxii.  7.  In  his  days  shall  the  righteous 
flourish. 

Isa.  xxxii.  16.  Judgment  shall  dwell  in  the 
wilderness,  and  righteousness  remain  in  the 
fruitful  field.— Ver.  17.  The  work  of  right- 
eousness shall  be  peace. 

liv.  17.  Their  righteousness  is  of  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

I'x.  17.  I  will  make  thine  exactors  right- 
eousness. 

Ixi.  3.  That  they  may  be  called  trees  of 
righteousness. — Ver.  10.  He  hath  covered  me 
with  the  robe  of  righteousness.  Ver.  11. 
The  Lord  will  cause  righteousness  to  spring 
forth. 

Dan.  ix.  24.  Seventy  weeks  are  determined 
to  bring  in  everlasting  righteousness. 

John  xvi.  8.  He  will  reprove  the  world  of 
righteousness. 

1  John  ii.  29.  If  ye  know  that  he  is  right- 
eous, ye  know  that  every  one  that  doeth  right- 
eousness is  born  of  him. 

VIII.  Christ's  holiness.    Dan.  ix.  24.  To 
anoint  the  most  holy. 

Mark  i.  24.  I  know  thee  who  thou  art,  the 
holy  One  of  God. 

Luke  i.  35.  That  holy  thing  that  shall  be 
born  of  thee  shall  be  called  The  Son  of  God. 

Acts  iii.  14.  Ye  denied  the  holy  One,  and 
the  Just 

iv.  27.  Against  thy  holy  child  Jesus,  whom 
thou  hast  anointed,  both  Herod  and  Pontius 
Pilate,  with  the  Gentiles  and  people  of  Israel, 
were  gathered  together.  Ver.  30. 

Heb.  vii.  26.  Who  is  holy,  harmless,  unde- 
filed,  and  separate  from  sinners.  Ch.  iv.  15. 
Without  sin. 

1  Pet.  ii.  22.  Who  did  no  sin,  neither  was 
guile  found  in  his  mouth. 

John  viii.  46.  Who  of  you'convinceth  me 
of  sin?  Ch.  vii.  12. 


Rev.  iii.  7.  These  things  saith  he  that  is  holy. 

IX.  Christ's  justice.    Zech.  ix.  9.  He  is 
ust,  and  having  salvation. 

Matt,  xxvii.  19.  Have  nothing  to  do  with 
;hat  just  man. — Ver.  24.  I  am  innocent  of  the 
)lood  of  this  just  man. 

John  v.  30.  My  judgment  is  just. 

1  Pet  iii.  18.  Christ  suffered,  the  just  for 
the  unjust. 

X.  His  truth.    John  i.  14.  The  only  be- 
gotten of  the  Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth. — 
Ver.  17.   Grace  and   truth   came   by   Jesus 

hrist 

viii.  40.  I  have  told  you  the  truth.  Ver.  45. 

xiv.  6.  I  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life. 

xviii.  37.  For  this  cause  came  I  into  the 
world,  that  I  should  bear  witness  unto  the 
truth. 

2  Cor.  xi.  10.  As  the  truth  of  Christ  is  in  me. 
Eph.  iv.  21.  As  the  truth  is  in  Jesus. 
Rev.  iii.  7.  These  things  saith  he  that  is 

holy,  he  that  is  true. 

XI.  His  goodness.    Acts  x.  38.  He  went 
about  doing  good. 

John  x.  11.  I  am  the  good  shepherd. 

XII.  His  mercy.      1  Tim.  i.  16.  That  in 
me  Christ  might  show  all  long-suffering, 

Heb.  ii.  17.  That  he  might  be  a  merciful 
and  faithful  high  priest 

XIII.  Christ's  eternity.     Prov.  viii.  23.  I 
was  set  up  from  everlasting,  from  the  begin- 
ning, or  ever  the  earth  was.     See  to  ver.  32. 

Mic.  v.  2.  Whose  goings  forth  have  been 
from  of  old,  from  everlasting. 

John  i.  1.  In  the  beginning  was  the  Word. 

viii.  58.  Before  Abraham  was,  I  am. 

xvii.  5.  Glorify  me  with  the  glory  which  I 
had  with  thee  before  the  world  was. — Ver.  24. 
Thou  lovedst  me  before  the  foundation  of  the 
world. 

Col.  i.  17.  He  is  before  all  things,  and  by 
him  all  things  consist. 

Heb.  i.  12.  Thou  art  the  same,  and  thy 
years  shall  not  fail. 

vii.  3.  Having  neither  beginning  of  days, 
nor  end  of  life,  but  like  the  Son  of  God. 

xiii.  8.  Jesus  Christ,  the  same  yesterday, 
and  to-day,  and  for  ever. 

Rev.  i.  8.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  be- 
ginning and  the  ending.  Ch.  xxi.  6. — xxii.  13. 

Ver.  17.  The  first  and  the  last.     Ch.  ii.  8. 

Ver.  18.  I  am  he  that  liveth,  (or  the  living 
one,)  and  was  dead. 


CHAP.  X. 


CHRIST'S  BENEFITS. 


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CHAPTER  X. 


CHRIST'S  BENEFITS  TO  MEN,  OR  BLESSINGS  THEY  RECEIVE  THROUGH 
HIM,  AS  A  SAVIOUR,  REDEEMER,  DELIVERER,  &c. 


I.  CHRIST  is  the  Saviour :  salvation  is 
by  him.  Isa.  xxv.  9.  We  will  be  glad  and 
rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

xlv.  17.  Israel  shall  be  saved  in  the  Lord, 
with  an  everlasting  salvation.  Ver.  22.  Look 
unfo  me,  &c. 

xlvi.  13.  I  will  place  salvation  in  Zion. 

xlix.  6.  I  will  give  thee  for  a  light  to  the 
Gentiles,  that  thou  mayest  be  my  salvation 
unto  the  end  of  the  earth.  Acts  xiii.  47. 

Ver.  8.  I  will  give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the 
people. 

li.  5.  My  salvation  is  gone  forth ;  the  isles 
shall  wait  upon  me,  and  on  my  arm  shall  they 
trust. — Ver.  6.  My  salvation  shall  be  for  ever, 
from  generation  to  generation.  Ver.  8. 

Hi.  7.  How  beautiful  are  the  feet  of  him 
that  publisheth  salvation.  Ver.  10.  All  ends 
of  the  earth  shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

Ivi.  1.  My  salvation  is  near  to  come,  and 
my  righteousness  to  be  revealed. 

lix.  16,  17.  His  arm  broifght  salvation,  and 
his  righteousness  it  sustained  him.  (Ch.  Ixiii. 
5.)  He  put  on  righteousness  as  a  breast-plate, 
and  a  helmet  of  salvation  upon  his  head. 

Ix.  18.  Thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  salvation, 
and  thy  gates  praise. 

Ixi.  10.  God  hath  clothed  me  with  the  gar- 
ments of  salvation,  and  covered  me  with  the 
robe  of  righteousness. 

Ixii.  1 .  For  Zion's  sake,  I  will  not  hold  my 
peace,  until  the  righteousness  thereof  go  forth 
as  brightness,  and  the  salvation  thereof  as  a 
lamp  that  burneth. — Ver.  11.  Behold,  thy  sal- 
vation cometh ;  his  reward  is  with  him,  and 
his  work  before  him.  Zech.  ix.  9.  16. 

Ixiii.  1.  I  that  speak  in  righteousness, 
mighty  to  save.  Ver.  5.  9. 

Jer.  xxxiii.  15.  In  those  days,  and  at  that 
time,  will  I  cause  the  Branch  of  righteous- 
ness to  grow  up  unto  David,  and  he  shall  exe- 
cute judgment  and  righteousness  in  the  land. 
— Ver.  16.  In  those  days  shall  Judah  be 
saved,  and  Jerusalem  shall  dwell  safely  :  and 
this  is  the  name  wherewith  she  shall  be  called, 
The  Lord  our  righteousness. 

Matt.  i.  21.  He  shall  save  his  people  from 
their  sins. 

xviii.  11.  The  Son  of  man  is  come  to  save 
that  which  was  lost. 

Luke  i.  69.  God  hath  raised  up  a  horn  of 


salvation  for  us. — Ver.  77.  To  give  know- 
ledge of  salvation  unto  his  people,  by  the  re- 
mission of  their  sins, ,, through  the  tender 
mercy  of  our  God,  whereby  the  day-spring 
from  on  high  hath  visited  us.  Ver.  78. 

ii.  11.  Unto  you  is  born  this  day  a  Saviour. 

Ver.  30.  Mine  eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation, 
(i.  e.  Christ.) 

iii.  6.  All  flesh  shall  see  the  salvation  of 
God. 

ix.  56.  The  Son  of  man  is  come,  not  to  de- 
stroy, but  to  save  men's  lives. 

xix.  9.  This  day  is  salvation  (/.  e.  Christ) 
come  to  this  house. 

John  iii.  17.  God  sent  not  his  Son  into  the 
world,  to  condemn  the  world,  but  that  the 
world  through  him  might  be  saved. 

iv.  22.  Salvation  (i.  e.  Christ)  is  of  the 
Jews. — Ver.  42.  This  is  Christ  the  Saviour 
of  the  world. 

v.  34.  These  things  I  say,  that  ye  might  be 
saved. 

x.  9.  By  him  if  any  man  enter  in,  he  shall 
be  saved. 

xii.  47.  I  came  not  to  judge,  but  to  save  the 
world. 

Acts  ii.  21.  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  shall  be  saved.  See  Wor- 
ship offered  to  Christ. 

iv.  12.  There  is  none  other  name,  under 
heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must 
be  saved. 

v.  31.  Him  hath  God  exalted  to  be  a  Prince 
and  a  Saviour. 

xiii.  23.  Of  this  man's  (David's)  seed,  hath 
God  raised  unto  Israel  a  Saviour. — Ver.  38. 
Through  this  man  is  preached  to  you,  the  for- 
giveness of  sins. 

xv.  11.  We  believe,  that  through  the  grace 
of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  we  shall  be  saved. 

xvi.  3 1 .  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved. 

xxviii.  28.  The  salvation  of  God  is  sent 
unto  the  Gentiles. 

Rom.  v.  9.  We  shall  be  saved  from  wrath, 
through  him. 

x.  9.  If  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy  mouth 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in  thy 
heart,  thou  shalt  be  saved. 

2  Cor.  vi.  2.  In  the  day  of  salvation  have  I 
succoured  thee*  Isa.  iv.  8. 


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CHAP.  X. 


Eph.ii.5. 8.  By  grace  ye  are  saved,  through 
faith,  and  that  not  of  yourselves. 

v.  23.  He  is  the  Saviour  of  the  body,  [the 
church.] 

Phil.  Hi.  20.  Our  conversation  is  in  heaven, 
from  whence  we  look  for  the  Saviour,  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

1  Thess.  v.  9.  God  hath  not  appointed  us 
to  wrath,  but  to  obtain  salvation  by  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  2  Thess.  ii.  13. 

1  Tim.  i.  15.    Christ  Jesus  came  into  the 
world  to  save  sinners. 

2  Tim.  i.   10.    Our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ 
hath  abolished  death,  and  brought  life  and  im- 
mortality to  light.     Ver.  9. 

ii.  10.  That  the  elect  may  obtain  the  salva- 
tion, which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Tit.  iii.  5,  6.  According  to  his  mercy  he 
saved  us,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour. 

Heb.  ii.  3.  How  shall  we  escape  if  we 
neglect  so  great  salvation,  which  began  to  be 
spoken  by  the  Lord,  and  was  confirmed  unto 
us  by  them  that  heard  him  1 

Ver.  10.  It  became  him,  for  whom  are  all 
things,  and  by  whom  are  all  things,  in  bring- 
ing many  sons  to  glory,  to  make  the  Captain 
of  their  salvation  perfect  through  sufferings. 

v.  9.  He  became  the  author  of  eternal  sal- 
vation, unto  all  that  obey  him. 

vii.  25.  He  is  able  to  save  them  to  the  ut- 
termost, that  come  unto  God  by  him. 

ix.  28.  He  shall  appear  the  second  time, 
without  sin,  unto  salvation.  . 

1  John  iv.  14.  The  Father  sent  the  Son,  to 
be  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 

II.  Christ  a  Redeemer  ;  redemption  through 
kirn.  Job  xix.  25.  I  know  that  my  Redeemer 
liveth. 

Isa.  lix.  20.  The  Redeemer  shall  come  to 
Zion,  and  unto  them  that  turn  from  transgres- 
sion in  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

Rom.  iii.  24.  We  are  justified  freely  by  his 
grace,  through  the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

1  Cor.  i.  30.  Christ  Jesus,  of  God  is  made 
unto  us  wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and  sanc- 
tification  and  redemption.  Ver.  24. 

Gal.  iii.  13.  Christ  hath  redeemed  us  from 
the  curse  of  the  law. 

iv.  4.  God  sent  forth  his  Son,  made  of  a 
woman,  made  under  the  law,  to  redeem  them 
that  were  under  the  law,  that  we  might  re- 
ceive the  adoption  of  sons.  Ver.  5. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  He  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he 
might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify 
unto  himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
works. 

Heb.  ix.  12.  He  entered  into  the  holy  place, 
naving  obtained  eternal  redemption  for  us. 
Ver.  15. 


1  Pet.  i.  18.  Ye  were  not  redeemed,  with 
corruptible  things,  but  with  the  precious  blood 
of  Christ  Ver.  19. 

Rev.  v.  9.  Thou  hast  redeemed  us  to  God 
by  thy  blood. 

xiv.  3.  These  were  redeemed  from  the  earth. 
Ver.  4.  Redeemed  from  among  men,  being 
the  first-fruits  unto  God  and  the  Lamb. 

III.  Christ  a  ransom.    Job  xxxiii.  24.  He 
is  gracious,  and  saith,  Deliver  him,  I  have 
found  a  ransom. 

Isa.  xxxv.  10.  The  ransomed  of  the  Lord 
shall  come  to  Zion  with  songs,  and  everlasting 
joy  upon  their  heads.  Ch.  Ii.  10. — Iv.  12 
Jer.  xxxi.  1 1.  Hos.  xiii.  14. 

Matt.  xx.  28,  The  Son  of  man  came  to 
give  his  life  a  ransom  for  many.  Mark  x.  15. 

1  Tim.  ii.  6.  Who  gave  himself  a  ransom 
for  all. 

IV.  Christ  a  price.     1  Cor.  vi.  20.  Ye  are 
bought  with  a  price. 

Acts  xx.  28.  Feed  the  church  of  God,  which 
he  hath  purchased  with  his  own  blood. 

V.  Christ  a  deliverer.    Luke  iv.  18.  He 
hath  sent  me  to  heal  the  broken-hearted,  to 
preach  deliverance  to  the  captives.     Isa.  Ixi.  ] . 

Rom.  xi.  26.  There  shall  come  out  of  Sion 
the  Deliverer.  Isa.  lix.  20. 

Gal.  i.  4.  Who  gave  himself  for  our  sins, 
that  he  might  deliver  us  from  this  present  evil 
world. 

v.  1.  Christ  hath  made  us  free.  Rom. 
viii.  2. 

1  Thess.  i.  10.  He  delivered  us  from  the 
wrath  to  come. 

VI.  Mediator.     1  Tim.  ii.  5.  There  is  one 
God,  and  one  Mediator  between  God  and  men, 
the  man  Christ  Jesus. 

Heb.  viii.  6.  He  is  the  mediator  of  a  better 
covenant. 

ix.  15.  The  mediator  of  the  new  covenant 
Ch.  xii.  24. 

VII.  Intercessor.    Isa.  liii.  12.   He  made 
intercession  for  transgressors. 

Rom.  viii.  34.  Who  maketh  intercession 
for  us. 

VIII.  Advocate.     1  John  ii.  1.  "We  have  an 
advocate  with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the 
righteous. 

Heb.  ix.  24.  He  entered  into  heaven,  to  ap- 
pear in  the  presence  of  God  for  us. 

IX.  Reconciliation  by  Christ.  Rom.  v.  10. 
We  were  reconciled  to  God  by  the  death  of 
his  Son.     Ch.  xi.  15. 


CHAP.  X. 


CHRIST'S  BENEFITS. 


2  Cor.  v.  18.  God  hath  reconciled  us  to 
himself  by  Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  19.  God  was 
in  Christ  reconciling  the  world  to  himself. 

Eph.  ii.  16.  That  he  might  reconcile  both 
unto  God  by  the  cross. 

Col.  i.  19,  20.  It  pleased  the  Father,  that  in 
him  should  all  fulness  dwell,  and  (having 
made  peace  through  the  blood  of  his  cross)  by 
him  to  reconcile  all  things  to  himself. — Ver. 
21.  You  hath  he  reconciled. 

Heb.  ii.  17.  That  he  might  be  a  merciful 
and  faithful  high  priest,  to  make  reconciliation 
for  the  sins  of  the  people. 

Eph.  i.  10.  That  he  might  gather  together 
in  one  all  things  in  Christ,  both  which  are  in 
heaven,  and  which  are  on  earth,  even  in  him. 

2  Cor.  v.  18,  19.  The  ministry  and  word 
of  reconciliation. 

X.  Peace  with  God  by  Christ.    Isa.  ix.  6. 
His  name  shall  be  called  Prince  of  Peace. 
Ver.  7. 

liii.  5.  The  chastisement  of  our  peace  was 
upon  him. 

liv.  10.  Neither  shall  the  covenant  of  my 
peace  be  removed. 

Ezek.  xxxiv.  25.  I  will  make  with  them  a 
covenant  of  peace.  Jer.  xxxi.  31. 

Zech.  vi.  13.  The  counsel  of  peace  shall  be 
between  them. 

ix.  10.  He  shall  speak  peace  unto  the 
heathen.  Ps.  Ixxii.  7.  Eph.  ii.  17. 

Luke  i.  79.  To  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
of  peace. 

ii.  14.  On  earth  peace,  good-will  toward  men. 

xix.  38.  Peace  in  heaven,  and  glory  in  the 
highest. 

John  xvi.  33.  These  things  I  have  spoken, 
that  ye  might  have  peace.  Ch.  xiv.  27.  My 
peace  I  leave  with  you. 

Acts  x.  36.  The  word  which  God  sent  to 
the  children  of  Israel,  preaching  peace  by  Je- 
sus Christ. 

Rom.  i.  7.  Peace  from  God  the  Father,  and 
from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  1  Cor.  i.  3. 
2  Cor.  i.  2.  Gal.  i.  3.  Eph.  i.  2.  Phil.  i.  2. 
Col.  i.  2.  1  Thess.  i.  1.  2  Thess.  i.  2.  2  Tim. 
i.  2.  Tit.  i.  4.  Philem.  3.  2  John  3.  1  Pet. 
i.  2.  2  Pet.  i.  2.  Jude  2, 

v.  1.  We  have  peace  with  God,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Eph.  ii.  14.  Christ,  he  is  our  peace. — Ver. 
15.  Making  peace. — Ver.  17.  He  preached 
peace.  Eph.  vi.  15.  Rom.  x.  15.  The  gos- 
pel of  peace. 

Phil.  iv.  7.  And  the  peace  of  God,  which 
passeth  all  understanding,  shall  keep  your 
hearts  and  minds  through  Christ  Jesus.  Col. 
iii.  15. 

XI.  Grace  from  Christ.    John  i.  16,  17*. 

16 


Of  his  fulness  have  all  we  received,  and  grace 
for  grace.  Grace  and  truth  came  by  Jesus 
Christ. 

Acts  xv.  11.  Through  the  grace  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  we  shall  be  saved. 

Rom.  v.  15.  The  grace  of  God,  and  the 
gift  by  grace,  which  is  by  Jesus  Christ,  hath 
abounded  to  many. — Ver.  17.  They  which 
receive  abundance  of  grace,  and  of  the  gift 
of  righteousness,  shall  reign  in  life  by  Jesus 
Christ. 

xvi.  20.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
be  with  you  all.  2  Cor.  i.  2. — xiii.  14.  Gal. 
vi.  18.  2  Thess.  iii.  18.  Rev.  xxii.  21. 

1  Cor.  i.  4.  I  thank  God  on  your  behalf,  for 
the  grace  of  God,  which  is  given  you  by  Jesus 
Christ. 

2  Cor.  i.  2.    Grace  be  to  you,  and  peace, 
from  God  our  Father,  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.     Gal.  i.  3.     Eph.  i.  2.     Col.  i.  2. 

xii.  9.  My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee. 

Eph.  iv.  7.  Unto  every  one  of  us  is  given 
grace  according  to  the  measure  of  the  gift  of 
Christ. — Ver.  8.  He  gave  gifts  unto  men. 

XII.  Justification  by  Christ.  Isa.  liii.  11. 
By  his  knowledge  shall  my  righteous  servant 
justify  many. 

Acts  xiii.  39.  By  him  all  that  believe  are 
justified  from  all  things,  from  which  ye  could 
not  be  justified  by  the  law  of  Moses. 

Rom.  iii.  24.  Justified  freely  by  his  grace, 
through  the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Ver.  26.  28. 

v.  1.  Being  justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace 
with  God,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. — 
Ver.  9.  Being  justified  by  his  blood,  we  shall 
be  saved  from  wrath  through  him.  Ver.  16, 
17,  18,  19. 

viii.  1.  There  is  no  condemnation  to  them 
that  are  in  Christ  Jesus. 

1  Cor.  vi.  11.  Ye  are  justified  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Gal.  ii.  16.  A  man  is  justified  by  the  faith 
of  Jesus  Christ. 

iii.  8.  God  would  justify  the  heathen  through 
faith.  Ver.  24,  Ch.  v.  4. 

Xni.  Sanctification  through  Christ.  1  Cor. 
i.  2.  To  them  that  are  sanctified  in  Christ  Je- 
sus.— Ver.  30.  Christ  Jesus,  of  God,  is  made 
unto  us  wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and  sanc- 
tification,  and  redemption. 

vi.  11.  Ye  are  sanctified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus. 

Eph.  v.  25.  Christ  loved  the  church,  and 
gave  himself  for  it;  that  he  might  sanctify 
and  cleanse  it.  Ver.  26. 

Tit.  iii.  5.  Not  by  works  of  righteousness 
which  we  have  done,  but  according  to  his 


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mercy  he  saved  us,  by  the  washing  of  regene- 
ration, and  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Heb.  ii.  11.  He  that  sanctifieth,  and  they 
who  are  sanctified,  are  all  of  one. 

x.  10.  We  are  sanctified  through  the  offer- 
ing of  the  body  of  Jesus. — Ver.  14.  By  one 
offering  he  hath  perfected  for  ever  them  that 
are  sanctified.  Ver.  29. 

Heb.  xiii.  12.  Jesus,  that  he  might  sanctify 
the  people  with  his  own  blood,  suffered  with- 
out the  gate. 

XIV.  Christ  is  called  life  to  his  people. 
John  i.  4.     In  him  was  life,  and  the  life  was 
the  light  of  men. 

v.  26.  As  the  Father  hath  life  in  himself, 
so  hath  he  given  to  the  Son  to  have  life  in 
himself. 

vi.  68.  Thou  hast  the  words  of  eternal  life. 

xi.  25.  I  am  the  resurrection,  and  the  life. 

xiv.  6.  I  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life. 

Acts  iii.  1 5.  The  Prince  of  life. 

1  John  i.  1,  2.  Our  hands  have  handled  of 
the  word  of  life.  For  the  life  was  manifested, 
and  we  have  seen  it,  and  bear  witness,  and 
shew  unto  you  that  eternal  life  which  was 
with  the  Father,  and  was  manifested  unto  us. 

v.  12.  He  that  hath  the  Son  hath  life:  he 
that  hath  not  the  Son,  hath  not  life. — Ver.  20. 
This  is  the  true  God,  and  eternal  life. 

XV.  Eternal  life  is  from  and  by  Christ. 
John  iv.  14.  Whosoever  drinketh  of  the  water 
that  I  shall  give  him,  shall  never  thirst. 

vi.  27.  Labour  not  for  the  meat  that  perish- 
eth,  but  for  that  meat  which  endureth  to  ever- 
lasting life,  which  the  Son  of  man  shall  give 
unto  you.  Ver.  33. 

vi.  48.  I  am  the  bread  of  life. — Ver.  51.  I 
am  the  Irving  bread  which  came  down  from 
heaven :  if  any  man  eat  of  this  bread  he  shall 
live  for  ever. — Ver.  57.  He  that  eateth  me, 
even  he  shall  live  by  me. 

viii.  12.  He  that  followeth  me  shall  have 
the  light  of  life. 

x.  10.  I  am  come  that  they  might  have  life. 
— Ver.  28.  I  give  unto  them  eternal  life,  neither 
shall  any  pluck  them  out  of  my  hand. 

xiv.  19.  Because  I  live,  ye  shall  live  also. 

Rom.  v.  17.  They  who  receive  abundance 
of  grace,  and  of  the  gift  of  righteousness  shall 
reign  in  life  by  Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  21.  As 
sin  reigned  unto  death,  even  so  might  grace 
reign  through  righteousness  unto  eternal  life 
by  Jesus  Christ. 

Col.  iii.  4.  When  Christ,  who  is  our  life, 
shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  appear  with  him  in 
glory. 

1  Thess.  v.  10.  Christ  died  for  us,  that 
whether  we  wake  or  sleep  we  should  live  to- 
gether with  him. 


2  Tim.  i.  10.  Christ  hath  brought  life  and 
immortality  to  light  through  the  gospel. 

1  John  iv.  9.  God  sent  his  only  begotten 
Son  into  the  world,  that  we  might  live  through 
him. 

XVI.  Eternal  life  is  the  gift  of  God, 
through  him.     Rom.  vi.  23.    The  wages  of 
sin  is  death ;  but  the  gift  of  God  is  eternal 
life,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Ch.  v. 
18.     Rev.  xxii.  17. 

1  Pet.  iii.  7.  Heirs  of  the  grace  of  life. 

Tit.  i.  2.  In  hope  of  eternal  life,  which 
God,  that  cannot  lie,  promised  before  the 
world  began. 

1  Pet.  i.  3.  God  hath  begotten  us  to  a  lively 
hope  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ. 

1  John  ii.  25.  This  is  the  promise  that  he 
hath  promised  us,  even  eternal  life.  2  Tim. 
i.  1. 

v.  11.  This  is  the  record,  that  God  hath 
given  to  us  eternal  life ;  and  this  life  is  in  his 
Son.  Rom.  v.  17.  21. 

XVII.  Benefits  from  Christ  against  sin, 
by  way  of  extract  from  the  foregoing  and 
following  sections.      Isa.   liii.  5.    He  was 
wounded     for    our    transgressions,    he    was 
bruised  for  our  iniquities,  the  chastisement  of 
our  peace  was  upon  him,  and  with  his  stripes 
we  are  healed. — Ver.  6.    The  Lord  laid  on 
him  the  iniquity  of  us  all. — Ver.  10.   Thou 
wilt  make  his  soul  an  offering  for  sin. — Ver. 
12.  He  bare  the  sin  of  many. 

Zech.  xiii.  1.  There  shall  be  a  fountain 
opened  to  the  house  of  David,  and  to  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  for  sin  and  for  un- 
cleanness. 

Matt.  i.  21.  He  shall  save  his  people  from 
their  sins. 

ix.  6.  The  Son  of  man  hath  power  on 
earth  to  forgive  sins.  Ver.  2. 

xxvi.  28.  My  blood  is  shed  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins. 

Luke  xxiv.  46,  47.  Thus  it  behoved  Christ 
to  suffer,  and  to  rise  from  the  dead  the  third 
day :  That  repentance  and  remission  of  sins 
should  be  preached  in  his  name.  Ch.  i.  77. 

John  i.  29.  The  Lamb  of  God,  that  taketh 
away  the  sin  of  the  world. 

Acts  ii.  38.  Repent,  and  be  baptized  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins. 

v.  31.  Him  hath  God  exalted  with  his  right 
hand  to  be  a  Prince  and  a  Saviour,  for  to  give 
repentance  to  Israel,  and  forgiveness  of  sins. 

x.  43.  Whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall 
receive  remission  of  sins. 

xiii.  38.  Through  this  man  is  preached  unto 
you  the  forgiveness  of  sins. 

iii.  26.  God  sent  him  to  bless  you,  in  turn- 
ing you  from  your  iniquities. 


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Rom.  iii.  25.  To  declare  his  righteousness 
for  the  remission  of  sins. 

v.  9.  Being  justified  by  his  blood,  we  shall 
be  saved  from  wrath  through  him. 

vi.  10.  He  died  unto  sin  once. 

viii.  3.  He  condemned  sin  in  the  flesh. 

1  Cor.  xv.  3.  Christ  died  for  our  sins. 
Ver.  57.  God  giveth  us  the  victory  through 

our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Cor.  v.  21.  He  made  him  to  be  sin  for  us. 
Gal.  i.  4.  He  gave  himself  for  our  sins. 
Eph.  i.  7.  In  whom  we  have  redemption 

through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins. 
Col.  i.  14. 

iv.  32.  As  God  for  Christ's  sake  hath  for- 
given you. 

Col.  iii.  13.  As  Christ  forgave  you,  so  do  ye. 

1  Tim.  i.  15.  Jesus  Christ  came  to  save 
sinners. 

Heb.  i.  3.  He  purged  our  sins  by  his  own 
blood.  Heb.  ix.  22. 

ii.  14.  He  took  part  of  flesh  and  blood,  that 
through  death  he  might  destroy  him  that  had 
the  power  of  death. 

ix.  26.  He  appeared  to  put  away  sin  by  the 
sacrifice  of  himself. — Ver.  28.  Christ  was  once 
offered  to  bear  the  sins  of  many. 

x.  14.  By  one  offering  he  hath  perfected  for 
ever  them  that  are  sanctified. 

1  Pet.  ii.  24.  Who  bare  our  sins  in  his  own 
body  on  the  tree. 

iii.  18.  Christ  suffered  for  sins. 

1  John  i.  7.  The  blood  of  Christ  cleanseth 
from  all  sin.  Ver.  9. 

ii.  1,  2.  If  any  man  sin,  we  have  an  advo- 
cate with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  right- 
eous. He  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins — for 
the  sins  of  the  whole  world. — Ver.  1 2.  Your 
sins  are  forgiven  you  for  his  name's  sake. 

iii.  5.  He  was  manifested  to  take  away  our 
sins. — Ver.  8.  That  he  might  destroy  the 
works  of  the  devil. 

Rev.  i.  5,  6.  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood,  and 
hath  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God  and 
his  Father,  to  him  be  glory  and  dominion,  for 
ever  and  ever.  Amen. 

XVIII.  Christ's  love  to  his  people.  John 
xiii.  1.  Having  loved  his  own  which  were  in 
the  world,  he  loved  them  unto  the  end. — Ver. 
34.  A  new  commandment  I  give  unto  you, 
That  ye  love  one  another,  as  I  loved  you. 

xv.  9.  As  the  Father  hath  loved  me,  so  have 
I  loved  you. 

Rom.  viii.  37.  We  are  more  than  conquer- 
ors, through  him  that  loved  us. 

Eph.  v.  2.  Christ  hath  loved  us,  and  hath 
given  himself  for  us. — Ver.  25.  Christ  loved 
the  church,  and  gave  himself  for  it. 

Rev.  i.  5,  6.  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and 


washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood,  and 
hath  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God  and 
his  Father,  be  glory  and  dominion  for  ever. 

iii.  9.  I  will  make  them  to  know  that  I  have 
loved  thee.  SeePs.xlv.il.  Prov.  viii.  31. 
Song  ii.  4.  6. — iv.  9. — vii.  10. 

XIX.  Christ's  care  of  his  people.     Isa.  xl. 
11.  He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd,  he 
shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm,  and  gently 
lead  those  that  are  with  young.     See  ch.  xlix. 
10.     Ezek.  xxxiv.  23. 

Matt,  xxiii.  37.  How  often  would  I  have 
gathered  thy  children  as  a  hen  gathereth  her 
chickens  under  her  wings.  Isa.  xlii.  3.  Eph. 
v.  29. 

His  presence  with  his  people.  Matt,  xviii. 
20.  Where  two  or  three  are  gathered  to- 
gether in  my  name,  there  am  I  in  the  midst  of 
them. 

xxviii.  20.  I  am  with  you  always  unto  the 
end  of  the  world. 

John  xiv.  18.  I  will  not  leave  you  comfort- 
less, I  will  come  to  you. 

Ver.  21.  He  that  loveth  me  shall  be  loved 
of  my  Father,  and  I  will  love  him,  and  mani- 
fest myself  to  him.— Ver.  23.  My  Father  will 
love  him,  and  we  will  come  to  him. 

Acts  xviii.  10.  I  am  with  thee,  and  no  man 
shall  set  on  thee  to  hurt  thee.  Ch.  xxiii.  11. 
2  Tim.  iv.  17. 

1  John  i.  3.  Our  fellowship  is  with  the  Fa- 
ther, and  with  his  Son. 

Rev.  ii.  1.  He  walketh  in  the  midst  of  the 
golden  candlesticks. 

iii.  20.  Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door  and 
knock ;  if  any  man  hear  my  voice,  and  open 
the  door,  I  will  come  in  to  him,  and  sup  with 
him,  and  he  with  me. 

XX.  Christ's    excellencies   and    benefits 
briefly  expressed.     Eph.  i.  3.  God  the  Father 
hath  blessed  us  with  all  spiritual  blessings  in 
Christ.— Ver.  23.   The   fulness  of  him  that 
filleth  all  in  all. 

iii.  8.  The  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ. 

Ver.  19.  Filled  with  all  the  fulness  of  God. 

iv.  13.  A  perfect  man,  the  measure  of  the 
stature  of  the  fulness  of  Christ.— Ver.  7.  The 
measure  of  the  gift  of  Christ. 

Col.  i.  19,  20.  It  pleased  the  Father,  that  in 
liim  should  all  fulness  dwell ;  and  by  him  to 
reconcile  all  things  to  himself. 

ii.  10.  Ye  are  complete  in  him. 

iii.  ll.  Christ  is  all  and  in  all. 

XXI.  Titles  given  to  Christ,  taken  from 
'he  highest,  most  honourable  and  useful  offices 
among  men  .-  As,  Prophet,  Priest,  King,  de- 
noting his  benefits  to  mankind  against  sin,  and 
his  dignity  above  all  on  earth. 


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XXII.  Christ's  prophetic  office  was  carried 
on  by  his  Spirit,  speaking  in  the  prophets  of 
old.      1  Pet.  i.   10—12.   Of  which  salvation 
[by  Christ]  the  prophets  have  inquired,  and 
searched  diligently,  who   prophesied   of    the 
grace  that  should  come  unto  you :  Searching 
what,  or  what  manner  of  time  the  Spirit  of 
Christ  which  was  in  them  did  signify,  when  it 
testified  beforehand  the  sufferings  of  Christ, 
and  the  glory  that  should  follow.     Unto  whom 
it  was  revealed,  that  not  unto  themselves,  but 
unto  us,  they  did  minister  the  things  which 
are  now  reported  unto  you  by  them  that  have 
preached  the  gospel  unto  you,  with  the  Holy 
Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven ;  which  things 
the  angels  desire  to  look  into. 

iii.  19,20.  By  which  [Spirit]  Christ  preached 
unto  the  spirits  in  prison  ;  in  the  days  of  Noah, 
while  the  ark  was  preparing. 

2  Pet.  i.  21.  Prophecy  came  not  in  old  time 
by  the  will  of  man ;  but  holy  men  of  God  spake 
as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 
2  Tim.  iii.  16. 

XXIII.  Christ's  prophetic  office  thus  fore- 
told by  the  prophets.     Deut.  xviii.  18.  The 
Lord  said,  I  will  raise  them  up  a  prophet  from 
among  their  brethren,  like  unto  thee,  and  will 
put  my  words  in  his  mouth,  and  he  shall  speak 
unto  them  all  that  I  shall  command  him. 

Ps.  xl.  9.  I  have  preached  righteousness ;  I 
have  not  refrained  my  lips.  Ver.  10. 

Isa.  ix.  2.  The  people  that  walked  in  dark- 
ness have  seen  a  great  light. 

Ver.  6.  Unto  us  a  child  is  born ;  his  name 
shall  be  called  Counsellor. 

xlii.  1.  I  have  put  my  Spirit  upon  him;  he 
shall  bring  forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles. — 
Ver.  3.  He  shall  bring  forth  judgment  unto 
truth. — Ver.  6,  7.  I  will  give  thee  for  a  light 
of  the  Gentiles ;  to  open  the  blind  eyes,  to 
bring  out  the  prisoners  from  the  prison,  and 
them  that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison- 
house.  Ch.  xlix.  9,  10. 

xlix.  5.  The  Lord  formed  me  from  the  womb 
to  be  his  servant,  to  bring  Jacob  again  to  him. 
Ver.  1,  2,  3.  6. 

li.  4,  5.  I  will  make  my  judgment  to  rest 
for  a  light  of  the  people.  The  isles  shall  wait 
upon  me. — Ver.  16.  I  have  put  my  words  in 
thy  mouth. 

Hi.  7.  How  beautiful  are  the  feet  of  him 
that  publisheth  peace,  that  bringeth  good 
tidings,  that  publisheth  salvation!  Ver.  10. 
Luke  iv.  18. 

liv.  13.  All  thy  children  shall  be  taught  of 
the  Lord. 

Iv.  4.  I  have  given  him  for  a  witness  to  the 
people. 

lix.  21.  My  Spirit  that  is  upon  thee,  and  my 
words  which"  I  have  put  in  thy  mouth,  shall 


not  depart  out  of  thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  the 
mouth  of  thy  seed. 

be.  2,  3.  The  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee, 
and  his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee.  The 
Gentiles  shall  come  to  thy  light. — Ver.  19. 
The  Lord  shall  be  thine  everlasting  light. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon 
me ;  because  he  hath  anointed  me  to  preach 
good  tidings  to  the  meek. 

Mai.  iii.  1.  The  Lord  whom  ye  seek  shall 
come  to  his  temple,  even  the  messenger  of  the 
covenant. 

iv.  2.  Unto  you  that  fear  my  name,  shall 
the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise  with  healing  in 
his  wings.  Rev.  xxii.  16.  The  bright  and 
morning  star. 

XXIV.  Christ  gave  the  following  account 
of  his  prophetic  office.     Matt.  xi.  27.  Neither 
knoweth  any  man  the  Father  save  the  Son, 
and  he  to  whom  the  Son  will  reveal  him. 

Luke  iv.  43.  I  must  preach,  for  therefore  am 
I  sent.  See  Christ's  sermon,  Matt  5th,  6th, 
and  7th  chapters ;  and  many  other  places,  as 
Luke  vi.  20. 

John  i.  1.  In  the  beginning  was  the 
Word. 

iii.  34.  He  whom  God  sent  speaketh  the 
words  of  God. 

vii.  16.  My  doctrine  is  not  mine,  but  his 
that  sent  me. 

viii.  26.  He  that  sent  me  is  true;  and  I 
speak  to  the  world  those  things  which  I  have 
heard  of  him. — Ver.  28.  As  my  Father  hath 
taught  me  I  speak. — Ver.  38.  I  speak  that 
which  I  have  seen  with  my  Father. 

xii.  50.  Even  as  the  Father  said  unto  me, 
so  I  speak. 

xiv.  24.  The  word  which  ye  hear  is  not 
mine,  but  the  Father's  who  sent  me. 

xv.  15.  All  things  that  I  have  heard  of  my 
Father  I  have  made  known  unto  you. 

xvii.  6.  Father,  I  have  manifested  thy  name 
unto  them. — Ver.  8.  I  have  given  unto  them 
the  words  which  thou  gavest  me. — Ver.  26.  I 
have  declared  thy  name,  and  will  declare. 

Heb.  ii.  3.  Salvation  began  to  be  spoken  by 
the  Lord. 

Rev.  i.  1.  The  revelation  of  Jes,us  Christ, 
which  God  gave  unto  him. 

XXV.  Hence  Christ  fs  called  the  fight  of 
the  world.    John  i.  5.   The  light  shineth  in 
darkness. — Ver.  9.  The  true  light,  that  light- 
eth  every  man. 

iii.  19.  Light  is  come  into'the  world, 
viii.  12.  Jesus  said,  I  am  the  light  of  the 
world.     Ch.  ix.  5. — xii.  35.  46. 

XXVI.  Christ  a  priest.    Ps.  ex.  4.  The 
Lord  hath  sworn,  and  will  not  repent,  Thou 


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art  a  priest  forever  after  the  order  of  Melchi- 
zedek.  See  Heb.  vi.  20.— vii.  15.  17. 

xl.  6,  7.  Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  didst 
not  desire. — Lo,  I  come :  in  the  volume  of  the 
book  it  is  written  of  me. 

Zech.  vi.  13.  He  shall  be  a  priest  upon  his 
throne. 

Heb.  vii.  3.  Made  like  the  Son  of  God, 
abideth  a  priest  continually.  Ver.  24. 

Ver.  16.  28.  After  the  power  of  an  efidless 
life,  consecrated  for  evermore. 

viii.  1.  We  have  a  high  priest,  who  is  set 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  the  Majesty 
in  the  heavens. 

ix.  11.  Christ  being  come,  a  high  priest  of 
good  things  to  come. 

Ver.  24.  He  entered  into  heaven  itself,  to 
appear  in  the  presence  of  God  for  us.  1  John 
ii.  1. 

XXVII.  His  offering  himself  a  sacrifice. 
1  Cor.  v.  7.  Christ  our  passover  is  sacrificed 
for  us. 

Eph.  v.  2.  Christ  hath  loved  us,  and  hath 
given  himself  for  us,  an  offering  and  a  sacri- 
fice to  God  for  a  sweet-smelling  savour. 

Heb.  viii.  3.  It  is  of  necessity  that  this  man 
have  somewhat  to  offer. 

ix.  14.  He  offered  himself  without  spot  to 
God. 

Ver.  26.  Once  in  the  end  of  the  world  hath 
he  appeared,  to  put  away  sin  by  the  sacrifice 
of  himself. 

x.  5.  Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  wouldst 
not,  but  a  body  hast  thou  prepared  me. 
Ver.  8. 

Ver.  12.  But  this  man,  after  he  had  offered 
one  sacrifice  for  sins,  for  ever  sat  down  on  the 
right  hand  of  God. 

Ver.  14.  By  one  offering  he  hath  perfected 
for  ever  them  that  are  sanctified. 

XXVIII.  Christ  was  given  and  delivered: 
the  design  thereof.   John  iii.  1 6.  God  so  loved 
the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only  begotten  Son, 
that  whosoever  believeth  in  him  should  not 
perish,  but  have  everlasting  life. 

1  John  iv.  9.  God  sent  his  only  begotten 
Son  into  the  world,  that  we  might  live  through 
him.  Acts  ii.  23.  Rom.  iv.  25. — viii.  32. 

XXIX.  Christ  gave  himself,  and  for  what 
end.     Gal.  i.  3, 4.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  gave 
himself  for  our  sins,  that  he  might  deliver  us 
from  the  present  evil  world. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  He  gave  himself,  that  he  might 
redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto 
himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
works. 

Gal.  ii.  20.  The  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me, 
and  gave  himself  for  me. 


Eph.  v.  2.  Christ  hath  loved  us,  and  given 
himself  for  us,  an  offering  and  a  sacrifice  to 
God,  &c.— Ver.  25, 26.  The  Son  of  God  loved 
the  church,  and  gave  himself  for  it,  that  he 
might  sanctify  and  cleanse  it. 

1  Tim.  ii.  6.  Who  gave  himself  a  ransom 
for  all. 

John  x.  15.  I  lay  down  my  life  for  the 
sheep.  Ver.  17.  See  Matt.  xx.  28.  John  x. 
11.15.  1  John  iii.  16. 

XXX.  Christ  suffered:  the  end  thereof. 
Heb.  xiii.   12.   Jesus,  that  he  might  sanctify 
the  people  with  his  own  blood,  suffered  with- 
out the  gate. 

1  Pet.  iii.  18.  Christ  hath  once  suffered  for 
sins,  that  he  might  bring  us  to  God.  Ch.  ii. 
21.  Suffered  for  us.  See  Isa.  liii.  4,  5,  6. 

XXXI.  Christ  suffered:  the  efficacy  thereof. 
Rom.  v.  6.  When  we  were  without  strength, 
Christ  died  for  the  ungodly. — Ver.  8.  While 
we  were  yet  sinners,  Christ  died  for  us. — Ver. 
10.  We  were  reconciled  to  God  by  the  death 
of  his  Son. 

vi.  10.  He  died  unto  sin.  John  x.  11.  He 
gave  his  life  for  the  sheep. 

viii.  34.  Who  is  he  that  condemneth  ?  It  is 
Christ  that  died. 

1  Cor.  xv.  3.  I  delivered  unto  you  first  of 
all  that  which  I  also  received,  how  that  Christ 
died  for  our  sins,  according  to  the  Scriptures. 

2  Cor.  v.  14,  15.  If  one  died  for  all,  then 
were  all  dead.      He  died  for  all,  that  they 
which  live,  should  live  unto  him  who  died  for 
them. 

Heb.  ii.  9.  That  he,  by  the  grace  of  God, 
should  taste  death  for  every  man.  1  Thess. 
v.  10.  He  died  for  us. 

Ver.  14.  That  through  death  he  might  de- 
stroy him  that  had  the  power  of  death,  that  is, 
the  devil.  Rom.  xiv.  15.  Heb.  ix.  15,  16. 

XXXII.  Chris  fs  blood:  the  efficacy  thereof . 
Zech.  ix.  11.  As  for  thee  also,  by  the  blood  of 
thy  covenant  I  have  sent  forth  thy  prisoners 
out  of  the  pit  wherein  is  no  water. 

xiii.  1.  In  that  day  there  shall  be  a  fountain 
opened  to  the  house  of  David  and  to  the  inha- 
bitants of  Jerusalem,  for  sin  and  for  unclean- 
See  Joel  iii.  18. 

Matt.  xxvi.  28.  My  blood,  which  is  shed  for 
the  remission  of  sins. 

Acts  xx.  28.  Feed  the  church  of  God,  which 
he  hath  purchased  with  his  blood. 

Rom.  v.  9.  Being  justified  by  his  blood,  we 
shall  be  saved  from  wrath  through  him.  Rom. 
iii.  25. 

Eph.  i.  7.  In  whom  we  have  redemption 
through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins.  Col. 
i.  14. 

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CHAP.  X. 


ii.  13.  Ye  are  made  nigh  by  the  blood  of 
Christ. 

Col.  i.  20.  Having  made  peace  through  the 
blood  of  his  cross,  by  him  to  reconcile  all 
things  to  himself. 

Heb.  i.  3.  He  by  himself  purged  our  sins. 

ix.  12.  By  his  own  blood,  he  entered  into 
the  holy  place,  having  obtained  eternal  re- 
demption for  us. — Ver.  14.  How  much  more 
shall  the  blood  of  Christ  purge  your  conscience 
from  dead  works,  to  serve  the  living  God. — 
Ver.  22.  Without  shedding  of  blood  is  no  re- 
mission. 

x.  19,  20.  Having  boldness  to  enter  into  the 
holiest  by  the  blood  of  Jesus,  by  a  new  and 
living  way,  which  he  hath  consecrated  through 
the  veil,  that  is  to  say,  his  flesh. 

Ver.  29.  The  blood  of  the  covenant  where- 
with he  was  sanctified.  Ch.  xiii.  20.  The 
blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant 

xii.  24.  Ye  are  come  to  the  blood  of  sprin- 
kling, which  speaketh  better  things  than  that 
of  Abel. 

xiii.  12.  Jesus,  that  he  might  sanctify  the 
people  with  his  own  blood,  suffered  without 
the  gate. 

1  Pet.  i.  2.  Elect,  according  to  the  fore- 
knowledge of  God  the  Father,  through  sanc- 
tification  of  the  Spirit,  unto  obedience  and 
sprinkling  of  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ. — Ver. 
19.  Precious  blood  of  Christ. 

1  John  i.  7.  The  blood  of  Christ  cleanseth 
us  from  all  sin.  Ver.  9. 

v.  6.  This  is  he  that  came  by  water  and 
blood. 

Rev.  i.  5.  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood,  &c. 

v.  9.  Thou  hast  redeemed  us  by  thy  blood. 

vii.  14.  These  have  washed  their  robes,  and 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

xii.  11.  They  overcame  by  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb.  Hence  the  title  of  Lamb  given  to 
Christ  in  Isa.  liii.  7.  John  i.  29.  36.  Rev. 
v.  6.  8.  12,  13. — vi.  1.  16. — vii.  9,  10.  17. — 
xiii.  8. — xiv.  4.  10. — xv.  3. — xvii.  14.* — xix. 
7.  9.— xxi.  9.  14.  22,  23.  27.— xxii.  1.  3. 

XXXIII.  Christ  a  propitiation.     Rom.  iii. 
25.  Jesus  Christ,  whom  God  hath  set  forth  to 
be  a  propitiation  through  faith  in  his  blood, 
for  the  remission  of  sins. 

1  John  ii.  2.  He  is  the  propitiation  for  our 
/sins — for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world.  1  John 
iv.  10.  God  sent  his  Son  to  be  the  propitiation 
for  our  sins. 

XXXIV.  Atonement.     Rom.  v.  11.   We 
joy  in  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by 
whom  we  have  received  the  atonement. 

XXXV.  Christ  styled  a  king  having  do- 
minion.   Gen.  xlix.  10.    The  sceptre  shall 


not  depart  from  Judah,  nor  a  lawgiver  from 
between  his  feet,  till  Shiloh  come ;  and  unto 
him  shall  the  gathering  of  the  people  be. 
Numb.  xxiv.  17.  There  shall  come  a  Star  out 
of  Jacob,  and  a  Sceptre  shall  rise  out  of  Israel. 

Ps.  ii.  6.  Yet  have  I  set  my  King  upon  my 
holy  hill  of  Zion. 

xlv.  6.  The  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a 
right  sceptre. 

Ixxxix.  27.  I  will  make  him  my  first-born, 
higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

Song  i.  4.  The  King  has  brought  me  into 
his  chambers. 

Isa.  xxxii.  1,  2.  Behold  a  King  shall  reign 
in  righteousness :  A  man  shall  be  as  a  hiding- 
place  from  the  wind,  and  a  covert  from  the 
tempest ;  as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place  ;  as 
a  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land. 

Dan.  vii.  14.  There  was  given  him  domi- 
nion and  glory,  and  a  kingdom,  that  all  peo- 
ple, nations  and  languages  should  serve  him : 
his  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion 
which  shall  not  pass  away,  his  kingdom  shal 
not  be  destroyed.  Ver.  27. 

Zech.  ix.  9.  Rejoice  greatly,  0  daughter  of 
Zion ;  shout,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem':  Be- 
hold, thy  King  cometh  unto  thee ;  he  is  just 
and  having  salvation.  Isa.  Ixii.  11.  Matt 
xxi.  5. 

xiv.  9.  The  Lord  shall  be  King  over  all  the 
earth.  Ps.  Ixxii.  8. 

Matt  ii.  2.  Where  is  he  that  is  born  King 
of  the  Jews  1 

John  i.  49.  Thou  art  the  Son  of  God,  thou 
art  the  King  of  Israel. 

xii.  13.  Blessed  is  the  King  that  cometh  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

xviii.  36.  My  kingdom  is  not  of  this  world. 
Ver.  37. 

Matt.  xxv.  34.  Then  shall  the  King  say  to 
them  on  his  right  hand,  Come,  ye  blessed  of 
my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for 
you. 

1  Cor.  xv.  24.  Then  cometh  the  end,  when 
he  shall  have  delivered  up  the  kingdom  to 
God,  even  the  Father.  Ver.  27,  28. 

Heb.  ii.  9.  Jesus  crowned  with  glory,  and 
honour,  and  all  things  put  under  him.  Ver.  8. 

Rev.  xi.  15.  The  kingdoms  of  this  world 
are  become  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord,  and  of 
his  Christ. 

XXXVI.  Prince.    Dan.  ix.  25.  From  the 
going  forth  of  the  commandment,  to  Messiah 
the  Prince.     Isa.  ix.  6.  The  Prince  of  peace. 
Acts  iii.  15.  The  Prince  of  life.     Acts  v.  31. 
A  Prince  and  Saviour,  to  give  repentance  and 
forgiveness  of  sins. 

XXXVII.  Governor.    Ps.  xxii.  28.  He  is 
the  governor  among  the  nations. 


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127 


Isa.  ix.  6.  The  government  shall  be  upon 
his  shoulder. 

liii.  12.  He  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the 
strong. 

Mic.  v.  2.  The  Ruler  in  Israel.  Matt. 
ii.6. 

Isa.  xl.  10.  His  arm  shall  rule  for  him.  Ch. 
Ixii.  11. 

lv.  4.  I  have  given  him  for  a  leader  and 
commander  to  the  people. 

Ps.  Ixxii.  2.  He  shall  judge  thy  people 
with  righteousness. 

ex.  6.  He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen. 
Joel  iii.  12. 

Isa.  ii.  4.  He  shall  judge  among  the  nations. 
Mic.  iv.  3. 

Mai.  iii.  2.  He  is  like  a  refiner's  fire,  and 
fuller's  soap. 

XXXVIII.  Christ  is  styled  David.    Jer. 
xxx.  9.  They  shall  serve  the  Lord  their  God, 
and  David  their  king,  whom  I  will  raise  up 
unto  them.     Ezek.  xxxiv.  23. — xxxvii.  24. 

Hos.  iii.  5.  The  children  of  Israel  shall  seek 
the  Lord  their  God,  and  David  their  king. 

Amos  ix.  11.  I  will  raise  up  the  tabernacle 
of  David  that  is  fallen,  and  close  up  the 
breaches  thereof,  and  will  raise  up  his  ruins, 
and  will  build  it  as  in  the  days  of  old. 

XXXIX.  The   offspring  of  David.    Isa. 
xi.  1.  There  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of  the 
stem  of  Jesse,  and  a  Branch  shall  grow  out 


of  his  roots.— Ver.  4.  With  righteousness 
shall  he  judge.  Rom.  xv.  12. 

xxii.  22.  The  key  of  the  house  of  David 
will  I  lay  upon  his  shoulder. 

Jer.  xxiii.  5,  6.  I  will  raise  unto  David  a 
righteous  Branch,  and  a  King  shall  reign  and 
prosper,  and  shall  execute  judgment  and  jus- 
tice in  the  earth.  In  his  days  Judah  shall  be 
saved,  and  Israel  shall  dwell  safely. 

xxxiii.  15.  He  shall  execute  judgment  and 
righteousness  in  the  land.  Ver.  17. 

Zech.  iii.  8.  I  will  bring  forth  my  servant, 
the  Branch. — Ver.  9.  I  will  remove  the  ini- 
quity of  the  land  in  one  day. 

vi.  12,  13.  The  man  whose  name  is  The 
Branch ;  he  shall  grow  up  out  of  his  place, 
and  he  shall  build  the  temple  of  the  Lord :  he 
shall  bear  the  glory,  and  shall  sit  and  rule 
upon  his  throne. 

Rev.  v.  5.  The  Lion  of  the  tribe  of  Judah 
hath  prevailed. 

xxii.  16.  The  root  and  offspring  of  David, 
the  bright  and  morning  star. 

XL.  The  San  of  David.  Luke  i.  32,  33. 
The  Lord  shall  give  unto  him  the  throne  of 
his  father  David.  He  shall  reign  over  the 
house  of  Jacob  for  ever,  and  of  his  kingdom 
there  shall  be  no  end. 

Rev.  iii.  7.  These  things  saith  he  that  hath 
the  key  of  David,  that  openeth  and  no  man 
shutteth,  and  shutteth  and  no  man  openeth. 
Ch.  i.  18.  That  hath  the  keys  of  hell  and 
death. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


BAPTISM  AND  THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 


FOR  ADMISSION  INTO  THE  JEWISH  CHQBCH 

— See  Circumcision  appointed.    Gen.  17th 
chap,  from  ver.  9  to  25. 


I.  BAPTISM  before  Christ's  death.  Luke 
iii.  16.  John  said,  I  indeed  baptize  you  with 
water;  but  one  mightier  than  I  cometh,  he 
shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost.  John 
i.  26.  31.  33.  Acts  i.  5. 

Acts  xix.  4.  John  baptized  with  the  baptism 
of  repentance,  saying  unto  the  people,  that 
they  should  believe  on  him  which  should 
come  after  him,  that  is,  on  Christ  Jesus. 

John  iv.  2.  Jesus  baptized  not ;  but  his  dis- 
ciples baptized. 

1  Cor.  x.  2.  Our  fathers  were  all  baptized 
in  the  cloud,  and  in  the  sea. 


H.  Baptism  after  Christ's  resurrection. 
Matt,  xxviii.  18 — 20.  All  power  is  given  unto 
me  in  heaven  and  in  earth.  Go  ye,  therefore, 
and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.  Teaching  them  to  observe 
all  things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you ; 
and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  always  even  unto  the 
end  of  the  world. 

Mark  xvi.  16.  He  that  believeth,  and  is  bap- 
tized, shall  be  saved. 

John  iii.  5.  Jesus  said,  Except  a  man  be 
born  of  water  and  of  the  spirit,  he  cannot 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Acts  ii.  38.  Peter  said,  Repent,  and  be  bap- 
tized every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of  Jesua 
Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins. — Ver.  41 


128 


THE   LORD  S  SUPPER. 


CHAP.  XL 


They  that  gladly  received  his  word  were  bap- 
tized. 

viii.  12.  When  those  who  had  been  de- 
ceived by  Simon  Magus  believed  Philip, 
preaching  the  things  concerning  the  kingdom 
of  God  and  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  they 
were  baptized,  both  men  and  women. — Ver. 
13.  Simon  believed  also,  and  was  baptized. 

viii.  36 — 38.  The  eunuch  said  to  Philip, 
Here  is  water,  what  doth  hinder  me  to  be  bap- 
tized 1  Philip  said,  If  thou  believest  with  all 
thy  heart,  thou  mayest.  And  he  answered 
and  said,  I  believe  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son 
of  God.  And  they  both  went  down  into  the 
water,  and  Philip  baptized  him. 

x.  47,  48.  Peter  said,  Can  any  man  forbid 
water,  that  these  should  not  be  baptized  which 
have  received  the  Holy  Ghost  1  And  he  com- 
manded them  to  be  baptized  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord. 

xvi.  15.  Lydia,  whose  heart  the  Lord  touch- 
ed, and  her  household,  were  baptized. — Ver. 
33.  Also  the  jailer,  and  all  his  house. 

xix.  5.  Some  that  had  been  baptized  with 
John's  baptism,  were  again  baptized  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

xxii.  16.  Ananias  said  unto  Saul,  Why  tar- 
riest  thou  1  Arise,  and  be  baptized,  and  wash 
away  thy  sins,  calling  on  the  name  of  the 
Lord.  Ch.  ix.  18.  And  he  arose  and  was 
baptized. 

Rom.  vi.  3,  4.  As  many  of  us  as  were  bap- 
tized into  Jesus  Christ,  were  baptized  into  his 
death.  Therefore  we  are  buried  with  him  by 
baptism  into  death,  that  like  as  Christ  was 
raised  up  from  the  dead,  by  the  glory  of  the 
Father,  even  so  we  also  should  walk  in  new- 
ness of  life. 

1  Cor.  i.  14.  Paul  baptized  Crispus  and 
Gaius. — Ver.  16.  He  baptized  also  the  house 
of  Stephanas. 

xii.  13.  By  one  Spirit  we  are  all  baptized 
into  one  body,  whether  we  be  Jews  or  Gen- 
tiles, bond  or  free. 

Gal.  iii.  27,  28.  As  many  of  you  as  have 
been  baptized  into  Christ,  have  put  on  Christ. 
Ye  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Col.  ii.  12.  Ye  are  buried  with  Christ  in 
baptism ;  wherein  also  ye  are  risen  with  him 
through  the  faith  of  the  operation  of  God,  who 
hath  raised  him  from  the  dead. 

Tit.  iii.  5.  He  saved  us  by  the  washing  of 
regeneration,  and  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Heb.  vi.  I,  2.  Baptism  is  one  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  doctrine  of  Christ  along  with 
the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  eternal  judg- 
ment. 

1  Pet.  iii.  20,  21.  In  the  ark  eight  persons 
were  saved.  The  like  figure  whereunto,  bap- 
tism, doth  now  save  us  (not  the  putting  away 
the  filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the  answer  of  a  good 


conscience  toward  God,)  by  the  resurrection 
of  Jesus  Christ. 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

See  The  passover  instituted  to  the  Jews. 
Exod.  ch.  xii.  To  be  eaten  by  all  of  them,  even 
by  some  that  were  unclean.  Numb.  ix.  6  to 
11.  And  was  eaten  by  some  such.  2  Chron. 
xxx.  18,  19. 

1  Cor.  v.  7,  8.  Christ  our  passover  is  sacri- 
ficed for  us :  therefore  let  us  keep  the  feast. 

III.  The  institution  of  the  Lord's  supper. 
Matt.  xxvi.  26.  As  Jesus  and  his  disciples 
were  eating  the  passover,  Jesus  took  bread, 
and  blessed  it,  and  brake  it,  and  gave  it  to  the 
disciples,  and  said,  Take,  eat ;  this  is  my  body. 
Luke  xxii.  19.  My  body  given  for  you:  this 
do  in  remembrance  of  me. 

Ver.  27,  28.  And  he  took  the  cup,  and  gave 
thanks,  and  gave  it  to  them,  saying,  Drink  ye 
all  of  it.  For  this  is  my  blood  of  the  new 
testament,  which  is  shed  for  the  remission  of 
sins. 

Ver.  29.  But  I  say  unto  you,  I  will  not 
drink  henceforth  of  this  fruit  of  the  vine,  until 
that  day  when  I  drink  it  new  with  you  in  my 
Father's  kingdom.  See  the  parallel  places, 
Mark  xiv.  22  to  25.  Luke  xxii.  14  to  21. 

See  St.  Paul's  account  of  the  Lord's  sup- 
per. 1  Cor.  xi.  23 — 26.  I  have  received  of 
the  Lord,  that  which  also  I  delivered  unto  you, 
Thgt  the  Lord  Jesus,  the  same  night  in  which 
he  was  betrayed,  took  bread;  and  when  he 
had  given  thanks,  he  brake  it ;  and  said,  Take, 
eat;  this  is  my  body,  which  is  broken  for  you: 
this  do  in  remembrance  of  me.  After  the 
same  manner  also  he  took  the  cup,  when  he 
had  supped,  saying,  This  cup  is  the  new  tes- 
tament in  my  blood  ;  this  do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye 
drink  it,  in  remembrance  of  me.  For  as  often 
as  ye  eat  this  bread,  and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do 
shew  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come. 

IV.  The  Lord's  supper  to  be  received  fre- 
quently.   Acts  ii.  42.  The  primitive  Christians 
continued  steadfastly  in  the  apostles'  doctrine, 
and-  fellowship,  and  in  breaking  of  bread,  and 
in  prayers. 

xx.  7.  On  the  first  day  of  the  week,  when 
the  disciples  came  together  to  break  bread, 
Paul  preached  unto  them.  Ver.  1 1. 

V.  And  with  suitable  preparation.     1  Cor. 
v.  7,  8.  Purge  out  the  old  leaven,  that  ye  may 
be  a  new  lump,  as  ye  are  unleavened ;  for 
even  Christ  our  passover  is  sacrificed  for  us. 
Therefore  let  us  keep  the  feast,  not  with  old 
leaven,  neither  with  the  leaven  of  malice  and 


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OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 


129 


wickedness,  but  with  the  unleavened  bread  of 
sincerity  and  truth. 

x.  3 — 5.  Our  fathers  did  all  eat  the  same 
spiritual  meat,  and  did  all  drink  the  same  spi- 
ritual drink :  (for  they  drank  of  that  spiritual 
Rock  that  followed  them,  and  that  Rock  was 
Christ :)  But  with  many  of  them  God  was 
not  well  pleased :  for  they  were  overthrown  in 
the  wilderness. 

Ver.  6 — 10.  These  things  were  our  exam- 
ples, to  the  intent  we  should  not  lust  after  evil 
things  as  they  lusted — Neither  be  ye  idolaters 
as  some  of  them  were — Neither  let  us  commit 
fornication  as  some  of  them  did — Neither  let 
us  tempt  Christ  as  some  of  them  tempted — 
Neither  murmur  as  some  of  them  murmured. 

Ver.  16,  17.  The  cup  of  blessing  which  we 
bless,  is  it  not  the  communion  of  the  blood  of 
Christ  1  the  bread  which  we  break,  is  it  not 
the  communion  of  the  body  of  Christ  1  For 
we,  being  many,  are  one  bread,  and  one  body ; 
for  we  are  all  partakers  of  that  one  bread. 

Ver.  20,  21.  The  things  which  the  Gentiles 
sacrifice,  they  sacrifice  to  devils,  and  not  to 
God  ;  and  I  would  not  that  ye  shodld  have 
fellowship  with  devils.  Ye  cannot  drink  the 
cup  of  the  Lord  and  the  cup  of  devils;  ye 
cannot  be  partakers  of  the  Lord's  table  and  of 
the  table  of  devils. 

Ver.  31,  32.  Whether  ye  eat  or  drink,  or 
whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God. 
Gix'e  none  offence  neither  to  Jews  nor  to  Gen- 
tiles, nor  to  the  church  of  God. 

xi.  27— 29.«Whosoever  shall  eat  this  bread, 


and  drink  this  cup  of  the  Lord  unworthily, 
shall  be  guilty  of  the  body  and  blood  of  the 
Lord.  But  let  a  man  examine  himself,  and 
so  let  him  eat  of  that  bread  and  drink  of  that 
cup.  For  he  that  eateth  and  drinketh  un- 
worthily, eateth  and  drinketh  damnation  to 
himself,  not  discerning  the  Lord's  body.  See 
abuses  of  this  ordinance  committed  by  the 
Corinthians,  reproved  and  threatened  in  this 
Chap,  from  ver.  17  to  23,  and  from  ver.  30  to 
32.  See  Mai.  i.  7.  The  wicked  say,  The 
table  of  the  Lord  is  contemptible. 

Portions  of  Scripture  affording  suitable 
matter  of  meditation,  at,  before,  and  after  re- 
ceiving the  Sacrament.  Ps.  cxvi.  7. 12,  13, 14. 
Song  ii.  3,  4.— v.  1.  Isa.  xxv.  6  to  10.— lv. 
1.  Rev.  xxi.  6. — xxii.  17.  John  iv.  14. — vi. 
35.  48.  51  to  63. 

N.  B.  The  preparation  required  to  the  ac- 
ceptable receiving  the  Lord's  supper,  are  those 
same  qualifications  that  are  required  in  accep- 
table prayer ;  which  see  at  large  in  the  chap, 
upon  Prayer.  The  sins  for  which  men  ought 
to  be  excluded  from  this  ordinance,  are  the 
same  sins,  persisted  in,  for  which  the  sacred 
Scriptures  allow  that  they  should  be  excluded 
from  Christian  society,  and  declare  that  such 
shall  be  excluded  out  of  the  kingdom  of  hea- 
ven ;  which  see  in  the  various  characters  of 
sinners,  and  threats  against  them.  Also  see, 
Persons  that  cannot  enter  info  the  kingdom 
of  God  ;  and,  Persons  that  shall  be  cast  into 
the  lake  of  fire. 


CHAPTER  XII. 


OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 


si 

; 


I.  THE  Spirit's  influences  upon  the  ma- 
terial and  animal  world.  Gen.  i.  2.  The 
Spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the 
waters. 

Job  xxvi.  13.  By  his  Spirit  he  hath  gar- 
nished the  heavens. 

xxxii.  8.  There  is  a  spirit  in  man,  and  the 
inspiration  of  the  Almighty  giveth  under- 
standing. 

xxxiii.  4.  The  Spirit  of  God  hath  made  me. 

xxxiv.  14,  15.   If  he  gather  unto  himself 
is  spirit  and  his  breath,  all  flesh  shall  perish 
together. 

Ps.  civ.  30.  Thou  sendest  forth  thy  Spirit, 
they  are  created. 

Isa.  xxxiv.  16.    His  Spirit  hath  gathered 
them,  (viz.  the  vultures  to  destroy.) 
17 


II.  The  Spirit's  influences  upon  the  minds 
of  mankind.  Upon  the  prophets.  Numb, 
xi.  25.  The  Spirit  rested  upon  the  seventy  el- 
ders, and  they  prophesied. 

Ver.  26.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  rested  upon 
Eldad  and  Medad,  and  they  prophesied. 

Ver.  29.  Moses  said,  would  to  God  that  all 
the  Lord's  people  were  prophets,  and  that  the 
Lord  would  put  his  Spirit  upon  them. 

xxiv.  2,  3.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came 
upon  Balaam,  and  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said,  &c. 

1  Sam.  x.  10.  The  Spirit  of  God  tame  upon 
Saul,  and  he  prophesied.     Ch.  xix.  23. 

xix.  20.  The  Spirit  of  God  was  upon  the 
messengers  of  Saul,  and  they  prophesied. 

2  Sam.  xxiii.  2.  David  said,  the  Spirit  of 

, 

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CHAP.  XII. 


the  Lord  spake  by  me,  and  his  word  was  in 
my  tongue. 

"2  Chron.  xx.  1 4.  Upon  Jahaziel  came  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord,  in  the  midst  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

Neh.  ix.  30.  Thou  testifiedst  against  them 
by  thy  Spirit,  in  thy  prophets. 

Isa.  xlviii.  16.  The  Lord  God  and  his  Spirit 
hath  sent  me. 

1.  4.  The  Lord  God  hath  given  me  the 
tongue  of  the  learned. 

Ezek.  ii.  2.  The  Spirit  entered  into  me, 
when  he  spake  unto  me.  Ch.  iii.  24. 

iii.  12.  The  Spirit  took  me  up,  and  I  heard 
a  voice,  saying,  Blessed  be  the  glory  of  the 
Lord.  Ch.  xi.  24. 

Ver.  14.  The  Spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  strong  upon  me.  Ch. 
viii.  3. — xi.  1. 

xi.  5.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  me, 
and  said  unto  me,  Speak,  &c. 

Joel  ii.  28.  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit  upon 
all  flesh.  Acts  ii.  17,  18. 

Mic.  iii.  8.  I  am  full  of  power  by  the  Spirit 
of  thevLord,  and  of  judgment,  and  of  might, 
to  declare  unto  Jacob  his  transgression,  and 
to  Israel  his  sin. 

Zech.  vii.  12.  The  words  which  the  Lord 
of  hosts  hath  sent  in  his  Spirit,  by  the  former 
prophets. 

Matt.  xxii.  43.  How  doth  David  in  spirit 
call  him  Lord  1 

Luke  i.  15.  John  shall  be  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost.— Ver.  76.  Shall  be  called  the 
prophet  of  the  Highest.  (Ch.  vii.  28.  There 
hath  not  arisen  a  greater  prophet  than  John 
the  Baptist.) 

Ver.  41.  Elisabeth  was  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  &c. — Ver.  67.  Zacharias  was  filled 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  he  prophesied. 

ii.  25,  26.  The  Holy  Ghost  was  upon  Si- 
meon. It  was  revealed  to  him,  that  he  should 
not  see  death,  before  he  had  seen  the  Lord's 
Christ.  2  Kings  ii.  9. 

Ver.  27 — 30.  He  (Simeon)  came  by  the 
Spirit  into  the  temple.  He  took  up  the  child 
[Jesus]  in  his  arms,  and  blessed  God,  and  said, 
Now  lettest  thou  thy  servant  depart  in  peace, 
according  to  thy  word,  for  mine  eyes  have 
seen  thy  salvation. 

Acts  i.  16.  This  Scripture  must  needs  have 
been  fulfilled,  which  the  Holy  Ghost,  by  the 
mouth  of  David,  spake  concerning  Judas. 

xi.  28.  Agabus  signified  by  the  Spirit,  that 
there  should  be  a  great  dearth,  which  came  to 
pass  in  the  days  of  Claudius  Caesar. 

xxi.  11.  Agabus  said,  Thus  saith  the  Spirit, 
So  shall  the  Jews  at  Jerusalem  bind  the  man 
that  owneth  this  girdle. 

xxviii.  25.  Well  spake  the  Holy  Ghost  by 
"Esaias  the  prophet. 


1  Tim.  iv.  1.  The  Spirit  speaketh  expressly, 
that  in  the  latter  times  some  shall  depart  from 
the  faith. 

Heb.  ix.  8.  The  Holy  Ghost  thus  signify- 
ing, that  the  way  into  the  holiest  was  not  yet 
made  manifest. 

1  Pet.  i.  10,  11.    Of  which   salvation   the 
prophets  inquired  and  searched  diligently,  who 
prophesied  of  the  grace  that  should  come  unto 
you.     Searching  what,  or  what  manner  of 
time  the  Spirit  of  Christ  which  was  in  them 
did  signify,  when  it  testified  beforehand  the 
sufferings  of  Christ,  and  the  glory  that  should 
follow. — Ver.  12.    They  ministered  to  those 
who  have  preached  the  gospel,  with  the  Holy 
Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven. 

2  Pet.  i.  21.  Prophecy  came  not  in  old  time 
by  the  will  of  man,  but  holy  men  of  God 
spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

III.  The  Spirit's  influences  upon  Jesus 
Christ.     The  formation  of  his  body.     Matt, 
i.  18.  Mary  was  found  with  child  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. — Ver.  20.  That  which  is  conceived  in 
her  is  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Luke  i.  35.  The  Holy  Ghost  shall  come 
upon  thee,  and  the  power  of  the  Highest  shall 
overshadow  thee;  therefore  also  that  holy 
thing  which  shall  be  born  of  thee,  shall  be 
called  the  Son  of  God. 

IV.  Endowments  of  his  mind.    Isa.  xi.  2, 
3.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him, 
the  Spirit  of  wisdom  and  understanding,  the 
Spirit  of  knowledge,  and  of  me  fear  of  the 
Lord ;   and  shall  make  him  of  quick  under- 
standing in  the  fear  of  the  Lord.     Ver.  3. 

xlii.  1.  Behold  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold ; 
mine  elect,  in  whom  my  soul  delighteth :  I 
have  put  my  Spirit  upon  him ;  he  shall  bring 
forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles.  Matt.  xii.  18. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon 
me,  because  he  hath  anointed  me  to  preach 
good  tidings  to  the  meek.  Luke  iv.  18. 

Matt.  iii.  16.  Jesus  saw  the  Spirit  of  God 
descending  like  a  dove,  and  lighting  upon 
him.  Mark  i.  10.  Luke  iii.  22. 

Luke  ii.  40.  Jesus  waxed  strong  in  spirit, 
and  the  grace  of  God  was  upon  him. 

John  i.  32.  John  bare  record,  saying,  I  saw 
the  Spirit  descending  from  heaven  like  a  dove, 
and  it  abode  upon  him. 

iii.  34.  God  giveth  not  the  Spirit  by  mea- 
sure unto  him. 

Acts  i.  2.  Jesus,  through  the  Holy  Ghost, 
gave  commandments  unto  the  apostles. 

x.  38.  God  anointed  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  with  power. 

V.  Upon  the  actions  of  his  life.    Matt.  iv. 
1.  Then  was  Jesus  led  up  of  the  Spirit  into 
the  wilderness. 


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OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 


131 


Luke  iv.  14.  Jesus  returned  in  the  power 
of  the  Spirit  into  Galilee. 

VI.  Upon  his  miracles.     Matt.  xii.  28.  Je- 
sus said,  If  I  cast  out  devils  by  the  Spirit  of 
God,  then  the  kingdom  of  God  is  come  unto 
you.     Luke  xi.  20. 

VII.  Upon   his  oblation.      Heb.   ix.    14. 
Christ,  through  the  eternal  Spirit,  offered  him- 
self without  spot  unto  God. 

VIII.  Upon  his  resurrection.     1  Pet.  iii.  18. 
Christ,  being  put  to  death  in  the  flesh,  but 
quickened  by  the  Spirit. 

IX.  The  Spirit's  influences  upon  the  apos- 
tles, is  a  witness  to   Christ.     John  xv.  26. 
The  Comforter,  the  Spirit  of  truth,  he  shall 
testify  of  me.     Ver.  27. 

Acts  v.  32.  We  are  his  witnesses ;  so  also 
is  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Rom.  i.  4.  Jesus  Christ,  declared  to  be  the 
Son  of  God  with  power,  according  to  the 
Spirit  of  holiness. 

1  Tim.  iii.  1 6.  God  was  manifest  in  the 
flesh  ;  justified  in  the  Spirit. 

Heb.  x.  15.  The  Holy  Ghost  is  a  witness 
to  us. 

1  John  v.  6.  It  is  the  Spirit  that  beareth 
witness,  because  the  Spirit  is  truth. — Ver.  7. 
r  There  are  three  that  bear  record  in  heaven, 
the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the  Holy  Ghost. — 
Ver.  8.  There  are  three  that  bear  witness  in 
earth,  the  Spirit,  the  water,  and  the  blood. 

Rev.  xix.  10.  The  testimony  of  Jesus  is 
the  Spirit  of  prophecy. 

X.  The  Spirit's  influence  upon  the  apostles 
of  Christ,  furnishing  them  with  the  know- 
ledge of  divine  truths,  and  utterance  to  ex- 
press them.     Luke  xii.  12.  The  Holy  Ghost 
shall  teach  you  in  the  same  hour  what  ye 
ought  to  say.     Mark  xiii.  11. 

xxi.  15.  I  will  give  you  a  mouth  and  wis- 
dom which  all  your  adversaries  shall  not  be 
able  to  gainsay  nor  resist.  Matt.  x.  19,  20. 

xxiv.  49.  Behold,  I  send  the  promise  of  the 
Father  upon  you :  But  tarry  ye  in  Jerusalem 
till  ye  be  endued  with  power  from  on  high. 
Acts  i.  4,  5.  8. 

John  xiv.  16,  17.  I  will  pray  the  Father, 
and  he  will  give  you  another  Comforter,  even 
r  the  Spirit  of  truth,  that  he  may  abide  with 
you. — Ver.  26.  He  shall  teach  you  all  things, 
and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance, 
whatsoever  I  have  said  unto  you.  Luke 
xxiv.  49. 

^L      xvi.  7.  I  will  send  the  Comforter  unto  you. 
—Ver.  13.  The  Spirit  of  truth,  he  will  guide 
,/  you  into  all  truth ;  and  will  show  you  things 
to  come.     Ver.  14,  15. 


xv.  26.    He  shall  testify  of  me ;  and  ye     ^ 
shall  also  bear  witness.     Ver.  27. 

Acts  ii.  4.  They  were  all  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost. — Ver.   16.    Peter   said,  This   is   _ 
that  which  was  spoken  of  by  the  prophet  Joel. 
Joel  ii.  28. 

Ver.  33.  Jesus,  being  by  the  right  hand  of 
God  exalted,  hath  shed  forth  this  which  ye 
now  see  and  hear. 

iv.  8.  Peter,  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
said.— Ver.  31.  They  were  all  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  and  they  spake  the  word  of  God 
with  boldness. 

vi.  10.  They  were  not  able  to  resist  the 
wisdom  and  the  Spirit,  by  which  Stephen 
spake. 

vii.  55.    Stephen,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
looked  up  into  heaven,  and  saw  the  glory  of     * 
God,  and  Jesus  standing  on  the  right  hand  of 
God. 

viii.  29.  The  Spirit  said  to  Philip,  Go  near 
and  join  this  chariot. 

x.  19,  20.  The  Spirit  said  to  Peter,  Behold> 
three  men  seek  thee.     Go  with  them,  for  I    "7 
have  sent  them.     Ch.  xi.  12. 

xiii.  2.  As  they  ministered  to  the  Lord,  and 
fasted,  the  Holy  Ghost  said,  Separate  me  Bar- 
nabas and  Saul  for  the  work  of  the  ministry, 
whereunto  I  have  called  them. — Ver.  4.  They, 
being  sent  forth  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  departed 
unto  Seleucia. 

Ver.  9—11.  Saul,  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  said,  O  full  of  all  subtilty,  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  is  upon  thee,  and  thou  shall  be  blind. 

Ver.  52.  The  disciples  were  filled  with  joy, 
and  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

xv.  28.  It  seemed  good  to  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  to  us,  to  lay  upon  you  no  greater  burthen 
than  these  necessary  things. 

xvi.  6.  They  were  forbidden  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  to  preach  the  word  in  Asia. — Ver.  7. 
They  assayed  to  go  into  Bithynia:  but  the 
Spirit  suffered  them  not. 

xix.  6.  The  Holy  Ghost  came  on  them,  and 
they  spake  with  tongues  and  prophesied. 

xx.  22.  Paul  said,  I  go  bound  in  the  spirit 
to  Jerusalem.— Ver.  23.  The  Holy  Ghost 
witnesseth,  saying,  That  bonds  and  afflictions 
abide  me. 

Ver.  28.  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  and  to 
all  the  flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost  hath 
made  you  overseers. 

xxi.  4.  Certain  disciples  said  to  Paul, 
through  the  Spirit,  that  he  should  not  go  up 
to  Jerusalem. 

1  Cor.  ii.  4,  5.  Paul  said,  my  speech  and 
my  preaching  was  not  with  enticing  words  of  ^J 
man's  wisdom,  but  in  demonstration  of  the 
Spirit  and  of  power :  That  your  faith  should 
not  stand  in  the  wisdom  of  men.  but  in  the 
power  of  God. 


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CHAP.  XII. 


Ver.  9,  10.   Eye  hath  not   seen,  nor   ear 

heard,  neither  have  entered  into  the  heart  of 

man,  the  things  that  God  hath  prepared  for 

*>    them  that  love  him.     But  God  hath  revealed 

them  to  us  by  his  Spirit.     Isa.  Ixiv.  4. 

Ver.  12,  13.  We  have  received  the  Spirit 
which  is  of  God,  that  we  might  know  the  things 
that  are  freely  given  to  us  of  God.  Which 
%  things  we  speak,  not  in  words  which  man's 
wisdom  teacheth,  but  which  the  Holy  Ghost 
teacheth. 

vii.  40.  I  think  also  that  I  have  the  Spirit 
of  God. 

2  Cor.  iii.  6.  God  hath  made  us  able  minis- 
ters of  the  new  testament :  not  of  the  letter, 
"t"    but  of  the  spirit :  for  the  letter  killeth,  but  the 
spirit  giveth  life. — Ver.  8.  Ministration  of  the 
Spirit  is  glorious. 

vi.  4.  Approving  ourselves  as  the  ministers 
of  God,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  by  love  unfeigrted. 
Ver.  6. 

Gal.  i.  1 1, 12.  The  gospel  which  was  preach- 
ed of  me,  is  not  after  man  :  For  I  neither  re- 
ceived it  of  man,  neither  was  I  taught  it,  but 
by  the  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  1 6.  It 
pleased  God  to  reveal  his  Son  in  me,  that  I 
might  preach  him  among  the  heathen. 

Eph.  ii.  20.  Ye  are  built  upon  the  foundation 
of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  an  habitation  of 
God  through  the  Spirit.  Ver.  22. 

iii.  4.  5.  The  mystery  of  the  knowledge  of 
Christ,  is  now  revealed  unto  his  holy  apostles 
arid  prophets  by  the  Spirit. — Ver.  8.  Unto  me 
is  this  grace  given,  that  I  should  preach  among 
the  Gentiles  the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ. 
Ver.  7. 

1  Thess.  i.  5.  Our  word  came  in  power,  and 
in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

1  Pet.  i.  12.  Those  who  have  preached  the 
gospel  unto  you,  with  the  Holy  Ghost  sent 
down  from  heaven.  Ch.  iv.  11. 

Rev.  i.  10.  I  was  in  the  Spirit  on  the  Lord's 
day.  ^ 

ii.  7.  Hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  unto  the 
churches.  Ver.  11.  17.  29.  Ch.  iii.  6.  13. 
22. 

xiv.  13.  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in 
the  Lord ;  yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  &c. 

xvii.  3.  He  carried  me  away  in  the  Spirit. 

xxii.  17.  The  Spirit  and  the  bride  say, 
Come. 

XI.  Hence  (he  following  character  is  given 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  as  written  by  the  pro- 
phets and  apostles.  2  Tim.  iii.  15.  The  holy 
scriptures  are  able  to  make  thee  wise  unto  sal- 
vation, through  faith  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Ver.  16,  17.  All  scripture  is  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God,  and  is  profitable  for  doctrine, 
for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction  in 
righteousness :  That  the  man  of  God  may  be 


perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good 
works.  Rom.  xv.  4.  The  scriptures  were 
written  for  our  learning. 

2  Pet.  i.  21.  Holy  men  spake  as  they  were 
moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Heb.  i.  1,  2.  God,  who  at  sundry  times, 
and  in  divers  manners,  spake  unto  the  fathers 
by  the  prophets,  hath  in  these  last  days  spoken 
unto  us  by  his  Son,  whom  he  hath  appointed 
heir  of  all  things. 

XII.  Miraculous  gifts  of  the  Spirit  upon 
the  apostles,  and  some  primitive  Christians. 
Acts  ii.  4.  They  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  began  to  speak  with  tongues,  as 
the  Spirit  gave  them  utterance.  Ver.  8.  11.  17. 

x.  44.  While  Peter  spake,  the  Holy  Ghost 
fell  on  all  that  heard  the  word. — Ver.  45.  On 
the  Gentiles  also  was  poured  out  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.— Ver.  47.  Peter  said,  Can 
any  man  forbid  water,  that  these  should  not 
be  baptized,  who  have  received  the  Holy 
Ghost  1 

xi.  15,  16.  The  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them, 
(the  Gentiles,)  as  on  us.  Then  remembered 
I  the  word  of  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  be  baptized 
with  the  Holy  Ghost. — Ver.  17.  God  gave 
them,  (the  Gentiles,)  the  like  gift  as  he  did 
unto  us,  who  believed  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

Ver.  24.  Barnabas  was  a  good  man,  and 
full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  of  faith. 

xv.  8.  God,  which  knoweth  the  hearts,  bare 
them  witness,  giving  them  the  Holy  Ghost, 
even  as  unto  us. 

xix.  6.  They  spake  with  tongues,  and 
prophesied. 

Rom.  xv.  18,  19.  I  will  not  dare  to  speak 
of  those  things  which  Christ  hath  not  wrought 
by  me,  to  make  the  Gentiles  obedient  by  word 
and  deed;  through  mighty  signs  and  wonders, 
by  the  power  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 

1  Cor.  xii.  4.  There  are  diversities  of  gifts, 
but  the  same  Spirit. 

Ver.  7—11.  The  manifestation  of  the 
Spirit  is  given  to  every  man  to  profit  withal. 
To  one  is  given  by  the  Spirit  the  word  of 
wisdom ;  to  another  the  word  of  knowledge ; 
to  another  faith ;  to  another  the  gifts  of  heal- 
ing ;  to  another  the  working  of  miracles ;  to 
another  prophecy ;  to  another  discerning  of 
spirits  ;  to  another  divers  kinds  of  tongues ;  to 
another  the  interpretation  of  tongues.  But 
all  these  worketh  that  one  and  the  self-same 
Spirit,  dividing  to  every  man  severally  as  he 
will.  Ver.  30. 

xiv.  2.  In  the  Spirit  he  speaketh  myste- 
ries. 

Heb.  ii.  4.  God  also  bearing  them  witness, 
both  with  signs  and  wonders,  and  with  divers 
miracles,  and  gifts  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 


CHAP.  XII. 


OF   THE   HOLY   GHOST. 


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Concerning  the  gifts  of  tongues,  see  1  Cor. 
xiii.  8.—  xiv.  2.  5,  6.  18.  22,  23.  39. 

XIII,  The  influences  of  the  Spirit  upon 
the  minds  of  Christians  in  general,  in  their 
sanctification.  Gen.  vi.  3.  God  said,  My 
Spirit  shall  not  always  strive  with  man. 

Neh.  ix.  20.  Thou  gavest  thy  good  Spirit 
to  instruct  them. 

Ps.  li.  1  1.  Take  not  thy  holy  Spirit  from  me. 
—  Ver.  12.  Uphold  me  with  thy  free  Spirit. 

cxliii.  10.  Thy  Spirit  is  good,  lead  me. 

Prov.  i.  23.  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit  unto 
you,  and  make  known  my  words  unto  you. 

Isa.  xxxii.  15.  Until  the  Spirit  be  poured 
upon  us  from  on  high,  and  the  wilderness  be 
a  fruitful  field.  —  Ver.  16.  .Then  judgment 
shall  dwell  in  the  wilderness,  and  righteous- 
ness remain  in  the  fruitful  field. 

xliv.  3.  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is 
thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground:  I 
will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my 
blessing  upon  thine  offspring. 

lix.  21.  This  is  my  covenant  with  them, 
saith  the  Lord,  My  Spirit  that  is  upon  thee, 
and  my  words  which  I  have  put  in  thy  mouth, 
shall  not  depart  out  of  thy  mouth,  nor  out  of 
the  mouth  of  thy  seed,  nor  out  of  the  mouth 
of  thy  seed's  seed. 

Ixiii.  11.  Where  is  he  that  put  his  holy 
Spirit  within  him  1 

Ezek.  xi.  19.  I  will  put  a  new  Spirit  within 
you.  Ch.  xxxvi.  26. 

xxxvi.  27.  I  will  put  my  Spirit  within  you, 
and  cause  you  to  walk  in  my  statutes.  Ch. 
xxxvii.  14. 

xxxix.  29.  I  have  poured  out  my  Spirit  on 
the  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord. 

Mic.  ii.  7.  Is  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  straitened! 

Hag.ii.  5.  My  Spirit  remaineth  among  you, 
fear  not. 

Zech.  iv.  6.  Thus  saith  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  Not  by  might  nor  by  power,  but  by  my 
Spirit,  saith  the  Lord,  shall  ye  prevail. 

xii.  10.  I  will  pour  upon  the  house  of  David, 
and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  the 
Spirit  of  grace  and  of  supplications. 

Matt.  iii.  11.  He  shall  baptize  you  with  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

John  iii.  5,  6.  Except  a  man  be  born  of  wa- 
ter and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.  That  which  is  born  of 
the  flesh,  is  flesh  ;  and  that  which  is  born  of 
the  Spirit,  is  spirit.  —  Ver.  8.  The  wind  blow- 
eth  where  it  listeth,  and  thou  hearest  the  sound 
thereof,  but  canst  not  tell  whence  it  cometh, 
and  whither  it  goeth  :  so  is  every  one  that  is 
born  of  the  Spirit. 

vi.  63.  It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickeneth. 

vii.  39.  This  spake  he  of  the  Spirit,  which 
they  that  believe  on  him  should  receive, 


xvi.  8.  He  will  reprove  the  world  of  sin, 
and  of  judgment. 

Acts  v.  32.  Also  the  Holy  Ghost,  whom  God 
hath  given  to  them  that  obey  him. 

vi.  3.  Look  ye  out  men  of  honest  report, 
full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  wisdom. — Ver.  5. 
They  chose  Stephen,  a  man  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

ix.  31.  The  churches  walking  in  the  fear  of 
the  Lord,  and  in  the  comfort  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  were  multiplied. 

Rom.  v.  5.  The  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad 
in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  is  gi- 
ven unto  us. 

viii.  1, 2.  There  is  no  condemnation  to  them 
who  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not  after 
the  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit.  The  law  of 
the  Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus,  hath  made 
me  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death. 

Ver.  5.  They  that  are  after  the  Spirit  do 
mind  the  things  of  the  Spirit. — Ver.  9.  Ye 
are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the  Spirit ;  if  so  be 
that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwell  in  you.  Now, 
if  any  man  have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is 
none  of  his. 

Ver.  11.  If  the  Spirit  of  him  that  raised  up 
Jesus  from  the  dead  dwell  in  you,  he  that 
raised  up  Christ  from  the  dead,  shall  also  quick- 
en your  mortal  bodies  by  his  Spirit  that  dweil- 
eth  in  you. 

Ver.  13.  If  ye  through  the  Spirit  do  mor- 
tify the  deeds  of  the  body,  ye  shall  live. 

Ver.  14 — 16.  As  many  as  are  led  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  they  are  the  sons  of  God.  Ye 
have  received  the  Spirit  of  adoption,  whereby 
we  cry,  Abba,  Father.  The  Spirit  bearetli 
witness  with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  child- 
ren of  God. 

Ver.  23.  We  who  have  the  first-fruits  of 
the  Spirit,  do  groan  within  ourselves,  waiting 
for  the  adoption,  to  wit,  the  redemption  of  our 
body. 

Ver.  26.  We  know  not  what  to  pray  for  as 
we  ought,  but  the  Spirit  helpeth  our  infirmities. 

xiv.  17.  The  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat 
and  drink ;  but  righteousness,  and  peace,  and 
joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

xv.  13.  Abound  in  hope,  through  the  power 
of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Ver.  16.  That  the  offering  up  of  the  Gen- 
tiles might  be  acceptable,  being  sanctified  by 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

1  Cor.  iii.  16.  Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  the 
temple  of  God,  and  that  the  Spirit  of  God 
dwelleth  in  you  1 

vi.  11.  Ye  are  washed,  ye  are  sanctified,  ye 
are  justified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
and  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God. 

Ver.  19.  Know  ye  not  that  your  body  is 
the  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  is  in  you, 
which  ye  have  of  God  ] 
M 


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CHAP.  XII. 


xii.  3.  No  man,  speaking  by  the  Spirit  of 
God,  calleth  Jesus  accursed ;  and  no  man  can 

Vsay  that  Jesus  is  the  Lord,  but  by  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

xiv.  15.  I  will  pray  with  the  spirit:  I  will 
sing  with  the  spirit. 

2  Cor.  i.  22.  God  hath  sealed  us,  and  given 
*he  earnest  of  the  Spirit  in  our  hearts. 

iii.  3.  Ye  are  the  epistle  of  Christ,  written 
with  the  Spirit  of  the  living  God,  in  fleshly 
tables  of  the  heart. 

Ver.  17.  Where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is, 
there  is  liberty. 

Ver.  18.  We  are  changed  from  glory  to 
glory,  as  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord. 

iv.  13.  We,  having  the  Spirit  of  faith,  be- 
lieve. , 

v.  5.  God  hath  given  unto  us  the  earnest  of 
the  Spirit. 

xii.  18.  Walked  we  not  in  the  same  Spirit1! 

xiii.  14.  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  the  love  of  God,  and  the  communion  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  you  all.  Amen. 

Gal.  iii.  2.  Received  ye  the  Spirit  by  the 
works  of  the  law,  or  by  the  hearing  of  faith  1 

iii.  3.  Having  begun  in  the  Spirit,  are  ye 
now  made  perfect  by  the  flesh  1 

Ver.  14.  That  we  might  receive  the  pro- 
mise of  the  Spirit  through  faith. 

iv.  6.  God  hath  sent  forth  the  Spirit  of  his 
Son  into  your  hearts,  crying,  Abba,  Father. 

Ver.  29.  He  that  was  born  after  the  flesh, 
persecuted  him  that  was  born  after  the  Spirit. 

v.  5.  We  through  the  Spirit  wait  for  the 
hope  of  righteousness  by  faith. 

Ver.  16,  17.  Walk  in  the  Spirit,  and  ye 
shall  not  fulfil  the  lust  of  the  flesh.  For  the 
flesh  lusteth  against  the  Spirit,  and  the  Spirit 
against  the  flesh :  and  these  are  contrary. 

Ver.  1 8.  If  ye  be  led  by  the  Spirit,  ye  are 
not  under  the  law. 

Ver.  22.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy, 
peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness, 
faith,  meekness,  temperance.  Ver.  23. 

Ver.  25.  If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let  us  also 
walk  in  the  Spirit. 

vi.  8.  He  that  soweth  to  the  Spirit,  shall  of 
the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting. 

Eph.  i.  13.  Ye  were  sealed  with  the  holy 
Spirit  of  promise. 

Ver.  16,  17.  Making  mention  of  you  in  my 
prayers,  that  the  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
the  Father  of  glory,  may  give  unto  you  the 
Spirit  of  wisdom  and  revelation  in  the  know- 
ledge of  him. 

ii.  18.  We  have  access  by  one  Spirit  unto 
the  Father. 

Ver.  22.  Ye  are  built  for  a  habitation  of  God 
through  the  Spirit. 

iii.  16.  God  grant  you  to  be  strengthened 
with  might,  by  his  Spirit,  in  the  inner  man. 


iv.  3,  4.  Keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the 
bond  of  peace.  There  is  one  body  and  one 
Spirit. 

Ver.  30.  The  holy  Spirit,  wherewith  ye  are 
sealed. 

v.  9.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  in  all  good- 
ness, righteousness,  and  truth. — Ver.  18.  Be 
filled  with  the  Spirit. 

vi.  17,  18.  Take  the  sword  of  the  Spirit, 
which  is  the  word  of  God.  Praying  with  all 
prayer  and  supplication  in  the  Spirit. 

Phil.  i.  1 9.  I  know  that  this  shall  turn  to 
my  salvation,  through  your  prayer,  and  the 
supply  of  the  Spirit  of  Jesus  Christ. 

ii.  1.  If  there  be  any  fellowship  of  the  Spirit, 
be  ye  like  minded.  Ver.  2. 

iii.  3.  We  are  the  circumcision,  which  wor- 
ship God  in  the  Spirit,  and  rejoice  in  Christ 
Jesus,  &c. 

Col.  i.  8.  Epaphras  declared  to  us  your  love 
in  the  Spirit. 

1  Thess.  i.  6.  Ye  received  the  word — with 
joy  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

iv.  8.  God  hath  given  unto  us  his  holy 
Spirit. 

v.  1 9.  Quench  not  the  Spirit. 

2  Thess.  ii.  13.   God  hath  chosen  you  to 
salvation,  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit, 
and  belief  of  the  truth. 

1  Tim.  iv.  12.  Be  thou  an  example  of  the 
believers,  in  word,  in  conversation,  in  charity, 
in  spirit,  in  faith,  in  purity. 

2  Tim.  i.  7.    God   hath   not   given  us  the 
spirit  of  fear,  but  of  power,  and  of  love,  and 
of  a  sound  mind. — Ver.  14.  That  good  thing 
committed     to     thee,    keep     by    the    Holy 
Ghost. 

Tit.  iii.  5.  God,  according  to  his  mercy 
saved  us,  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and 
renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Heb.  iii.  7,  8.  The  Holy  Ghost  saith,  To- 
day, if  ye  will  hear  his  voice,  harden  not  your 
hearts. 

1  Pet.  i.  2.  Elect  according  to  the  foreknow- 
ledge of  God  the  Father,  through  sanctification 
of  the  Spirit,  unto  obedience,  and  sprinkling 
of  the  blood  of  Jesus. 

Ver.  22.  Seeing  ye  have  purified  your  souls 
in  obeying  the  truth,  through  the  Spirit,  unto 
unfeigned  love  of  the  brethren,  see  that  ye  love 
one  another  with  a  pure  heart  fervently. 

iv.  6.  For  this  cause  was  the  gospel  preached 
unto  them  that  are  dead,  that  they  might  live 
according  to  God  in  the  Spirit. 

Ver.  14.  The  Spirit  of  glory  and  of  God 
resteth  upon  you. 

1  John  ii.  20.  Ye  have  an  unction  from  the 
Holy  One,  and  ye  know  all  things. 

iii.  24.  We  know  that  he  abideth  in  us,  by 
the  Spirit  which  he  hath  given  us. 

iv.  2.  Every  Spirit  that  confesseth  that  Jesus 


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135 


Christ  is  come  in  the  flesh,  is  of  God. — Yer.  6. 
Hereby  know  we  the  Spirit  of  truth,  and  the 
spirit  of  error. 

Ver.  13.  Hereby  know  we  that  we  dwell  in 
him,  and  he  in  us,  because  he  hath  given  us 
of  his  Spirit. 

Jude  20.  Ye,  beloved,  building  up  your- 
selves in  your  most  holy  faith,  praying  in  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

Rev.  xxii.  17.  The  Spirit  and  the  bride  say, 
Come. 

XIV.  The  Spirit's    influence  upon   go- 
vernors,  magistrates,  and  warriors.      Gen. 
xii.  38.  Pharaoh  said,  Can  we  find  such  a 
man  as  this,  in  whom  the  Spirit  of  God  is  1 

Numb.  xi.  17.  The  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
I  will  take  of  the  Spirit  which  is  upon  thee, 
and  will  put  it  upon  the  elders,  and  they  shall 
bear  the  burthen  of  the  people  with  thee. 

xxvii.  1 8.  The  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Take 
thee  Joshua,  a  man  in  whom  is  the  Spirit,  and 
lay  thy  hand  upon  him. — Ver.  21.  At  his 
word  shall  they  go  out,  and  at  his  word  shall 
they  come  in,  even  all  the  congregation. 

Deut.  xxxiv.  9.  Joshua  was  full  of  the  Spirit 
of  wisdom,  and  the  children  of  Israel  hearkened 
unto  him. 

Judges  iii.  10.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came 
upon  Othniel,  and  he  judged  and  went  out 
to  war. 

Ch.  vi.  34.  Upon  Gideon.— Ch.  xi.  29. 
Upon  Jephthah. — Ch.  xiii.  25. — xiv.  6.  1 9. — 
xv.  14.  Upon  Samson. — 1  Sam.  x.  6. — xi.  6. 
Upon  Saul. — Ch.  xvi.  13.  Upon  David — 
1  Chron.  xii.  18.  Upon  Amasai. 

That  the  Spirit  directed  in  making  the  high 
priest's  vestments ;  see  Exod.  xxviii.  3. — xxxi. 
1 0.  In  making  the  altar,  and  other  things  per- 
taining to  God's  external  worship  among  the 
Jews;  see  Exod.  xxxi.  from  ver.  1  to  ver.  12. 

XV.  The  Spirit  proceedelh  from  the  Fa- 
ther and  the  Son  ;  or  is  given  and  sent  by 
them.     Matt.  iii.  11.  He  [Christ]  shall  baptize 
you  with  the  Holy  Ghost.     Mark  i.  8.     Luke 
iii.  16.     John  i.  33.     Acts  i.  5. 

Luke  xi.  13.  How  much  more  shall  your 
heavenly  Father  give  the  Holy  Spirit. 

xxiv.  49.  I  send  the  promise  of  my  Father 
upon  you. 

John  xiv.  26.  The  Comforter,  which  is  the 
Holy  Ghost,  whom  the  Father  will  send  in 
my  name,  he  shall  teach  you  all  things,  and 
bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance,  whatso- 
ever I  have  said  unto  you. 

xv.  26.  When  the  Comforter  is  come,  whom 
I  will  send  unto  you  from  the  Father,  even 
the  Spirit  of  truth,  which  proceedeth  from  the 
Father. 

xvi.  7.  I  will  send  him  unto  you. 


Ver.  8.  He  shall  reprove  the  world  of  sin, 
and  of  righteousness,  and  of  judgment. — Ver. 
13.  He  will  guide  you  into  all  truth  and  shew 
you  things  to  come. 

Actsi.4.  The  promise  of  the  Father.  Ch.ii.33. 

v.  32.  The  Holy  Ghost,  whom  God  hath 
given  to  them  that  obey  him. 

Gal.  iii.  14.  The  promise  of  the  Spirit.  Eph. 
i.  13.  The  Spirit  of  promise. 

iv.  6.  Because  ye  are  sons,  God  hath  sent 
forth  the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into  your  hearts, 
crying,  Abba,  Father. 

See  also  all  those  places  in  the  foregoing 
chapter,  where  God  is  represented  as  pro- 
mising, sending,  and  giving  the  Holy  Spirit. 

XVI.  Sins  against  the  Spirit  reproved  and 
punished,  from  which  the  contrary  duties  are 
easily  known.  Isa.  xxx.  1.  Wo  to  the  rebel- 
lious children,  saith  the  Lord,  that  take  coun- 
sel but  not  of  me;  and  that  cover  with  a 
covering,  but  not  of  my  Spirit. 

Ixiii.  10.  They  rebelled  and  vexed  his  holy 
Spirit,  therefore  he  was  turned  to  be  their 
enemy. 

Zech.  vii.  12.  They  made  their  hearts  as  an 
adamant  stone,  lest  they  should  hear  the  law, 
and  the  words  which  the  Lord  of  hosts  sent 
in  his  Spirit  by  the  former  prophets ;  therefore 
came  a  great  wrath  from  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Matt.  xii.  31,  32.  Blasphemy  against  the 
Holy  Ghost  shall  not  be  forgiven  unto  men. 
(1  John  v.  16,  17.)  Whosoever  speaketh 
against  the  Holy  Ghost  it  shall  not  be  forgiven 
him. 

Acts  v.  3,  4.  Peter  said,  Why  hath  Satan 
filled  thy  heart  to  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost?  thou 
hast  not  lied  unto  men  but  unto  God. — Ver.  9. 
How  is  it  that  ye  have  agreed  together  to 
tempt  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  ? 

vii.  51.  Ye  uncircumcised  in  heart  and  ears, 
ye  do  always  resist  the  Holy  Ghost ;  as  your 
fathers  did,  so  do  ye. 

Eph.iv.30.  Grieve  not  the  holy  Spirit  of  God. 

1  Thess.  v.  19.  Quench  not  the  Spirit. 

Heb.  vi.  4,  5,  6.  It  is  impossible  for  those 
who  were  once  enlightened,  and  have  tasted 
of  the  heavenly  gift,  and  were  made  partakers 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  have  tasted  the  good 
word  of  God,  and  the  powers  of  the  world  to 
come,  if  they  fall  away,  to  renew  them  again 
to  repentance. 

x.  28,  29.  He  that  despised  Moses's  law, 
died  without  mercy.  Of  how  much  sorer 
punishment  shall  he  be  thought  worthy,  who 
hath  trodden  under  foot  the  Son  of  God,  and 
hath  counted  the  blood  of  the  covenant  where- 
with he  was  sanctified  an  unholy  thing,  and 
hath  done  despite  to  the  Spirit  of  grace. 

Jude  19.  Sensual,  having  not  the  Spirit. 
See  Simon  Magus's  sin,  Acts  viii.  19,  20. 


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OF  THE  TRINITY. 


CHAP.  XIII. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

OF  THE  TRINITY. 

THE    SAME    THINGS   ATTRIBUTED    TO   THE    FATHER,  TO   THE    SON   AND   TO   THE 
HOLY    GHOST. 


I.  THE  Father  is,  Deut.  xxxiii.  27.  The 
eternal  God. 

Isa.  xl.  28.  The  everlasting  God. 

The  San  is,  Col.  i.  17.  Before  all  things. 

Heb.  xiii.  8.  The  same  yesterday,  to-day, 
and  for  ever. 

Rev.  i.  8.  The  beginning  and  the  ending. — 
Ver.  17.  The  first  and  the  last. 

The  Spirit  is,  Heb.  ix.  14.  The  eternal 
Spirit. 

II.  The  Father  is  omnipresent.  Jer.  xxiii. 
24.  Do  not  I  fill  heaven  and  earth  1  saith  the 
Lord. 

Ps.  cxxxix.  7.  Whither  shall  I  flee  from 
thy  presence  ? 

The  Son.  John  iii.  13.  The  Son  of  man, 
which  is  in  heaven. 

Eph.  i.  23.  He  filleth  all  in  all. 

The  Spirit.  Ps.  cxxxix.  7.  Whither  shall 
I  go  from  thy  Spirit  1 

III.  God's  knoivledge.     1  Sam.  ii.  3.  The 
Lord  is  a  God  of  knowledge,  and  by  him  ac- 
tions are  weighed. 

Acts  xv.  18.  Known  unto  God  are  all  his 
works. 

1  Kings  viii.  39.  Thou  only  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  the  children  of  men, 

Jer.  xi.  20.  O  Lord  of  hosts,  that  triest  the 
reins. 

Matt.  xi.  27.  No  man  knoweth  the  Son  but 
the  Father. 

The  Son's  knowledge.  Matt.  xi.  27. 
Neither  knoweth  any  man  the  Father,  save 
the  Son. 

John  ii.  24.  He  knew  all  men — he  knew 
what  was  in  man.  Ver.  25. 

Acts  i.  24.  They  prayed  and  said,  Thou 
Lord,  which  knowest  the  hearts  of  all  men. 

Rev.  ii.  23.  I  am  he  which  searcheth  the 
reins  and  hearts.  Ch.  v.  6. 

The  Spirit's  knowledge.  1  Cor.  ii.  10. 
The  Spirit  searcheth  all  things ;  yea  the  deep 
things  of  God. 

Ver.  11.  The  things  of  God  knoweth  no 
man,  but  the  Spirit  of  God. 

IV.  The  wisdom  of  God.    Job  ix.  4.  He 
is  wise  in  heart,  and  mighty  in  strength. 


Dan.  ii.  20.  Wisdom  and  might  are  his. 

Rev.  vii.  12.  Blessing,  and  glory,  and  wis- 
dom be  unto  our  God. 

The  Son's  wisdom.  Col.  ii.  3.  In  him  are 
hid  all  the  treasures  of  wisdom  and  know- 
ledge. 

Rev.  v.  12.  Worthy  is  the  Lamb  to  receive 
power,  and  riches,  and  wisdom,  &c. 

The  Spirit's  wisdom.  Isa.  xi.  2.  He  is  the 
Spirit  of  wisdom. 

Acts  vi.  3.  Full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
wisdom. 

Eph.  i.  17.  The  Spirit  of  wisdom  and  re- 
velation. 

V.  ThejDower  of  God.    Ps.lxii.  11.  Power 
belongeth  unto  God. 

Matt.  vi.  13.  Thine  is  the  kingdom,  the 
power,  and  the  glory. 

Christ's  power.  Isa.  ix.  6.  His  name  is, 
The  mighty  God. 

Matt,  xxviii.  18.  All  power  is  given  unto 
me  in  heaven  and  in  earth. 

1  Cor.  i.  24.  Christ,  the  power  of  God.  See 
The  power  of  Christ. 

The  Spirit's  power.  Rom.xv.13.  Abound 
in  hope,  through  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Ver.  19.  Through  mighty  signs  and  won- 
ders, by  the  power  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 

VI.  Goodness  of  God.     1  Chron.  xvi.  34. 
The  Lord  is  good. 

Christ.  Acts  x.  38.  He  went  about  doing 
good. 

Spirit.    Ps.  cxliii.  10.  Thy  Spirit  is  good. 

VII.  Works  of  God— Creation.    Isa.  xi. 
28.  The  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

Gen.  i.  27.  God  created  man. 

Works  of  Christ.  John  i.  3.  All  things 
were  made  by  him. 

Col.  i.  16.  By  him  were  all  things  created 
that  are  in  heaven  and  that  are  in  earth. 

Works  of  the  Spirit.  Job  xxxiii.  4.  The 
Spirit  of  God  hath  made  me. 

Ps.  civ.  30.  Thou  sendest  forth  thy  Spirit, 
they  are  created. 

VIII.  God  sendeth  teachers  to  his  church. 
Jer.  vii.  25.  I  have  sent  unto  you  my  servants 


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the  prophets.  Ch.  xxv.  3, 4. — xxvi.  5. — xxix. 
19. — xxxv.  14,  15. — xliv.  4. 

Matt.  ix.  38.  Pray  ye  the  Lord  of  the  har- 
vest, that  he  will  send  forth  labourers  into  his 
harvest.  See  Acts  ix.  15.  17.  Gal.  i.  15. 
Eph.  iv.  11,  12.  Acts  xxii.  14. 

Christ  sendeth  them.  Matt.  x.  5 — 8.  These 
twelve  Jesus  sent  forth,  saying,  Go,  preach ; 
heal  the  sick,  cleanse  the  lepers,  raise  the 
dead,  cast  out  devils,  &c. 

Acts  xxvi.  16,  17,  18.  He  said,  I  have  ap- 
peared unto  thee,  to  make  thee  a  minister.  I 
send  thee  to  open  their  eyes,  to  turn  them  from 
darkness  to  light,  &c.  See  Ch.  xxii.  14.  21. 

1  Cor.  i.  17.  Paul  said,  Christ  sent  me  to 
preach  the  gospel. 

2  Cor.  v.  20.  We  are  ambassadors  for  Christ. 
The  Holy  Ghost  sendeth  them.     Isa.  xlviii. 

16.  The  Lord  God  and  his  Spirit  hath  sent  me. 

Acts  xiii.  2.  The  Holy  Ghost  said,  Separate 
me  Barnabas  and  Saul  for  the  work  where- 
unto  I  have  called  them. — Ver.  4.  They  being 
sent  forth  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  departed  unto 
Seleucia. 

xx.  28.  Paul  said,  Take  heed  unto  your- 
selves, and  to  all  the  flock  over  which  the 
Holy  Ghost  hath  made  you  overseers — (or 
bishops,  as  in  the  original.) 

IX.  Teachers  receive  their  knowledge  from 
God.     John  vi.  45.  They  shall  be  all  taught 
of  God.     Isa.  liv.  13.    Jer.  xxxi.  34. 

Phil.  iii.  15.  God  shall  reveal  this  unto  you. 

From  Christ.  Gal.  i.  12.  Neither  was  I 
taught  it  but  by  the  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ. 

From  the  Spirit.  Luke  ii.  26.  It  was  re- 
vealed unto  him  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

John  xiv.  26.  The  Holy  Spirit  shall  teach 
you  all  things. 

X.  God  spake   by  those  who  were  sent. 
Heb.  i.  1.  God  spake  unto  the  fathers  by  the 
prophets. 

Christ  spake  by  them.  2  Cor.  xiii.  3.  Ye 
seek  a  proof  of  Christ  speaking  in  me. 

The  Hull/  Ghost  spake  by  them.  Mark 
xiii.  1 1.  It  is  not  ye  that  speak,  but  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

XI.  God  is  in  his  people  as  his  temple. 
Acts  vii.  48.  The  most  High  dvvelleth  not  in 
temples  made  with  hands.     Ch.  xvii.  24. 

1  Cor.  iii.  16.  Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  the 
temple  of  God?     Ver.  17. 

2  Cor.  vi.  16.   Ye  are   the  temple  of  the 
living  God :  God  hath  said,  I  will  dwell  in 
them,  and  walk  in  them. 

Christ  is  in  them.  2  Cor.  xiii.  5.  Christ 
is  in  you. 

Eph.  iii.  17.  That  Christ  may  dwell  in  your 
hearts. 

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The  Holy  Ghost  is  in  them.  John  xiv.  17. 
The  spirit  of  truth  that  dwelletn  with  you,  and 
shall  be  in  you. 

Rom.  viii.  1 1.  His  spirit  that  dwelleth  in  you. 

1  Cor.  vi.  19.  Your  body  is  the  temple  of 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

iii.  16.  Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  the  temple 
of  God,  and  that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwelleth  in 
you! 

XII.  God  sanctijieth  his  people.    Jude  1. 
To  them  that  are  sanctified  by  God  the  Father. 

Christ  sanctijieth.  Heb.  ii.  11.  He  that 
sanctifieth  and  they  that  are  sanctified  are  all  of 
one ;  wherefore  he  is  not  ashamed  to  call  them 
brethren. 

The  Spirit  sanctijieth.  Rom.  xv.  1 6.  Being- 
sanctified  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

XIII.  God  leadeth  his  people.     Isa.  xlviii. 
17.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  leadeth 
thee  by  the  way  thou  shouldest  go. 

Christ  leadeth.  John  x.  3.  He  calleth  his 
own  sheep  by  name,  and  leadeth  them. 

The  Spirit  leadeth.  Rom.  viii.  14.  As 
many  as  are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  they  are 
the  sons  of  God. 

XIV.  God  is  life,  and  giveth  life.    Deut. 
xxx.  20.  The  Lord  thy  God,  he  is  thy  life. 

Christ  is  life.  Col.  iii.  4.  When  Christ, 
who  is  our  life,  shall  appear. 

1  John  v.  12  He  that  hath  the  Son  hath  life. 
Gal.  ii.  20.  Christ  liveth  in  me. 
The  Spirit  is  life.    Rom.  viii.  10. 

XV.  God  raiselh  the  dead.    John  v.  21. 
The  Father  raiseth  up  the  dead  and  quickeneth 
them. 

Rom.  iv.  17.  God  quickeneth  the  dead. 
2  Cor.  i.  9. 

Christ  raiseth  the  dead.  John  v.  21.  The 
Son  quickeneth  whom  he  will. 

x.  18.  I  have  power  to  lay  down  my  life, 
and  power  to  take  it  again. 

ii.  19.  Destroy  this  temple,  (viz.  his  body, 
ver.  21,)  and  in  three  days  I  will  raise  it  up. 

Matt.  xi.  5.  The  dead  are  raised  up. — Per- 
sons raised  by  Christ,  were,  Lazarus,  John  xi. 
43. — xii.  1.  A  daughter.  Matt.  ix.  25.  A 
widow's  son.  Luke  vii.  11. 

The  Spirit  raiseth  the  dead.  1  Pet.  iii.  18. 
Jesus  Christ  quickened  by  the  Spirit. 

John  vi.  63.  It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickeneth. 

XVI.  The  Son  and  Spirit  joined  with  the 
Father  in  worship.     Matt,  xxviii.  1 9.  Go  ye 
therefore  and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  14.  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  the  love  of  God,  and  the  commu- 
nion of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  you  all.  Amen. 

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KNOWLEDGE. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


DUTIES  TOWARDS  GOD,  ENFORCED  BY  THREATS  AND  PROMISES. 


KNOWLEDGE. 

I.  TO  know  God  and  Christ  commanded, 
with  its  fruits.    Deut.  iv.  39.  Know  and  con- 
sider in  thine  heart,  that  the  Lord  he  is  God, 
in  heaven  above,  and  upon  the  earth  beneath : 
there  is  none  else. 

1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  Know  thou  the  God  of 
thy  father,  and  serve  him  with  a  perfect  heart, 
and  with  a  willing  mind. 

Ps.  xlvi.  10.  Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am 
God.  Ps.  c.  3. 

Jer.  ix.  24.  Let  him  that  glorieth,  glory  in 
this,  that  he  understandeth  and  knoweth  me, 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  which  exercise  loving- 
kindness  and  judgment,  and  righteousness  in 
the  earth. 

Hos.  vi.  6.  I  desired  the  knowledge  of  God 
more  than  burnt  offerings. 

2  Pet.  i.  8.  Neither  be  barren  nor  unfruitful 
in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ. 

II.  Denying  God.     Tit.  i.  16.  Some  pro- 
fess to  know  God,  but  in  works  deny  him.    See 
2  Pet.  ii.  1. 

III.  Prayers  for  them  that  know  God,  and 
promises  to  them.     Ps.  xxxvi.  10.  Continue 
thy  loving-kindness  to  them  that  know  thee. 

xci.  14.  I  will  set  him  on  high,  because  he 
hath  known  my  name. 

Dan.  xi.  32.  The  people  that  know  God 
shall  be  strong  and  do  exploits. 

John  xvii.  3.  This  is  life  eternal,  to  know 
thee,  the  only  true  God,  and  Jesus  Christ 
whom  thou  hast  sent.  1  John  ii.  13. 

IV.  God  will  be  known  by  his  people.    Ps. 
xlviii.  3.  God  is  known  in  the  palaces  of  Zion 
for  a  refuge, 

Ixxvi.  1.  In  Judah  God  is  known ;  his  name 
is  great  in  Israel. 

Isa.  xix.  21.  The  Lord  shall  be  known  to 
Egypt ;  the  Egyptians  shall  know  the  Lord, 
and  do  sacrifice  to  him. 

liv.  13.  All  thy  children  shall  be  taught  of 
the  Lord. 

Ix.  2,  3.  Darkness  shall  cover  the  earth, 
and  gross  darkness  the  people ;  but  the  Lord 
shall  arise  upon  thee,  and  his  glory  shall  be 
seen  upon  thee.  The  Gentiles  shall  come  to 


thy  light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy 
rising.  Ch.  xlii.  7.  16. 

Jer.  xxiv.  7.  I  will  give  them  a  heart  to 
know  me,  that  I  am  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall 
be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God. 

xxxi.  33,  34.  I  will  put  my  law  in  their 
inward  parts,  and  write  it  in  their  hearts.  And 
they  shall  all  know  me,  from  the  least  unto 
the  greatest. 

Hos.  ii.  19,  20.  I  will  betroth  thee  to  me  in 
righteousness,  and  in  judgment,  and  in  loving 
kindness,  and  in  mercies,  and  in  faithfulness ; 
and  thou  shall  know  the  Lord. 

vi.  3.  Then  shall  we  know,  if  we  follow  on 
to  know  the  Lord. 

Hab.  ii.  14.  The  earth  shall  be  full  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover 
the  sea.  Isa.  xi.  9. 

Mai.  i.  11.  From  the  rising  of  the  sun  to 
the  going  down  of  the  same,  my  name  shall 
be  great  among  the  Gentiles;  and  in  every 
place  incense  shall  be  offered  unto  my  name, 
and  a  pure  offering. 

God  is  made  known  by  his  works.  Ps.  ix. 
16.  The  Lord  is  known  by  the  judgment  he 
executeth. 

xix.  1,  2.  The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God ;  the  firmament  sheweth  his  handy-work. 
Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech,  and  night  unto 
night  sheweth  knowledge.  Rom.  i.  20.  The 
invisible  things  of  God  from  the  creation  of 
the  world  are  clearly  seen,  being  understood 
by  the  things  that  are  made,  even  his  eternal 
power  and  Godhead. 

Iviii.  11.  Verily  he  is  a  God  that  judgeth 
in  the  earth. 

c.  3.  The  Lord  he  is  God ;  he  made  us. 

2  Cor.  i.  21.  He  which  establisheth  us  with 
you  in  Christ,  and  hath  anointed  us,  is  God. 

Heb.  iii.  4.  He  that  built  all  things  is  God. 

V.  Christ  calkd  light,  as  a  teacher  sent  to 
give  the  true  knowledge  of  God.  Luke  ii.  32. 
A  light  to  lighten  the  Gentiles. 

John  i.  4.  In  him  was  life,  and  the  life 
was  the  light  of  men.  Ver.  7,  8.  Matt, 
iv.  16. 

Ver.  9.  The  true  light,  that  lighteth  every 
man  that  cometh  into  the  world. 

viii.  12.  Jesus  said,  I  am  the  light  of  the 
world :  he  that  followeth  me  shall  not  walk  in 
darkness,  but  shall  have  the  light  of  life. 


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FAITH. 


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ix.  5.  As  long  as  I  am  in  tK  world,  I  am 
the  light  of  the  world. 

x.  14.  I  know  my  sheep,  and  am  known  of 
mine. 

xii.  46.  I  am  come  a  light  into  the  world, 
that  whosoever  believeth  on  me  should  not 
abide  in  darkness.  Ver.  35,  36. 

Acts  xiii.  47.  I  have  set  thee  to  be  a  light 
of  the  Gentiles,  that  thou  shouldst  be  for  sal- 
vation to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

VI.  Duties  of  the  enlightened,  who  know 
God,     Acts  xvii.  30.  The  times  of  ignorance 
God  winked  at,  but  now  commandeth  all  men 
everywhere  to  repent. 

Rom.  xiii.  12.  Let  us  put  on  the  armour  of 
light. — Ver.  13.  Let  us  walk  honestly  as  in 
the  day,  not  in  rioting  and  drunkenness,  not  in 
chambering  and  wantonness. 

1  Thess.  v.  5,  6.  Ye  are  all  the  children  of 
light  and  of  the  day  :  we  are  not  of  the  night 
nor  of  darkness.  Therefore  let  us  not  sleep 
as  do  others,  but  let  us  watch  and  be  sober. — 
Ver.  8.  Let  us  who  are  of  the  day  be  sober, 
putting  on  the  breastplate  of  faith  and  love, 
and  for  a  helmet  the  hope  of  salvation. 

1  Pet.  ii.  9.  Ye  should  show  forth  the  praises 
of  him  who  hath  called  you  out  of  darkness 
into  his  marvellous  light. 

VII.  The  wicked  know  not  God.    Exod. 
v.  2.  Pharaoh  said,  Who  is  the  Lord  that  I 
should  obey*' his  voice  1     I  know  not  the  Lord, 
neither  will  I  let  Israel  go.     Job  xxi.  15. 

Ps.  xiv.  4.  Have  all  the  workers  of  iniquity 
no  knowledge"? 

Ixxix.  6.  Pour  out  thy  wrath  upon  the 
heathen  that  have  not  known  thee. 

Ixxxii.  5.  They  know  not,  neither  will  they 
understand  :  they  walk  on  in  darkness. 

Isa.  i.  3.  Israel  doth  not  know,  my  people 
doth  riot  consider. — Ver.  7.  Your  country  is 
desolate,  your  cities  are  burned  with  fire. 

Jer.  iv.  22.  My  people  is  foolish,  they  have 
not  known  me ;  they  are  wise  to  do  evil,  but 
to  do  good  they  have  no  knowledge. — Ver.  27. 
The  whole  land  shall  be  desolate. 

v.  4.  They  are  foolish,  they  know  not  the 
way  of  the  Lord,  nor  the  judgments  of  their 
God.  Ver.  5. 

ix.  3.  They  proceed  from  evil  to  evil,  and 
know  not  me,  saith  the  Lord. — Ver.  11.  I 
will  make  Jerusalem  heaps. 

Hos.  iv.  I.  The  Lord  hath  a  controversy 
with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  because  there 
is  no  truth,  nor  mercy,  nor  knowledge  of  God 
in  the  land. 

v.  4.  The  spirit  of  whoredoms  is  in  them ; 
they  have  not  known  the  Lord. 

John  viii.  19.  Jesus  said  to  the  Pharisees, 
Ye  neither  know  me,  nor  my  Father.  Ver.  55. 


xvi.  3.  Jesus  said  unto  his  disciples,  These 
things  will  they  do  unto  you,  because  they 
have  not  known  the  Father  nor  me. 

xvii.  25.  O  righteous  Father,  the  world  hath 
not  known  thee. 

Rom.  i.  28.  They  did  not  like  to  retain  God 
in  their  knowledge,  wherefore  God  gave  them 
up  to  a  reprobate  mind.  Ps.  x.  4. 

1  Cor.  xv.  34.  Some  [Professed  Christians] 
have  not  the  knowledge  of  God. 

1  John  iv.  8.  He  that  loveth  not,  knoweth 
not  God. 


FAITH. 

VIII.  Faith  in   God.     2  Chron.  xx.  20. 
Believe  in  the  Lord  your  God,  so  shall  ye  be 
established. 

Isa.  xliii.  10.  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  my  servant  whom  I  have  chosen, 
that  ye  may  know  and  believe  me,  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

Mark  xi.  22.  Jesus  said,  Have  faith  in  God. 
John  xii.  44". 

Heb.  vi.  1.  Let  us  go  on  unto  perfection ;  not 
laying  again  the  foundation  of  repentance,  and 
of  faith  toward  God. 

xi.  6.  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please 
God :  for  he  that  cometh  to  God  must  believe 
that  he  is,  and  that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them 
that  diligently  seek  him. 

James  ii.  19.  Thou  believest  there  is  one 
God  ;  thou  dost  well. 

1  Pet.  i.  21.  That  your  faith  and  hope 
might  be  in  God. 

Ps.  cxix.  66.  I  have  believed  thy  command- 
ments. 

IX.  Faith  in  Christ.    John  vi.  29.  Jesus 
said,  This  is  the  work  of  God,  that  ye  believe 
on  him  whom  he  hath  sent. 

1  John  iii.  23.  This  is  God's  command- 
ment, That  we  should  believe  on  the  name  of 
his  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  love  one  another. 

John  xii.  36.  Believe  in  the  light,  that  ye 
may  be  the  children  of  light. 

xiv.  1.  Jesus  said,  Ye  believe  in  God,  be- 
lieve also  in  me. 

xx.  27.  Jesus  said  to  Thomas,  Be  not  faith- 
less but  believing. 

X.  Faith    in    Christ:    brief  summaries 
thereof.     John  ix.  35.   Dost  thou  believe  in 
the  Son  of  God?     Ver.  38. 

xi.  27.  I  believe  that  thou  art  Christ  the 
Son  of  God,  that  should  come  into  the  world. 

xvi.  30.  We  believe  that  thou  earnest  forth 
from  God. 

xvii.  6.  Jesus  said,  I  have  manifested  thy 
name  unto  the  men  which  thou  gavest  me 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


out  of  the  world. — Ver.  8.  And  they  have  be- 
lieved that  thou  didst  send  me.  Ver.  21. 

Acts  viii.  37.  Philip  said  to  the  eunuch,  If 
thou  believest  with  all  thy  heart,  thou  mayest 
be  baptized  :  and  he  answered  and  said,  I  be- 
lieve that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God. — 
Ver.  38.  And  Philip  baptized  him. 

Rom.  vi.  8.  If  we  be  dead  with  Christ,  we 
believe  that  we  shall  also  live  with  him. 

x.  9.  If  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy  mouth 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in  thy  heart 
that  God  raised  him  from  the  dead,  thou  shalt 
be  saved. 

1  Thess.  iv.  14.  If  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also  that 
sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him. 

XI.  Confessing  Christ;  promises.    Matt 
x.  32.    Whosoever  shall   confess   me   before 
men,  him  will  I   confess  before  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven. 

Rom.  x.  9,  10.  If  thou  shalt  confess  with 
thy  mouth  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in 
thy  heart  that  God  raised  him  from  the  dead, 
thou  shalt  be  saved.  For  with  the  heart  man 
believeth  unto  righteousness,  and  with  the 
mouth  confession  is  made  unto  salvation. 

1  John  iv.   15.   Whosoever    shall    confess 
that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God,  God  dwelleth  in 
him,  and  he  in  him. 

Rev.  ii.  13.  Thou  boldest  fast  my  name. 
Ch.  iii.  8. 

XII.  Denying  Christ,-  threats.     Matt.  x. 
33.     Whosoever  shall  deny  me  before  men, 
him  will  I  also  deny  before  my  Father  which 
is  in  heaven. 

Luke  xii.  9.  He  that  denieth  me  before 
men,  shall  be  denied  before  the  angels  of  God. 

2  Tim.  ii.  12.  If  we  deny  him,  he  also  will 
deny  us. 

2  Pet.  ii.  1.  False  teachers  shall  bring  in 
damnable  heresies,  even  denying  the  "Lord  that 
bought  them. 

1  John  it.  22, 23.  Who  is  a  liar,  but  he  that 
denieth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  1  He  is  Anti- 
christ that  denieth  the  Father  and  the  Son. 
Whosoever  denieth  the  Son,  the  same  hath 
not  the  Father. 

Jude  4.  Ungodly  men  turn  the  grace  of 
God  into  lasciviousness,  denying  the  only 
Lord  God,  and  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  See 
Acts  iii.  14.  Matt.  xxvi.  70. 

XIII.  The  certainty  and  assurance  of  faith. 
Luke  i.  1.  Many  have  taken  in  hand  to  set 
forth  a  declaration  of  those  things  which  are 
most  surely  believed  among  us. — Ver.  3,  4. 
It  seemed  good  to  me  also,  that  thou  mightest 
know  the  certainty  of  those  things  wherein 
»hou  hast  been  instructed. 


John  iv.  42.  We  have  heard  ourselves,  and 
know  that  this  is  indeed  the  Christ,  the  Sa- 
viour of  the  world. 

vi.  69.  We  believe  and  are  sure,  that  thou 
art  Christ  the  Son  of  the  living  God. 

xvi.  30.  Now  are  we  sure  that  thou  knowest 
all  things :  by  this  we  believe  that  thou  earnest 
forth  from  God.  Ver.  31. 

xvii.  8.  Jesus  said,  They  have  known 
surely  that  I  came  out  from  thee,  and  they 
have  believed  that  thou  didst  send  me.  Ch 
xvi.  27. 

Acts  i.  36.  Let  all  the  house  of  Israel  know 
assuredly,  that  God  hath  made  that  same  Jesus 
both  Lord  and  Christ. 

xvii.  31.  God  hath  appointed  a  day  in  the 
which  he  will  judge  the  world  in  righteous- 
ness, by  that  man  whom  he  hath  ordained  ; 
whereof  he  hath  given  assurance  unto  all  men, 
in  that  he  hath  raised  him  from  the  dead. 

Heb.  x.  22.  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true 
heart,  in  full  assurance  of  faith. 

xi.  1.  Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped 
for,  the  evidence  of  things  not  seen.  See  Col. 
ii.  2.  1  Thess.  i.  5.  2  Tim.  iii.  14.  1  John 
iii.  19. 

Of  being  strong,  steadfast,  and  persevering 
in  faith.  Rom.  iv.  19.  Abraham,  being  not 
weak  in  faith. 

Ver.  20—22.  He  staggered  not  at  the  pro- 
mise of  God,  through  unbelief;  but  was  strong 
in  faith,  giving  glory  to  God  :  Beiatf  fully  per- 
suaded, that  what  God  had  promisecr  he  was  able 
to  perform.  And  therefore  it  was  imputed 
to  him  for  righteousness. 

1  Cor.  xvi.  13.  Watch  ye,  stand  fast  in  the 
faith,  quit  you  like  men,  be  strong. 

2  Cor.  v.  7.    We  walk   by  faith,  not  by 
sight 

iv.  18.  We  look  not  at  the  things  which 
are  seen  and  are  temporal,  but  at  the  things 
which  are  not  seen,  and  are  eternal.  Heb.  xi. 
27.  Moses  endured  as  seeing  him  who  is  in- 
visible. 

xiii.  5.  Examine  yourselves  whether  ye  be 
in  the  faith  ;  prove  your  own  selves. 

Gal.  ii.  20.  The  life  which  I  now  live  in 
the  flesh,  I  live  by  faith  of  the  Son  of  God. 

Eph.  iii.  17.  I  pray  that  Christ  may  dwell 
in  your  hearts  by  faith. 

vi.  16.  Take  the  shield  of  faith,  whereby 
ye  may  be  able  to  quench  all  the  fiery  darts 
of  the  wicked  one. 

Phil.  i.  27.  Stand  fast  in  one  Spirit,  with 
one  mind,  striving  together  for  the  faith  of  the 
gospel. 

Col.  i.  23.  Continue  in  the  faith,  grounded 
and  settled,  and  be  not  moved  away  from  the 
hope  of  the  gospel,  which  ye  have  heard. 

ii.  5,  6,  7.  I  am  with  you  in  the  spirit,  joy- 
ing and  beholding  the  steadfastness  of  your 


CHAP.  XIV. 


FAITH. 


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faith  in  Christ.  As  ye  have  received  Christ 
Jesus  the  Lord,  so  walk  ye  in  him ;  rooted 
and  built  up  in  him,  and  established  in  the 
faith,  as  ye  have  been  taught,  abounding 
therein  with  thanksgiving. 

1  Tim.  vi.  12.  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith, 
lay  hold  on  eternal  life. 

2  Tim.  i.  13.  Hold  fast  the  form  of  sound 
words,  which  thou  hast  heard,  in  faith  and 
love  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus.  . 

iv.  7,  8.  I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have 
finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith. 
Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness. 

Tit.  i.  13.  Rebuke  them  sharply,  that  they 
may  be  sound  in  the  faith. 

Heb.  x.  23.  Hold  fast  the  profession  of  your 
faith  without  wavering. 

James  i.  3.  The  trying  of  your  faith 
worketh  patience.  1  Pet.  i.  7. 

1  Pet.  v.  8,  9.    Your  adversary  the  devil, 
walketh  about  seeking  whom  he  may  devour  : 
whom  resist,  steadfast  in  the  faith. 

2  Pet  iii.  1 7.  Beware  lest  ye  fall  from  your 
steadfastness. 

1  John  v.  4.  This  is  the  victory  that  over- 
cometh  the  world,  even  our  faith.  See  John 
viii.  31.  Compare  with  Rom.  x.  8.  See 
also,  Acts  xiv.  22.  Eph.  vi.  10.  2  Tim.  ii. 
1.  1  John  ii.  14.  Rev.  ii.  13.— xiii.  10.  See 
Heb.  chap.  xi.  throughout. 

XIV.  Graces  and  duties  accompanying 
true  faith  ,•  or  marks  and  evidences  of  true 
faith.  Exod.  iv.  31.  The  people  believed, 
and  worshipped. 

xiv.  31.  The  people  feared  the  Lord,  and 
believed  the  Lord. 

Ps.  cvi.  11,  12.  The  waters  covered  their 
enemies :  then  believed  they  his  words  ;  they 
sung  his  praise. 

cxvi.  10.  I  believed,  therefore  have  I  spoken. 
2  Cor.  iv.  13.  Ps.  xxvii.  13. 

Jonah  iii.  5.  The  people  of  Nineveh  be- 
lieved God,  and  proclaimed  a  fast. 

Acts  xv.  9.  God  purifying  the  hearts  of  the 
Gentiles  by  faith. 

xvi.  34.  The  keeper  of  the  prison  rejoiced, 
believing  in  God,  with  all  his  house. 

xx.  21.  Paul  testified  both  to  the  Jews  and 
also  to  the  Greeks,  repentance  toward  God, 
and  faith  toward  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

xxiv.  24,  25.  Felix  heard  Paul  concerning 


and  in  your  love  to  us ;  see  that  ye  abound  in 
this  grace  also  [of  liberality]. 

Gal.  v.  6.  Faith  worketh  by  love. 

Ver.  22.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy, 
peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness, 
faith. 

Eph.  i.  15,  16.  After  I  heard  of  your  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  love  to  all  the  saints,  I 
cease  not  to  give  thanks  for  you.  Col.  i.  4. 

iii.  17.  I  pray  that  Christ  may  dwell  in 
your  hearts  by  faith ;  that  ye  being  rooted  and 
grounded  in  love,  &c. 

1  Thess.  i.  2,  3.  We  give  thanks  to  God, 
remembering  your  work  of  faith,  and  labour 
of  love,  and  patience  of  hope  in  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  7.  Ye  were  examples  to 
all  that  believe  in  Macedonia  and  Achaia. 

v.  8.  Let  us  who  are  of  the  day  be  sober, 
putting  on  the  breast-plate  of  faith  and  love, 
and  for  a  helmet  the  hope  of  salvation. 

2  Thess.  i.  3.  We  are  bound  to  thank  God 
always  for  you,  brethren,  because  that  your 
faith    groweth   exceedingly,  and    the  charity 
of  every    one    of   you    toward    each    other 
aboundeth. 

ii.  13.  God  hath  chosen  you  to  salvation, 
through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit,  and  belief 
of  the  truth. 

1  Tim.  i.  5.  The  end  of  the  commandment 
is  charity,  out  of  a  pure  heart,  and  of  a  good 
conscience,  and  of  faith  unfeigned. 

Ver.  14.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  was  ex- 
ceeding abundant,  with  faith  and  love  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

ii.  15.  Continue  in  faith,  and  charity,  and 
holiness,  with  sobriety. 

iii.  9.  Holding  the  mystery  of  faith,  in  a 
pure  conscience. 

iv.  12.  Be  thou  an  example  of  the  believers, 
in  word,  in  conversation,  in  charity,  in  spirit, 
in  faith,  in  purity. 

2  Tim.  i.  13.  Hold  fast  the  form  of  sound 
words,  in  faith  and  love,  which  is  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

ii.  22.  Follow  righteousness,  faith,  charity, 
peace,  with  them  that  call  on  the  Lord  out  of 
a  pure  heart. 

iii.  10.  Thou  hast  fully  known  my  doctrine, 
manner  of  life,  purpose,  faith,  long-suffering, 
charity,  patience. — Ver.  14.  Continue  in  the 
things  thou  hast  learned. — Ver.  17.  Be  per- 
fect, thoroughly  furnished  to  all  good  works. 

Tit.  i.  1.  The  faith  of  God's  elect,  and  the 


the   faith.     Paul  reasoned   of  righteousness,  I  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  which  is  after 


temperance,  and  judgment  to  come. 

1  Cor.  xiii.  2.   Though  I  have  all  faith,  so 
that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and  have  not 
charity,  I  am  nothing. — Ver.  13.  Now  abideth 
faith,  hope,  charity. 

2  Cor.  viii.  7.  As  ye  abound  in  faith,  in  ut- 
terance, in  knowledge,  and  in  all  diligence, 


godlines 

ii.  1,  2.  Speak  thou  the  things  that  become 
sound  doctrine ;  that  the  aged  men  be  sober, 
grave,  temperate,  sound  in  faith,  in  charity, 
and  in  patience. 

iii.  8.  This  is  a  faithful  saying,  and  these 
things  I  will  that  thou  affirm  constantly,  That 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


they  which  have  believed  in  God,  might  be 
careful  to  maintain  good  works.  Ver.  14. 

Heb.  vi.  12.  Be  ye  followers  of  them  who 
through  faith  and  patience  inherit  the  pro- 
mises. 

James  ii.  14.  What  doth  it  profit,  my  bre- 
thren, though  a  man  say  he  have  faith,  and 
have  not  works?  Can  faith  save  him? — Ver. 
1 7.  Faith  if  it  hath  not  works  is  dead,  being 
alone. — Ver.  20.  Know,  O  vain  man,  that 
faith  without  works  is  dead. — Ver.  26.  As  the 
body  without  the  spirit  is  dead,  so  faith  with- 
out works  is  dead  also.  See  ver.  22,  24. 

2  Pet.  i.  5 — 7.  Add  to  your  faith,  virtue, 
knowledge,  temperance,  patience,  godliness, 
brotherly  kindness,  and  charity. 

1  John  iii.  23.  This  is  God's  commandment, 
That  we  should  believe  on  the  name  of  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  love  one  another. 

Jude  20, 21.  Ye,  beloved,  building  up  your- 
selves on  your  most  holy  faith,  praying  in  the 
Holy  Ghost,  keep  yourselves  in  the  love  of 
God,  looking  for  the  mercy  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  to  eternal  life. 

Rev.  ii.  19.1  know  thy  works,  and  charity, 
and  service,  and  faith,  and  thy  patience,  and  thy 
works ;  and  the  last  to  be  more  than  the  first. 

xiii.  10.  Here  is  the  patience  and  faith  of 
the  saints. 

xiv.  12.  Here  are  they  that  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  God,  and  the  faith  of  Jesus. 

XV.  The  author,  or  cause  and  means  of 
faith.  God  the  author  and  supreme  cause 
of  faith.  Matt.  xvi.  16,  17.  Peter  said  to 
Jesus,  Thou  art  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living 
God.  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  him, 
Blessed  art  thou,  Simon  Bar-jona,  for  flesh 
and  blood  hath  not  revealed  it  unto  thee,  but 
my  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

John  i.  13.  They  that  believed  on  his  name 
were  born,  not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the 
flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of  God. 
1  John  iv.  14,  15.— v.  1. 

Acts  xiii.  48.  As  many  as  were  ordained  to 
eternal  life,  believed. 

xiv.  27.  God  opened  the  door  of  faith  to 
the  Gentiles. 

Rom.  xii.  3.  Think  soberly,  as  God  hath 
dealt  to  every  man  the  measure  of  faith. 

1  Cor.  ii.  5.   Your  faith  should  not  stand 
but  in  the  power  of  God. 

Eph.  ii.  8.  By  grace  ye  are  saved,  through 
faith ;  and  that  not  of  yourselves,  it  is  the 
gift  of  God. 

Phil.  i.  29.  Unto  you  it  is  given  on  the 
behalf  of  Christ,  not  only  to  believe  on  him, 
but  also  to  suffer  for  his  sake. 

2  Thess.  ii.  13.   God  hath  chosen  you  to 
salvation,  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit, 
and  belief  of  the  truth.    See  1  Tim.  i.  14. 


XVI.  God  being  the  author  of  faith,  he  is 
prayed  to  and  thanked  fir  faith  as  his  gift. 
Rom.  xv.  13.  The  God  of  hope,  fill  you  with 
all  joy  and  peace  in  believing. 

Eph.  i.  15.  After  I  heard  of  your  faith  in 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  love  to  all  the  saints,  I 
cease  not  to  give  thanks  for  you,  making  men- 
tion of  you  in  my  prayers.  Col.  i.  3,  4. 
Philem.  ver.  5. 

vi.  23.  Peace  be  to  the  brethren,  and  love 
with  faith,  from  God  the  Father,  and  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

1  Thess.  i.  2,  3.   We  give  thanks  to  God 
always  for  you,  remembering  your  work  of 
faith  and  labour  of  love.     2  Thess.  ii.  13. 

2  Thess.  i.  3.  We  are  bound  to  thank  God 
always  for  you,  brethren,  because  your  faith 
groweth  exceedingly. — Ver.  11.  We  pray  al- 
ways for  you,  that  our  God  would  count  you 
worthy  of  this  calling,  and  fulfil  all  the  good 
pleasure  of  his  goodness,  arid  the  work  of  faith 
with  power. 

XVII.  Christ  the  author  of  faith.     Luke 
xvii.  5.  The  apostles  said,  Lord,  increase  our 
faith. 

1  Tim.  i.  14.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  was  exceeding  abundant,  with  faith 
and  love,  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Heb.  xii.  1,  2.  Let  us  run  with  patience  the 
race  set  before  us,  looking  to  Jesus,  the  author 
and  finisher  of  our  faith. 

1  Pet.  i.  21.  Ye  by  him  do  believe  in  God 
who  raised  him  from  the  dead. 

2  Pet.  i.  1.  To  them  that  have  obtained  like 
precious  faith  with  us,  through  the  righteous- 
ness of  God,  and  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 
See  Eph.  vi.  23.     2  Thess.  i.  12. 

The  Holy  Ghost  the  author  of  faith.  1  Cor. 
xii.  8,  9.  To  one  is  given  by  the  Spirit  the 
word  of  wisdom,  to  another  the  word  of 
knowledge:  To  another  faith,  by  the  same 
Spirit. 

2  Cor.  iv.  13.  We  having  the  same  Spirit 
of  faith,  also  believe. 

Gal.  v.  22.  23.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is 
love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness, 
goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temperance. 

XVIII.  Subordinate    mean    of  faith   is 
God's  word.     John  xx.  31.  These  are  writ- 
ten, that  ye  might  believe  that  Jesus  is  the 
Christ  the  Son  of  God.     Rom.  i.  16.     1  John 
v.  13.     Rev.  i.  19. 

XIX.  A  gospel  ministry  the  means  of  faith. 
John  i.  7.  John  came  for  a  witness,  that  all 
men  might  believe.     Acts  xix.  4. 

xvii.  20.  Jesus  said,  I  pray  not  for  these 
alone  which  thou  gavest  me  out  of  the  world, 
but  for  them  also  which  shall  believe  on  me 
through  their  word. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


FAITH. 


143 


xix.  35.  He  that  saw  bare  record,  that  ye 
might  believe. 

Acts  ii.  41.  At  hearing  Peter's  sermon 
there  were  added  to  the  church  about  three 
thousand  souls. 

iv.  4.  Many  that  heard  the  word  believed. 

viii.  12.  They  believed  Philip,  preaching 
the  things  concerning  the  kingdom  of  God 
and  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ.  Ver.  13. 

xi.  21.  The  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  the 
apostles,  and  a  great  number  believed. 

xiv.  1.  Paul  and  Barnabas  so  spake  that  a 
great  number  believed. 

xv.  7.  Peter  said,  God  made  choice  among 
us,  that  the  Gentiles  by  my  mouth  should  hear 
the  word  of  the  gospel,  and  believe. 

xvii.  2.  Paul  reasoned  out  of  the  scriptures, 
&c. — Ver.  4.  And  some  of  the  Jews  believed, 
of  the  devout  Greeks  a  great  multitude,  and 
of  the  chief  women  not  a  few, — Ver.  34. 
Certain  men  clave  to  Paul  and  believed.  See 
Acts  xviii.  4.  8.  27,  28.— xix.  9. 

xxvi.  17, 18.  Jesus  said  to  Paul,  I  send  thee 
to  the  Gentiles,  to  open  their  eyes,  and  to  turn 
them  from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the 
power  of  Satan  unto  God.  That  they  may 
receive  forgiveness  of  sins,  and  inheritance 
among  them  which  are  sanctified  by  faith  that 
is  in  me. 

Rom.  i.  5.  By  whom  we  have  received  grace 
and  apostleship,  for  obedience  to  the  faith. 

x.  8.  The  word  is  nigh  thee :  that  is,  the 
word  of  faith  which  we  preach. 

Ver.  14,  15.  How  shall  they  call  on  him  in 
whom  they  have  not  believed]  and  how 'shall 
they  believe  in  him  of  whom  they  have  not 
heard  1  and  how  shall  they  hear  without  a 
preacher  1  and  how  shall  they  preach  except 
they  be  sent]  Ver.  17.  So  faith  cometh  by 
hearing,  and  hearing  by  the  word  of  God. 

xvi.  25,  26.  The  mystery  which  was  kept 
secret,  is  now  made  known  to  all  nations  for 
the  obedience  of  faith. 

1  Cor.  i.  21.  It  pleased  God  by  the  foolish- 
ness of  preaching  to  save  them  that  believe. 

iii.  5,  6.  Who  is  Paul  or  Apollos,  but  mi- 
nisters by  whom  ye  believed,  even  as  the  Lord 
gave  to  every  man  ]  I  have  planted,  Apollos 
watered,  but  God  gave  the  increase.  Ver.  7. 

xv.  2.  I  have  delivered  unto  you  the  gospel 
by  which  ye  are  saved,  if  ye  keep  in  memory 
what  I  preached  unto  you,  unless  ye  have  be- 
lieved in  vain. — Ver.  11.  So  we  preach,  and 
so  ye  believed. 

2  Cor.  i.  24.   Not  that  we  have  dominion 
over  your  faith,  but  are  helpers  of  your  joy. 

Eph.  ii.  20.  Ye  are  built  upon  the  founda- 
tion of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ 
himself  being  the  chief  corner-stone. 

iv.  11 — 13.  Christ  gave  some  apostles,  and 
some  prophets,  and  some  evangelists,  and 


some  pastors  and  teachers ;  for  the  perfecting 
of  the  saints,  for  the  work  of  the  ministry, 
for  the  edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ.  Till 
we  all  come  in  the  unity  of  the  faith,  and  of 
the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  per- 
fect man. 

Phil.  i.  25.  I  shall  continue  with  you,  for 
your  furtherance  and  joy  of  faith. 

ii.  17.  If  I  be  offered  upon  the  sacrifice  and 
service  of  your  faith,  I  joy  and  rejoice  with 
you  alL 

1  Thess.  iii.  2.  We  sent  Timotheus,  to  esta- 
blish and  comfort  you  concerning  your  faith. 
— Ver.  10.  Praying  that  we  might  see  your 
face,  and  perfect  that  which  is  lacking  in  youi 
faith. 

Heb.  xiii.  7.  Remember  them  which  have 
the  rule  over  you,  who  have  spoken  unto  you 
the  word  of  God,  whose  faith  follow. 

1  John  i.  3.  That  which  we  have  seen  and 
heard  declare  we  unto  you. 

THE  GOSPEL  CALLED  FAITH,  AND  THE  LAW 
OF  FAITH. — Rom.  iii.  27.  Boasting  is  ex- 
cluded by  the  law  of  faith. 

x.  8.  The  word  of  faith  which  we  preach. 

Gal.  i.  23.  Paul  preached  the  faith  which 
once  he  destroyed. 

iii.  2.  Received  ye  the  Spirit  by  the  works 
of  the  law,  or  by  the  hearing  of  faith  ]  Ver.  5. 

Ver.  23.  Before  faith  came,  we  were  shut 
up  unto  the  faith  that  should  afterward  be  re- 
vealed. Ver.  25.  See  1  Tim.  i.  4.— v.  8. 
Jude  ver.  3.  Rev.  ii.  13. 

XX.  Promises  to  faith.    Justification  pro- 
mised to  believing  in    God.      Gen.   xv.   6. 
Abram  believed  in  the  Lord,  and  he  counted 
it  to  him  for  righteousness.     Rom.  iv.  3.  9. 
Gal.  iii.  6.     Jam.  ii.  23. 

John  v.  24.  Jesus  said,  He  that  heareth  my 
word,  and  believeth  on  him  that  sent  me,  hath 
everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  into  con- 
demnation, but  is  passed  from  death  unto  life. 
See  Luke  i.  45. 

XXI.  Justification  to  believing  in  Christ 
promised.     Acts  xiii.  39.  By  him  all  that  be- 
ieve  are  justified  from  all  things,  from  which 
they  could  not  be  justified  by  the  law  of  Moses. 

Rom.  iii.  21,  22.  The  righteousness  of  God 
'i.  e.  justification)  without  the  law  is  mani- 
fested, being  witnessed  by  the  law  and  the 
prophets  :  Even  the  righteousness  of  God, 
which  is  by  faith  of  Jesus  Christ,  unto  all 
and  upon  all  that  believe. 

Ver.  25, 26.  Jesus  Christ  hath  God  set  forth, 
;o  be  a  propitiation  through  faith  in  his  blood, 
,o  declare  his  righteousness  for  the  remission 
f  sins :  To  declare  his  righteousness ;  that 
he  might  be  just,  and  the  justifier  of  them 
that  believe  in  Jesus. 


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FAITH. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


Ver.  28.  Therefore  we  conclude  that  a  man 
is  justified  by  faith  without  the  deeds  of  the 
law. — Ver.  30.  God  shall  justify  the  circum- 
cision by  faith  and  the  uncircumcision  through 
faith. 

iv.  5.  He  that  worketh  not  but  believeth  on 
him  that  justifieth  the  ungodly,  his  faith  is 
counted  to  him  for  righteousness,  (or  justifi- 
cation.) 

v.  1.  Being  justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace 
with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

x.  4.  Christ  is  the  end  of  the  law  for  right- 
eousness (or  justification)  to  every  one  that  be- 
lieveth. 

xi.  20.  Thou  standest  by  faith.  2  Cor.  i. 
24. 

Ver.  23.  The  Jews,  if  they  abide  not  still 
in  unbelief,  shall  be  grafted  in. — Ver.  26. 
And  so  all  Israel  shall  be  saved.  Ver.  30. 
31,  32. 

Gal.  ii.  16.  A  man  is  not  justified  by  the 
works  of  the  law,  but  by  the  faith  of  Jesus 
Christ. — Ver.  21.  If  righteousness  came  by 
the  law,  then  Christ  is  dead  in  vain. 

iii.  8,  9.  The  scripture  foreseeing  that  God 
would  justify  the  heathen  through  faith, 
preached  before  the  gospel  to  Abraham,  say- 
ing, In  thee  shall  all  nations  be  blest.  (Gen. 
xii.  3.)  So  they  which  be  of  faith  are  blessed 
with  faithful  Abraham. 

Ver.  1 1.  But  that  no  man  is  justified  by  the 
law  in  the  sight  of  God  is  evident;  for,  The 
just  shall  live  by  faith.  Hab.  ii.  4.  Rom.  i. 
17.  Heb.  x.  38. 

Ver.  12.  And  the  law  is  not  of  faith  ;  but, 
The  man  that  doeth  these  things  shall  live  in 
them. 

Ver.  22.  The  Scripture  hath  concluded  all 
under  sin,  that  the  promise  by  faith  of  Jesus 
Christ  might  be  given  to  them  that  believe. 

Ver.  24.  The  law  was  our  schoolmaster  to 
bring  us  to  Christ,  that  we  might  be  justified 
by  faith. 

v.  5.  We  through  the  Spirit  wait  for  the 
hope  of  righteousness  (or  justification)  by 
faith. 

Ver.  6.  In  Jesus  Christ  neither  circumci- 
sion availeth  any  thing,  nor  uncircumcision, 
but  faith  which  worketh  by  love. 

Phil.  iii.  8 — 10.  I  count  all  things  but  loss 
for  the  excellency  of  the  knowledge  of  Christ 
Jesus  my  Lord :  for  whom  I  have  suffered  the 
loss  of  all  things,  and  count  them  but  dung, 
that  I  may  win  Christ,  and  be  found  in  him, 
not  having  mine  own  righteousness,  which  is 
of  the  law,  but  that  which  is  through  the  faith 
of  Christ,  the  righteousness  which  is  of  God 
by  faith ;  that  I  may  know  him,  and  the  power 
of  his  resurrection,  and  the  fellowship  of  his 
sufferings,  being  made  conformable  to  his 
death. 


XXII.  Adoption,  or  being  the  sons  of  God, 
promised.     John  i.  12.  To  as  many  as  re- 
ceived Christ,  to  them  gave  he  power  to  be- 
come  the   sons  of  God,  even  to  them  that 
believe  on  his  name. 

Gal.  iii.  26.  Ye  are  all  the  children  of  God 
by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus.  Rom.  viii.  17. 

XXIII.  God's  love  promised  to  believers  in 
Christ.    John  xvi.  27.  The  Father  himself 
loveth  you,  because  ye  have  loved  me,  and 
have  believed  that  I  came  out  from  God. 

XXIV.  Christ  prayeth  for  believers.    John 
xvii.  20.  Neither  pray  I  for  these  alone,  but 
for  them   also  which  shall    believe   on   me 
through  their  word. 

XXV.  The    sins   of   believers  pardoned. 
Acts  x.  43.  Whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall 
receive  remission  of  sins.     Ch.  xiii.  38. 

Rom.  iii.  25.  Him  hath  God  set  forth  to  be 
a  propitiation  through  faith  in  his  blood,  to 
declare  his  righteousness  for  the  remission  of 


XXVI.  The  holy  Spirit  is  given  to  be- 
lievers.    John  vii.  38,  39.  Jesus  said,  He  that 
believeth  on  me,  out  of  his  belly  shall  flow 
rivers  of  living  water.     This  spake  he  of  the 
Spirit,  which  they  that  believe  on  him  should 
receive. 

Gal.  iii.  13,  14.  Christ  hath  redeemed  us 
from  the  curse  of  the  law  :  That  the  blessing 
of  Abraham  might  come  on  the  Gentiles, 
through  Jesus  Christ,  that  we  might  receive 
the  promise  of  the  Spirit  through  faith. 

XXVII.  They  have  light  and  direction. 
John  xii.  36.  Believe  in  the  light :  (that  is, 
in  Christ.)     Ch.  i.  9. — viii.  12. — ix.  5. 

Ver.  46.  I  am  come  a  light  into  the  world, 
that  whosoever  believeth  on  me  should  not 
abide  in  darkness. 

XXVIII.  They    have   grace  and  peace. 
2  Pet.  i.  1, 2.  To  them  that  have  obtained  like 
precious  faith  with  us,  grace  and  peace  be 
multiplied.     Rom.  v.  1. 

XXIX.  They  have  joy  and  comfort.    John 
xiv.  1.  Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled ;  ye  be- 
lieve in  God,  believe  also  in  me. 

Rom.  xv.  13.  The  God  of  hope  fill  you  with 
all  joy  and  peace  in  believing.  1  Pet.  i.  8.  In 
whom  [Christ]  believing-,  ye  rejoice  with  joy 
unspeakable  and  full  of  glory. 

1  John  v.  1 0.  He  that  believeth  on  the  Son 
of  God  hath  the  witness  in  himself. 

John  viii.  56.  Abraham  saw  Christ's  day 
and  was  glad. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


FAITH. 


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XXX.  Christ  is  precious  to  them.  2  Thess. 
i.  10.  He  shall  come  to  be  glorified  in  his 
saints,  and  admired  in  all  them  that  believe. 

1  Pet.  ii.  7.  To  them  that  believe  he  is  pre- 
cious. 

XXXI.  They  have  access  to  God  in  prayer. 
Eph.  iii.  12.  In  Christ  we  have  boldness,  and 
access  with  confidence  by  the  faith  of  him. 

XXXII.  Sanctification  by  faith.     Actsxv. 
9.  God  purifying  their  hearts  by  faith. 

xxvi.  18.  That  they  may  receive  an  inherit- 
ance among  them  that  are  sanctified  by  faith 
in  me. 

XXXIII.  Salvation  by  faith  in  God.    Dan. 
vi.  23.  No  manner  of  hurt  was  found  upon 
Daniel,  [in  the  lion's  den,]  because  he  believed 
in  his  God. 

XXXIV.  Salvation  to  Christians  by  faith 
in   Christ.     Isa.  xxviii.  16.   Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God,  Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  for  a  founda- 
tion, a  stone,  a  tried  stone,  a  precious  corner- 
stone, a  sure  foundation ;  he  that  believeth 
shall  not  make  haste.     Rom.  ix.  33. — x.  11. 
He   that   believeth    shall    not    be   ashamed. 
1  Pet.  ii.  6.  He  that  believeth  shall  not  be 
confounded. 

Mark  xvi.  15,  16.  Jesus  said,  Preach  the 
gospel :  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized,  shall 
be  saved  ;  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned. 

John  Hi.  14 — 16.  As  Moses  lifted  up  the 
serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so  must  the 
Son  of  man  be  lifted  up ;  that  whosoever  be- 
J*  lieveth  in  him  should  not  perish,  but  have 
eternal  life.  For  God  so  loved  the  world,  that 
he  gave  his  only  begotten  Son,  that  whosoever 
believeth  in  him  should  not  perish,  but  have 
everlasting  life. 

Ver.  17,  18.  God  sent  not  his  Son  into  the 
world  to  condemn  the  world,  but  that  the 
world  through  him  might  be  saved.  He  that 
believeth  on  him  is  not  condemned :  he  that 
believeth  not  is  condemned  already,  because 
he  hath  not  believed  in  the  name  of  the  only 
begotten  Son  of  God. 

Ver.  36.  He  that  believeth  on  the  Son  hath 
everlasting  life  :  and  he  that  believeth  not  the 
Son  shall  not  see  life ;  but  the  wrath  of  God 
abideth  on  him. 

vi.  35.  Jesus  said,  He  that  believeth  on  me 
shall  never  thirst. 

Ver.  40.  This  is  the  will  of  him  that  sent 
me,  that  every  one  that  seeth  the  Son  and  be- 
lieveth on  him,  may  have  everlasting  life  :  and 
I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day. — Ver.  47. 
He  that  believeth  on  me  hath  everlasting  life. 

xi.  25.  He  that  believeth  in  me,  though  he 
were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live. 
19 


Ver.  26.  Whosoever  liveth  and  believeth  in 
me  shall  never  die,  [or  shall  not  die  for  ever.] 

xx.  31.  These  are  written,  that  ye  might 
believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son  of 
God,  and  that  believing  ye  might  have  life 
through  his  name. 

Acts  xvi.  31.  Paul  and  Silas  said  to  the 
jailor,  Believe  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
thou  shalt  be  saved. 

xxvi.  18.  That  they  may  receive  an  inheri- 
tance among  them  that  are  sanctified  by  faith 
in  me. 

Rom.  x.  9.  If  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy 
mouth  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in 
thine  heart  that  God  raised  him  from  the  dead, 
thou  shalt  be  saved. 

Eph.  ii.  8.  By  grace  ye  are  saved,  through 
faith. 

2  Thess.  ii.  13.  God  hath  chosen  you  to 
salvation,  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit 
and  belief  of  the  truth. 

1  Tim.  i.  16.  I  [Paul]  obtained  mercy,  that 
in  me  Jesus  Christ  might  shew  forth  all  long- 
suffering,  for  a  pattern  to  them  which  should 
hereafter  believe  on  him  to  life  everlasting. 

vi.  12.  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,  lay 
hold  on  eternal  life. 

2  Tim.  iii.  15.   The  Scriptures  are  able  to 
make  thee  wise  unto  salvation  through  faith 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

iv.  7,  8.  I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have 
finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith : 
Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  which  the  Lord  the  righteous 
judge  shall  give  me  at  that  day,  and  not  to  me 
only,  but  unto  all  them  that  love  his  appearing, 

Heb.  iv.  3.  We  which  have  believed  do 
enter  into  rest. 

vi.  12.  Be  ye  followers  of  them  who  through 
faith  and  patience  inherit  the  promises. 

x.  39.  We  are  not  of  them  who  draw  back 
unto  perdition,  but  of  them  that  believe  to  the 
saving  of  the  soul. 

1  Pet.  i.  5.  We  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God  through  faith  unto  salvation. — Ver.  9. 
Receiving  the  end  of  your  faith,  the  salvation 
of  your  souls. 

1  John  v.  13.  These  things  have  I  written 
unto  you  that  believe  on  the  name  of  the  Son 
of  God,  that  ye  may  know  that  ye  have  eternal 
life. 

XXXV.  Things  extraordinary  promised 
to  the  faith  of  some  primitive.  Christians. 
Matt.  xxi.  21.  If  ye  have  faith  as  a  grain  of 
mustard-seed,  and  doubt  not,  ye  shall  not  only 
do  this  that  is  done  to  the  fig-tree,  but  also  if 
ye  shall  say  to  this  mountain,  Be  thou  re- 
moved, and  be  thou  cast  into  the  sea,  it  shall 
be  done.  Luke  xvii.  6. 

Ver.  22.  And  all  things  whatsoever  ye  shall 
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INFIDELITY. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


ask  in  prayer,  believing,  ye  shall  receive. 
Mark.  xi.  24. 

Mark  xvi.  17,  18.  These  signs  shall  follow 
them  that  believe:  In  my  name  shall  they 
cast  out  devils;  they  shall  speak  with  new 
tongues ;  they  shall  take  up  serpents ;  and  if 
they  drink  any  deadly  thing,  it  shall  not  hurt 
them ;  they  shall  lay  hands  on  the  sick,  and 
they  shall  recover. 

John  xiv.  12.  He  that  believeth  on  me,  the 
works  that  I  do  shall  he  do  also. 

XXXVI.  These  promises  were  fulfilled  in 
the  following  instances.     Acts  ii.  4.  The  dis- 
ciples of  Christ  spoke  with  new  tongues. 

iii.  2  to  8.  and  xiv.  10.  They  cured  the 
lame. 

xvi.  18.  They  cast  out  unclean  spirits.  Ch. 
v.  16.— viii.  7. 

xix.  11,12.  They  healed  the  sick.  Ch. 
xxviii.  8. 

ix.  36,  37.  40.  They  raised  the  dead.  Ch. 
xx.  12. 

v.  5.  10.  Lying  hypocrites  die  at  their  re- 
buke. 

xxviii.  3. 5.  Paul  shakes  a  viper  off  his  hand, 
and  is  not  hurt  by  it. 

xiii.  11.  Enemies  of  the  faith  are  struck 
with  blindness. 

ix.  12.  17,  18.  They  restore  sight  to  the 
blind: 

viii.  15.  17.  The  Holy  Ghost  is  given  at 
laying  on  of  their  hands. 

v.  12.  They  do  great  miracles,  signs,  and 
wonders.  Ch.  vi.  8. — xv.  12.  2  Cor.  xii.  12. 

viii.  6.  The  people  gave  the  more  heed  to 
them,  and  embraced  the  faith.  Ch.  v.  14. 

XXXVII.  Instances  of  miracles  wrought 
for  persons  of  eminent  faith.     Matt.  viii.  8. 
10.  13.     Luke  vii.  9.  At  the  centurion's  faith 
his  servant  is  healed. 

ix.  28,  29,  30.  Two  blind  men  restored  to 
sight.  Mark  x.  52. 

Mark  ii.  5.  One  sick  of  the  palsy  cured. 
Matt.  ix.  2.  6,  7. 

v.  34.  A  woman  cured  of  a  bloody  issue. 

ix.  20.  25.  A  dumb  spirit  is  cast  out  of  a 
child  at  the  faith  of  the  child's  father. 

v.  36.  At  the  faith  of  the  ruler  of  the  syna- 
gogue, his  daughter,  who  had  been  dead,  is 
restored  to  life. 

Luke  xvii.  19.  A  leper  cleansed. 

John  iv.  50.  At  a  nobleman's  faith  his  son 
is  healed  of  a  fever. 

xi.  40  to  46.  -At  Martha's  faith  her  brother 
Lazarus  is  restored  to  life. 

Acts  iii.  16.  At  the  faith  of  a  lame  man  he 
is  healed  by  Peter. 

xiv.  9.  A  cripple  from  the  womb  healed  by 
Paul. 


XXXVIII.  Other  instances  of  approved 
faith.  In  Abraham,  Gen.  xv.  6,  compared 
with  John  viii.  56.  Rom.  iv.  18.  20. — The 
virgin  Mary,  Luke  i.  45. — The  woman  who 
washed  Christ's  feet  with  tears,  Luke  vii.  37 
to  50.— The  disciples,  John  ii.  22.— The  Sa- 
maritang,  John  iv.  39. — The  Jews,  John  viii. 
31. — xi.  45. — A  man  born  blind,  John  ix.  35. 
38. — The  chief  rulers,  John  xii.  11.  42. — 
Those  given  to  Christ,  John  xvii.  8. — About 
five  thousand,  Acts  iv.  4.  32. — Many  priests, 
Acts  vi.  7. —  Stephen,  Acts  vi.  8. — The 
eunuch,  Acts  viii.  37. — They  of  the  circum- 
cision, Acts  x.  45. — A  great  number,  Acts  xi. 
21. — xiv.  1.23. — Many  at  Lystra,  Greeks  and 
devout  women,  Acts  xvii.  4. — Crispus,  the 
ruler  of  the  synagogue,  Acts  xviii.  8.  Ver. 
27. — Many  in  Achaia,  Acts  xix.  18. — Many 
thousands  of  Jews,  Acts  xxi.  20.  Ver.  25. — 
The  Gentiles :  some  among  all  nations,  Rom. 
i.  5.  16.  &c.  &c. 


INFIDELITY. 

XXXIX.  Want  of  faith  reproved.  Matt, 
vi.  30.  Jesus  said,  If  God  so  clothe  the  grass 
of  the  field,  will  he  not  much  more  clothe 
you,  O  ye  of  little  faith  1 

Mark  xvi.  14.  Jesus  upbraided  the  disciples 
with  their  unbelief  and  hardness  of  heart,  be- 
cause they  believed  not  those  who  had  seen 
him  after  he  was  risen. — Christ  upbraideth 
the  disciples  afraid  upon  the  sea,  with  their 
want  of  faith,  Matt.  viii.  26. — Peter  upon  the 
sea,  Matt.  xiv.  31. — The  disciples  solicitous 
about  bread,  Matt.  xvi.  8,  9,  10. — The  disci- 
ples at  their  not  being  able  to  cast  out  a  devil, 
Matt.  xvii.  17.  19,  20. 

Matt.  xiii.  58.  Jesus  did  not  many  miracles 
there  because  of  their  unbelief.  Mark  vi.  5,  C. 

XL.  Exhortations  against  unbelief.  John 
xx.  27.  Jesus  said  to  Thomas,  Be  not  faith- 
less, but  believing. 

Heb.  iii.  12.  Take  heed  lest  there  be  in  any 
of  you  an  evil  heart  of  unbelief. 

iv.  11.  Let  us  labour  to  enter  into  the  rest 
that  remaineth  to  the  people  of  God,  lest  any 
man  fall  after  the  same  example  of  unbelief. 

XLI.  Threatenings  against  unbelief.  Un~ 
belief  towards  God;  threats.  Numb.  xiv. 
1 1.  The  Lord  said,  How  long  will  this  people 
provoke  me  ?  How  long  will  it  be  ere  they 
believe  me,  for  all  the  signs  I  have  shewed 
among  them? — Ver.  12.  I  will  scatter  them 
with  the  pestilence  and  disinherit  them.  Ver. 
37,  38.  Heb.  iii.  17,  18.— iv.  6.  Jude  5. 

Numb.  xx.  1 2.  The  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron,  Because  ye  believed  me  no^ 


CHAP.  XIV. 


LOOKING  TO   GOD. 


147 


to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  therefore  ye  shall  not  bring  this  congre- 
gation into  the  land  which  I  have  given  them. 

Deut  i.  32.  Moses  said,  Ye  did  not  believe 
the  Lord  your  God. 

Ver.  34,  35.  And  the  Lord  was  wroth,  and 
sware,  saying,  Surely  there  shall  not  one  of 
these  men,  of  this  evil  generation,  see  that 
good  land  which  I  sware  to  give  unto  your 
fathers.  Heb.  iii.  19. — iv.  6. 

2  Kings  xvii.  14.  18.  20.  Because  they  did 
not  believe,  the  Lord  rejected  the  seed  of  Israel. 

Isa.  vii.  9.  If  ye  will  not  believe,  ye  shall 
not  be  established. 

liii.  1.  Who  hath  believed  our  report?  See 
Ps.  Ixxviii.  21,  22.  32,  33.— cvi.  24.  26.  29. 

XLII.  Unbelief  towards  Christ  ,•  threats. 
Matt.  xxi.  31.  Jesus  said,  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
The  publicans  and  harlots  go  into  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  before  you. — Ver.  32.  For  ye 
believed  not  John  the  Baptist,  but  the  publi- 
cans and  harlots  believed  him. 

Mark  xvi.  16.  He  that  believeth  not  shall 
be  damned. 

Luke  xii.  46.  The  Lord  of  the  wicked  ser- 
vant will  appoint  him  his  portion  with  unbe- 
lievers. 

John  iii.  18.  He  that  believeth  not  is  con- 
demned already,  because  he  hath  not  believed 
in  the  name  of  the  only  begotten  Son  of  God. 
— Ver.  36.  He  that  believeth  not  the  Son, 
shall  not  see  life ;  but  the  wrath  of  God 
abideth  on  him.  1  John  v.  10. 

viii.  24.  If  ye  believe  not  that  I  am  he,  ye 
shall  die  in  your  sins. 

xii.  48.  He  that  rejecteth  me  and  receiveth 
not  my  words,  hath  one  that  judgeth  him  :  the 
word  that  I  have  spoken,  the  same  shall  judge 
him  in  the  last  day. 

Rom.  ix.  31,  32.  Israel  hath  not  attained  to 
the  law  of  righteousness ;  because  they  sought 
it  not  by  faith,  but  as  it  were  by  the  works  of 
the  law. 

xi.  20.  Because  of  unbelief  the  Jews  were 
broken  off. 

xiv.  23.  He  that  doubteth  is  damned,  if  he 
eat,  because  he  eateth  not  of  faith :  for  what- 
soever is  not  of  faith,  is  sin. 

2  Thess.  ii.  10—12.  They  received  not  the 
love  of  the  truth,  that  they  might  be  saved. 
For  this  cause  God  shall  send  them  strong 
delusion  that  they  should  believe  a  lie ;  that 
they  all  might  be  damned  who  believed  not 
the  truth,  but  had  pleasure  in  unrighteous- 


1  Tim.  v.  8.  If  any  provide  not  for  his  own, 
he  hath  denied  the  faith. 

Ver.  5.  11,  12.  They  have  begun  to  wax 
wanton  against  Christ.  Having  damnation, 
because  they  have  cast  off  their  first  faith. 


Tit.i.  15.  To  them  that  are  defiled  and  un- 
believing is  nothing  pure,  but  even  their  mind 
and  conscience  is  defiled. 

Heb.  iv.  2.  Unto  us  was  the  gospel  preach- 
ed as  well  as  unto  them  ;  but  the  word  preach- 
ed did  not  profit  them,  not  being  mixed  with 
faith  in  them  that  heard  it.  Ch.  x.  38,  39. 
The  just  shall  live  by  faith ;  but  if  any  man 
draw  back,  my  soul  shall  have  no  pleasure  in 
him.  We  are  not  of  them  that  draw  back 
unto  perdition;  but  of  them  who  believe  to 
the  saving  of  the  soul. 

xi.  31.  By  faith  Rahab  perished  not  with 
them  that  believed  not. 

1  John  ii.  23.  Whosoever  denieth  the  Son, 
the  same  hath  not  the  Father. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  The  fearful  and  unbelieving, 
and  the  abominable,  and  murderers,  and 
whoremongers,  and  sorcerers,  and  idolaters, 
and  all  liars,  shall  have  their  part  in  the  lake 
which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone,  which 
is  the  second  death.  See  Isa.  Ixvi.  24. 

XLIII.  The  following  causes  of  unbelief 
are  assigned  in  Scripture  by  Christ  and  his 
apostles.  Luke  viii.  12.  The  devil  taketh 
away  the  word  out  of  their  hearts,  lest  they 
should  believe  and  be  saved. 

John  v.  44.  How  can  ye  believe  which  re- 
ceive honour  one  of  another,  and  seek  not  the 
honour  that  cometh  from  God  only  1 

Ver.  46,  47.  Had  ye  believed  Moses,  ye 
would  have  believed  me,  for  he  wrote  of  me. 
But  if  ye  believe  not  his  writings,  how  shall 
ye  believe  my  words  1  2  Cor.  iii.  14,  15. 

viii.  45.  Because  I  tell  you  the  truth,  ye  be- 
lieve me  not. 

x.  26.  Ye  believe  me  riot  because  ye  are 
not  of  my  sheep. 

2  Cor.  iv.  4.  Because  the  god  of  this  world 
hath  blinded  their  minds. 

1  Tim.  iv.  1.  Giving  heed  to  seducing 
spirits,  and  doctrines  of  devils. 

vi.  10.  The  love  of  money. — Ver.  20.  21. 
Vain  babblings,  and  professing  false  science. 
Hence  is  applied  to  unbelievers  the  prophecy 
of  Isa.  vi.  9.  compared  with  John  xii.  40,  41. 
Acts  xxviii.  26,  27. 


LOOKING  TO  GOD. 

XLIV.  Look  to  God.  Ps.  xxxiv.  5.  They 
looked  unto  God,  and  were  lightened.  Ps.  v. 
3.— cxxiii.  2. 

Isa.  xvii.  7.  At  that  day  shall  a  man  look  to 
his  Maker,  and  his  eyes  shall  have  respect  to 
the  holy  One  of  Israel.  Ch.  viii.  17. 

xly.  22.  Look  unto  me  and  be  ye  saved,  all 
the  ends  of  the  earth  ;  for  I  am  God,  and  there 
is  none  else. 


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REMEMBERING   GOD— MEDITATION.         CHAP.  XIV. 


Mic.  vii.  7.  I  will  look  unto  the  Lord :  I 
will  wait  for  the  God  of  my  salvation  :  my  God 
will  hear  me.  See  Isa.  xxxviii.  14. 


REMEMBERING  GOD. 

XLV.  Remembering  God.  Neh.  iv.  14. 
Remember  the  Lord,  which  is  great  and  terri- 
ble. Ps.  xx.  7. 

Job  xxi.  6.  When  I  remember  him  I  am 
afraid. 

Ps.  xlii.  6.  My  God,  my  soul  is  cast  down 
in  me ;  therefore  will  I  remember  thee.  Ps. 
xx.  7. — Ixxvii.  10. 

Ixiii.  5,  6.  My  soul  shall  be  satisfied  as  with 
marrow  and  fatness;  and  my  mouth  shall 
praise  thee  with  joyful  lips :  When  I  remem- 
ber thee  upon  my  bed,  and  meditate  on  thee 
in  the  night-watches. 

Eccl.  xii.  1.  Remember  thy  Creator  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth. 

Isa.  xxvi.  8.  The  desire  of  our  soul  is  to  thy 
name,  and  to  the  remembrance  of  thee. 

Jonah  ii.  7.  When  my  soul  fainted  within 
me,  I  remembered  the  Lord,  and  my  prayer 
came  in  unto  thee,  into  thy  holy  temple.  See 
Zech.  x.  9. 

Not  remembering  God.  Isa.  lyii.  11.  Of 
whom  hast  thou  been  afraid,  that  thou  hast 
lied,  and  hast  not  remembered  me,  nor  laid  it 
to  thy  heart1?  Ch.  li.  12,  13.  Judg.  viii.  34. 
Ps.  Ixxviii.  42. 


FORGETTING  GOD 

.XL VI.  Forgetting  God.  Ps.  cvi.  21.  Is- 
*ael  forgat  God  their  Saviour,  which  had  done 
great  things  in  Egypt. 

Jer.  ii.  32.  My  people  have  forgotten  me 
days  without  number.  Ch.  xiii.  25. — xviii.  15. 

iii.  2 1 .  They  have  perverted  their  way,  and 
have  forgotten  the  Lord  their  God. 

Ezek.  xxii.  12.  Thou  hast  gained  of  thy 
neighbours  by  extortion,  and  hast  forgotten 
me,  saith  the  Lord.  Ver.  14.  Jer.  xxiv.  27. 

XLVII.  Threatenings  against  those  that 
forget  God.  Deut.  xxxii.  18.  Of  the  Rock 
that  begat  thee,  thou  art  unmindful ;  and  hast 
forgotten  God  that  formed  thee. — Ver.  19. 
The  Lord  abhorred  them.  See  to  ver.  26. 

Judg.  iii.  7.  The  children  of  Israel  forgat  the 
Lord. — Ver.  8.  Therefore  the  anger  of  the 
Lord  was  hot  against  Israel,  &c. 

1  Sam.  xii.  9.  They  forgat  the  Lord  their 
God,  and  he  sold  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies. 

Ps.  ix.  17.  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into 
hell,  and  all  the  nations  that  forget  God.  Job 
viii.  11,  12,  13. 


1.  21,  22.  These  things  thou  hast  done  and 
[  kept  silence ;  but  I  will  reprove  thee,  saith 
the  Lord.  Consider  this,  ye  that  forget  God, 
lest  I  tear  you  in  pieces,  and  there  be  none  to 
deliver. 

Isa.  xvii.  10.  Because  thou  hast  forgotten 
the  God  of  thy  salvation,  and  hast  not  been 
mindful  of  the  rock  of  thy  strength,  therefore 
shall  thou  plant  pleasant  plants,  &c. — Ver.  11. 
But  the  harvest  shall  be  a  heap  in  the  day  of 
desperate  sorrow. 

Ezek.  xxiii.  35.  Thou  hast  forgotten  me ; 
therefore  bear  thy  levvdness. 

Hos.  viii.  14.  Israel  hath  forgotten  his 
Maker.  I  wilt  send  a  fire  upon  his  cities. 

XLVIII.  Warnings  against  forgetting 
God.  Deut.  vi.  12.  Beware  lest  thou  forget 
the  Lord. 

viii.  11 — 14.  Beware  that  thou  forget  not 
the  Lord  thy  God,  in  not  keeping  his  com- 
mandments, and  his  judgments,  and  his  sta- 
tutes. Lest  when  thou  hast  eaten,  and  art 
full,  and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  arid  dwelt 
therein ;  and  when  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks 
multiply,  and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  multi- 
plied, and  all  that  thou  hast  is  multiplied  ;  then 
thine  heart  be  lifted  up,  and  thou  forget  the 
Lord  thy  God.  See  to  ver.  20. 

Ps.  xliv.  17.  All  this  is  come  upon  us,  yet 
have  we  not  forgotten  thee. — Ver.  20,  21.  If 
we  have  forgotten  the  name  of  our  God,  or 
stretched  out  our  hands  to  a  strange  god,  shall 
not  God  search  out  this  1 


MEDITATION. 

XLIX.  Meditation  upon  God  and  his  word. 
A  good  man  meditates  upon  God's  law  day 
and  night.  Ps.  i.  2. — xlix.  3. — cxix.  97. 
Josh.  i.  8. 

Job  xxii.  22.  Lay  up  his  words  in  thy 
heart. 

Ps.  xvi.  8.  I  have  set  the  Lord  always  be- 
fore me. 

xl.  8.  O  my  God,  thy  law  is  within  my 
heart.  Ps.  xxxvii.  31. — cxix.  11. 

Ixiii.  5,  6.  My  soul  shall  be  satisfied — when 
I  meditate  on  thee  in  the  night-watches.  Ps. 
civ.  34. 

Ixxvii.  12.  I  will  meditate  of  all  thy  works, 
and  talk  of  thy  doings.  Ps.  cxliii.  5. 

cxix.  15.  I  will  meditate  in  thy  precepts, 
and  have  respect  unto  thy  ways.  Ver.  78. 

Ver.  23.  Thy  servant  did  meditate  in  thy 
statutes.  Ver.  48. 

Ver.  99.  Thy  testimonies  are  my  medita- 
tion.— Ver.  148.  Mine  eyes  prevent  the  night- 
watches,  that  I  might  meditate  in  thy  word. 

1  Tim.  iv.  15.  Meditate  upon  these  things. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


FEARING   GOD. 


149 


FEARING  GOD. 

L.  Fear  due  unto  God.  Exod.  xv.  11 
Who  is  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord !  glorious  in 
holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing  wonders ! 

Ps.  Ixxvi.  7.  Thou,  even  thou  art  to  be 
feared;  and  who  may  stand  when  thou  art 
angry  ]  Ver.  11. 

Ixxxix.  7.  God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the 
assembly  of  the  saints. 

xcvi.  4.  The  Lord  is  to  be  feared  above  all 
gods. 

Jer.  x.  7.  Who  would  not  fear  thee,  0  King 
of  nations  1 

Rev.  xv.  4.  Who  shall  not  fear  thee,  0 
Lord,  and  glorify  thy  name  ?  for  thou  only  art 
holy. 

LI.  The  excellency  of  fearing  God.  Job 
xxv.iii.  28.  The  fear  of  the  Lord,  that  is  wis- 
dom, and  to  depart  from  evil  is  understanding. 

Ps.  cxi.  1 0.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  be- 
ginning of  wisdom.  Prov.  ix.  10. — xv.  33.  It 
is  the  instruction  of  wisdom. 

Prov.  i.  7.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  be- 
ginning of  knowledge.  Ps.  xix.  9.  It  is  clean, 
enduring  for  ever. 

LII.  //  is  a  commanded  duty.  Deut.  vi. 
24.  The  Lord  our  God  commanded  us  to  do 
all  these  statutes,  to  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  for 
our  good  always. 

2  Kings  xvii.  36.  The  Lord,  him  shall  ye 
fear.  Ver.  39. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  30.  Fear  before  him  all  the 
earth.  Ps.  xcvi.  9. 

Ps.  xxii.  23.  Fear  him  all  the  seed  of  Israel. 

xxxiii.  8.  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Lord. 
Ps.  xxxiv.  9. 

Prov.  xxiii.  17.  Be  thou  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  all  the  day  long. 

xxiv.  21.  Fear  the  Lord  and  the  king. 
1  Pet.  ii.  17. 

Isa.  viii.  13.  Sanctify  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
and  let  him  be  your  fear,  and  let  him  be  your 
dread. 

Jer.  v.  22.  Will  ye  not  fear  me,  saith  the 
Lord  ?  will  ye  not  tremble  at  my  presence  1 
Ver.  24. 

Mai.  i.  6.  If  I  be  a  master,  where  is  my 
fear  ?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Matt.  x.  28.  Fear  him  that  is  able  to  destroy 
both  soul  and  body  in  hell. 

Rev.  xiv.  7.  Fear  God,  and  give  glory  to 
him. 

LIII.  God  is  to  be  feared  on  account  of  his 
perfections.  Job  xiii.  11.  Shall  not  his  ex- 
cellency make  you  afraid  1 

xxv.  2.  Dominion  and  fear  are  with  him. 

xxxvii.  23,  24.  The  Almighty  is  excellent 


in  power,  and  judgment,  and  in  plenty  of  jus- 
tice.    Men  do  therefore  fear  him. 

Ps.  cxxx.  4.  There  is  forgiveness  with  thee 
that  thou  mayest  be  feared.  Rev.  xv.  4. 

LI  V.  God  is  to  be  feared  on  account  of  his 
words  and  works.  Deut.  iv.  1 0.  I  will  make 
them  hear  my  words,  that  they  may  learn  to 
fear  me  all  the  days  that  they  shall  live  upon 
the  earth.  1  Kings  viii.  40. 43.  2  Chron.  vi. 

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Oli  OO. 

Josh.  iv.  23,  24.  The  Lord  your  God  dried 
up  the  waters  of  Jordan  as  he  did  the  Red  Sea, 
that  all  people  of  the  earth  might  know  the 
hand  of  the  Lord,  that  it  is  mighty ;  that  ye 
might  fear  the  Lord  your  God  for  ever. 

Eccl.  iii.  14.  What  God  doth  shall  be  for 
ever ;  nothing  can  be  put  to  it,  nor  any  thing 
taken  from  it ;  and  God  doth  it,  that  men  may 
fear  before  him.  See  Jer.  xxxiii.  9.  Rev. 
xiv.  7. 

Examples.  Instances.  Exod.  xiv.  31. 
I  Sam.  xii.  18. 

LV.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  promised  and 
prayed  for.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  11.  Unite  my  heart 
to  fear  thy  name. 

Isa.  lix.  19.  They  shall  fear  the  Lord  from 
the  west,  and  his  glory  from  the  rising  of  the 
sun.  See  ch.  xxix.  23.  Prov.  ii.  5.  Jer. 
xxxiii.  9.  Hos.  iii.  5. 

Jer.  xxxii.  39.  I  will  give  them  one  heart 
and  one  way,  that  they  may  fear  me  for  ever ; 
for  the  good  of  them  and  of  their  children.  I 
will  put  my  fear  into  their  hearts,  that  they 
shall  not  depart  from  me. 

Isa.  xi.  2.  The  Spirit  of  knowledge  and  of 
the  fear  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him. 

LVI.  The  fear  of  God  joined  with  obe- 
dience toward  God.  Deut.  vi.  2,  3.  Fear  the 
Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  all  his  statutes  and  his 
commandments :  that  it  may  be  well  with 
thee. — Ver.  13.  Thou  shall  fear  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  serve  him. 

x.  12.  What  doth  the  Lord  thy  God  require 
of  thee,  but  to  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk 
in  all  his  ways,  and  to  love  him,  and  to  serve 
the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with 
all  thy  soul  1—  Ver.  20.  Thou  shall  fear  the 
Lord  thy  God,  him  shall  thou  serve,  and  to 
lira  shall  thou  cleave,  and  swear  by  his  name. 

xiii.  4.  Ye  shall  walk  after  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  fear  him,  and  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  obey  his  voice,  and  ye  shall  serve 
lira  and  cleave  unto  him. 

Josh,  xxiv,  14.    Now,  therefore,  fear  the 
,  and  serve  him  in  sincerity  and  trulh. 

1  Sam.  xii.  24.  Fear  the  Lord,  and  serve 
lim  with  all  your  heart. 

Eccl.  xii.  13.  Fear  God,  and  keep  his  com- 
x  2 


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FEARING   GOD. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


mandments:  for  this  is  the  whole  duty  of 
man. 

LVII.  Joined  with  the  worship  of  God. 
Ps.  ii.  11.  Serve  the  Lord  with  fear. 

v.  7.  In  thy  fear  will  I  worship  toward  thy 
holy  temple. 

xxii.  23.  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  praise  him. 

cxxxv.  20.  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  bless  the 
Lord. 

Acts  x.  2.  Cornelius  feared  God,  and  prayed 
to  God  always. 

Heb.  xii.  28.  Serve  God  with  reverence  and 
godly  fear. 

LVIII.  It  is  a  motive  to  duty  in  general 
toward  God  and  man,  and  a  restraint  from 
sin.  Gen.  xxii.  12.  God  said  to  Abraham, 
Thou  fearest  God,  seeing  thou  hast  not  with- 
held thy  son,  thine  only  son,  from  me. 

xlii.  18.  Joseph  said,  This  do,  and  live ;  for 
I  fear  God. 

Exod.  i.  17.  The  midwirves  feared  God,  and 
did  not  as  the  king  of  Egypt  commanded 
them. 

ix.  20.  He  that  feared  God  among  the  ser- 
vants of  Pharaoh,  made  his  cattle  and  servants 
flee  into  the  houses. 

xx.  20.  That  his  fear  may  be  before  your 
faces,  that  ye  sin  not. 

Lev.  xix.  14.  Thou  shall  not  curse  the 
deaf,  nor  put  a  stumbling-block  before  the 
blind,  but  shalt  fear  thy  God.  Ver.  32. 

Deut.  xiii.  11.  All  Israel  shall  hear  and  fear 
the  Lord,  and  do  no  more  such  wickedness  as 
this  among  you.  Ch.  xiv.  23. — xvii.  13.  19. 
— xix.  20. — xxi.  21. — xxxi.  12,  13. 

Job  i.  1.  Job  feared  God,  and  eschewed  evil. 
Ver.  8.  Ch.  ii.  3. 

Prov.  iii.  7.  Fear  the  Lord  and  depart  from 
evil. 

viii.  13.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil. 
Ch.  xiv.  16. 

xvi.  6.  By  the  fear  of  the  Lord  men  depart 
from  evil. 

2  Cor.  vii.  1.  Let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from 
all  filthiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  perfecting 
holiness  in  the  fear  of  God.  Ver.  11. 

Eph.  v.  21.  Submitting  yourselves  to  one 
another  in  the  fear  of  God. 

Phil.  ii.  12.  Work  out  your  salvation  with 
fear  and  trembling. 

Heb.  xi.  7.  Noah,  moved  with  fear,  pre- 
pared an  ark. 

1  Pet.  i.  17.  Pass  the  time  of  your  sojourn- 
ing here  in  fear. 

iii.  2.  Your  chaste  conversation,  coupled 
with  fear. 

Col.  iii.  22.  Servants,  obey  your  masters  in 
singleness  of  heart,  fearing  God.  Eph.  vi.  5. 

Instances.    Isaac,  Gen.  xxxi.  42.     1  Kings 


xviii.  3,  4.  12,  13.  Obadiah,  2  Kings  iv.  1. 
Hanani,  Neh.  vii.  2. — Ps.  xl.  3. — Iii.  6. — cxix. 
63.  See  the  Qualifications  of  the  civil  ma- 
gistrate, Commandment  5th. 

LIX.  Promises  to  them  that  fear  God. 
Deut.  vi.  24.  The  Lord  commanded  us  to  fear 
the  Lord  our  God,  for  our  good  always. 

2  Kings  xvii.  39.  The  Lord  your  God  ye 
shall  fear,  and  he  shall  deliver  you  out  of  the 
hand  of  all  your  enemies. 

Neh.  i.  1 1.  Let  thine  ear  be  attentive  to  the 
prayer  of  thy  servant,  who  desires  to  fear  thy 
name. 

Ps.  xxv.  12.  14.  What  man  is  he  that 
feareth  the  Lord  1  him  shall  he  teach  in  the 
way  that  he  shall  choose. 

xxxi.  1 9.  How  great  is  thy  goodness,  which 
thou  hast  laid  up  for  them  that  fear  thee ! 

xxxiii.  18.  Behold  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is 
on  them  that  fear  him. 

xxxiv.  7.  The  angel  of  the  Lord  encampeth 
round  them  that  fear  him,  and  delivereth 
them. — Ver.  9.  There  is  no  want  to  them  that 
fear  him. 

Ix.  4.  Thou  hast  given  a  banner  to  them 
that  fear  thee. 

Ixxxv.  9.  His  salvation  is  nigh  them  that 
fear  him. 

ciii.  11.  As  the  heaven  is  high  above  the 
earth,  so  great  is  his  mercy  toward  them  that 
fear  him. — Ver.  13.  Like  as  a  father  pitieth 
his  children,  so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear 
him. — Ver.  17.  The  mercy  of  the  Lord  is 
from  everlasting  to  everlasting  upon  them  that 
fear  him. 

cxi.  5.  He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  that 
fear  him. 

cxii.  1.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  feareth  the 
Lord. 

cxv.  11.  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  trust  in  the 
Lord :  he  is  their  help  and  shield. — Ver.  13. 
The  Lord  will  bless  them  that  fear  him. 

cxix.  38.  Stablish  thy  word  unto  thy  ser- 
vant, who  is  devoted  to  thy  fear. 

cxxviii.  1.  Blessed  is  every  one  that  feareth 
the  Lord. — Ver.  4.  Thus  shall  the  man  be 
blessed  that  feareth  the  Lord. 

cxlv.  19.  He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them 
that  fear  him ;  he  will  hear  their  cry,  and  will 
save  them. 

cxlvii.  11.  The  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in 
them  that  fear  him. 

Prov.  x.  27.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  prolongeth 
days. 

xiv.  26, 27.  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  strong 
confidence  ;  and  his  children  shall  have  a 
place  of  refuge.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  a 
fountain  of  life,  to  depart  from  the  snares  of 
death. 

xv.  16.  Better  is  little  with  the  fear  of  the 


CHAP.  XIV. 


FEARING   GOD. 


151 


Lord,  than  great  treasure  and  trouble  there- 
with. 

xix.  23.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  tendeth  to 
life ;  he  that  hath  it  shall  abide  satisfied. 

xxii.  4.  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  are  riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

xxviii.  14.  Happy  is  the  man  that  feareth 
always. 

xxxi.  30.  Favour  is  deceitful,  and  beauty 
is  vain ;  but  a  woman  that  feareth  the  Lord 
she  shall  be  praised. 

Eccl.  viii.  12.  It  shall  be  well  with  them 
that  fear  God. 

Isa.  xxxiii.  6.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  his 
treasure. 

1.  10.  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the 
Lord,  and  obeyeth  the  voice  of  his  servant, 
that  walketh  in  darkness  and  hath  no  light ! 
let  him  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
stay  upon  his  God. 

Zeph.  iii.  7.  I  said,  Surely  thou  wilt  fear 
me ;  so  their  dwelling  should  not  be  cut  off. 

Mai.  ii.  5.  My  covenant  was  with  Levi  of 
life  and  peace ;  and  I  gave  them  to  him,  for 
the  fear  wherewith  he  feared  me. 

iii.  16, 17.  They  that  feared  the  Lord,  spake 
often  one  to  another :  and  the  Lord  hearkened 
and  heard ;  and  a  book  of  remembrance  was 
written  before  him,  for  them  that  feared  the 
Lord,  and  that  thought  upon  his  name.  And 
they  shall  be  mine,  saith  the  Lord,  in  the  day 
that  I  make  up  my  jewels  :  and  I  will  spare 
them  as  a  man  spareth  his  son  that  serveth 
him. 

iv.  2.  Unto  you  that  fear  my  name,  shall 
the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise  with  healing  in 
his  wings. 

Luke  i.  50.  His  mercy  is  on  them  that  fear 
him,  from  generation  to  generation. 

Rev.  xi.  18.  The  time  is  come,  that  thou 
shouldest  give  a  reward  to  them  that  fear  thy 
name.  See  1  Sam.  xii.  14.  1 8.  Ps.  Hi.  6. — 
Ixvi.  16. — cxviii.  4. — cxix.  74.  79.  Eccl.  vii. 
18.  Isa.lx.5.  Jer.  xxxii.  39, 40.  Acts  ix.  31. 

LX.  Other  expressions  to  the  same  effect. 
Trembling.  Ezra  ix.  4.  They  trembled  at  the 
word.  Isa.  Ixvi.  2.  5. 

x.  3.  They  trembled  at  the  commandment. 

Job  xxi.  6.  When  I  remember,  trembling 
taketh  hold  on  my  flesh.  Ps.  cxix.  120. 

Ps.  ii.  11.  Rejoice  with  trembling. 

Hos.  xiii.  1.  When  Ephraim  spake  trem- 
bling, he  exalted  himself  in  Israel. 

Joel  ii.  1.  Let  all  tremble,  for  the  day  of  the 
Lord  cometh.  Ver.  10.  See  Ezra  x.  9.  Job 
iv.  14. — xxxvii.  1.  Isa.  Ixiv.  2.  Dan.  vi.  26. 
Jer.  xxxiii.  9.  Hab.  iii.  16.  Acts  vii.  32.— 
xvi.  29.— xxiv.  25.  Eph.  vi.  5.  Phil.  ii.  12. 

LXI.  Heaven  and  earth  tremble  at  God's 


greatness.  Job  ix.  6.  He  shaketh  the  earth 
out  of  her  place ;  the  pillars  thereof  tremble. 

xxvi.  11.  The  pillars  of  heaven  tremble,  and 
are  astonished  at  his  reproof. 

Ps.  xviii.  7.  The  earth  shook  and  trembled, 
the  foundations  of  the  hills  moved,  because  he 
was  wroth.  See  Ps.  Ix.  2. — Ixxvii.  18. — 
xcvii.  4. — civ.  32. — cxiv.  7.  Jer.  x.  10. — Ii. 
29.  Amos  viii.  8. 

Quake.  Nah.  i.  7.  The  mountains  quake 
at  him :  the  hills  melt. 

Heb.  xii.  21.  Moses  said,  I  exceedingly 
fear  and  quake.  See  Exod.  xix.  18.  Ezek. 
xii.  18. 

Terror.  Job  vi.  4.  The  terrors  of  God  set 
themselves  in  array  against  me. 

xxxi.  23.  Destruction  from  God  was  a 
terror  to  me. 

Ps.  Ixxxviii.  15.  While  I  suffer  thy  terrors 
I  am  distracted. 

Jer.  xvii.  17.  Be  not  a  terror  to  me; 
thou  art  my  hope  in  the  day  of  evil.  Job 
xxxiii.  7. 

2  Cor.  v.  11.  Knowing  the  terror  of  the 
Lord  we  persuade  men. 

Reverence.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  7.  God  is  to  be  had 
in  reverence  of  all  that  are  about  him. 

cxi.  9.  Holy  and  reverend  is  his  name. — 
Heb.  xii.  28.  Serve  God  with  reverence. 

iv.  4.  Stand  in  awe,  and  sin  not.  Ps. 
xxxiii.  8. — cxix.  161. 

Afraid.  Deut.  ix.  19.  I  was  afraid  of  the 
anger  and  hot  displeasure  of  the  Lord. 

2  Sam.  vi.  9.  David  was  afraid  of  the  Lord. 


See  1  Chron.  xiii.  12. 
— xxiii.  15. — xxxiii.  7. 
Hab.  iii.  2. 


Job  xiii.  11. — xxi.  6. 
PS.CXIX.  120.— lvi.3. 


LXII.  Threatenings  against  those  that 
fear  not  God.  Prov.  i.  29.  They  hated 
knowledge,  and  did  not  choose  the  fear  of  the 
Lord.— Ver.  31.  Therefore  shall  they  eat  the 
fruit  of  their  own  way.  Ver.  25,  &c. 

Eccl.  viii.  13.  It  shall  not  be  well  with  the 
wicked,  because  they  fear  not  God. 

Jer.  ii.  19.  Thine  own  wickedness  shall 
correct  thee,  and  thy  backslidings  shall  reprove 
thee :  know  therefore  and  see,  that  it  is  an 
evil  thing  and  bitter,  that  thou  hast  forsaken 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  my  fear  is  not  in 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts. 

xliv.  10,  11.  They  are  not  humbled,  neither 
have  they  feared,  nor  walked  in  my  law. 
Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will  set  my  face 
against  you  for  evil,  &c. 

Mai.  iii.  5.  I  will  be  a  swift  witness  against 
the  sorcerers,  adulterers,  false  swearers,  against 
those  that  oppress  the  hireling  in  his  wages, 
the  widow,  and  the  fatherless,  and  that  turn 
aside  the  stranger  from  his  right,  and  fear  not 


152 


NOT  FEARING  GOD — LOVE  TO  GOD.   CHAP.  XIV. 


me,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.     See  2  Kings 
xvii.  25.  40,  41. 


NOT  FEARING  GOD. 

LXIII.  The  wicked  fear  not  God,  with  that 
fear  which  is  a  restraint  from  sin,  and  a  mo- 
tive to  duty.  Gen.  xx.  1 1.  Abraham  said,  I 
thought  surely  the  fear  of  God  is  not  in  this 
place,  and  they  will  slay  me  for  my  wife's 
sake. 

Exod.  ix.  30.  Moses  said  to  Pharaoh,  As 
for  thee  and  thy  servants,  I  know  that  ye  will 
not  yet  fear  the  Lord  God,  to  let  Israel  go. 

Deut.  xxv.  18.  Amalek  smote  Israel,  and 
feared  not  God. 

Job  vi.  14.  The  wicked  forsaketh  the  fear 
of  the  Almighty.— Ver.  18.  The  paths  of  their 
way  are  turned  aside,  they  go  to  nothing  and 
perish. 

xv.  4.  He  casteth  off  fear,  and  restraineth 
prayer  before  God. 

Ps.  xxxvi.  1.  The  transgression  of  the 
wicked  saith  within  my  heart,  That  there  is 
no  fear  of  God  before  his  eyes. 

Iv.  19,  20.  Because  they  have  no  changes, 
therefore  they  fear  not  God. — He  hath  broken 
his  covenant. 

Ixiv.  4.  Suddenly  do  they  shoot  at  the  per- 
fect, and  fear  not. 

Jer.  iii.  8.  Judah  feared  not,  but  played  the 
harlot. 

v.  22.  Fear  ye  not  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

Ver.  23,  24.  This  people  hath  a  revolting 
heart.  Neither  say  they  in  their  heart,  Let  us 
fear  the  Lord  our  God. 

Luke  xviii.  2.  There  was  a  judge  which 
feared  not  God,  neither  regarded  man.  See 
Jer.  xxxvi.  24.  Hos.  x.  3.  Luke  xxiii.  40. 
Jude  12. 

LXIV.  The  wicked  have  a  tormenting  fear 
of  God,  which  is  their  punishment.  Job  xv. 
21.  A  dreadful  sound  is  in  his  ears. — Ver.  24. 
Trouble  and  anguish  shall  make  him  afraid. 

xviii.  11.  Terrors  shall  make  him  afraid  on 
every  side.  Ver.  14.  Ch.  xxiv.  17. 

Ps.  ix.  20.  Put  them  in  fear,  O  Lord,  that 
they  may  know  themselves  to  be  but  men. 
Ps.  Ixxxiii.  15. 

Ixxiii,  19.  They  are  utterly  consumed  with 
terrors. 

Prov.  x.  24.  The  fear  of  the  wicked  shall 
come  upon  him. 

Isa.  ii.  10.  Enter  into  the  rock,  and  hide 
thee  in  the  dust,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for 
the  glory  of  his  majesty.  Ver.  19.  Hos.  x.  5. 
Mic.  vii.  17.  Luke  xxiii.  30.  Rev.  vi.  15, 16. 

Heb.  x.  27.  A  fearful  looking  for  of  judg- 
ment. (Matt.  xxv.  25.)  Ver.  31.  It  is  a 


fearful  thing  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  living 
God. 

Isa.  xxxiii.'  14.  The  sinners  in  Zion  are 
afraid,  fearfulness  hath  surprised  the  hypo- 
crites :  Who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  de- 
vouring fire  ?  with  everlasting  burnings  ? 

Heb.  xii.  29.  Our  God  is  a  consuming  fire. 
See  Isa.  Ixvi.  4. 

LXV.  God  delivers  the  wicked  up  to  their 
fears  of  their  enemies.  Exod.  xv.  16.  Fear 
and  dread  shall  fall  upon  them,  by  the  great- 
ness of  thine  arm.  Gen.  xxxv.  5.  Isa.  xix. 
17.  Lev.  xxvi.  16.  I  will  appoint  over  you 
terror.  Deut.  xxviii.  66,  67.  Ezek.  xxi.  12. 
Lam.  iii.  47. 

xxiii.  27.  I  will  send  my  fear  before  thee, 
and  make  thine  enemies  turn  their  backs. 
Deut.  xi.  25.— ii.  25.  Josh.  ii.  9. 

Deut.  iv.  34.  Hath  God  assayed  to  take  a 
nation,  &c.  by  great  terrors,  &c.  Ch.  xxvi.  8. 

xxxii.  25.  The  sword  and  terror  shall  de- 
stroy. Jer.  vi.  24,  25. — xxx.  5. 

2  Chron.  xx.  29.  The  fear  of  God  was  on 
all  the  kingdoms.  Ps.  xviii.  45.  See  Ps.  xiv. 
5. — xlviii.  6. — liii.  5.  Isa.  xxiv.  17.  Jer. 
xlviii.  43.— xlix.  5.  24.  29.  Ezek.  xxx.  13. 


LOVE  TO  GOD. 

LXVI.  Love  to  God  commanded.  Deut. 
vi.  5.  Thou  shall  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with 
all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with 
all  thy  might.  Ch.  x.  12.  Matt.  xxii.  37. 

xi.  1.  Thou  shall  love  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  keep  his  charge,  and  his  statutes,  and  his 
judgments.  Ch.  xiii.  3. 

xxx.  15,  16.  I  have  set  before  you  this  day 
life  and  good,  death  and  evil ;  in  that  I  com- 
mand thee  to  love  the  Lord  thy  God.  Ver.  19. 

Josh.  xxii.  5.  Take  diligent  heed  to  love  the 
Lord  your  God,  &c. 

Ps.  xxxi.  23.  0  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his 
saints. 

LXVII.  Promises  to  them  that  love  God. 
Exod.  xx.  5,  6.  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a 
jealous  God  ;  shewing  mercy  unto  thousands 
of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my  command- 
ments. Deut.  v.  10. 

Deut.  vii.  9.  Know  the  Lord  thy  God,  he  is 
God,  the  faithful  God,  which  keepeth  covenant 
and  mercy  with  them  that  love  him  and  keep 
his  commandments,  to  a  thousand  generations. 
Dan.  ix.  4.  Neh.  i.  5. 

Ps.  xci.  14 — 16.  Because  he  hath  set  his 
love  upon  me,  therefore  will  I  deliver  him 
and  honour  him.  I  will  shew  him  my  salva- 
tion. 

cxix.  132.  Look  upon  me,  and  be  merciful 


CHAP.  XIV. 


LOVE   TO  CHRIST. 


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unto  me,  as  thou  usest  to  do  unto  them  that 
love  thy  name. 

cxlv.  20.  The  Lord  preserveth  them  that 
love  him. 

Rom.  viii.  28.  All  things  work  together  for 
good  to  them  that  love  God. 

1  Cor.  ii.  9.  Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear 
heard,  neither  have  entered  into  the  heart  of 
man,  the  things  which  God  hath  prepared  for 
them  that  love  him. 

viii.  3.  If  any  man  love  God,  the  same  is 
known  of  him. 

James  ii.  5.  A  kingdom  God  hath  promised 
to  them  that  love  him.  See  also  Deut.  xi.  13, 
14,  15.  22,  23.— xix.  9.— xxx.  16.  19,  20. 
Ps.  Ixix.  36.  Isa.  Ivi.  6,  7.  Jer.  ii.  2,  3. 
Col.  ii.  2.  Heb.  vi.  10.  1  John  iv.  7.  16. 18. 
Jude  21. 

LXVIII.  Prayers  for  them  that  love  God. 
Judg.  v.  31.  Let  them  that  love  him  be  as  the 
sun,  when  he  goeth  forth  in  his  might. 

Ps.  v.  11.  Let  them  that  love  thy  name  be 
joyful  in  thee. 

LXIX.  Exhortations  to  love  God.  Ps. 
xxxi.  23.  O  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  saints. 

1  Thess.  v.  8.  Putting  on  the  breastplate  of 
faith  and  love. 

1  Tim.  vi.  11.  O  man  of  God,  follow  after 
righteousness,  godliness,  faith,  and  love. 

Jude  21.  Keep  yourselves  in  the  love  of 
God,  looking  for  the  mercy  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  to  eternal  life.  ' 

LXX.  Instances  of  persons  loving  God. 
Ps.  xviii.  1.  I  will  love  the  Lord  my  strength. 

Song  i.  4.  The  upright  love  thee.  1  Kings 
iii.  3. 

Rom.  viii.  38.  Neither  death  nor  life,  &c. 
nor  any  other  creature,  shall  be  able  to  sepa- 
rate us  from  the  love  of  God,  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.  Ver.  39. 

2  Cor.  vi.  4.   Approving   ourselves  by  love 
unfeigned.     Ver.  6. 

Eph.  i.  4.  He  hath  chosen  us  in  Christ,  that 
we  should  be  holy,  and  without  blame  before 
him  in  love. 

1  John  iv.  19.  We  love  him  because  he 
first  loved  us.  Ps.  cxvi.  1. 

LXXI.  How  love  to  God  is  produced  in 
Christians.  Deut.  xxx.  6.  The  Lord  thy 
God  will  circumcise  thy  heart,  and  the  heart 
of  thy  seed,  to  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with 
all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  that  thou 
mayest  live.  2  Cor.  xiii.  1 1.  God  is  the  God 
of  love. 

LXXII.  It  is  prayed  for  as  a  gift  from 
God.     Eph.  vi.  23.  Peace  be  to  the  brethren, 
20 


and  love,  with  faith  from  God  the  Father,  and 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Phil.  i.  9.  I  pray  that 
your  love  may  abound. 

2  Thess.  iii.  5.  The  Lord  direct  your  hearts 
into  the  love  of  God,  and  into  the  patient  wait- 
ing for  Christ.  See  Eph.  iii.  14.  17. 

LXXIII.  It  is  a  work  of  the  Spirit.  Rom. 
v.  5.  The  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  our 
hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Gal.  v.  22.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit. is  love, 
joy,  peace,  &c.  Col.  i.  8.  2  Tim.  i.  7. 

v.  6.  Faith  worketh  by  love. 

LXXIV.  Love  to  God  is  evidenced  by 
keeping  his  commandments,  and  loving  his 
servants.  Deut.  xi.  13.  Love  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  serve  him  with  all  your  heart,  and 
with  all  your  soul.  Ver.  22.  Ch.  xix.  9. 

xxx.  20.  Love  the  Lord  thy  God,  obey  his 
voice,  cleave  unto  him,  for  he  is  thy  life,  and 
the  length  of  thy  days. 

Isa.  Ivi.  6.  The  sons  of  the  stranger  that 
join  themselves  to  the  Lord,  to  love  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  and  to  be  his  servants,  &c. — 
Ver.  7.  Them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy  moun- 
tain, &c. 

Eph.  iv.  15.  Speaking  the  truth  in  love. 
Ver.  16. 

1  Thess.  i.  3.  We  give  thanks  to  God,  re- 
membering your  work  of  faith  and  labour  of 
love,  &c.  Heb.  vi.  10. 

1  John  ii.  5.  Whoso  keepeth  God's  word, 
in  him  verily  is  the  love  of  God  perfected. 
Ch.  v.  2. 

v.  3.  This  is  the  love  of  God,  that  we  keep 
his  commandments. — 2  John  6.  That  we  walk 
after  his  commandments. 

iv.  20,  21.  If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and 
hateth  his  brother,  he  is  a  liar.  For  this  com- 
mandment have  we  from  him,  That  he  who 
loveth  God,  love  his  brother  also.  Ch.  iii.  1 7. 

LOVE  TO  CHRIST. 

LXXV.  Love  to  Christ  enforced  by  pro- 
mises. Luke  vii.  47.  Jesus  said,  Her  sins, 
which  are  many,  are  forgiven ;  for  she  loved 
much. 

John  xiv.  21.  He  that  loveth  me,  shall  be 
loved  of  my  Father,  and  I  will  love  him.  Ver 
23.  And  we  will  come  unto  him,  and  make 
our  abode  with  him.  Ch.  xvi.  27. 

1  Tim.  i.  14.    The  grace  of  our  Lord  was 
exceeding  abundant,  with  faith  and  love,  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

2  Tim.  iv.  8.  A  crown  of  righteousness  the 
Lord  the  righteous  Judge  will  give  to  them 
that  love  him. 

James  i.  12.  A  crown  of  life  the  Lord  hath 
promised  to  them  that  love  him. 


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HATING  GOD — DESIRING  GOD. 


CHAP.  XIV, 


LXXVI.  Prayers  for  them  that  love  Christ. 
Eph.  vi.  24.  Grace  be  with  all  them  that  love 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity. 

LXXVII.  Love  to  Christ  enforced  by 
threatenings.  Matt.  x.  37.  He  that  loveth 
father  or  mother,  son  or  daughter,  more  than 
me,  is  not  worthy  of  me. 

1  Cor.  xvi.  22.  If  any  man  love  not  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  let  him  be  Anathema  Ma- 
ran-atha. 

Rev.  ii.  4.  I  have  somewhat  against  thee, 
because  thou  hast  left  thy  first  love. 

LXXVIII.  Enforced  by  the  example  of 
God  the  Father,  who  loveth  Christ.  Prov. 
viii.  30.  I  was  daily  his  delight. 

Isa.  xlii.  1.  Mine  elect,  in  whom  my  soul 
delighteth.  Matt.  xii.  18. 

Matt.  iii.  17.  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased.  Ch.  xvii.  5.  2  Pet. 
i.  17. 

John  iii.  35.  The  Father  loveth  the  Son. 
Ch.  xvii.  24. 

viii.  42.  Jesus  said,  If  God  were  your  Fa- 
ther, ye  would  love  me. 

LXXIX.  Enforced  by  the  example  of  the 
church  and  people  of  God,  who  love  Christ. 
Song  i.  4.  The  upright  love  thee.  Ver.  7. 
Ch.  ii.  5. 

vii.  6.  How  pleasant  art  thou,  O  love,  for 
delights!  See  also,  Ch.  i.  14,  15,  16.— ii.  3. 
8,  9.  16,  17.— iii.  1  to  5.— iv.  1.  7.  16.— v.  2 
|0  16. — vi.  1,  2,  3. — vii.  10. — viii.  1.  4,  5. 

Rom.  viii.  35.  Who  shall  separate  us  from 
Jhe  love  of  Christ? 

1  Pet  i.  8.  Whom  having  not  seen  ye  love. 

LXXX.  Enforced  by  Christ's  love  to  his 
"hurch.  John  xv.  9.  I  have  loved  you ;  con- 
tinue ye  in  my  love.  Philem.  5. 

Eph.  v.  25.  Christ  loved  the  Church,  and 
gave  himself  for  it. 

LXXXI.  Obedience  to  Christ  the  evidence 
of  love  to  him.  Matt.  xii.  33.  The  tree  is 
known  by  its  fruit. 

John  xiv.  15.  Jesus  said,  If  ye  love  me, 
keep  my  commandments. — Ver.  21.  He  that 
hath  my  commandments,  and  keepeth  them, 
he  it  is  that  loveth  me. — Ver.  23.  If  a  man 
love  me,  he  will  keep  my  words.  Ver.  24. 28. 

xv.  10.  If  ye  keep  my  commandments  ye 
shall  abide  in  my  love. 

xxi.  15.  Simon,  lovest  thou  me1?  Feed 
my  lambs.  Ver.  16. 

2  Cor.  v.  14.  The  love  of  Christ  constrain- 
eth  us. 

Phil.  i.  17.  Some  of  love  preach  Christ. 


HATING  GOD. 

LXXXII.  Threatenings  against  the  haters 
of  God.  Exod.  xx.  5.  I  am  a  jealous  God, 
visiting  the  iniquities  of  the  fathers  upon  the 
children,  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation 
of  them  that  hate  me. 

Deut.  vii.  10.  God  repayeth  them  that  hate 
him,  to  their  face,  to  destroy  them :  he  will 
not  be  slack  to  him  that  hateth  him ;  he  will 
repay  him  to  his  face. 

xxxii.  15.  Jeshurun  waxed  fat;  then  he 
forsook  God  that  made  him,  and  lightly  es- 
teemed the  Rock  of  his  salvation. — Ver.  19. 
The  Lord  abhorred  them. 

Ver.  22.  A  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  shall  burn  unto  the  lowest 
hell,  and  shall  consume  the  earth  with  her  in- 
crease, and  set  on  fire  the  foundations  of  the 
mountains. — Ver.  23.  I  will  heap  mischiefs 
upon  them. — Ver.  41.  I  will  render  vengeance 
to  mine  enemies,  and  will  reward  them  that 
hate  me,  saith  God. 

1  Sam.  ii.  30.  The  Lord  saith,  Them  that 
honour  me  I  will  honour;  and  they  that  de- 
spise me  shall  be  lightly  esteemed. 

2  Chron.  xix.  2.    Shouldest  thou  help  the 
ungodly,  and  love»  them  that  hate  the  Lord  ? 
therefore  is  wrath  upon  thee  from  before  the 
Lord. 

Ps.  cxxxix.  21.  Do  not  I  hate  them,  O 
Lord,  that  hate  thee  1 

Rom.  i.  30.  Haters  of  God,  &c.  are  worthy 
of  death.  Ver.  32. 

LXXXHI.  Hating  Christ.  John  xv.  23. 
Jesus  said,  He  that  hateth  me  hateth  my  Fa- 
ther also.  Ver.  24.  See  Ps.  xxi.  8.— ixviii. 
1.  Prov.  viii.  36. 


DESIRING  GOD,  THIRSTING,  &c. 

LXXXIV.  Desiring  God.  Ps.  Ixxiii.  25. 
Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee  ]  and  there 
is  none  upon  earth  whom  I  desire  besides 
thee. 

Isa.  xxvi.  8.  The  desire  of  our  soul  is  to 
thy  name,  and  to  the  remembrance  of  thee. 

Ver.  9.  With  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee 
in  the  night ;  with  my  Spirit  within  me  will 
I  seek  thee  early.  Hag.  ii.  7.  Christ  is  the 
desire  of  all  nations. 

LXXXV.  Thirsting,  longing  for  God,  and 
the  things  of  God.  Ps.  xlii.  2.  My  soul 
thirsteth  for  God.  Ps.  Ixiii.  1.  6. — cxliii.  6. 

Ixxxiv.  2.  My  soul  longeth  for  the  courts 
of  the  Lord. 

cxix.  20.  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  longing 
it  hath  unto  thy  judgments  at  all  times. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


JOY  IN  GOD. 


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Ver.  131.  I  longed  for  thy  commandments. 
Ver.  54.  94. 

Ver.  174.  I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation, 
0  Lord  ;  and  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

Promises.  Ps.  Ixxxi.  10.  Open  thy  mouth 
wide,  and  I  will  fill  it. 

Isa.  xliv.  3.  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that 
is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground. 
Ps.  cvii.  9.  Jer.  xxxi.  12. 

lv.  1.  Ho  !  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come 
ye  to  the  waters.  Rev.  xxii.  17. 

Matt.  v.  6.  Blessed  are  they  which  do 
hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness.  John 
iv.  13,  14.— vi.  35.— vii.  37,  38. 


JOY  IN  GOD. 

LXXXVI.  Joy  in  God.    Phil.' iii.  1.  Fi- 
nally, brethren,  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
iv.  4.  Rejoice  in  the  Lord  always. 
1  Thess.  v.  16.  Rejoice  evermore. 

LXXXVII.  Through  Christ.  Rom.  v.  1 1. 
We  joy  in  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  by  whom  we  have  now  received  the 
atonement. 

LXXXVII.  Persons  encouraged  to  rejoice 
in  God.  The  righteous.  Ps.  xxxii.  11.  Be 
glad  in  the  Lord  and  rejoice,  ye  righteous; 
and  shout  for  joy,  all  ye  that  are  upright  in 
heart.  Ps.  xxxiii.  1. 

Ixiv.  10.  The  righteous  shall  be  glad  in  the 
Lord,  and  all  the  upright  in  heart  shall  glory. 
Ps.  Ixviii.  3. 

xcvii.  11.  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous, 
and  gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart.  Ver. 
12.  Job  viii.  20,  21. 

Matt.  xxv.  21.  Thou  good  and  faithful  ser- 
vant, enter  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord.  Job 
xxxiii.  26. 

LXXXIX.  The  meek.    Isa.  xxix.  19.  The 

meek  shall  increase  their  joy  in  the  Lord. 
Ver.  20. 

XC.  Those  that  seek  God.  Ps.  xl.  16. 
Let  those  that  seek  thee  rejoice  and  be  glad 
in  thee.  1  Chron.  xvi.  10.  27.  Ps.  Ixx.  4.— 
cv.  3. 

XCI.  Those  that  trust  in  God.  Ps.  v.  1 1. 
Let  all  those  that  put  their  trust  in  thee  re- 
joice ;  let  them  ever  shout  for  joy,  because 
thou  defendest  them :  let  them  also  that  love 
thy  name,  be  joyful  in  thee.  Ps.  xxxiii.  21. 

XCII.  Those  that  hope  in  God.  Rom.  v.  2. 
We  rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God.  Heb. 
iii.  6.  Rom.  xii.  12.  Ps.  xvi.  11. 


1  Pet.  i.  3.  God  hath  begotten  us  to  a  lively 
hope,  &c. — Ver.  6.  Wherein  ye  greatly  re- 
joice. 

Luke  x.  20.  Rejoice  that  your  names  are 
written  in  heaven. 

XCIII.  Those  who  have  faith,  or  believe. 
Acts  xvi.  34.  The  jailor  rejoiced,  believing  in 
God,  with  all  his  house. 

Rom.  xv.  13.  Now  the  God  of  peace  fill  you 
with  all  joy  and  peace  in  believing.  Phil, 
i.  25. 

1  Pet.  i.  8.  Believing  in  Christ,  ye  rejoice 
with  joy  unspeakable  and  full  of  glory.  John 
xiv.  1. 

XCIV.  Joy  promised.  Ps.  iv.  7.  Thou 
hast  put  gladness  in  my  heart,  more  than  in 
the  time  that  their  corn  and  wine  increased. 

xvi.  11.  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of 
life  :  in  thy  presence  is  fulness  of  joy,  at  thy 
right  hand  are  pleasures  for  evermore.  Acts 
ii.  28. 

xcii.  4.  Thou  hast  made  me  glad  through 
thy  work. 

cxxvi.  5.  They  that  sow  in  tears,  shall  reap 
in  joy.  Isa.  Ixi.  3.  10.  Jer.  xxxi.  9.  12. 
Matt.  v.  4. 

Eccl.  ii.  26.  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is 
good  in  his  sight,  wisdom,  and  knowledge,  and 
joy.  Ch.  v.  20.— ix.  7. 

Isa.  Ixv.  14.  My  servants  shall  sing  for  joy 
of  heart. 

John  xvi.  20.  Your  sorrow  shall  be  turned 
into  joy.  Ch.  xvi.  1. 

XCV.  Things  rejoiced  in  are,  God.— See 
the  first  section.  In  Christ.  John  viii.  56. 
Jesus  said,  Abraham  rejoiced  to  see  my  day ; 
and  he  saw  it,  and  was  glad. 

xv.  11.  These  things  have  I  spoken  unto 
you,  that  my  joy  might  remain  in  you,  and 
that  your  joy  might  be  full.  Ch.  xvii.  13. 
1  John  i.  4. 

xvi.  22.  I  will  see  you  again,  and  your 
heart  shall  rejoice. 

Phil.  iii.  3.  We  are  the  circumcision,  which 
worship  God  in  the  Spirit,  and  rejoice  in 
Christ  Jesus,  and  have  no  confidence  in  the 
flesh. 

Rev.  xix.  7.  Let  us  be  glad  and  rejoice,  and 
give  honour  to  him,  for  the  marriage  of  the 
Lamb  is  come. 

XCVI.  In  the  Holy  Ghost.  Rom.  xiv.  17. 
The  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat  and  drink, 
jut  righteousness,  and  peace,  and  joy  in  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Gal.  v.  22.  Col.  i.  11. 

XCVII.  In  God's  worship.  Ps.  ii.  11. 
Serve  the  Lord  with  fear,  and  rejoice  with 
trembling. 


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JOY  IN   G01). 


CHAP.  XIV. 


xxvii.  6.  I  will  offer  in  his  tabernacle,  sacri- 
fices of  joy. 

xlii.  4.  I  went  with  them  to  the  house  of 
God,  with  the  voice  of  joy  and  praise.  Ps. 
lv.  14. 

xliii.  4.  I  will  go  unto  the  altar  of  God,  unto 
God  my  exceeding  joy. 

Ixiii.  5.  My  mouth  shall  praise  thee  with 
joyful  lips. 

Ixvi.  1.  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  God,  all 
ye  lands.  Ps.  Ixxxi.  1. — xcviii.  4.  6. — c.  1,2. 

Ixviii.  4.  Sing  praises  to  God,  and  rejoice 
before  him.  Ch.  Ixxxi.  1. 

Ixxxix.  15.  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know 
the  joyful  sound.  Ver.  16. 

cvii.  22.  Declare  his  works  with  rejoicing. 

cxviii.  24.  This  is  the  day  God  made,  we 
will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

cxxii.  1.  I  was  glad  when  they  said  unto 
me,  Let  us  go  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

Isa.  Ivi.  7.  I  will  make  them  joyful  in  my 
house  of  prayer. 

See  instances  of  this  joy.  1  Chron.  xv. 
16.  2  Chron.  xxiii.  18. — xxix.  30.  Neh. 
xii.  43. 

XCVIII.  Worship  of  God,  fixed  and  car- 
ried on  among  God's  people,  a  cause  of  their 
joy.  1  Sam.  vi.  13.  The  people  rejoiced  to 
see  the  ark  of  God  returning  to  Israel. 

2  Sam.  vi.  12.  The  ark  of  God  brought  to 
the  city  of  David  with  gladness.  1  Chron. 
xv.  25. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  9.  David  and  the  people  re- 
joiced, because  that  with  a  perfect  heart  the 
people  offered  willingly  to  the  Lord  the  mate- 
rials for  building  the    house  of   the   Lord. 
2  Chron.  xxiv.  10. 

2  Chron.  vi.  41.   At  the  dedication  of  the 
temple,   Solomon    prayed,    saying,    Let  thy 
priests,  O  Lord,  be  clothed  with  salvation,  and 
let   thy  saints  rejoice  in  goodness.     1  Kings 
viii.  66.     Ps.  Ixiii.  2. 

Ezra  iii.  12.  At  laying  the  foundation  of 
the  second  temple,  many  shouted  aloud  for  joy. 
Ver.  13. 

vi.  16.  They  kept  the  dedication  of  the  se- 
cond temple  with  joy. 

2  Chron.  xxix.  35,  36.  The  service  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  was  set  in  order :  And  He- 
zekiah  the  king,  and  all  the  people,  rejoiced 
that  God  had  prepared  the  people. 

xxx.  1.  21.  26.  There  was  great  joy  in  Je- 
rusalem, at  holding  the  passover  by  the  com- 
mandment of  king  Hezekiah.  See  ch.  xv.  12. 
14,  15.  Ezra  vi.  22. 

Neh.  viii.  9,  10.  12.  The  people  rejoiced  at 
hearing  the  law  read. 

xii.  27 — 44.  They  rejoiced  at  the  dedicating 
of  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  and  divine  worship 
restored. 


XCIX.  God's  presence  with  his  people  a 
cause  of  joy.  Zech.  ii.  10.  Sing  and  rejoice, 
O  daughter  of  Zion ;  for,  lo,  I  come,  and  will 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee,  saith  the  Lord.  Ch. 
ix.  9.  Ps.  xvi.  8,  9. 1 1.— xlvi.  4,  5.— xlviii.  2. 
Isa.  xii.  6.  Zeph.  iii.  14  to  20. 

C.  God's  love  and  care  for  his  people,  a 
cause  of  joy.  Song  i.  4.  We  will  be  glad  and 
rejoice  in  thee ;  we  will  remember  thy  love 
more  than  wine.  , 

Ps.  xxxv.  27.  Let  them  shout  for  joy  and 
be  glad  ;  let  them  say  continually  the  Lord  be 
magnified,  who  hath  pleasure  in  the  prosperity 
of  his  servants. 

CI.  God's  mercy  a  cause  of  joy.  Ps.  xxxi . 
7.  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy , 
for  thou  hast  considered  my  trouble,  thou  hast 
known  my  soul  in  adversity.  Ps.  li.  8,  9.  12. 
— Ixxxv.  6,  7. 

CII.  Help  and  strength  from  God  a  cause 
of  joy.  Neh.  viii.  10.  The  joy  of  the  Lord  is 
your  strength. 

Ps.  xvi.  8,  9.  Because  the  Lord  is  at  my 
right  hand,  I  shall  not  be  moved.  Therefore 
my  heart  is  glad. 

xxviii.  7.  The  Lord  is  my  strength,  and 
my  shield ;  my  heart  trusted  in  him,  and  I  am 
helped ;  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoiced. 

CIII.  Salvation  from  God  against  enemies 
a  cause  of  joy.  1  Sam.  ii.  1.  My  mouth  is 
enlarged  over  mine  enemies;  because  I  re- 
joice in  thy  salvation. 

Ps.  ix.  14.  I  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 
Ps.  xiii.  5. — xxxv.  9. 

cxviii.  15.  The  voice  of  rejoicing  and  salva- 
tion is  in  the  tabernacles  of  the  righteous.  Ps. 
xxi.  1. 

Luke  i.  47.  My  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in  God 
my  Saviour. 

CIV.  God's  vengeance  upon  his  and  his 
people's  enemies,  a  cause  of  rejoicing.  Deut 
xxxii.  43.  Rejoice,  O  ye  nations,  with  his 
people,  for  he  will  avenge  the  blood  of  his 
servants,  and  will  render  vengeance  to  his  ad- 
versaries, and  will  be  merciful  unto  his  land, 
and  to  his  people. 

Ps.  xlviii.  11.  Let  mount  Zion  rejoice,  let 
the  daughters  of  Judah  be  glad,  because  of  thy 
udgments.  Ver.  7,  8. 

Iviii.  10.  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when 
lie  seeth  the  vengeance ;  he  shall  wash  his 
"eet  in  the  blood  of  the  wicked.  Job  xxii.  1 9. 

CV.  Rejoicing  in  God's  word.  Ps.  xix.  8. 
The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right,  rejoicing 
the  heart. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


COMFORT  IN   GOD. 


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cxix.  14.  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  way  of  thy 
testimonies,  as  much  as  in  all  riches. 

Ver.  111.  Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken  as 
an  heritage  for  ever,  for  they  are  the  rejoicing 
of  my  heart.  Ver.  77.  92. 174. 

Jer.  xv.  16.  Thy  word  was  unto  me  the  joy 
and  rejoicing  of  my  heart. 

1  John  i.  4.  These  things  write  we  unto 
you,  that  your  joy  may  be  full. 

The  word  was  received  with  joy.  Acts  ii. 
41. — viii.  8. — xiii.  48.  1  Thess.  i.  6. 

CVI.  Joy  in  God's  providential  govern- 
ment. 1  Chron.  xvi.  31.  Let  the  heavens  be 
glad,  and  let  the  earth  rejoice,  and  let  men 
say  among  the  nations,  The  Lord  reigneth. 

Ps.  ix.  2.  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee. 
— Ver.  4.  Thou  sattest  in  the  throne  judging 
right. — Ver.  8.  He  will  judge  the  world  in 
righteousness. 

Ixvii.  4.  Let  the  nations  be  glad,  and  sing 
for  joy  ;  for  thou  shalt  judge  the  people  right- 
eously, and  govern  the  nations  upon  earth. 

Ixxxix.  12.  Tabor  and  Hermon  shall  rejoice 
in  thy  name. — Ver.  14.  Justice  and  judgment 
are  the  habitation  of  thy  throne. 

xcvi.  10.  Say  among  the  heathen,  The 
Lord  reigneth,  the  world  shall  be  established, 
that  it  shall  not  be  moved  :  he  shall  judge  the 
people  righteously. 

Ver.  11.  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let 
the  earth  be  glad. — Ver.  13.  For  the  Lord 
shall  judge  the  world  with  righteousness,  and 
the  people  with  his  truth.  Ps.  xcviii.  4.  9. 

xcvii.  1, 2.  The  Lord  reigneth,  let  the  earth 
rejoice,  let  the  multitude  of  the  isles  be  glad. 
Righteousness  and  judgment  are  the  habita- 
tion of  his  throne. 

Rev.  xix.  6,  7.  The  Lord  God  omnipotent 
reigneth :  Let  us  be  glad  and  give  honour  to 
him.  See  Ps.  civ.  34.— cvii.  42.— cxlix.  2. 

CVII.  Temporal  deliverances  of  God's 
church,  a  cause  of  joy.  See  the  deliverances 
of  the  Jews  from  the  Egyptians,  Exod.  xviii. 
9,  10.  Ps.  Ixvi.  6.— cv.  43.— cvi.  5. 

Deliverance  from  captivity.  Ps.  xiv.  7. — 
cxxvi.  3. 

CVIII.  Spiritual  blessings  conferred  on 
the  church,  a  cause  of  rejoicing.  Isa.  ix.  3. 
They  joy  before  thee  according  to  the  joy  in 
harvest. — Ver.  6.  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born, 
unto  us  a  Son  is  given.  Ch.  Iv.  4.  12.  Zech. 
ix.  9.  See  Rejoicing  in  Christ. . 

xii.  2,  3.  The  Lord  Jehovah  is  my  strength 
and  rny  song ;  he  is  also  become  my  salvation, 
therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw  water  out 
of  the  wells  of  salvation.  Ver.  5,  6. 

xxxv.  1,  2.  The  wilderness  and  the  solitary 
place  shall  be  glad  for  them,  and  the  desert 


shall  rejoice  and  blossom  as  the  rose.  It  shall 
blossom  abundantly  and  rejoice,  even  with  joy 
and  singing:  they  shall  see  the  glory  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  excellency  of  our  God. 

xli.  10.  Fear  not,  for  I  am  with  thee ;  I  am 
thy  God,  I  will  strengthen  thee ;  yea,  I  will 
uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of  my  right- 
eousness :  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel.  Ver.  13,  14.  16. 

xlix.  13.  Sing,  O  heavens,  and  be  joyful,  0 
earth ;  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people. 

li.  3.  The  Lord  shall  comfort  Zion.  Ver. 
10.  12. 

Ver.  11.  They  shall  obtain  gladness  and 
joy,  &c.  Ch.  lii.  9.  Ch.  liv.  1  to  8. 

Ix.  15.  I  will  make  thee  an  eternal  excel- 
lency, a  joy  of  many  generations.  Ver.  16, 17. 

Ixi.  3  to  11.— Ixv.  14. 18.— Ixvi.  5. 10  to  15. 

Jer.  xxxi.  13,  14.— xxxiii.  8,  9,  10,  11. 
Zeph.  iii.  17,  18.  20.  Zech.  ii.  10. 

CIX.  The.  work  of  creation  a  cause  of  joy. 
Job  xxxviii.  4.  7.  When  God  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  the  earth,  the  morning  stars  sang  to- 
gether, and  all  the  sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy. 

CX.  Worldly  prosperity  from  the  hand  of 
God,  a  cause  of  joy.  Deut.  xii.  7.  Ye  shall 
rejoice  in  all  that  ye  put  your  hand  unto,  ye 
and  your  households,  wherein  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  blessed  thee.  Ver.  12.  18. 

xxvi.  11.  Thou  shalt  rejoice  in  every  good 
thing  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given 
unto  thee,  and  unto  thy  house. 

Joel  ii.  23.  Be  glad,  ye  children  of  Zion, 
and  rejoice  in  the  Lord  your  God;  for  he 
hath  given  you  the  former  rain  moderately, 
and  he  will  cause  to  come  down  for  you  the 
rain,  the  former  rain,  and  the  latter  rain,  in 
the  first  month. 

Ver.  24.  And  the  floors  shall  be  full  of 
wheat,  and  the  fats  shall  overflow  with  wine 
and  oil. — Ver.  26.  And  ye  shall  eat  in  plenty 
and  be  satisfied,  and  praise  the  name  of  the 
Lord  your  God,  that  hath  dealt  wondrously 
with  you. 

CXI.  Rejoicing  in  God  in  time  of  worldly 
adversity.  Hab.  iii.  17,  18.  Although  the 
fig-tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither  shall  fruit 
be  in  the  vine ;  the  labour  of  the  olive  shall 
fail,  and  the  fields  shall  yield  no  meat;  the 
flock  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  fold,  and  there 
shall  be  no  herd  in  the  stalls ;  Yet  will  I  re- 
joice in  the  Lord,  I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my 
salvation.  Ps.  xlvi.  1  to  5. 

COMFORT  IN  GOD 

CXII.  Godgiveth  comfort  and  consolation. 
Job  xv.  11.  Are  the  consolations  of  God  small 
with  thee  1 

O 


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SATISFACTION. 


CHAP.  XIV 


Ps.  xxiii.  4.  Though  I  walk  through  the  [ 
valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no 
evil :  for  thou  art  with  me ;  thy  rod  and  thy 
stafi'  they  comfort  me. 

Ixxi.  20,  21.  O  God,  thou  hast  shewed  me 
great  and  sore  troubles :  Thou  shalt  increase 
my  greatness,  and  comfort  me  on  every  side. 

Ixxxvi.  17.  The  Lord  hath  holpen  me  and 
comforted  me. 

xciv.  19.  In  the  multitude  of  my  thoughts 
within  me,  thy  comforts  delight  my  soul. 

cxix.  52.  I  remembered  thy  judgments  of 
old,  O  Lord,  and  have  comforted  myself. 

Ver.  76.  Let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  merciful 
kindness  be  for  my  comfort,  according  to  thy 
word  unto  thy  servant. — Ver.  82.  Mine  eyes 
fail  for  thy  word,  saying,  When  wilt  thou 
comfort  me  1 

Isa.  xii.  1.  0  Lord,  I  will  praise  thee: 
though  thou  wast  angry  with  me,  thine  anger 
is  turned  away,  and  thou  comfortedst  me. 

xl.  1,  2.  Comfort  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people, 
saith  your  God.  Speak  ye  comfortably  to  Je- 
rusalem, and  cry,  that  her  warfare  is  accom- 
plished, that  her  iniquity  is  pardoned. 

xlix.  13.  The  Lord  hath  comforted  his  peo- 
ple, and  will  have  mercy  on  his  afflicted.  Ch. 
lii.  9. 

li.  3.  The  Lord  shall  comfort  Zion ;  joy 
and  gladness  shall  be  found  therein,  thanks- 
giving and  the  voice  of  melody. 

Ver.  12.  I,  even  I  (saith  the  Lord)  am  he 
that  comforteth  you :  who  art  thou,  that  thou 
shouldest  be  afraid  of  a  man  that  shall  die, 
and  of  the  son  of  man  that  shall  be  made  as 
grass] 

Ivii.  18.  I  have  seen  his  ways  and  will  heal 
him ;  I  will  lead  him,  and  restore  comforts  to 
him  and  to  his  mourners. 

Ixi.  3.  I  appoint,  to  comfort  all  that  mourn 
in  Zion. 

Ixvi.  13.  As  one  whom  his  mother  com- 
forteth, so  will  I  comfort  you. 

Jer.  xxxi.  13.  I  will  turn  their  mourning 
into  joy,  and  will  comfort  them. 

Hos.  ii.  14.  I  will  speak  comfortably  unto 
her. 

Zech.  i.  13.  The  Lord  answered  with  com- 
fortable words.— Ver.  17.  The  Lord  shall  yet 
comfort  Zion,  and  shall  yet  choose  Jeru- 
salem. 

Matt.  v.  4.  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn, 
for  they  shall  be  comforted. 

Luke  xvi.  25.  Lazarus  is  comforted  in 
heaven. 

John  xiv.  18.  Jesus  said,  I  will  not  leave 
you  comfortless. 

Acts  ix.  31.  The  churches  walking  in  the 
fear  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  comfort  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  were  multiplied. 


Rom.  xv.  4.  Whatsoever  things  were  writ- 
ten aforetime,  were  written  for  our  learning  ; 
that  we  through  patience  and  comfort  of  the 
Scriptures  might  have  hope. 

Ver.  5.  Now  the  God  of  patience  and  con- 
solation grant  you  to  be  like  minded  one  to- 
ward another,  according  to  Christ  Jesus. 

2  Cor.  i.  3,  4.  Blessed  be  God,  even  the 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  Father 
of  mercies  and  the  God  of  all  comfort ;  who 
comforteth  us  in  all  our  tribulation,  that  we 
may  be  able  to  comfort  them  that  are  in  any 
trouble,  by  the  comfort  wherewith  we  our- 
selves are  comforted  of  God. 

Ver.  5.  Our  consolation  aboundeth  by 
Christ.  Phil.  ii.  1.  1  Pet.  i.  8. 

vii.  6.  God  that  comforteth  those  that  are 
cast  down,  comforted  us. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16.  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
himself,  and  God,  even  our  Father,  which  hath 
loved  us,  and  given  us  everlasting  consolation 
and  good  hope  through  grace.  (Heb.  vi.  18.) 
Ver.  17.  Comfort  your  hearts,  and  establish 
you  in  every  good  word  and  work. 

Observe,  the  foregoing  Scriptures  represent 
a  Christian's  comfort,  as  proceeding  from 
God  the  Father,  from  Christ,  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  from  the  holy  Scriptures. 


SATISFACTION. 

CXm.  God  satisfieth.  Ps.xvii.  15.  I  will 
behold  thy  face  in  righteousness;  I  shall  be 
satisfied  when  I  awake  with  thy  likeness. 

xxxvi.  8, 9.  They  shall  be  abundantly  satis- 
fied with  the  fatness  of  thy  house,  and  thou 
wilt  make  them  drink  of  the  river  of  thy  plea- 
sures. For  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life. 

Ixiii.  5,  6.  My  soul  shall  be  satisfied  as  with 
marrow  and  fatness;  when  I  remember  thee 
upon  my  bed,  and  meditate  on  thee  in  the 
night-watches. 

Ixv.  4.  We  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  good- 
ness of  thy  house,  even  of  thy  holy  temple. 

ciii.  2.  5.  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  who 
satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good  things. 

cvii.  9.  The  Lord  satisfieth  the  longing  soul, 
and  filleth  the  hungry  soul  with  goodness. 

cxxxii.  15.  I  will  abundantly  bless  Zion's 
provision ;  I  will  satisfy  her  poor  with  bread. 

Isa.  Iv.  2.  Wherefore  do  ye  spend  money 
for  that  which  is  not  bread,  and  your  labour 
for  that  which  satisfieth  not?  hearken  dili- 
gently unto  me,  and  eat  that  which  is  good, 
and  let  your  soul  delight  itself  in  fatness. 

Jer.  xxxi.  14.  I  will  satiate  the  soul  of  the 
priests  with  fatness,  and  my  people  shall  be 
satisfied  with  my  goodness,  saith  the  Lord. — 
Ver.  25.  I  have  satiated  the  weary  soul. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


DELIGHT  IN   GOD — HOPE   IN   GOD. 


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DELIGHT  IN  GOD. 

CXIV.  Delight  in  God.  Job  xxii.  21. 
Acquaint  thyself  with  God.— Ver.  26.  Then 
shalt  thou  have  thy  delight  in  the  Almighty, 
and  lift  up  thy  face  unto  God. 

Ps,  xxxvii.  4.  Delight  thyself  in  the  Lord, 
and  he  shall  give  thee  the  desires  of  thy  heart. 

Isa.  Iviii.  14.  Keep  the  sabbath,  &c.  Then 
shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord,  and  I 
will  cause  thee  to  ride  upon  the  high  places 
of  the  earth,  and  feed  thee  with  the  heritage 
of  Jacob  thy  father. 

CXV.  Things  of  God  delighted  in  by  his 
people.  Neh.  ix.  25.  Thy  people  delighted 
themselves  in  thy  great  goodness. 

Ps.  i.  2.  A  good  man's  delight  is  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord.  Ps.  cxix.  70.  77.  92.  Rom. 
vii.  22. 

xciv.  19.  Thy  comforts  delight  my  soul. 

cxii.  1.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  delighteth 
in  God's  commandments. 

cxix.  16.  I  will  delight  myself  hi  thy  sta- 
tutes. Ver.  47.  143. 

Isa.  Iviii.  13.  Call  the  sabbath  a  delight. 

CXVI.  Delight  in  Christ.  Song  ii.  3.  I 
sat  down  under  his  shadow  with  great  delight. 

Mai.  iii.  1.  The  Lord  whom  ye  seek  shall 
suddenly  come  to  his  temple,  even  the  mes- 
senger of  the  covenant  whom  ye  delight  in. 

GLORYING  IN  GOD. 

CXVII.  Glorying  in  God.  Isa.  xli.  16. 
Thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  and  glory  in  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel.  Ch.  xlv.  25.  Jer.  iv.  2. 

Jer.  ix.  24.  Let  him  that  glorieth  glory  in 
the  Lord.  Ps.  Ixiii.  11.— Ixiv.  10.— cv.  3.— 
cvi.  4,  5.  1  Cor.  i.  31.  2  Cor.  x.  17. 

Gal.  vi.  14,  God  forbid  that  I  should  glory, 
save  in  the  cross  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by 
whom  the  world  is  crucified  unto  me  and  I 
unto  the  world. 

CXVIII.  Sinful  glorying  forbidden.  Jer. 
ix.  23.  Let  not  the  wise  man  glory  in  his 
wisdom,  neither  let  the  mighty  man  glory  in 
his  might,  let  not  the  rich  man  glory  in  his 
riches. 

1  Cor.  i.  29.  No  man  should  glory  in  God's 
Rom.  iv.  2. 

iii.  21.  Let  no  man  glory  in  man. 

iv.  7.  Who  maketh  thee  to  differ  1  and  what 
hast  thou  that  thou  didst  not  receive  1  Now 
if  thou  didst  receive  it,  why  dost  thou  glory  as 
if  thou  hadst  not  received  it  1 

ix.  16.  Though  I  preach  the  gospel  I  have 
nothing  to  glory  of,  for  necessity  is  laid  upon 
me  ;  yea,  woe  is  unto  me  if  I  preach  not  the 
gospel. 


2  Cor.  xi.  18.  Many  glory  after  the  flesh. 
1  Cor.  v.  6.  James  iii.  14. 

xii.  5.  Of  myself  will  I  not  glory,  but  of 
mine  infirmities.  Ver.  9.  Ch.  xi.  30. 


BOASTING  IN  GOD. 

CXIX.  Boasting  in   God.      Ps.  xxxiv.  2. 

My  soul  shall  make  her  boast  in  the  Lord, 
xliv.  8.  In  God  we  boast  all  the  day  long. 


SINFUL  BOASTING. 

CXX.  Sinful  boasting  of  the  wicked.  Ps. 
x.  3,  4.  The  wicked  boasteth  of  his  heart's 
desire.  God  is  not  in  all  his  thoughts. 

xlix.  6.  They  boast  themselves  of  the  mul- 
titude of  their  riches. 

Hi.  1.  Why  boastest  thou  thyself  in  mis- 
chief] 

xciv.  4.  How  long  shall  the  workers  of  ini- 
quity boast  themselves  1 — Ver.  7.  They  say, 
The  Lord  shall  not  see  nor  regard  it. 

Prov.  xx vii.  1.  Boast  not  thyself  of  to-mor- 
row, for  thou  knowest  not  what  a  day  may 
bring  forth. 

Isa.  x.  15.  Shall  the  axe  boast  itself  against 
him  that  heweth  therewith  ] 

Ezek.  xxxv.  13.  With  your  mouth  ye  have 
boasted  against  me. — Ver.  14.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  I  will  make  you  desolate. 

Rom.  i.  30.  Wicked  men  are  boasters. 
2  Tim.  iii.  2. 

ii.  17,  18.  Thou  makest  thy  boast  of  God, 
and  knowest  his  will. — Ver.  23.  Thou  that 
makest  thy  boast  of  the  law,  through  breaking 
the  law  dishonourest  thou  God  ? 

iii.  27.  Boasting  is  excluded  by  the  law  of 
faith. 

James  iii.  5.  The  tongue  boasteth  great 
things. 

iv.  16.  Ye  rejoice  in  your  boastings:  all 
such  rejoicing  is  evil. 


HOPE  IN  GOD. 

CXXI.  Hope  in  God  and  in  Christ.  Ezra 
x.  2.  We  have  trespassed  against  our  God, 
yet  now  is  there  hope  concerning  this. 

Job  v.  15,  16.  God  saveth  the  poor  from  the 
sword,  and  from  the  hand  of  the  mighty.  The 
poor  hath  hope,  and  iniquity  stoppeth  her 
mouth. 

xi.  14.  Put  iniquity  far  from  thee. — Ver.  18. 
Then  thou  shalt  be  secure,  because  there  is 
hope. 

Ps.  xvi.  9,  10.  My  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope : 
For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in  hell.  Acts 
ii.  26. 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


xxii.  9.  Thou  didst  make  me  to  hope  when 
I  was  upon  my  mother's  breasts. 

xxxi.  24.  Be  of  good  courage,  and  he  shall 
strengthen  your  heart,  all  ye  that  hope  in  the 
Lord. 

xxxiii.  18.  The  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
them  that  fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope  in 
his  mercy.  Ver.  22.  Let  thy  mercy,  Lord,  be 
upon  us,  according  as  we  hope  in  thee.  Ps. 
cxlvii.  11. 

xxxviii.  15.  For  in  thee,  0  Lord,  do  I  hope; 
thou  wilt  hear,  O  Lord,  my  God. 

xxxix.  7.  Lord,  what  wait  I  for  1  my  hope 
is  in  thee. 

xlii.  5.  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  0  my 
soul  ?  why  art  thou  disquieted  in  me  1  Hope 
thou  in  God,  for  I  shall  yet  praise  him,  for  the 
help  of  his  countenance.  Ver.  11.  Ps.  Ixxi. 
4,  5.  14. 

Ixxviii.  5.  He  commanded  our  fathers,  that 
they  should  make  known  to  their  children  his 
testimony  and  his  law. — Ver.  7.  That  they 
might  set  their  hope  in  God,  and  not  forget  the 
works  of  God,  but  keep  his  commandments. 

cxix.  43.  I  have  hoped  in  thy  judgments. 

Ver.  49.  Remember  the  word  on  which 
thou  hast  caused  me  to  hope. — Ver.  74.  I  have 
hoped  in  thy  word.  Ver.  81. 114.  116. 

Ver.  166.  Lord,  I  have  hoped  for  thy  sal- 
vation, and  done  thy  commandments. 

cxxx.  7.  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord ;  for 
with  the  Lord  there  is  mercy,  and  plenteous 
redemption.  Ps.  cxxxi.  3. 

cxlvi.  5.  Happy  is  he  that  hath  the  God  of 
Jacob  for  his  help,  and  whose  hope  is  in  the 
Lord  his  God. 

Prov.  x.  28.  The  hope  of  the  righteous  shall 
be  gladness ;  but  the  expectation  of  the  wicked 
shall  perish. 

xiv.  32.  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his 
wickedness:  but  the  righteous  hath  hope  in 
his  death. 

Jer.  iii.  23.  In  vain  is  salvation  hoped  for 
from  the  hills  and  from  the  multitude  of 
mountains :  truly  in  the  Lord  our  God  is  the 
salvation  of  Israel. 

xiv.  8.  O  Lord,  the  hope  of  Israel  and  the 
Saviour  thereof  in  time  of  trouble. 

xvii.  7.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in 
the  Lord,  and  whose  hope  the  Lord  is. 

Ver.  13.  O  Lord,  the  hope  of  Israel.— Ver. 
17.  Thou  art  my  hope  in  the  day  of  evil. 

xxxi.  17.  There  is  hope,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
thy  children  shall  come  again  from  captivity. 

1.  7.  They  sinned  against  the  Lord,  the 
hope  of  their  fathers. 

Lam.  iii.  24.  The  Lord  is  my  portion,  saith 
my  soul ;  therefore  will  I  hope  in  him. 

Ver.  26.  It  is  good  that  a  man  should  both 
hope  and  quietly  wait  for  the  salvation  of  the 
Lord. — Ver.  29.  He  putteth  his  mouth  in  the 


dust,  if  so  be  there  may  be  hope. — Ver.  31. 
For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  for  ever. 

Hos.  ii.  15.  The  Lord  saith,  I  will  give  her 
(the  church)  the  valley  of  Achor  for  a  door 
of  hope. 

Joel  iii.  16.  The  Lord  will  be  the  hope  of 
iis  people. 

Zech.  ix.  12.  Turn  you  to  the  strong-hold, 
ye  prisoners  of  hope. 

Acts  xxiii.  6.  Of  the  hope  and  resurrection 
of  the  dead  I  am  called  in  question,  said  Paul. 

xxiv.  15.  I  have  hope  toward  God,  that 
there  shall  be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead.  Ch. 
xxvi.  6,  7. — xxviii.  20. 

Rom.  iv.  18.  Abraham  believed  in  hope. 

v.  2.  We  rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory  of 
God. 

Ver.  4,  5.  Experience  worketh  hope :  and 
hope  maketh  not  ashamed. 

viii.  24,  25.  We  are  saved  by  hope :  but 
hope  that  is  seen  is  not  hope ;  fur  what  a  man 
seeth  why  doth  he  yet  hope  for  1  If  we  hope 
for  that  we  see  not,  then  do  we  with  patience 
wait  for  it. 

xii.  12.  Rejoicing  in  hope. 

xv.  4.  Whatsoever  things  were  written 
aforetime,  were  written  for  our  learning,  that 
we  through  patience  and  comfort  of  the  Scrip- 
tures might  have  hope,. 

Ver.  13.  Now  the  God  of  hope  fill  you  with 
all  joy  and  peace  in  believing,  that  ye  may 
abound  in  hope  through  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

1  Cor.  ix.  10.  For  our  sakes  this  is  written, 
That   he   that  plougheth  should    plough   in 
hope,   and   that  he  that  thresheth    in  hope 
should  be  a  partaker  of  his  hope. 

xiii.  7.  Charity  hopeth  all  things. — Ver.  13 
Now  abideth  faith,  hope,  charity. 

xv.  19.  If  in  this  life  only  we  have  hope  in 
Christ,  we  are  of  all  men  most  miserable. 

2  Cor.  iii.  12.  Seeing  we  have  such  hope, 
we  use  great  plainness  of  speech. 

Gal.  v.  5.  We  through  the  Spirit  wait  for 
the  hope  of  righteousness  through  faith. 

Eph.  i.  18.  Your  understanding  being  en- 
lightened, that  ye  may  know  what  is  the  hope 
of  his  calling,  and  what  the  riches  of  the 
glory  of  his  inheritance  in  the  saints. 

iv.  4.  Ye  are  called  in  one  hope  of  your 
calling. 

Phil.  i.  20.  My  earnest  expectation  and  my 
hope,  that  in  nothing  I  shall  be  ashamed ;  but 
that  with  all  boldness,  as  always,  so  now  also, 
Christ  shall  be  magnified  in  my  body,  whether 
it  be  by  life  or  by  death. 

Col.  i.  5.  The  hope  laid  up  for  you  in 
heaven. 

Ver.  23.  Be  not  moved  away  from  the  hope 
of  the  gospel. — Ver.  27.  Christ  in  you  ihe 
hope  of  glory. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


EXPECTATION — WAITING. 


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1  Thess.  i.  2,  3.  We  give  thinks  to  God  al- 
ways for  you ;  remembering  your  work  of 
faith,  and  labour  of  love,  and  patience  of 
hope  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  in  the  sight  of 
God  and  our  Father. 

ii.  19.  What  is  our  hope  or  joy,  or  crown  of 
rejoicing  ?  are  not  even  ye  in  the  presence  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  ? 

v.  8.  Let  us  who  are  of  the  day  be  sober, 
putting  on  the  breastplate  of  faith  and  love, 
and  for  a  helmet  the  hope  of  salvation. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16.  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  God  even  our  Father,  which  hath  loved 
us,  and  hath  given  us  everlasting  consolation 
and  good  hope  through  grace,  comfort  your 
hearts,  and  establish  you  in  every  good  word 
and  work. 

1  Tim.  i.  1.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  which 
is  our  hope. 

Tit.  i.  2.  In  hope  of  eternal  life,  which  God 
hath  promised. 

ii.  13.  Looking  for  that  blessed  hope,  and 
the  glorious  appearing  of  the  great  God  our 
Saviour,  who  gave  himself  for  us. 

iii.7.  Being  justified  by  his  grace,  we  shall  be 
made  heirs  according  to  the  hope  of  eternal  life. 

Heb.  iii.  6.  Hold  fast  the  confidence  and 
rejoicing  of  hope  firm  unto  the  end. 

vi.  11.  Full  assurance  of  hope. 

Ver.  17 — 19.  God  confirmed  his  promise 
by  an  oath  ;  that  we  might  have  a  strong  con- 
solation who  have  fled  for  refuge  to  lay  hold 
upon  the  hope  set  before  us :  Which  hope  we 
have  as  an  anchor  of  the  soul,  both  sure  and 
steadfast,  and  which  entereth  into  that  within 
the  veil.  Whither  the  forerunner  is  for  us 
entered,  even  Jesus,  made  an  high  priest. 

vii.  19.  The  law  made  nothing  perfect,  but 
the  bringing  in  of  a  better  hope  did. 

xi.  1.  Faith  is  the  substance  of  things 
hoped  for. 

1  Pet  i.  3.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which  according  to  his 
abundant  mercy,  hath  begotten  us  again  unto 
a  lively  hope,  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ  from  the  dead. 

Ver.  13.  Be  sober  and  hope  to  the  end,  for 
the  grace,  &c. — Ver.  21.  God  raised  Christ 
from  the  dead,  and  gave  him  glory,  that  your 
faith  and  hope  might  be  in  God. 

iii.  15.  Be  ready  always  to  give  an  answer 
to  every  man  that  asketh  you  a  reason  of  the 
hope  that  is  in  you,  with  meekness  and  fear. 

1  John  iii.  2,  3.  Now  are  we  the  sons  of. 
God :  when  he  shall  appear  we  shall  be  like 
him.  Every  man  that  hath  this  hope  in  him 
purifieth  himself,  even  as  he  is  pure. 

CXXII.  The  hope  of  the  wicked  perisheth. 
Job  viii.  13.  The  hypocrite's  hope  shall  perish. 
Ver.  14. 

21 


xi.  20.  The  eyes  of  the  wicked  shall  fail, 
their  hope  shall  be  as  the  giving  up  of  the 
ghost. 

xxvii.  8.  What  is  the  hope  of  the  hypo- 
crite, when  God  taketh  away  his  soul  ] 

Prov.  x.  28.  The  expectation  of  the  wicked 
shall  perish.  Job  xviii.  14. 

xi.  7.  When  a  wicked  man  dieth,  his  ex- 
pectation shall  perish;  and  the  hope  of  unjust 
men  perisheth. 

Jer.  xviii.  1 2.  They  said,  There  is  no  hope  ; 
but  we  will  walk  after  our  own  devices.  Ch. 
ii.  25. 

Eph.  ii.  12.  Having  no  hope,  and  without 
God  in  the  world. 

1  Thess.  iv.  13.  Sorrow  not  [for  the  dead] 
as  others  which  have  no  hope. 


EXPECTATION. 

CXXIII.  The  expectation  of  the  righteous 
from  God.  Ps.  Ixii.  5.  My  expectation  is 
from  the  Lord. 

Prov.  xxiii.  18.  Thine  expectation  shall  not 
be  cut  off.  Ch.  xxiv.  14. 

Phil.  i.  20.  According  to  my  earnest  ex- 
pectation Christ  shall  be  magnified  in  my 
body,  whether  it  be  by  life  or  by  death. 

CXXIV.  Expectation  of  the  wicked.  Prov. 
x.  28.  The  expectation  of  the  wicked  shall 
perish.  Ch.  xi.  7. 

xi.  23.  The  expectation  of  the  wicked  is 
wrath. 

Zech.  ix.  5.  Ekron,  her  expectation  shall  be 
ashamed. 

Acts  xii.  11.  The  Lord  hath  delivered  me 
from  the  expectation  of  the  Jews. 

WAITING. 

CXXV.  The  righteous  wait  for  God. 
Gen.  xlix.  18.  I  have  waited  for  thy  salva- 
tion, 0  Lord. 

Ps.  xxv.  3.  Let  none  that  wait  on  the  Lord 
be  ashamed. 

Ver.  5.  Thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation*: 
on  thee  do  I  wait  all  the  day.  Ver.  21. 

xxvii.  14.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  be  of  good 
courage,  and  he  shall  strengthen  thine  heart. 

xxxiii.  20.  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord : 
he  is  our  help  and  our  shield. 

xxxvii.  7.  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  pa- 
tiently f  >r  him. — Ver.  9.  Those  that  wait  on 
the  Lord  shall  inherit  the  earth.  Ver.  34. 

xxxix.  7.  Lord,  what  wait  I  for?  my  hope 
is  in  thee  ;  deliver  me  from  all  my  transgres- 
sions. Ver.  8. 

xl.  1.  I  waited  patiently  for  the  Lord,  and 
he  inclined  unto  me  and  heard  my  cry. 
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CHAP.  XIV. 


lix.  9.  Because  of  his  strength  I  will  wait 
upon  thee,  for  God  is  my  defence. 

Ixii.  1.  My  soul  waiteth  upon  God:  from 
him  cometh  my  salvation.  Ver.  5. 

Ixix.  3.  Mine  eyes  fail  while  I  wait  for  my 
God. — Ver.  6.  Let  not  them  that  wait  on  thee 
be  ashamed. 

cxxiii.  2.  Our  eyes  wait  upon  the  Lord  our 
God,  until  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

cxxx.  5,  6.  I  wait  for  the  Lord ;  my  soul 
doth  wait,  and  in  his  word  do  I  hope.  My 
soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord,  more  than  they  that 
watch  for  the  morning. 

Prov.  viii.  34.    Blessed   is  the  man   that 
heareth  me,  [Wisdom,]  watching  daily  at  my 
gates,  waiting  at  the  posts  of  my  doors. 
.     xx.  22.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
save  thee. 

Isa.  viii.  17.  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord  that 
hideth  his  face  from  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
I  will  look  for  him. 

xxv.  9.  Lo,  this  is  our  God,  we  have  waited 
for  him,  and  he  will  save  us ;  this  is  the  Lord, 
we  have  waited  for  him ;  we  will  be  glad  and 
rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

xxvi.  8.  In  the  way  of  thy  judgments,  O 
Lord,  have  we  waited  for  thee :  the  desire  of 
our  soul  is  to  thy  name,  and  to  the  remem- 
brance of  thee. 

xxx.  18.  The  Lord  is  a  God  of  judgment: 
blessed  are  all  that  wait  for  him. 

xxxiii.  2.  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us ;  we 
have  waited  for  thee  :  be  thou  their  arm  every 
morning,  our  salvation  also  in  time  of  trouble. 

xl.  31.  They  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
renew  their  strength. 

xlix.  23.  Thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  for  they  shall  not  be  ashamed  that  wait 
for  me. 

li.  5.  The  isles  shall  wait  upon  me,  and  on 
mine  arm  shall  they  trust.  See  also,  Isa.  xlii.  4. 

Ixiv.  4.  Men  have  not  heard,  nor  perceived 
by  the  ear,  neither  hath  the  eye  seen  what  he 
hath  prepared  for  them  that  wait  for  him. 

Jer.  xiv.  22.  Are  there  any  among  the 
vanities  of  the  Gentiles  that  can  cause  rain  ? 
or  can  the  heavens  give  showers  1  Art  not 
thou  he,  O  Lord  our  God  ?  therefore  we  will 
wait  upon  thee ;  for  thou  hast  made  all  these 
things. 

Lam.  iii.  25,  26.  The  Lord  is  good  unto 
them  that  wait  for  him,  to  the  soul  that  seeketh 
him.  It  is  good  that  a  man  should  both  hope 
and  quietly  wait  for  the  salvation  of  the 
Lord. 

Hos.  xii.  6.  Keep  mercy  and  judgment,  and 
wait  on  thy  God  continually. 

Mic.  vii.  7.  I  will  wait  for  the  God  of  my 
salvation  :  my  God  will  hear  me. 

Hab.  ii.  3.  The  vision  is  for  an  appointed 
•«ime ;  wait  for  it,  because  it  will  surely  come. 


Zeph.  iii.  8.  Wait  upon  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

Mark  xv.  43.  Joseph  of  Arimathea  waited 
for  the  kingdom  of  God.  Luke  xxiii.  51. 

Luke  ii.  25.  Simeon  waited  for  the  conso- 
lation of  Israel. 

xii.  36.  Be  ye  like  men  that  wait  for  the 
coming  of  their  Lord. 

Rom.  viii.  23.  We  groan  within  ourselves, 
waiting  for  the  adoption,  to  wit,  the  redemp- 
tion of  our  body. 

1  Cor.  i.  5.  7.  In  every  thing  ye  'are  en- 
riched :  So  that  ye  come  behind  in  no  gift, 
waiting  for  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

Gal.  v.  5.  We  through  the  Spirit  wait  for 
the  hope  of  righteousness  by  faith. 

1  Thess.  i.  9,  10.  Ye  turned  from  idols  to 
serve  the  living  and  true  God,  and  to  wait  for 
his  Son  from  heaven.  2  Thess.  iii.  5.  James 
v.  7.  See  Zech.  ix.  1. 

CXXVI.  The  wicked  wait  not  for  God. 
2  Kings  vi.  33.  Behold,  this  evil  is  of  the 
Lord,  what  should  I  wait  for  the  Lord  any 
longer  1 

Ps.  cvi.  13.  They  forgat  his  works,  they 
waited  not  for  his  counsel. 


SUBMISSION  AND  RESIGNATION  TO 
GOD. 

CXXVII.  Language  expressive  of  this 
temper  of  mind.  Judg.  x.  15.  Do  unto  us 
what  seemeth  good  unto  thee. 

1  Sam.  iii.  18.  Eli  said,  It  is  the  Lord,  let 
'him  do  what  seemeth  him  good.      2  Sam.  x. 
12.— xv.  26. 

2  Kings  xx.  19.  Hezekiah  said  unto  Isaiah, 
Good  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast 
spoken.     Isa.  xxxix.  8. 

Matt.  xi.  26.  Jesus  said,  Even  so,  Father ; 
for  so  it  seemed  good  in  thy  sight.  Luke  x.  21. 

vi.  10.  Thy  will  be  done.     Luke  xi.  2. 

xxvi.  42.  Jesus  prayed,  and  said,  O  my 
Father,  if  this  cup  may  not  pass  away  from 
me,  except  I  drink  it,  thy  will  be  done. 

Acts  xxi.  14.  The  will  of  the  Lord  be  done. 

Neh.  ix.  33.  Thou  art  just  in  all  that  is 
brought  upon  us. 

Job  i.  21.  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord 
hath  taken  away,  and  blessed  be  his  name. 

Lam.  iii.  39.  Wherefore  doth  a  living  man 
complain ;  a  man  for  the  punishment  of  his 
sins? 

James  iv.  7.  Submit  yourselves  to  God. 

Ps.  xxxix.  9.  I  was  dumb  and  opened  not 
my  mouth,  because  thou  didst  it. 

Threats.  Isa.  xlv.  9.  Wo  to  him  that  striveth 
with  his  Maker ! 


CHAP.  XIV.        RELYING   UPON   GOD— TRUST  IN   GOD. 


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RELYING  UPON  GOD. 

CXXVIII.  Relying  upon  God.  2  Chron. 
xiii.  18.  The  children  of  Judah  prevailed 
against  their  enemies,  because  they  relied  upon 
the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers.  1  Chron.  v.  20. 

xiv.  11.  Help  us,  O  Lord  our  God,  for  we 
rest  on  thee. 

xvi.  8.  Because  thou  didst  rely  upon  the 
Lord,  he  delivered  thine  enemies  into  thine 
hand. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  7.  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait 
patiently  for  him. 

Iv.  22.  Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and 
he  will  sustain  thee ;  he  shall  never  suffer  the 
righteous  to  be  moved. 

cxvi.  7.  Return  unto  thy  rest,  0  my  soul. 

Jer.  vi.  16.  Walk  in  the  good  way,  and  ye 
shall  find  rest  for  your  souls. 

1  Pet.  v.  7.  Casting  all  your  care  upon  him, 
for  he  careth  for  you. 


TRUST  IN  GOD. 

CXXIX.  Trusting  in  God  and  Christ. 
2  Sam.  xxii.  2,  3.  David  said,  The  Lord  is  my 
rock  and  my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer ;  the 
God  of  my  rock,  in  him  will  I  trust ;  he  is  my 
shield  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation,  my  high 
tower,  and  my  refuge,  my  Saviour :  thou  savest 
me  from  violence.  Ps.  xviii.  2. — cxliv.  1,  2. 

Ver.  31.  The  Lord  is  a -buckler  to  all  that 
trust  in  him. 

2  Kings  xviii.  5.  Hezekiah  trusted  in  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  so  that  after  him  was  none 
like  him  among  all  the  kings  of  Judah,  nor  any 
that  were  before  him.  Ch.  xix.  10.  2  Chron. 
xxxii.  7,  8.  isa.  xxxvi.  xxxvii.  chapters. 

1  Chron.  v.  18 — 20.  The  sons  of  Reuben, 
and  the  Gadites,  and  half  the  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh,  made  war  with  the  Hagarites.  And  the 
Hagarites  were  delivered  into  their  hand ;  for 
they  cried  to  God  in  the  battle,  and  he  was 
entreated  of  them ;  because  they  put  their  trust 
in  him. 

Job  xiii.  15.  Job  said,  Though  he  slay  me, 
yet  will  I  trust  in  him. 

xxxv.  14.  Judgment  is  before  him,  therefore 
trust  thou  in  him. 

Ps.  ii.  12.  Blessed  are  they  that  put  their 
trust  in  him. 

iv.  5.  Offer  the  sacrifices  of  righteousness, 
and  put  your  trust  in  the  Lord. 

v.  11.  Let  all  those  that  put  their  trust  in 
thee  rejoice. 

vii.  1.  O  Lord  my  God,  in  thee  do  I  put  my 
trust ;  save  me  from  all  that  persecute  me. 

ix.  10.  They  that  know  thy  name  will  put 
their  trust  in  thee ;  for  thou,  Lord,  hast  not 
forsaken  them  that  seek  thee. 


xi.  1.  In  the  Lord  put  I  my  trust. 

xiii.  5.  I  have  trusted  in  thy  mercy,  my 
heart  shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

xvi.  1.  Preserve  me,  O  God,  for  in  thee  do  I 
put  my  trust. 

xvii.  «7.  Shew  thy  marvellous  loving-kind- 
ness, O  thou  that  savest  by  thy  right  hand 
them  which  put  their  trust  in  thee. 

xx.  7.  Some  trust  in  chariots  and  horses, 
but  we  will  remember  the  name  of  the  Lord 
our  God. 

xxi.  7.  The  king  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and 
through  the  mercy  of  the  Most  High  he  shall 
not  be  moved. 

xxii.  4,  5.  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee,  and 
thou  didst  deliver  them.  They  trusted  in  thee, 
and  were  not  confounded. 

Ver.  8.  He  trusted  in  the  Lord  that  he 
would  deliver  him.  Matt,  xxvii.  43. 

xxv.  2.  O  my  God,  I  trust  in  thee;  let  me 
not  be  ashamed,  let  not  mine  enemies  triumph 
over  me. — Ver.  20.  O  keep  my  soul,  and  deli- 
ver me  ;  let  me  not  be  ashamed,  for  I  put  my 
trust  in  thee. 

xxvi.  1.  I  have  trusted  in  the  Lord,  there- 
fore I  shall  not  slide. 

xxviii.  7.  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my 
shield  ;  my  heart  trusted  in  him  and  I  am 
helped :  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoiceth, 
and  with  my  song  will  I  praise  him. 

xxxi.  1.  In  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust : 
let  me  never  be  ashamed  :  deliver  me  in  thy 
righteousness.  Ps.  Ixxi.  1.  5. 

Ver.  6.  I  have  hated  them  that  regard  lying 
vanities,  but  I  trust  in  the  Lord. 

Ver.  19.  How  great  is  thy  goodness  which 
thou  hast  laid  up  for  them  that  fear  thee,  which 
thou  hast  wrought  for  them  that  trust  in  thee 
before  the  sons  of  men  ! 

xxxii.  10.  Many  sorrows  shall  be  to  the 
wicked;  but  he  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord, 
mercy  shall  compass  him  round. 

xxxiii.  21,  22.  Our  heart  shall  rejoice  in 
him  because  we  trusted  in  his  holy  name.  Let 
thy  mercy  be  upon  us. 

xxxiv.  8.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth 
in  him.  (Ps.  Ixxxiv.  12.)  Ver.  22.  None 
that  trust  in  him  shall  be  desolate. 

xxxvi.  7.  How  excellent  is  thy  loving-kind- 
ness, O  God  ;  therefore  the  children  of  men 
put  their  trust  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

xxxvii.  3.  Trust  in  the  Lord  and  do  good, 
so  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily  thou 
shall  be  fed.  Ver.  5.  40. 

xl.  4.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  maketh  the 
Lord  his  trust.  Ver.  3. 

xliv.  6.  I  will  not  trust  in  my  bow :  thou 
hast  saved  us  from  our  enemies.  Ver.  7. 

lii.  8.  I  trust  in  the  mercy  of  God  for  ever 
and  ever. 

Iv.  22.  Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and 


164 


CONFIDENCE. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


he  shall  sustain  thee ;  he  shall  never  suffer  the 
righteous  to  be  moved.  Ver.  23. 

hi.  3,  4.  What  time  I  am  afraid,  I  will 
trust  in  thee.  In  God  I  have  put  my  trust,  I 
will  not  fear  what  flesh  can  do  unto  me.  Pa. 
cxviii.  6. 

Ivii.  1.  Be  merciful  unto  me,  0  God,  be  mer- 
ciful unto  me,  for  my  soul  trusteth  in  thee ;  yea, 
in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I  make  my 
refuge,  until  these  calamities  be  overpast. 

Ixi.  4.  I  will  trust  in  the  covert  of  thy  wings. 

Ixii.  8.  Trust  in  him  at  all  times :  God  is  a 
refuge  for  us. 

Ixiv.  10.  The  righteous  shall  be  glad  in  the 
Lord,  and  shall  trust  in  him. 

Ixxiii.  28.  It  is  good  for  me  to  draw  near  to 
God :  I  have  put  my  trust  in  theXord  God. 

Ixxxvi.  2.  0  thou  my  God,  save  thy  ser- 
vant that  trusteth  in  thee. 

xci.  2.  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my  re- 
fuge and  my  fortress,  my  God,  in  him  will  I 
trust. 

cxii.  7.  A  good  man  shall  not  be  afraid  of 
evil  tidings ;  his  heart  is  fixed ,  trusting  in  the 
Lord.  Ver.  8. 

cxv.  9.  Israel,  trust  thou  in  the  Lord :  he  is 
their  help  and  shield.  Ver.  10,  11. 

cxviii.  8,  9.  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord, 
than  to  put  confidence  in  man.  It  is  better  to 
trust  in  the  Lord,  than  to  put  confidence  in 
princes.  Ps.  cxlvi.  3. 

cxix.  41,  42."  Let  thy  mercies  come  unto 
me,  0  Lord,  even  thy  salvation,  according  to 
thy  word.  For  I  trust  in  thy  word. 

cxxv.  1.  They  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall 
be  as  Mount  Zion,  which  cannot  be  removed. 

cxli.  8.  Mine  eyes  are  unto  thee,  O  God, 
the  Lord  ;  in  thee  is  my  trust ;  leave  not  my 
soul  destitute. 

cxliii.  8.  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  loving-kind- 
ness in  the  morning,  for  in  thee  do  I  trust : 
cause  me  to  know  the  way  wherein  I  should 
walk,  for  I  lift  my  soul  to  thee. 

Prov.  iii.  5.  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  lean  not  unto  thine  own  under- 
standing. 

xvi.  3.  Commit  thy  works  unto  the  Lord. 

Ver.  20.  Whoso  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  happy 
is  he. 

xxii.  19.  That  thy  trust  may  be  in  the  Lord, 
I  have  made  known  to  thee,  &c. 

xxviii.  25.  He  that  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
Lord  shall  be  made  fat. 

xx ix.  25.  Whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
Lord  shall  be  safe. 

Isa.  xii.  2.  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation,  I 
will  trust  and  not  be  afraid  ;  for  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah is  my  strength  and  my  song,  he  is  also 
become  my  salvation. 

xxvi.  3, 4.  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect 
peace,  whose  mind  is  stayed  on  thee,  because 


he  trusteth  in  thee.  Trust  in  the  Lord  for 
ever,  for  in  the  Lord  Jehovah  is  everlasting 
strength. 

1.  10.  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the 
Lord,  and  obeyeth  the  voice  of  his  servant, 
that  walkelh  in  darkness  and  hath  no  light? 
let  him  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  stay 
upon  his  God. 

li.  5.  The  isles  shall  wait  upon  me,  and  on 
mine  arm  shall  they  trust.  Matt.  xii.  21. 

Ivii.  13.  He  that  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
Lord,  shall  possess  the  land,  and  shall  inherit 
my  holy  mountain. 

Jer.  xvii.  7,  8.  Blessed  is  the  man  who  trust- 
eth in  the  Lord,  and  whose  hope  the  Lord  is. 
For  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by  the  waters, 
and  that  spreadeth  out  her  roots  by  the  river. 

xlix.  11.  Let  thy  widows  trust  in  me. 

Dan.  iii.  28.  The  Lord  sent  his  angels  and 
delivered  his  servants  that  trusted  in  him. 

Nah.  i.  7,  8.  The  Lord  is  good,  a  stronghold 
in  the  day  of  trouble,  and  he  knoweth  them 
that  trust  in  him.  But  darkness  shall  pursue 
his  enemies. 

Zeph.  iii.  12.  An  afflicted  and  poor  people, 
shall  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

Matt.  xii.  21.  In  his  [Christ's]  name  shall 
the  Gentiles  trust. 

Rom.  xv.  12.  In  him  shall  the  Gentiles  trust. 
Isa.  xi.  10. — li.  5. 

2  Cor.  i.  9,  10.  We  had  the  sentence  of 
death  within  ourselves,  that  we  should  not  trust 
in  ourselves,  but  in  God  which  raiseth  the 
dead.  Who  delivered  us  ;  in  whom  we  trust 
that  he  will  yet  deliver  us. 

iii.  4,  5.  Such  trust  have  we  through  Christ 
to  Godward.  Not  that  we  are  sufficient  of 
ourselves,  but  our  sufficiency  is  of  God. 

Eph.  i.  12,  13.  That  we  should  be  to  the 
praise  of  his  glory,  who  first  trusted  in  Christ. 
In  whom  ye  also  trusted  after  that  ye  heard 
the  word  of  truth,  the  gospel  of  your  salva- 
tion. 

1  Tim.  iv.  10.  We  both  labour  and  suffer 
reproach,  because  we  trust  in  the  living  God  ; 
who  is  the  Saviour  of  all  men,  especially  of 
them  that  believe. 

v.  5.  She  that  is  a  widow  indeed  and  deso- 
late, trusteth  in  God.  1  Pet.  iii.  5. 


CONFIDENCE. 

CXXX.  Confidence  in  God.  Ps.  Ixv.  5.  0 
God  of  our  salvation,  who  art  the  confidence 
of  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

Prov.  iii.  25,  26.  Be  not  afraid  of  sudden 
fear,  neither  of  the  desolation  of  the  wicked 
when  it  cometh.  For  the  Lord  shall  be  thy 
confidence,  and  shall  keep  thy  foot  from  being 
taken. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


CONFIDENCE. 


165 


xiv.  26.  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  strong 
confidence. 

Isa.  xxx.  15.  Thus  saiththe  Lord,  in  quiet- 
ness and  confidence  shall  be  your  strength. 

2  Cor.  v.  8.  We  are  confident  and  willing 
rather  to  be  absent  from  the  body. 

Eph.  iii.  12.  In  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  we 
have  boldness  and  access  with  confidence,  by 
the  faith  of  him. 

Phil.  i.  6.  Being  confident  of  this,  that  he 
that  hath  begun  a  good  work  in  you  will  per- 
form it  until  the  day  of  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Thess.  iii.  4.  We  have  confidence  in  the 
Lord  touching  you.  Gal.  v.  10.  Philem. 
ver.  21. 

Heb.  iii.  6.  We  are  Christ's  house,  if  we 
hold  fast  the  confidence,  and  the  rejoicing  of 
the  hope  firm  unto  the  end. — Ver.  14.  We 
are  made  partakers  of  Christ,  if  we  hold  the 
beginning  of  our  confidence  steadfast  unto  the 
end. 

x.  35.  Cast  not  away  your  confidence,  which 
hath  great  recompense  of  reward. 

1  John  ii.  28.  Little  children,  abide  in  Christ 
that  when  he  shall  appear  we  may  have  con- 
fidence, and  not  be  ashamed  before  him  at  his 
coming. 

iii.  21.  Beloved,  if  our  heart  condemn  us 
not,  then  have  we  confidence  toward  God. 

v.  14.  This  is  the  confidence  that  we  have 
in  him,  that  if  we  ask  any  thing  according  to 
his  will  he  heareth  us. 

CXXXI.  Confidence  in  God  a  security 
against  the  fear  of  evil  from  man.  Gen.  xv. 
1.  God  said  to  Abram,  Fear  not,  I  am  thy 
shield,  and  thy  exceeding  great  reward. 

xxvi.  24.  The  Lord  said  to  Isaac,  Fear  not, 
for  I  am  with  thee,  and  will  bless  thee. 

Lev.  xxvi.  3.  If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes. — 
Ver.  6.  None  shall  make  you  afraid.  Job  xi. 
14,  15.  19.  Ezek.  xxxiv.  28. — xxxix.  26. 

Deut.  i.  17.  Ye  shall  not  be  afraid  of  the 
face  of  man. — Ver.  21.  The  Lord  your  God 
shall  fight  for  you.  Ver.  30. 

2  Kings  vi.  16.  The  man  of  God  said,  Fear 
not,  for  they  that  be  with  us  be  more  than  they 
that  be  with  them. 

Job.  v.  21.  Neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid  for 
destruction  when  it  cometh.  Ver.  22.  Ch.  xi. 
14,  15. 

Ps.  iii.  5,  6.  The  Lord  sustained  me,  I  will 
not  be  afraid  of  thousands  set  against  me.  Ps. 
xxvii.  3. 

xxiii.  4.  I  will  fear  no  evil,  for  thou  art  with 
me. 

xxxiv.  4.  The  Lord  delivered  me  from  all 
my  fears. 

xlvi.  2.  We  will  not  fear,  though  the  earth 
be  removed. — Ver.  7.  The  Lord  of  hosts  is 
with  us. 


Ivi.  3,  4.  In  God  I  have  put  my  trust ;  I  will 
not  fear  what  flesh  can  do  unto  me.  Heb 
xiii.  6. 

xci.  5,  6.  Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  ter- 
ror by  night,  nor  for  the  arrow  by  day  ;  nor  for 
the  pestilence,  nor  for  destruction. 

cxii.  7.  He  shall  not  be  afraid  of  evil  tidings ; 
his  heart  is  fixed,  trusting  in  the  Lord.  Ver.  8. 

cxviii.  6.  The  Lord  is  on  my  side,  I  shall 
not  fear. 

Prov.  i.  33.  Whoso  hearkeneth  unto  me 
shall  dwell  safely,  and  shall  be  quiet  from  fear 
of  evil. 

xxix.  25.  The  fear  of  man  bringeth  a  snare, 
but  whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  shall 
be  safe.  Ch.  iii.  2 1  to  25. 

Isa.  xii.  2.  God  is  my  salvation,  I  will  trust 
and  not  be  afraid. 

xli.  10.  Fear  not  thou,  I  am  with  thee,  saith 
the  Lord.  Ver.  13,  14.  Ch.  xxxv.  4.  Ch. 
xliii.  1.  5.— li.  7.  12.— liv.  4.  14.  Jer.  i.  8.— 
xxiii.  4. — xxx.  10. — xxxix.  17. — xlvi.  27,  28. 
— li.  46. 

Mic.  iv.  4.  They  shall  sit  every  man  under 
his  vine,  and  under  his  fig-tree,  and  none  shall 
make  them  afraid.  Zeph.  iii.  13.  16. 

Matt.  x.  26.  Fear  them  not.  Luke  i.  74. — 
xxi.  9.  John  xii.  15. 

Luke  xii.  4.  Be  not  afraid  of  them  that  kill 
the  body.  Ver.  32. 

Acts  xviii.  9.  Then  spake  the  Lord  to  Paul, 
Be  not  afraid,  for  I  am  with  thee.  Ver.  10. 

Rom.  viii.  15.  We  have  not  received  the 
spirit  of  bondage,  again  to  fear,  but  of  adop- 
tion. 2  Tim.  i.  7. 

Phil.  i.  14.  The  brethren  spake  the  word 
without  fear. 

Heb.  ii.  15.  Christ  took  part  of  flesh  and 
blood,  that  he  might  deliver  them  who  through 
fear  of  death  were  all  their  lifetime  subject  to 
bondage. 

1  Pet.  iii.  14.  If  ye  suffer  for  righteousness' 
sake,  be  not  afraid  of  their  terror.  Matt.  v.  10. 

1  John  iv.  1 8.  There  is  no  fear  in  love. 

Rev.  i.  17.  Fear  not,  for  I  am  the  first  and 
the  last.  Ch.ii.  10.  See  Gen.  xxi.  17.  Exod. 
xx.  20.  !Numb.  xiv.  9. — xxi.  34.  Deut.  vii. 
18,  19.  21. — xx.  1.  3. — xxxi.  6.  8.  Josh.  xi. 
6.  2  Kings  i.  15.  2  Chron.  xx.  17.  Neh. 
iv.  14.  Ps.  xlix.  5.  16. — Ixxviii.  53.  Isa.  vii. 
4.  25.— viii.  12.  xiv.  3.— xl.  9.  Dan.  x.  12, 
Joel  ii.  21.  Matt.  viii.  26.  Mark  iv.  40.  Luke 
xxi.  9.  John  xii.  15.  Zech.  ix.  9.  Acts 
xxvii.  24.  Heb.  xi.  23. 

CXXXII.  Confidence  of  the  wicked.  Job 
xxxi.  24.  If  I  have  made  gold  my  hope,  or  have 
said  to  the  fine  gold,  Thou  art  my  confidence 
— Ver.  28.  This  also  were  iniquity. 

Ps.  cxviii.  8,  9.  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the 
Lord,  than  to  put  confidence  in  man.  It  is 


166 


SEEKING   GOD. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


better  to  trust  in  the  Lord,  than  to  put  confi- 
dence in  princes. 

Prov.  xiv.  16.  A  wise  man  feareth  and  de- 
parteth  from  evil :  but  a  fool  rageth  and  is  con- 
fident. 

xxi.  22.  A  wise  man  scaleth  the  city  of  the 
mighty,  and  casteth  down  the  confidence 
thereof. 

xxv.  19.  Confidence  in  an  unfaithful  man, 
in  time  of  trouble,  is  like  a  broken  tooth,  and 
a  foot  out  of  joint. 

Jer.  ii.  37.  The  Lord  hath  rejected  thy  con- 
fidence in  Egypt  and  Assyria.  Ezek.  xxix. 
16. 

xlviii.  1 3.  The  house  of  Israel  was  ashamed 
of  Beth-el  their  confidence.  1  Kings  xii.  29. 

Phil.  iii.  3.  Have  no  confidence  in  the  flesh. 

CXXXIII.  Assurance  of  the  righteous. 
Isa.  xxxii.  17.  The  work  of  righteousness 
shall  be  peace ;  and  the  effect  of  righteous- 
ness, quietness  and  assurance  for  ever.  See 
1  John  iii.  19. 

SEEKING  GOD. 

CXXXIV.  Seeking  God  commanded.  Ps. 
xxvii.  8.  When  thou  saidst,  Seek  ye  my  face ; 
my  heart  said  unto  thee,  Thy  face,  Lord,  will 
I  seek. 

cv.  4.  Seek  the  Lord  and  his  strength; 
seek  his  face  evermore. 

Isa.  viii.  19.  Should  not  a  people  seek  to 
their  God  1 

lv.  6.  Seek  ye  the.  Lord  while  he  may  be 
found ;  call  upon  him  while  he  is  near.  See 
Amos  v.  4.  Acts  xv.  17. — xvii.  27. 

xi.  1 0.  There  shall  be  a  root  of  Jesse,  [L  e. 
Christ,]  to  it  shall  the  Gentiles  seek. 

CXXXV.  God  is  to  be  sought  with  all  the 
heart.  Deut.  iv.  29.  Thou  shalt  find  the 
Lord,  if  thou  seek  him  with  all  thy  heart  and 
with  all  thy  soul.  Jer.  xxix.  13, 14. 

Ps.  cxix.  2.  Blessed  are  they  that  seek  the 
Lord  with  their  whole  heart. 

1  Chron.  xxii.  19.  Set  your  heart  and  your 
soul  to  seek  the  Lord  your  God. 

Isa.  xxvi.  9.  With  my  soul  have  I  desired 
thee  in  the  night ;  yea,  with  my  spirit  within 
me  will  I  seek  thee  early.  Ps.  Ixiii.  8.  My 
soul  followeth  hard  after  thee. 

CXXX  VI.  Promises  to  them  that  seek  God. 
See  the  first  two  texts  in  the  last  section. 

Ezra  viii.  22.  The  hand  of  God  is  upon  all 
them  for  good  that  seek  him ;  but  his  power 
and  his  wrath  is  against  all  them  that  forsake 
him. 

Ps.  ix.  10.  Thou,  Lord,  hast  not  forsaken 
them  that  seek  thee. 


xxxiv.  10.  They  that  seek  the  Lord  shall 
not  want  any  good  thing. 

Ixix.  32.  Your  heart  shall  live  that  seek 
God. 

Prov.  viii.  17.  Those  that  seek  me  early 
shall  find  me. 

Isa.  xlv.  19.  I  said  not  unto  the  seed  of 
Jacob,  Seek  ye  me  in  vain. 

Lam.  iii.  25.  The  Lord  is  good  to  them  that 
wait  for  him,  to  the  soul  that  seeketh  him. 

Hos.  x.  12.  Seek  the  Lord,  till  he  come  and 
rain  righteousness  upon  you. 

Amos  v.  4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the 
house  of  Israel,  Seek  ye  me,  and  ye  shall  live. 
— Ver.  6.  Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  live ; 
lest  he  break  out  like  fire  in  the  house  of  Jo- 
seph, and  devour  it,  and  there  be  none  to 
quench  it  in  Beth-el. 

Ver.  8.  Seek  him  that  maketh  the  seven 
stars,  and  Orion  ;  that  turneth  the  shadow  of 
death  into  the  morning,  and  maketh  the  day 
dark  with  night,  &c.  Ver.  9. 

Zeph.  ii.  3.  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek 
of  the  earth,  which  have  wrought  his  judg- 
ment: seek  righteousness,  seek  meekness,  it 
may  be  ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord's  anger. 

Matt.  vii.  7,  8.  Seek  and  ye  shall  find.  He 
that  seeketh  findeth.  1  Chron.  xxviii.  9. 
2  Chron.  xv.  2. 

Heb.  xi.  6.  God  is  a  rewarder  of  them  that 
diligently  seek  him.  See  Job  viii.  5,  6.  Ps. 
xxii.  26. 

CXXXVII.  Prayers  for  them  that  seek 
God.  2  Chron.  xxx.  18  —  20.  Hezekiah 
prayed,  saying,  Good  Lord,  pardon  every  one 
that  prepareth  his  heart  to  seek  God,  the  Lord 
God  of  his  fathers,  though  he  be  not  cleansed 
according  to  the  purification  of  the  sanctuary. 
And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  Hezekiah,  and 
healed  the  people. 

Ps.  Ixix.  6.  Let  none  of  those  that  seek 
thee  be  confounded. 

Ixx.  4.  Let  all  those  that  seek  thee,  rejoice 
and  be  glad  in  thee ;  and  let  such  as  love  thy 
salvation  say  continually,  the  Lord  be  mag- 
nified. 

cv.  3.  Let  the  heart  of  them  rejoice  that 
seek  the  Lord.  1  Chron.  xvi.  1 0 

CXXXVIII.  Examples  of  God's  people 
seeking  him.  2  Chron.  xi.  16.  Out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  such  as  set  their  hearts  to  seek 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  came  to  Jerusalem  to 
sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
[and  would  not  worship  the  calves  set  up  by 
Jeroboam.] 

xiv.  4.  Asa  commanded  Judah  to  seek  the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and  to  do  the  law 
and  the  commandment.  Ver.  7. 


CHAP.  XIV.   NOT  SEEKING  GOD — DRAWING  NEAR  TO  GOD. 


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2  Chron.  xv.  12,  13.  Israel  entered  into  a 
covenant  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers 
with  all  their  heart  and  with  all  their  soul : 
And  that  whosoever  would  not  seek  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  should  be  put  to  death.  2  Kings 
xxiii.  3.  Neh.  x.  29.  2  Chron.  xx.  4. 

xvii.  3,  4.  The  Lord  was  with  Jehoshaphat ; 
because  he  sought  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers, 
and  walked  in  his  commandments.  Ch.  xix. 
3. — xx.  3. — xxii.  9. 

xxvi.  5.  Uzziah  sought  God ;  and  as  long 
as  he  sought  the  Lord,  God  made  him  pros- 
per. Ver.  7. 

xxxi.  21.  In  every  work  that  Hezekiah 
began  in  the  service  of  the  house  of  God,  and 
in  the  law,  and  in  the  commandments,  to  seek 
God,  he  did  it  with  all  his  heart,  and  pros- 
pered. 

Ezra  vi.  21.  The  children  of  Israel  separated 
themselves  from  the  filthiness  of  the  heathen 
of  the  land,  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

vii.  10.  Ezra  prepared  his  heart  to  seek  the 
law  of  the  Lord,  and  to  do  it,  and  to  teach  in 
Israel  statutes  and  judgments. 

Job  v.  8.  I  would  seek  unto  God,  and  unto 
God  would  I  commit  my  cause. 

Ps.  xxiv.  6.  This  is  the  generation  of  them 
that  seek  him. 

xxxiv.  4.  I  sought  the  Lord ;  he  heard, 
and  delivered  me  from  all  my  fears.  Ps. 
Ixxvii.  2. 

Song  iii.  2.  I  will  seek  him  whom  my  soul 
loveth.  Ch.  vi.  1. 

Isa.  xxvi.  9.  With  my  spirit  within  me  will 
I  seek  thee  early. 

Dan.  ix.  3.  I  set  my  face  unto  the  Lord 
God,  to  seek  by  prayer  and  supplications, 
with  fasting,  and  sackcloth  and  ashes. 

Mai.  iii.  1.  The  Lord  [Christ]  whom  ye 
seek,  shall  suddenly  come  to  his  temple.  Jer. 
i.  4,  5.  Hos.  iii.  5.  Zech.  viii.  21,  22. 


NOT  SEEKING  GOD. 

CXXXIX.  The  wicked  seek  not  God. 
2  Chron.  xvi.  12.  Asa  in  his  disease,  sought 
not  to  the  Lord,  but  to  the  physicians. 

Ps.  x.  4.  The  wicked,  through  the  pride  of 
his  countenance,  will  not  seek  after  God :  God 
is  not  in  all  his  thoughts. 

xiv.  2,  3.  The  Lord  looketh  down  from 
heaven  upon  the  children  of  men,  to  see  if 
there  were  any  that  did  understand  and  seek 
God.  They  are  all  gone  aside.  Ps.  liii.  2. 
Rom.  iii.  11. 

CXL.  They  seek  not  God  aright.  2  Chron. 
xii.  14.  Rehoboam  prepared  not  his  heart  to 
seek  the  Lord. 

Isa.  Iviii.  2,  3.  They  seek  me  daily,  and  de- 


light to  know  my  ways,  as  a  nation  that  did 
righteousness,  and  forsook  not  the  ordinance 
of  their  God ;  they  seek  of  me  the  ordinances 
of  justice,  they  take  delight  in  approaching  to 
God.  In  the  day  of  your  fast,  ye  exact  all 
your  labours ;  ye  fast  for  strife.  John  vi.  26. 

Tlireats  against  the  wicked,  who  seek  not 
God  aright.  Ps.  Ixxxiii.  16.  Fill  their  faces 
with  shame,  O  Lord,  that  they  may  seek  thy 
name. 

cxix.  155.  Salvation  is  far  from  the  wicked, 
for  they  seek  not  thy  statutes. 

Prov.  i.  28.  They  shall  seek  me  early,  but 
shall  not  find  me. 

Isa.  ix.  13,  14.  The  people  turn  not  to  him 
that  smiteth  them ;  neither  do  they  seek  the 
Lord  of  hosts.  Therefore  the  Lord  will  cut 
off  from  Israel,  head  and  tail,  &c.  Hos.  vii. 
10.  13,  14.  16. 

xxxi.  1 .  Wo  to  them  that  go  down  to  Egypt, 
and  stay  on  horses,  and  trust  in  chariots,  but 
look  not  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israelt  neither 
seek  the  Lord.  Ch.  xxx.  1,  2. 

Jer.  x.  21.  The  pastors  are  become  brutish, 
and  have  not  sought  the  Lord  ;  therefore  they 
shall  not  prosper,  and  all  their  flocks  shall  be 
scattered. 

Hos.  v.  5,  6.  The  pride  of  Israel  doth  tes- 
tify to  his  face,  therefore  shall  Israel  and 
Ephraim  fall  in  their  iniquity.  They  shall 
go  with  their  flocks  and  their  herds,  to  seek 
the  Lord,  but  they  shall  not  find  him ;  he  hath 
withdrawn  himself  from  them. 

Ver.  15.  I  will  go  and  return  to  my  place, 
saith  the  Lord,  till  they  acknowledge  their 
offence,  and  seek  my  face :  in  their  affliction 
they  will  seek  me  early.  Zeph.  i.  6. 

John  vii.  34.  Jesus  said,  Ye  shall  seek  me, 
and  shall  not  find  me. 

viii.  21.  Ye  shall  seek  me,  and  die  in  your 
sins. 

DRAWING  NEAR  TO  GOD. 

CXLI.  Drawing  near  to  God.  Lev.  x.  3. 
The  Lord  spake,  saying,  I  will  be  sanctified, 
in  them  that  come  nigh  me,  and  before  all  the 
people  will  I  be  glorified. 

1  Sam.  xiv.  36.  The  priest  said,  Let  us 
draw  near  to  God. 

Ps.  Ixv.  4.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou 
causest  to  approach  unto  thee. 

Ixxiii.  28.  It  is  good  for  me  to  draw  near  to 
God. 

Jer.  xxx.  21,  22.  I  will  cause  him  to  draw 
near,  and  he  shall  approach  unto  me.  And  ye 
shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 

Heb.  x.  22.  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true 
leart,  in  full  assurance  of  faith,  having  our 
icarts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience.  Ch, 
vii.  19. 


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COMING  TO  GOD — BACKSLIDING. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


James  iv.  8.  Draw  nigh  to  God,  and  he  will 
draw  nigh  to  you.  Isa.  xxix.  13.  The  wicked 
draw  nigh  with  their  lips  only.  Matt.  xv.  8. 
Ezek.  xxxiii.  31. 


COMING  TO  GOD. 

CXLII.  Coming  to  God.  Ps.  Ixv.  2.  0 
thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  thee  shall  all 
flesh  come. 

Isa.  xlv.  24.  In  the  Lord  have  I  righteous- 
ness and  strength ;  even  to  him  shall  all  men 
come. 

Iv.  3.  Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me ; 
hear  and  your  soul  shall  live,  and  I  will  make 
an  everlasting  covenant  with  you. 

Jer.  iii.  22.  Return,  ye  backsliding  children, 
and  I  will  heal  your  backslidings :  behold  we 
come  unto  thee,  for  thou  art  the  Lord  our  God. 
Ch.  xxx.  21. 

Come  to  God  through  Christ.  Heb.  vii. 
25.  Christ  is  able  to  save  them  to  the  utter- 
most, that  come  to  God  by  him.  Heb.  iv.  16. 
— xi.  6. 

Come  to  Christ.  Matt.  xi.  28.  Jesus  said, 
Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labour,  and  are 
heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest.  Isa.  Iv. 
1.— Ix.  3.  Rev.  xxii.  17. 

John  vi.  37.  Jesus  said,  All  that  the  Father 
hath  given  me,  shall  come  to  me,  and  him  that 
cometh  unto  me  I  will  in  no  wise  cast  out. — 
Ver.  44.  No  man  can  come  to  me,  except  the 
Father  draw  him. 


FOLLOWING  GOD. 

CXLIII.  Following  God.  1  Sam.  xii.  14. 
Continue  following  the  Lord  your  God.  Ver. 
15.  20, 21.  25.  1  Kings  ix.  6,  7,  8.  If  ye  will 
riot,  then  shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord  be  against 
you. 

1  Kings  xviii.  21.  Elijah  said,  If  the  Lord 
be  God,  follow  him.  Deut.  xiii.  4. 

Ps.  Ixiii.  8.  My  soul  followeth  hard  after 
thee. 

Eph.  vH.  Be  ye  followers  of  God  as  dear 
children. 

CXLIV.  Folkwing  Christ.  Matt.  xvi. 
24.  Jesus  said,  If  any  man  will  come  after  me, 
let  him  take  up  his  cross  and  follow  me.  John 
xii.  26. 

John  viii.  12.  He  that  followeth  me  shall 
not  walk  in  darkness. 

x.  27,  28.  My  sheep  hear  my  voice,  and 
they  follow  me :  And  I  give  unto  them  eternal 
life,  and  they  shall  never  perish ;  neither  shall 
any  pluck  them  out  of  my  hand. 


FORSAKING  GOD. 

CXLV.  Forsaking  God.  Threats.  1  Chron. 
xxviii.  9.  If  thou  forsake  God  he  will  cast  thee 
off  for  ever. 

2  Chron.  xv.  2.  The  Lord  is  with  you  while 
ye  be  with  him,  and  if  ye  seek  him  he  will  be 
found  of  you:  if  you  forsake  him,  he  will  for- 
sake you. 

xxiv.  20.  Because  ye  have  forsaken  the 
Lord,  he  hath  forsaken  you. 

Ezra  viii.  22.  God's  power  and  wrath  is 
against  all  that  forsake  him. 

Isa.  i.  4.  They  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  they 
have  provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  to  an- 
ger.— Ver.  28.  They  that  forsake .  the  Lord 
shall  be  consumed. 

Jer.  ii.  13.  My  people  have  forsaken  me,  the 
fountain  of  living  waters,  and  hewed  them  out 
cisterns,  broken  cisterns  that  can  hold  no 
water. 

Ver.  19.  Thine  own  wickedness  shall  cor- 
rect thee,  and  thy  backslidings  shall  reprove 
thee ;  know  therefore,  and  see  that  it  is  an  evil 
thing  and  bitter,  that  thou  hast  forsaken  the 
Lord  thy  God.  See  ver.  14—18. 

xvii.  13.  O  Lord,  the  hope  of  Israel,  all  that 
forsake  thee  shall  be  ashamed.  See  Deut.  viii. 
20.— xxxi.  1 6, 1 7.— xxxii.  1 5  to  32.  2  Chron. 
xii.  1.  5.  Isa.  Ixv.  11. 


DEPARTING  FROM  GOD. 

CXLVI.  Departing  from  God.  Jer.  xvii. 
5.  Cursed  be  the  man  that  trusteth  in  man, 
and  maketh  flesh  his  arm,  and  whose  heart 
departeth  from  God.  Ver.  13.  Ezek.  xviii. 
24. — xxxiii.  12.  See  this  sin  confessed.  Dan. 
ix.  5.  11.  Isa.lix.  12,  13. 

Not  departing  from  God.  Instances. 
2  Sam.  xxii.  22,  23.  I  have  kept  the  ways  of 
the  Lord,  and  have  not  wickedly  departed  from 
my  God :  For  all  his  judgments  were  before 
me ;  and  as  for  his  statutes,  I  did  not  depart 
from  them.  See  Ps.  xviii.  21.  Ps.  cxix.  3. 
8.  10,  11.  102. 


BACKSLIDING. 

CXLVII.  Backsliding  from  God.  Prov. 
xiv.  14.  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  be  filled 
with  his  own  ways. 

Isa.  i.  4.  They  are  gone  away  backward. 
Jer.  vii.  24. 

Jer.  ii.  19.  Thy  backslidings  shall  reprove 
thee. 

v.  6,  7.  Their  transgressions  are  many,  their 
backslidings  are  increased.  How  shall  I  par- 
don thee  1  Ch.  viii.  5.  13. — xiv.  2  to  7. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


GOING   ASTRAY — WORSHIP. 


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xv.  6.  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  and  art 
gone  away  backward  ;  therefore  will  I  destroy 
thee. 

xlix.  4,  5.  O  backsliding  daughter,  I  will 
bring  a  fear  upon  thee. 

Hos.  iv.  16.  Israel  slideth  back,  as  a  back- 
sliding heifer. 

xi.  6,  7.  The  sword  shall  abide  on  his  cities ; 
for  my  people  are  bent  to  backsliding. 

Heb.  x.  38,  39.  If  any  man  draw  back,  my 
soul  shall  have  no  pleasure  in  him.  But  we 
are  not  of  them  that  draw  back  unto  perdition  ; 
but  of  them  that  believe  to  the  saving  of  the 
soul. 

Promise.  Hos.  xiv.  1.  Return  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God,  for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine 
iniquity. — Ver.  4.  I  will  heal  their  backsliding. 
Jer.  iii.  22. 


GOING  ASTRAY. 

CXLVIIL  The  wicked  go  aside,  go  astray, 
err,  wander,  turn  away  from  God.  Ps.  xiv. 
3.  They  are  all  gone  aside,  &c. 

Iviii.  3.  The  wicked  are  estranged  from  the 
womb :  they  go  astray  as  soon  as  born. 

Ixxviii.  57.  They  are  turned  aside  like  a 
deceitful  bow.  Ver.  62. 

xcv.  10.  It  is  a  people  that  do  err  in  heart. 

Prov.  v.  23.  The  wicked  shall  die  without 
instruction,  and  in  the  greatness  of  his  folly  he 
shall  go  astray. 

xiv.  22.  Do  they  not  err  that  devise  evil  ? 
but  mercy  and  truth  shall  be  to  them  that  de- 
vise good. 

Isa.  xliv.  20.  A  deceived  heart  hath  turned 
him  aside  :  he  cannot  deliver  his  soul,  nor  say, 
Is  there  not  a  lie  in  my  right  hand  1 

Jer.  ii.  27.  They  have  turned  their  back 
unto  me,  and  not  their  face. 

viii.  6.  Every  one  turned  to  his  course,  as 
me  horse  rusheth  into  the  battle. 

CXLIX.  Confession.  Isa.  liii.  6.  All  we 
like  sheep  have  gone  astray ;  we  have  turned 
every  one  to  his  own  way. 

CL.  Threats.  Ps.  cxix.  21.  Thou  hast 
rebuked  the  proud  that  are  cursed,  that  do  err 
from  thy  commandments. — Ver.  118.  Thou 
hast  trodden  down  all  them  that  err  from  thy 
statutes. 

Prov.  xxviii.  10.  Whoso  causeth  the  right- 
eous to  go  astray  in  an  evil  way,  shall  fall 
himself  into  his  own  pit. 

James  v.  20.  He  that  converteth  the  sinner 
from  the  error  of  his  way,  shall  save  a  soul 
from  death,  and  shall  hide  a  multitude  of  sins. 

2  Pet.  iii.  17.  Beware  lest  ye  be  led  away 
with  the  error  of  the  wicked.  See  Rom.  i.  27. 
22 


WORSHIP. 

CLI.  Worship  due  to  God  only.  See  Com- 
mand. 1st.  2  Kings  xvii.  36.  The  Lord,  who 
brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with 
great  power,  and  with  a  stretched-out  arm, 
him  shall  ye  fear,  him  shall  ye  worship,  and  to 
him  shall  ye  do  sacrifice.  Neh.  ix.  6. 

Ps.  xxii.  27.  All  the  ends  of  the  world 
shall  remember  and  turn  unto  the  Lord,  and 
all  the  kindreds  of  the  nations  shall  worship 
before  him.  Ver.  29.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  9,  10. 

xcv.  6,  7.  0  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow 
down ;  let  us  kneel  before  the  Lord  our 
Maker.  For  he  is  God. 

xcvii.  7.  Worship  him,  all  ye  gods. 

xcix.  5.  Worship  at  his  footstool,  for  he  is 
holy.— Ver.  9.  Worship  at  his  holy  hill. 

Isa.  Ixvi.  23.  All  flesh  shall  come  and  wor- 
ship before  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

Zeph.  ii.  11.  Men  shall  worship  him,  every 
one  from  his  place,  even  all  the  isles  of  the 
heathen. 

Rev.  iv.  10.  In  heaven  the  four-and-twenty 
elders  fell  down  before  him  that  sat  on  the 
throne,  and  worshipped  him  that  liveth  for 
ever  and  ever.  See  ch.  v.  14. — vii.  11. — xi. 
16.— xiv.  7.— xix.  4. 

xv.  4.  All  nations  shall  come  and  worship  be- 
fore thee,  for  thy  judgments  are  made  manifest. 

Heb.  i.  6.  Let  all  the  angels  of  God  worship 
Christ. — For  the  worship  due  to  Christ,  see 
Worship  offered  to  him  by  the  church  in  hea- 
ven and  on  earth,  Chap,  upon  the  Dignity 
and  Offices  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Angels  not  to  be  worshipped.  See  Col.  ii. 
18.  Rev.  xix.  10. — xxii.  8,  9.  Against  wor- 
shipping creatures  for  God,  see  Command- 
ments I.  and  II. 

CLII.  How  God  is  to  be  worshipped. 
1  Chron.  xvi.  29.  Worship  the  Lord  in  the 
beauty  of  holiness. 

xxix.  9.  With  a  perfect  heart  the  people 
offered  willingly  to  the  Lord. 

Ps.  Ii.  6.  Thou  desirest  truth  in  the  in- 
ward parts. 

Ver.  17.  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken 
spirit:  a  broken  and  contrite  heart,  0  God, 
thou  wilt  not  despise. 

John  iv.  23.  The  true  worshippers  shall 
worship  the  Father  in  spirit  and  truth ;  for 
the  Father  seeketh  such  to  worship  him.  _ 

Acts  xxiv.  14.  After  the  way  which  they 
(the  Jews)  call  heresy,  so  worship  I  the  God 
of  my  fathers ;  believing  all  things  which  are 
written  in  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

Phil.  iii.  3.  We  are  the  circumcision,  which 
worship  God  in  the  spirit,  and  rejoice  in  Christ 
Jesus,  and  have  no  confidence  in  the  flesh. 
See  Mai.  i.  11.— iii.  4. 


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FASTING. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


CLUI.  Worship  offered  by  the  wicked  un- 
acceptable to  God.  Isa.  i.  il,  12.  To  what 
purpose  is  the  multitude  of  your  sacrifices  to 
me  1  saith  the  Lord.  When  ye  come  to  ap- 
pear before  me,  who  hath  required  this  at  your 
hands,  to  tread  my  courts  1 

Ver.  15,  16.  Your  hands  are  full  of  blood  : 
Wash  you,  make  you  clean.  See  Ch.  Ixvi.  3, 
4.  Jer.  vii.  9,  10,  11.  21,  22.— vi.  20.  . 

Ps.  1.  16,  17.  Unto  the  wicked  God  saith, 
What  hast  thou  to  do  to  declare  my  statutes  1 
or  that  thou  shouldst  take  my  covenant  in  thy 
mouth?  seeing  thou  hatest  instruction,  and 
easiest  my  words  behind  thee. 

Prov.  vii.  14.  The  whorish  woman  said,  I 
have  peace-offerings  with  me ;  this  day  I  have 
paid  my  vows. — Ver.  27.  Her  house  is  the 
way  to  hell,  &c 

Mai.  i.  8.  If  ye  offer  the  blind,  the  lame 
and  the  sick  for  sacrifice,  is  it  not  evil  ]  offer 
it  up  to  thy  governor,  will  he  be  pleased  with 
thee? — Ver.  10.  I  have  no  pleasure  in  you, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  neither  will  I  accept 
an  offering  at  your  hand.  See  Ver.  9.  13, 14. 

Matt.  xv.  8,  9.  This  people  draweth  near 
me  with  their  mouth,  and  honoureth  me  with 
their  lips,  but  their  heart  is  far  from  me.  In 
vain  do  they  worship  me,  teaching  for  doc- 
trines the  commandments  of  men.  See  Acts 
xvii.  25. 

FASTING. 

CLIV.  Fasting  appointed  by  God.  Lev. 
xxiii.  27,  28.  The  tenth  day  of  the  seventh 
month  shall  be  a  day  of  atonement,  an  holy 
convocation  unto  you ;  ye  shall  afflict  your 
souls,  and  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord.  Ye  shall  do  no  work  in  that  same 
day.  See  to  ver.  33. 

CLV.  Fasts  extraordinary  and  miracu- 
lous.— Kept  by  Moses,  Exod.  xxxiv.  28. — By 
Elijah,  1  Kings  xix.  8. — By  Jesus  Christ, 
Matt.  iv.  2. 

CLVI.  Fasting  acceptably.  Isa.  Iviii.  6. 
Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen:  to 
loose  the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo  the 
heavy  burdens,  to  let  the  oppressed  go  free, 
and  to  break  every  yoke  1 — Ver.  7.  To  deal 
thy  bread  to  the  hungry,  and  to  bring  the 
poor  that  are  cast  out  into  thy  house ;  when 
thou  seest  the  naked  that  thou  cover  him,  &c. 
Zech.  viii.  19. 

Matt.  vi.  16.  When  ye  fast,  be  not  as  the 
hypocrites,  of  a  sad  countenance. 

Ver.  17,  18.  When  thou  fastest  anoint 
thy  head  and  wash  thy  face :  that  thou  ap- 
pear not  unto  men  to  fast,  but  unto  thy  Father 
which  is  in  secret. 


CLVII.  Fasts  of  the  uncked.  Isa.  Iviii.  3, 
4.  In  the  days  of  your  fast  ye  exact  all  your 
labours.  Ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate.  Ver.  5. 

Jer.  xiv.  12.  When  they  fast  I  will  not 
hear  their  cry.  Zech.  vii.  5. 

Matt.  vi.  16.  Hypocrites  fast  with  a  sad 
countenance,  to  appear  unto  men. 

Luke  xviii.  12.  The  Pharisee  said,  I  fast 
twice  in  the  week ;  yet  he  was  not  justified 
See  a  hypocritical  fast  appointed  by  Jezebel, 
1  Kings  xxi.  9. 

CLVIII.  Occasions  of  fasts  observed  by 
God's  people  before  war,  or  an  expected  at- 
tack from  an  enemy.  2  Chron.  xx.  3.  At 
the  approach  of  enemies,  king  Jehoshaphat 
proclaims  a  fast. — Ver.  15.  He  and  his  people 
are  delivered  from  their  enemies.  See  1  Sam. 
vii.  6. 

Esther  iv.  3.  The  Jews,  when  threatened 
with  destruction  in  Babylon,  fast.  Ver.  16. 
Are  delivered. 

CLIX.  After  being  defeated  by  enemies. 
See  Josh.  vii.  6.  Judg.xx.  26.  1  Sam.  xxxi. 
13.  2  Sam.  i.  12.  At  calamities  from  the 
hand  of  God,  upon  man  or  beast,  or  the  fruit 
of  the  earth.  Joel  i.  14.— ii.  12.  15,  16,  17. 

CLX.  Upon  threatened  judgments,  and 
other  critical  occasions.  1  Kings  xxi.  27. 
Ahab,  terrified  at  God's  threatenings  against 
him,  fasted. — Ver.  29.  God  brought  not  the 
evil  threatened  in  his  day. 

Jonah  iii.  5.  7.  The  king  and  people  of 
Nineveh,  terrified  at  God's  threatenings 
against  them  by  Jonah,  proclaim  a  fast,  and 
keep  it  with  great  strictness. — Ver.  10.  They 
are  saved  from  destruction. 

Daniel  fasts  and  prays  for  the  Jews'  return 
from  captivity,  Dan.  ix.  3. — The  Jews  held  a 
fast  on  setting  out  on  their  return  from  cap- 
tivity, Ezra  viii.  21.  23. — The  Jews  having 
returned  from  captivity,  and  restoring  the 
public  worship  of  God,  hold  a  fast,  and  read 
the  law,  Neh.  ix.  1.  Also,  see  Jer.  xxxvi.  6. 

The  apostles  fasted  and  prayed  with  the 
church,  before  they  ordained  elders  and 
preachers  of  the  gospel,  Acts  xiv.  23. — xiii. 
2,  3. 

Devils  cast  out  by  fasting  and  prayer,  Matt, 
xvii.  21. 

CLXI.  Fasts  of  particular  persons  held  at 
their  own  discretion.  2  Sam.  xii.  16.  David 
fasted  when  his  child  was  sick. 

Ps.  xxxv.  13.  When  they  were  sick,  I 
humbled  my  soul  with  fasting. 

Ixix.  10.  I  wept  and  chastened  my  soul 
with  fasting. 

cix.24.  My  knees  are  weak  through  fasting. 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


PRAYER. 


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Matt.  ix.  14.  John's  disciples  and  the  Pha- 
risees fasted  often.  Mark  ii.  18. 

Christ's  disciples  fasted,  after  he  was  taken 
from  them.  2  Cor.  vi.  5. — xi.  27. 

Luke  ii.  37.  Anna  served  God  with  fastings 
night  and  day. 

Acts  x.  30.  Cornelius,  while  he  fasted  and 
prayed,  was  directed  by  an  angel  to  send  for 
Peter  to  preach  the  gospel. 

1  Cor.  vii.  5.  Husband  and  wife  ought  not 
to  separate  except  for  a  time,  to  give  them- 
selves to  fasting  and  prayer. 

N.  B.  Religious  fasting  is  always  to  be  ac- 
companied with  prayer,  and  with  all  the  re- 
quisites in  prayer ;  which  see,  in  the  follow- 
ing section. 


PRAYER. 

CLXII.  Persons  whose  prayer  shall  be 
heard.  Ps.  iv.  3.  The  Lord  hath  set  apart 
him  that  is  godly  for  himself:  the  Lord  will 
hear  when  I  call  unto  him. 

xxvi.  6.  I  will  wash  my  hands  in  inno- 
cency,  so  will  I  compass  thine  altar. 

xxxiv.  15.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon 
the  righteous,  and  his  ears  are  open  to  their 
cry :  (1  Pet.  iii.  12.  His  ears  are  open  to  their 
prayers.)  Ver.  17.  The  righteous  cry,  and 
the  Lord  heareth,  and  delivereth  them  out  of 
all  their  troubles. 

Prov.  xv.  8.  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is 
an  abomination  to  the  Lord;  but  the  prayer 
of  the  upright  is  his  delight. — Ver.  29.  The 
Lord  is  far  from  the  wicked,  but  he  heareth 
the  prayer  of  the  righteous. 

1  Tim.  ii.  8.  I  will  that  men  pray  every- 
where, lifting  up  holy  hands  without  wrath 
and  doubting. 

James  v.  16.  The  prayer  of  a  righteous 
man  availeth  much. 

CLXUI.  Of  the  divine  influence,  or  the 
Spirit's  assistance  in  prayer.  Ps.  x.  17. 
Lord,  thou  wilt  prepare  their  heart,  thou  wilt 
cause  thine  ear  to  hear. 

Ixxx.  18.  Quicken  us,  and  we  will  call  on 
thy  name. 

Zech.  xii.  10.  I  will  pour  upon  the  house 
of  David,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, the  Spirit  of  grace  and  of  supplica- 
tions. 

xiii.  9.  I  will  refine  them  as  silver  is  refined, 
and  will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried  ;  they  shall 
call  on  my  name,  and  I  will  hear  them  :  I  will 
say,  It  is  my  people ;  and  they  shall  say,  The 
Lord  is  my  God. 

Rom.  viii.  15.  Ye  have  received  the  Spirit 
of  adoption,  whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father. 


Ver.  26,  27.  The  Spirit  helpeth  our  infirmi- 
ties :  for  we  know  not  what  to  pray  for  as  we 
ought ;  but  the  Spirit  maketh  intercession  for 
us  with  groanings  which  cannot  be  uttered. 
And  he  that  searcheth  the  heart  knoweth  the 
mind  of  the  Spirit. 

Gal.  iv.  6.  Because  ye  are  sons,  God  hath 
sent  forth  the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into  your 
hearts,  crying,  Abba,  Father. 

Eph.  vi.  18.  Praying  with  all  prayer  and 
supplication  in  the  Spirit.  __ 

Jude  20.  Praying  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 
1  Cor.  xiv.  15. 

CLXIV.  Prayer  is  to  be  made  in  the  name 
of  Christ.  John  xiv.  13.  Jesus  said,  What- 
soever ye  shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I 
do.  That  the  Father  may  be  glorified  in  the 
Son.  Ver.  14. 

xvi.  23,  24.  Whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  the 
Father  in  my  name  he  will  give  it  you. 
Hitherto  have  ye  asked  nothing  in  my  name ; 
ask  and  ye  shall  receive,  that  your  joy  may 
be  full. 

Col.  iii.  17.  Whatsoever  ye  do  in  word  or 
deed,  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 
See  Heb.  iv.  14.  16.  Dan.  ix.  18. 

CLXV.  Prayer  must  be  made  in  faith. 
Matt.  xxi.  22.  All  things  whatsoever  ye  shall 
ask  in  prayer,  believing,  ye  shall  receive. 

John  xv.  7.  If  ye  abide  in  me,  and  my 
words  abide  in  you,  ye  shall  ask  what  ye  will, 
and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you. 

Eph.  iii.  12.  In  whom  [Christ]  we  have 
boldness  and  access  by  the  faith  of  him.  Heb. 
iv.  16. 

Heb.  x.  22.  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true 
heart,  in  full  assurance  of  faith. 

xi.  6.  He  that  cometh  to  God  must  believe 
that  he  is,  and  that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them 
that  diligently  seek  him. 

James  i.  6.  Ask  in  faith,  nothing  wavering. 
Ver.  7.  Luke  xii.  29. 

v.  15.  The  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the 
sick.  Jude  20. 

CLXVI.  With  sincerity  of  heart.  Ps. 
xvii.  1.  Give  ear  unto  my  prayer,  that  goeta 
not  out  of  feigned  lips. 

xxv.  1.  Unto  thee,  0  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my 
soul. 

Ixii.  8.  Pour  out  your  heart  before  God ;  he 
is  a  refuge  for  us. 

cxlv.  18.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  that  call 
upon  him  in  truth. 

Jer.  xxix.  13.  The  Lord  said,  Ye  shall  find 
me,  when  ye  shall  search  for  me  with  all  your 
heart.  Ver.  14.  2  Chron.  xv.  15. 

Lam.  iii.  41.  Let  us  lift  up  our  heart  wi*h 
our  hands  to  God  in  the  heavens. 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


2  Tim.  ii.  22.  Call  on  the  Lord  out  of  a ' 
pure  heart. 

Heb.  x.  22.  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true 
heart,  &c.  Job  xi.  13. 

CLXVII.  With  love  to  God.  Ps.  xci.  14. 
The  Lord  said,  Because  he  hath  set  his  love 
upon  me,  therefore  will  I  deliver  him. — Ver. 
15.  He  shall  call  upon  me  and  I  will  answer 
him. 

CLXVin.  With  the  fear  of  God.  Ps. 
cxlv.  19.  The  Lord  will  fulfil  the  desire  of 
them  that  fear  him  ;  he  also  will  hear  their 
cry,  and  will  save  them. 

CLXIX.  With  obedience  to  God.  Isa.  Ivi. 
6,  7.  The  sons  of  the  stranger  that  join  them- 
selves to  the  Lord,  to  serve  him',  and  to  love 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  to  be  his  servants, 
every  one  that  keepeth  the  Sabbath  from  pol- 
luting it,  and  taketh  hold  of  my  covenant,  even 
them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy  mountain,  and 
make  them  joyful  in  my  house  of  prayer  ;  their 
burnt-offerings  and  their  sacrifices  shall  be  ac- 
cepted on  mine  altar. 

John  ix.  31.  If  any  man  he  a  worshipper  of 
God,  and  doeth  his  will,  him  he  heareth. 

1  John  iii.  22.  Whatsoever  we  ask,  we  re- 
ceive of  him,  because  we  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  do  those  things  that  are  pleasing 
in  his  sight. 

Prov.  xxviii.  9.  He  that  turneth  away  his 
ear  from  hearing  the  law,  even  his  prayer  shall 
be  abomination. 

CLXX.  With  humility,  confession  and 
turning  from  sin.  2  Chron.  vii.  14.  If  my 
people  shall  humble  themselves,  and  pray,  and 
seek  my  face,  and  turn  from  their  wicked 
ways,  then  will  I  hear  from  heaven,  and  will 
forgive  their  sin,  and  will  heal  their  land.  Ch. 
vi.  26  to  40.  1  Kings  viii.  37  to  50. 

xxxiii.  12.  Manasseh  humbled  himself,  and 
prayed,  and  God  was  intreated.  Ver.  13. 

Ps.  ix.  12.  God  forgetteth  not  the  cry  of  the 
humble. 

x.  17.  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  of  the 
humble. 

Jer.  xxxvi.  6,  7.  Go  read  the  words  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  ears  of  the  people.  It  may  be, 
they  will  present  their  supplication  before  the 
Lord,  and  will  return  every  one  from  his  evil 
way ;  for  great  is  the  anger  and  fury  that  the 
Lord  hath  pronounced  against  them. 

Luke  xviii.  9  to  15.  See  the  humble  publi- 
can's prayer  accepted.  See  more  instances  of 
the  prayers  of  penitent,  returning  sinners 
heard.  Judg.  iii.  7,  8,  9. 12.  15,— iv.  1.  3.— vi. 
1.  7.  10  to  16.— x.  15.  1  Sam.  vii.  4  to  11. 
2  Sam.  xxiv.  1 7.  25.  Ps.  xxxii.  5.  Acts  ix.  1 1 . 


CLXXI.  With  forgiveness  toiuards  men. 
Matt.  v.  24.  Be  reconciled  to  thy  brother,  and 
then  come  and  offer  thy  gift. 

vi.  12.  After  this  manner  pray  ye,  Forgive 
us  our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors. — Ver. 
14,  15.  For  if  ye  forgive  them  their  trespasses, 
your  heavenly  Father  will  also  forgive  you. 
But  if  ye  forgive  not  men  their  trespasses, 
neither  will  your  Father  forgive  your  tres- 
passes. Matt.  vi.  14,  15. 

Luke  vi.  37.  Forgive  and  ye  shall  be  for- 
given. Col.  iii.  13. 

1  Tim.  ii.  8.  Pray  without  wrath. 

CLXXII.  With  alms  and  good  works.  Isa. 
Iviii.  7.  Deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry,  bring 
the  poor  that  are  cast  out  to  thy  house,  when 
thou  seest  the  naked,  cover  him,  &c. — Ver.  9. 
Then  shall  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  will  answer. 

Acts  x.  2.  Cornelius,  a  devout  man,  and 
one  that  feared  God  with  all  his  house,  which 
gave  much  alms  to  the  people,  and  prayed  to 
God  always. — Ver.  3,  4.  He  saw  an  angel 
coming  unto  him,  saying  unto  him,  Cornelius, 
thy  prayers  and  thine  alms  are  come  up  for  a 
memorial  before  God.  See  Prov.  xxi.  13. 

CLXXIII.  Prayer  must  be  frequent,  fer- 
vent, and  importunate.  Ps.  v.  3.  My  voice 
shall  thou  hear  in  the  morning,  0  Lord,  in  the 
morning  will  I  direct  my  prayer  to  thee,  and 
will  look  up. 

Iv.  17.  Evening  and  morning,  and  at  noon, 
will  I  cry  aloud  ;  and  he  shall  hear  my  voice. 

Ixxxvi.  3.  Be  merciful  unto  me.  O  Lord, 
for  I  cry  unto  thee  daily. 

Ixxxviii.  1.  O  Lord  God  of  my  salvation,  I 
have  cried  day  and  night  before  thee.-  Ver.  9. 
I  have  called  daily  upon  thee. 

Ver.  13.  Unto  thee  have  I  cried,  0  Lord ; 
in  the  morning  shall  my  prayer  prevent  thee. 

cxvi.  2.  He  hath  inclined  his  ear  unto  me ; 
therefore  will  I  call  upon  him  as  long  as  I  live. 
Ver.  13.  17. 

cxix.  147.  I  prevented  the  dawning  of  the 
morning,  and  cried  unto  thee. — Ver.  164. 
Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise  thee. 

Dan.  vi.  10.  Daniel  kneeled  upon  his  knees 
three  times  a  day,  and  prayed  and  gave  thanks. 
Ver.  11. 

Matt,  xx vi.  41.  Watch  and  pray,  that  ye 
enter  not  into  temptation. 

Luke  ii.  37.  Anna  served  God,  with  fastings 
and  prayers  night  and  day.  1  Tim.  v.  5. 

v.  33.  The  disciples  of  John  fast  often  and 
make  prayers. 

vi.  12.  Jesus  continued  all  night  in  prayer 
to  God. 

xviii.  1.  Jesus  spake  a  parable  that  men 
ought  always  to  pray,  and  not  to  faint.  Ch. 
xi.  5  to  14. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


PRAYER. 


173 


Acts  i.  14.  The  apostles  continued  with  one 
accord  in  prayer  and  supplication. 

ii.  42.  The  primitive  Christians  continued 
steadfastly  in  the  apostles'  doctrine  and  fellow- 
ship, and  in  breaking  of  bread,  and  in  prayers. 

vi.  4.  The  apostles  said,  We  will  give  our- 
selves continually  to  prayer  and  to  the  ministry 
of  the  word. 

x.  2.  Cornelius  prayed  to  God  always. 
Ver.  31. 

xii.  5.  Prayer  was  made  without  ceasing  of 
the  church  for  Peter. 

Rom.  xii,  12.  Continue  instant  in  prayer. 
1  Thess.  v.  17.  Pray  without  ceasing. 

1  Cor.  vii.  5.  Give  yourselves  to  fasting  and 
prayer. 

Eph.  vi.  18.  Praying  always,  with  all  prayer 
and  supplication  in  the  Spirit,  and  watching 
thereunto  with  all  perseverance  and  supplica- 
tion for  all  saints. 

Col.  iv.  2.  Continue  in  prayer,  and  watch 
in  the  same. 

1  Thess.  iii.  10.  Night  and  day  praying  ex- 
ceedingly. 

Heb.  v.  7.  In  the  days  of  his  flesh  Christ 
offered  up  prayers  and  supplications,  with 
strong  crying  and  tears,  and  was  heard. 

1  Pet.  iv.  7.   The  end  of  .all  things  is  at 
hand ;  be  ye  therefore  sober,  and  watch  unto 
prayer.      Eph.  vi.  18.      See  more   instances, 
1  Sam.  i.  10, 12.     Matt.  xxvi.  44.     2  Cor.  xii. 
7,  8,  9. 

CLXXIV.  Prayers  and  tears.  See  Heb. 
v.  7,  in  the  former  section. 

2  Kings  xx.  2,  3.  Hezekiah  prayed  unto  the 
Lord  and  wept  sore. — Ver.  5.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  to  Hezekiah,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer,  I 
have  seen  thy  tears :  behold  I  will  heal  thee. 
Isa.  xxxviii.  5. 

Jer.  xxxi.  9.  They  shall  come  with  weep- 
ing, and  with  supplications  will  I  lead  them  ; 
I  will  cause  them  to  walk  in  a  straight  way 
wherein  they  shall  not  stumble :  for  I  am  a 
father  to  Israel,  and  Ephraim  is  my  first-born. 
Ver.  12.  See  Job  xvi.  20.  Ps.  vi.  7,  8,  9.— 
xxxix.  1 2.— xlii.  3, 4.—lvi.  8,  9.  Acts  xx.  1 9. 

CLXXV.  Private  prayer.  Matt.  vi.  6. 
When  thou  prayest,  enter  into  thy  closet,  and 
when  thou  hast  shut  thy  door,  pray  to  thy 
Father  which  is  in  secret,  and  thy  Father 
which  seeth  in  secret  shall  reward  thee  openly. 

xiv.  23.  Jesus,  when  he  had  sent  the  mul- 
titudes away,  went  up  unto  a  mountain  to 
pray,  and  v/as  there  alone.  Luke  vi.  12. 

xxvi.  36.  Jesus  saith  to  his  disciples,  Sit  ye 
here  till  I  go  and  pray  yonder. — Ver.  39.  And 
he  went  a  little  farther,  and  fell  on  his  face, 
and  prayed.  Ver.  42.  44. 

Mark  i.  35.  In  the  morning,  Jesus  rising  up 


a  great  while  before  day,  went  out  and  depart- 
ed into  a  solitary  place,  and  there  prayed. 

Luke  v.  16.  Jesus  withdrew  himself  into 
the  wilderness,  and  prayed.  Ch.  ix.  18. 

Acts  x.  9.  Peter  went  up  to  the  house  top 
to  pray.  Ver.  30. 

CLXX  VI.  Public  prayer,  being  a  part  of 
public  worship.  1  Kings  viii.  27.  But  will 
God  indeed  dwell  on  the  earth  ]  Behold  the 
heaven,  and  the  heaven  of  heavens  cannot 
contain  thee. 

Ver.  28 — 30.  Yet  have  thou  respect  unto 
the  prayer  of  thy  servant :  that  thine  eyes 
may  be  open  toward  this  house  night  and 
day,  even  toward  the  place  of  which  thou 
hast  said,  My  name  shall  be  there.  Hearken 
unto  the  supplication  of  thy  servant,  and  of 
thy  people  Israel,  when  they  shall  pray  toward 
this  place ;  and  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  for- 
give. 

2  Chron.  vii.  12.  I  have  chosen  this  place 
to  myself,  for  a  house  of  sacrifice. — Ver.  15. 
Mine  eyes  shall  be  open,  and  mine  ears  attent 
unto  the  prayer  that  is  made  in  this  place. 

Ps.  Ixxxvii.  2.  The  Lord  loveth  the  gates 
of  Zion  more  than  all  the  dwellings  of  Jacob. 

cxvi.  18,  19.  I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the 
Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  his  people,  in  the 
courts  of  the  Lord's  house,  in  the  midst  of 
thee,  O  Jerusalem. 

Isa.  Ivi.  7.  I  will  make  them  joyful  in  my 
house  of  prayer  ;  their  burnt-offerings  and 
their  sacrifices  shall  be  accepted  upon  mine 
altar :  for  my  house  shall  be  called  a  house 
of  prayer  for  all  people. 

Zech.  viii.  21.  Let  us  go  speedily  to  pray 
before  the  Lord. 

Joel  i.  14.  Call  an  assembly,  gather  the 
elders,  and  caliche  inhabitants  of  the  land, 
unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
cry  unto  the  Lord.  Ver.  19.  Neh.  xi.  17. 

ii.  15 — 17.  Sanctify  a  fast,  call  a  solemn 
assembly.  Gather  the  people,  sanctify  the 
congregation,  assemble  the  elders,  gather  the 
children  and  those  that  suck  the  breasts.  Let 
the  priests,  the  ministers  of  the  Lord,  weep 
between  the  porch  and  the  altar,  and  let  them 
say,  Spare  thy  people,  0  Lord. 

Matt,  xviii.  19.  If  two  of  you  shall  agree 
on  earth  as  touching  any  thing  that  they  shall 
ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven.  Ver.  20.  For  where  two 
or  three  are  gathered  together  in  my  name, 
there  am  I  in  the  midst  of  them. 

Heb.  x.  25.  Not  forsaking  the  assembling 
of  ourselves  together  as  the  manner  of  some 
is.  See  instances,  Luke  i.  10.  Acts  i.  14. — 
ii.  4.  46. — iii.  1. — xvi.  13. 

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words  or  expressions  to  be  used  in  prayer. 
Eccl.  v.  1,  2.  Keep  thy  foot  when  thou  goest 
to  the  house  of  God,  and  be  more  ready  to 
hear  than  to  give  the  sacrifice  of  fools.  Be 
not  rash  with  thy  mouth,  and  let  not  thy 
heart  be  hasty  to  utter  any  thing'  before  God  ; 
for  God  is  in  heaven  and  thou  upon  earth ; 
therefore  let  thy  words  be  few. 

Hos.  xiv.  2.  Take  with  you  words,  and 
turn  to  the  Lord,  and  say  unto  him,  Take 
away  all  iniquity,  and  receive  us  graciously  ; 
so  will  we  render  the  calves  of  our  lips. 

Matt.  vi.  7.  Use  not  vain  repetitions  as  the 
heathen  do.  See  1  Kings  xviii.  26,  27. 

1  Cor.  xiv.  14.  If  I  pray  in  an  unknown 
tongue  my  understanding  is  unfruitful. — Ver. 
19.  In  the  church  I  had  rather  speak  five 
words  with  my  understanding,  that  by  my 
voice  I  might  teach  others,  than  ten  thousand 
words  in  an  unknown  tongue. 

CLXXVIII.  Of  the  gestures  of  body  used 
in  prayer.  The  hands  lifted  up,  spread 
abroad,  spread  forth  :  so  prayed  Moses,  Exod. 
ix.  29.  David,  Ps.  Ixiii.  4.  Solomon,  1  Kings 
viii.  22.  The  church,  Isa.  i.  15. 

Standing:  so  prayed  Phinehas,  Judg.  xx. 
28.  Solomon,  1  Kings  viii.  22.  The  humble 
publican,  Luke  xviii.  11.  13. 

Kneeling  :  so  prayed  Solomon,  2  Chron.  vi. 
13.  Jesus  Christ,  Luke  xxii.  41.  Saint  Paul, 
Acts  xx.  36. — xxi.  5.  Daniel,  Dan.  vi.  10. 
Stephen,  Acts  vii.  60.  Peter,  Acts  ix.  40. 
See  Ps.  xcv.  6. 

Falling  on  the  face:  so  prayed  Moses,  Deut. 
ix.  18.  25.  David  and  the  elders,  1  Chron. 
xxi.  16.  Job,  Job  i.  20.  Ezekiel,  Ezek.  ix. 
8.  Jesus  Christ,  Matt.  xxvi.  39. 

Sitting:  so  prayed  David,  2  Sam.  vii.  18. 
Nehemiah,  Neh.  i.  4. 

Head  uncovered,  1  Cor.  xi.  4. 

CLXXIX.  The  things  to  be  prayed  for, 
being  as  numerous  and  various  as  the  gifts 
of  God  for  the  supply  of  the  wants  of  man, 
spiritual  and  temporal,  they  cannot  be  fully 
exhibited  under  this  head.  However,  a  few 
of  the  principal  of  them  may  be  set  forth  in 
the  following  order. 

CLXXX.  The  Lord's  prayer  as  to  words, 
matter  and  method,  affords  a  good,  tliough 
brief  model  of  things  to  be  prayed  for.  Matt. , 
vi.  9.  After  this  manner  pray  ye,  Our  Father 
which  art  in  heaven,  &c. 

CLXXXI.  Spiritual  blessings,-  wisdom 
and  grace  to  be  asked.  Ps.  xc.  12.  So  teach 
us  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may  apply 
our  hearts  to  wisdom.  James  i.  5.  If  any  lack 
wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God,  and  it  shall  be 
given  him. 


2  Chron.  i.  10,  11,  12.  See  Solomon's 
prayer  for  wisdom  accepted. 

Matt.  vi.  33.  Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of 
God,  and  his  righteousness. 

Luke  xi.  13.  If  ye  know  how  to  give  good 
gifts  unto  your  children,  how  much  more  shall 
your  heavenly  Father  give  the  holy  Spirit  to 
them  that  ask  him  !  Matt.  vii.  11. 

1  Cor.  xii.  31.  Covet  earnestly  the  best 
gifts. 

xiv.  1.  Desire  spiritual  gifts. 

Col.  iii.  1,  2.  Seek  those  things  which  are 
above,  where  Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  God.  Set  your  affection  on  things  above, 
not  on  things  on  earth.  Heb.  iv.  16.  Let  us 
come  boldly  to  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we 
may  obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  in 
time  of  need. 

CLXXXII.  For  such  earthly  things  as  are 
agreeable  to  God's  will,  and  with  submission 
to  it.  Example.  Luke  xxii.  42.  Jesus 
prayed,  Father,  if  thou  be  willing,  remove  this 
cup  from  me:  nevertheless  not  my  will  but 
thine  be  done.  Matt.  xxvi.  39.  Not  as  I  will, 
but  as  thou  wilt. 

1  John  v.  14.  If  we  ask  any  thing  accord- 
ing to  his  will  he  heareth  us.  Ver.  15.  See 
2  Sam.  vii.  27. 

James  iv.  3.  Ye  ask  and  receive  not,  be- 
cause ye  ask  amiss,  that  ye  may  consume  it 
upon  your  lusts. 

CLXXXIII.  For  daily  bread.  Matt,  vi. 
11.  Give*  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

1  Tim.iv.  5.  Every  creature  of  God  is  good ; 
it  is  sanctified  by  the  word  of  God  and  prayer. 
See  1  Kings  viii.  37,  38.     2  Chron.  vii.  13. 

CLXXXIV.  For  health  and  deliverance 
from  sickness.  2  Kings  xx.  2.  Hezekiah 
prayed  to  the  Lord  in  his  sickness. — Ver.  5. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  [to  him],  I  have  heard 
thy  prayer,  I  have  seen  thy  tears ;  I  will  heal 
thee.  (Isa.  xxxviii.  1.)  Ver.  7.  Isaiah  said, 
Take  a  lump  of  figs — and  they  took,  and  laid 
it  on  the  boil,  and  he  recovered. 

Job  xxxiv.  28.  God  heareth  the  cry  of  the 
afflicted.     Isa.  xxvi.  16. 
,    Acts  xxviii.  8.  Publius  lay  sick  of  a  fever, 
to  whom  Paul  entered  in  and  prayed,  and  laid 
his  hands  on  him,  and  healed  him. 

James  v.  13 — 15.  Is  any  among  you  afflict- 
ed 1  let  him  pray.  Is  any  sick  1  let  him  send 
for  the  elders  of  the  church,  and  let  them 
pray  over  him ;  And  the  prayer  of  faith  shall 
save  the  sick. 

2  Chron.  xvi.  12.  Asa  in  his  disease  sought 
not  to  the  Lord,  but  to  the  physicians. 

CLXXX  V.  The  prayer  of  the  poor  heard. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


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Ps.  xxxiv.  6.  This  poor  man  cried ;  the  Lord 
heard,  and  saved  him  out  of  all  his  troubles. 

Ixxii.  12.  God  shall  deliver  the  needy  when 
he  crieth,  the  poor  also,  and  him  that  hath  no 
helper.  Job  xxxiv.  28. 

cii.  17.  The  Lord  will  regard  the  prayer  of 
the  destitute,  and  not  despise  their  prayer. 

See  Prayers  for  deliverance  from  enemies  ; 
for  Deliverance  from  trouble. 

CLXXXVI.  Intercessory  prayer,  or  prayer 
for  others. 

CLXXXVII.  For  whom  toe  ought  to  pray. 
1  Tim.  ii.  1.  I  exhort  that  supplications, 
prayers  and  intercessions,  and  giving  of 
thanks,  be  made  for  all  men. 

CLXXXVIII.  For  the  church  of  God. 
Ps.  cxxii.  6.  Pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusa- 
lem :  they  shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 

Isa.  Ixii.  6,  7.  Ye  that  make  mention  of  the 
Lord,  keep  not  silence.  Give  him  no  rest  till 
he  establish,  and  till  he  make  Jerusalem  a 
praise  in  the  earth. 

Matt.  ix.  38.  Pray  ye  the  Lord  of  the  har- 
vest, that  he  will  send  forth  labourers  into  his 
harvest. 

Eph.  vi.  18.  Praying  always,  with  all  prayer 
and  supplication  for  all  saints. 

James  v.  16.  Pray  one  for  another. 

1  John  v.  16.  Pray  for  a  brother  that  sin- 
neth. 

CLXXXIX.  Instances  of  such  prayers. 
Ps.  li.  18.  Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure  to 
Zion :  build  thou  the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

Ixxx.  14.  Return,  we  beseech  thee,  O  God 
of  hosts ;  look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold 
and  visit  this  thy  vine. 

cxviii.  25.  0  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  send  pros- 
perity. 

cxxii.  7.  Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and 
prosperity  within  thy  palaces. 

cxxxii.  9.  Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with 
righteousness,  and  let  thy  saints  shout  for  joy. 
— Ver.  16.  I  will  also  clothe  her  priests  with 
salvation,  and  her  saints  shall  shout  aloud  for 
joy. 

Amosvii.  2.  O  Lord  God,  forgive,  I  beseech 
thee :  by  whom  shall  Jacob  arise,  for  he  is 
small  1 

Hab.  iii.  2.  O  Lord  revive  thy  work  in  the 
midst  of  the  years,  in  the  midst  of  the  years 
made  known  ;  in  wrath  remember  mercy. 

Matt.  vi.  10.  Thy  kingdom  come;  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth,  &c. 

See  in  Command.  5th,  the  duties  of  minis- 
ters and  people,  &c.  to  pray  one  for  another, 
&c. 

CXC.  For  enemies.  Jer.  xxix.  7.  Seek  the 


peace  of  the  city  whither  I  have  caused  you  to 
be  carried  away  captives,  and  pray  unto  the 
Lord  for  it.  Ezra  vi.  10. 

Matt.  v.  44.  Pray  for  them  that  despitefully 
use  you,  and  persecute  you. 

CXCI.  Instances  of  such  prayers.  Luke 
xxiii.  34.  Jesus  upon  the  cross  prayed  for  his 
persecutors,  saying,  Father,  forgive  them  ;  for 
they  know  not  what  they  do. 

Acts  vii.  60.  Stephen  prayed  for  them  that 
put  him  to  death,  saying,  Lord,  lay  not  this  sin 
to  their  charge. 

2  Tim.  iv.  1 6.  Paul,  being  forsaken  by  Chris- 
tians in  his  distress,  said,  I  pray  God  that  it 
may  not  be  laid  to  their  charge. 

See  more  instances  of  such  prayers  :  Abra 
ham  for  Abimelech,  Gen.  xx.  7.  14.  17.  Moses 
for  Pharaoh,  Exod.  viii.  8.— ix.  28.— x.  18. 
Job  for  those  who  wronged  him,  Job  xlii.  8,  9. 
David  for  his  enemies,  Ps.  xxxv.  12, 13, 14.— 
cxli.  5. 

CXCII.  Motives  to  prayer.  It  is  a  com- 
manded duty.  Ezek.  xxxvi.  37.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  I  will  be  inquired  of  by  the  house  of 
Israel. 

Matt.  vii.  7.  Ask  and  ye  shall  receive,  seek 
and  ye  shall  find,  &c.  John  xvi.  24. 

Phil.  iv.  6.  Be  careful  for  nothing ;  but  in 
every  thing  by  prayer  and  supplication,  with 
thanksgiving,  let  your  requests  be  made  known 
to  God. 

James  iv.  8.  Draw  nigh  to  God,  and  he  will 
draw  nigh  to  you. 

CXCIII.  God  promiseth  that  he  will  hear 
prayer.  Deut.  iv.  7.  What  nation  hath  God 
so  nigh  unto  them,  as  the  Lord  our  God  is,  in 
all  things  that  we  call  upon  him  for  ] 

Ps.  Ixv.  2.  O  Thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto 
thee  shall  all  flesh  come. 

Ixxxvi.  5.  Thou  art  good,  and  ready  to  for- 
give, and  plenteous  in  mercy  to  all  that  call 
upon  thee.  Rom.  x.  12. 

Isa.  xxx.  1 9.  He  will  be  gracious ;  at  the 
voice  of  thy  cry  he  will  answer  thee. 

Ixv.  24.  Before  they  call  I  will  answer ;  while    s 
they  are  yet  speaking,  I  will  hear,  saith  the  Lord. 

Jer.  xxix.  12.  Ye  shall  go  and  pray  unto  me,    ^ 
and  I  will  hearken  unto  you. 

xxxiii.  3.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Call  upon      X 
me,  and  I  will  answer  thee. 

Joel  ii.  32.  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  shall  be  delivered.  Rom.  x.  13. 

Zech.  xiii.  9.  They  shall  call  on  my  name,    s.. 
and  I  will  hear  them. 

Matt.  vii.  8.  Every  one  that  asketh  receiveth. 
Ver.  11. 

Rom.  x.  12.  The  Lord  is  rich  in  mercy  to 
all  that  call  upon  him.  See  Rev.  v.  8. — viii. 


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3,  4.— Exod.  xxii.  23.  27.     2  Chron.  vii.  14, 
&c. 

See  the  Qualifications  of  those  whose  pray- 
ers shall  be  heard,  for  to  them  the  above  pro- 
mises do  belong. 

CXCIV.  Declarations  of  God  that  he  hath 
heard  prayer.  1  Kings  ix.  3.  The  Lord  said 
to  Solomon,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer.  See  2 
Kings  xx.  5.  2  Chron.  vii.  12.  Isa.  xxxviii.  5. 

2  Kings  xix.  20.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to 
Hezekiah,  That  which  thou  hast  prayed  against 
the  king  of  Assyria,  I  have  heard.  Ch.  xxii. 
19.  2  Chron.  xxxiv.  27. 

Isa.  xlix.  8.  In  an  acceptable  time  I  have 
heard  thee. 

CXCV.  The  testimony  of  God's  people  that 

J  their  prayers  were  heard.  Deut.  ix.  19.  Moses 

said,  The  Lord  hearkened  to  me.     Ch.  x.  10. 

xxvi.  7.  We  cried  unto  the  Lord  God  of  our 
fathers ;  the  Lord  heard  our  voice,  and  looked 
on  our  affliction  and  our  labour  and  our  op- 
pression. Numb.  xx.  16. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  7.  In  my  distress  I  called  upon 
,  the  Lord,  and  cried  to  my  God :  he  heard  my 
*  voice  out  of  his  holy  temple,  and  my  cry  did 
enter  into  his  ears.  Ps.  iii.  4. — xviii.  6. 

Ps.  vi.  9.  The  Lord  hath  heard  my  suppli- 
cation, the  Lord  will  receive  my  prayer.  Ver. 
8.  Ps.  xxviii.  6. — xxxi.  22. 

xxii.  21.  Thou  hast  heard  me.  Ver.  24. 
Ps.  xl.  1. — cxviii.  21. — cxx.  1. 

xxxiv.  4.  I  sought  the  Lord  ;  he  heard  me 
and  delivered  me  from  all  my  fears.  Ps.  Ixi. 
5. — Ixvi.  19. — Ixxvii.  1. — cxvi.  1  to  4. — cxix. 
26.  Lam.  Hi.  56. 

Jonah  ii.  2.  Out  of  the  belly  of  hell  I  cried, 
and  thou  heardest  my  voice. 

John  xi.  41.  Jesus  said,  Father,  I  thank  thee 
that  thou  hast  heard  me. 

CXC  VI.  Their  confident  expectations  that 
their  prayers  shall  be  heard.  Ps.  iv.  3.  The 
Lord  will  hear  when  I  call  on  him. 

x.  17.  Lord,  thou  wilt  cause  thine  ear  to 
*    hear. 

xvii.  6.  Thou  wilt  hear  me,  O  God.     Ps. 
•*"'  xxxviii.  15. 

Iv.  17.  I  will  pray  and  cry  aloud,  and  he 
shall  hear  my  voice. 

CXCVII.  Their  entreaties  that  they  may 
be  heard.  2  Kings  xix.  16.  O  Lord,  bow  down 
thine  ear  and  hear,  &c. 

2  Chron.  vi.  40.  O  God,  I  beseech  thee,  let 
thine  eyes  be  open,  and  let  thine  ears  be  attent 
to  the  prayer  that  is  made  in  this  place.  1 
Kings  viii.  30.  50.  Neh.  i.  6. 11.  Ps.  cxxx.  2. 

Ps.  v.  1.  Give  ear  unto  my  words,  O  Lord. 
Ps.  liv.2. 


xvii.  1.  6.  0  God,  incline  thine  ear  unto 
me.  Ps.lv.  1. — Ixxi.  2. — Ixxxvi.  6. — Ixxxviii. 
2.  lea.  xxxvii.  17.  Dan.  ix.  18. 

xxxix.  1 2.  Hear  my  prayer  ;  give  ear  to  my 
cry.  Ps.  Ixxxiv.  8. — cxli.  1. — cxliii.  1. 

iv.  1.  Hear  my  prayer.  Ps.  xiii.  3. — xx.  9. 
— xxvii.  7. — xxx.  10. — xxxviii.  16. — liv.2. — 
Iv.  2. — Ix.  5. — Ixi.  1. — Ixix.  13. — Ixxxiv.  8. 
— cii.  1.  20. — cxli.  2. — cxliii.  1.  Neh.  iv. 
4.  Dan.ix.  19. 

CXCVHI.  Their  grief  at  not  being  an- 
swered. Job  xix.  7.  I  cry,  but  am  not  heard. 
Ch.  xxx.  20. 

Ps.  xxii.  2.  I  cry,  but  thou  hearest  not. 

Hab.  i.  2.  How  long  shall  I  cry,  and  thou 
wilt  not  hear  ? 

CXCIX.  Of  the  efficacy  of  prayer.  Mira- 
cles wrought  by  it.  Bitter  waters  made  sweet, 
Exod.  xv.  25.  Waters  brought  out  of  a  rock, 
ch.  xvii.  4.  6.  The  sun  and  moon  made  to 
stand  still,  Josh.  x.  12,  13.  The  shadow  made 
to  return  backwards  on  a  sun-dial,  2  Kings  xx. 
1 1.  The  dead  raised  to  life,  1  Kings  xvii.  21, 

22.  2  Kings  iv.  32.  35.  Acts  ix.  37.  40.     Jo- 
nah delivered  from  the  fish,  Jonah  ii.  1.  10. 
Rain  withheld  and  given,  James  v.  17,  18.    1 
Kings  xvii.  1. — xviii.  42.  45.     Devils  cast  out 
by  prayer  and  fasting,  Matt.  xvii.  21. 

CC.  Armies  of  enemies  defeated,and  God's 
people  delivered  upon  their  prayer.  Exod.  ii. 

23.  The  children  of  Israel  (in  Egypt)  sighed 
by  reason  of  their  bondage,  and  they  cried,  and 
their  cry  came  up  to  God.    Ch.  iii.  7. 9.  Numb. 
xx.  15,  16. 

xiv.  9,  10.  The  Egyptians  pursued  after 
Israel  and  overtook  them.  And  they  were  sore 
afraid,  and  cried  unto  the  Lord. — Ver.  30.  Arid 
the  Lord  saved  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Egyptians.  Josh.  xxiv.  7.  Ps.  cvi.  44. — cvii. 
throughout. 

Judg.  iv.  13,  14,  15.  Israel  delivered  from 
Jabin,  and  Sisera  his  captain. 

Judg.  x.  6  to  16.  Ch.  xi.  33.  1  Sam.  vii.  8. 
10,  11.  Israel  delivered  from  the  Philistines. 

2  Kings  xiii.  4,  5.  Delivered  from  the  Sy- 
rians. Ch.  v.  vi.  xviii. 

2  Chron.  xiii.  14,  15.  Delivered  from  Jero- 
boam. 

2  Chron.  xiv.  2  to  12.  Delivered  from  the 
Ethiopians, 

2  Chron.  xxxii.  20,  22.  Delivered  from  the 
Assyrian  army.  2  Kings  xix.  35.  See  Pray- 
er with  humility,  confession  and  turning 
from  sin.  See  also  Prayers  of  kings  and 
prophets,  Command.  5th,  which  afford  in- 
stances of  prayer  prevailing  for  deliverance 
from  enemies. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


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177 


CGI.  Prayers  against  evil  from  enemies. 
Deut.  xxxiii.  7.  Be  thou  a  help  to  Judah  from 
his  enemies. 

Ps.  iii.  1.  Lord,  how  are  they  increased  that 
trouble  me  ! — Ver.  4.  1  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
and  he  heard  me. 

v.  8.  Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  righteous- 
ness, because  of  mine  enemies. 

vi.  7.  Mine  eye  is  consumed  because  of 
grief :  it  waxeth  old  because  of  all  mine  ene- 
mies.— Ver.  10.  Let  them  be  ashamed. 

vii.  6.  Lift  up  thyself  because  of  the  rage  of 
mine  enemies. 

xvii.  9.  Keep  me  from  my  deadly  enemies. 

xviii.  3.  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord ;  so 
shall  I  be  saved  from  mine  enemies.  Ver. 
4,  5,  6. 40. 

xxvii.  11,  12.  Teach  me  thy  way,  0  Lord, 
and  lead  me  in  a  plain  path,  because  of  mine 
enemies.  Deliver  me  not  over  to  the  will  of 
mine  enemies. 

xxx.  1.  Thou  hast  not  made  my  foes  to  re- 
joice over  me :  I  cried  unto  the  Lord.  Ver. 
8. — Lord,  be  thou  mine  helper.  Ver.  10. 

xxxi.  11.  I  was  a  reproach  among  all  mine 
enemies.  Ver.  15. 18.  Ps.  xxxviii.  19.  21. — 
xli.  5.  I  said  unto  the  Lord,  Deliver  me  from 
the  hand  of  mine  enemies. 

xliv.  4.  0  God,  command  deliverances  for 
Jacob.  Ver.  5.  23. 

Iv.  1.  3.  Give  ear  unto  my  prayer,  0  God  ; 
because  of  the  voice  of  the  enemy. — Ver.  18. 
He  hath  delivered  my  soul  from  battle  that 
was  against  me. 

Ivi.  9.  When  I  cry  unto  thee,  then  shall 
mine  enemies  turn  back. 

lix.  1.  Deliver  me  from  mine  enemies,  O 
my  God.  Ps.  cxliii.  9. 

cxliii.  1. 3.  Hear  my  prayer,  for  the  enemy 
hath  persecuted  my  soul. 

Acts  iv.  18.  The  rulers  of  the  Jews  com- 
manded the  apostles  not  to  speak  nor  teach  in 
the  name  of  Jesus. — Ver.  29.  The  disciples 
prayed  and  said,  Lord,  behold  their  threaten- 
in  gs,  and  grant  unto  thy  servants,  that  with 
boldness  they  may  speak  thy  word. — Ver.  31. 
And  when  they  had  prayed,  the  place  was 
shaken  where  they  were  assembled  together, 
and  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  spake  the  word  of  God  with  boldness. 

Rev.  vi.  9,  10.  Under  the  altar  in  heaven, 
John  saw  the  souls  of  them  that  were  slain  for 
the  word  of  God,  and  for  the  testimony  which 
they  held.  And  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
saying,  How  long,  O  Lord,  holy  and  true,  dost 
thou  not  judge  and  avenge  our  blood  on  them 
that  dwell  on  the  earth.  See  also,  Ps.  ix.  13. 
— x.  1.  12. — xiii.  2,3,4. — xxv.  2.  19. — xxxv. 
19. — xxxvi.  1 1. — xlii.  9,  10. — xliii.  2. — Ixi.  3. 
— !xiv.  1.— Ixvi.  12.  17.  19.— Ixix.  12,  13.  18. 
— Ixxi.  10.  12.— Ixxiv.  3.  10.  18.— Ixxx.  6.— 
23 


Ixxxiii.  16. — Ixxxvi.  17. — Ixxxix.  42. — cii.  8. 
— cix.  1. — cxix.  98.  157. — cxxxviii.  7. 

CCII.  P r ay er  in  trouble  ;  instances  thereof . 

Neh.  ix.  32.  O  God,  let  not  all  the  trouble 
seem  little  before  thee,  that  hath  come  upon  us. 

Ps.  iv.  1.  Hear  me  when  I  call,  0  God  of 
my  righteousness :  thou  hast  enlarged  me  in 
distress. 

xx.  1.  The  Lord  hear  thee  in  the  day  of 
trouble. 

xxii.  1 1 .  Be  not  far  from  me,  for  trouble  is 
near ;  for  there  is  none  to  help. 

xxv.  17.  The  troubles  of  my  heart  are  en- 
larged :  0  bring  thou  me  out  of  my  distresses. 
—Ver.  22.  Redeem  Israel,  0  God,  out  of  all 
his  troubles. 

xxx.  7,  8.  Thou  didst  hide  thy  face,  and  I 
was  troubled ;  I  cried  unto  the  Lord.  Thou 
hast  girded  me  with  gladness.  Ver.  11. 

xxxi.  9,  10.  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord, 
for  I  am  in  trouble.  My  life  is  spent  with 
grief. 

xl.  1.  I  waited  for  the  Lord  :  he  brought  me 
out  of  a  horrible  pit.  Ver.  2. 

1.  15.  Call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble, 
and  I  will  deliver  thee. 

Ix.  11.  Give  us  help  from  trouble,  for  vain 
is  the  help  of  man. 

Ixi.  2.  I  will  cry  unto  thee  when  my  heart 
is  overwhelmed. 

Ixix.  17.  Hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  ser- 
vant, for  I  am  in  trouble. 

Ixxi.  20.  Thou  hast  shewed  me  great  and 
sore  troubles  :  thou  wilt  quicken  me  again. 

Ixxvii.  2.  In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  sought 
the  Lord. — Ver.  14.  Thou  art  the  God  that 
doest  wonders. 

Ixxxi.  7.  Thou  calledst  in  trouble,  and  I  de- 
livered thee. 

Ixxxvi.  7.  In  the  day  of  trouble  I  will  call 
upon  thee ;  for  thou  wilt  answer  me. 

Ixxxviii.  2.  Let  my  prayer  come  before 
thee;  for  I  am  full  of  trouble. — Ver.  3. 

xci.  15.  He  shall  call  upon  me,  I  will  an- 
swer him :  I  will  be  with  him  in  trouble. 

cii.  2.  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me,  in  the 
day  when  I  am  in  trouble. 

cvii.  6.  They  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their  dis- 
tresses. Ver.  13.  19.  28. 

cxvi.  3,  4.  I  found  trouble  and  sorrow. 
Then  called  I  on  the  name  of  the  Lord :  O 
Lord,  I  beseech  thee  deliver  my  soul. — Ver.  7. 
The  Lord  dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

cxviii.  5.  I  called  upon  the  Lord  in  distress, 
and  the  Lord  answered  me. 

cxx.  1.  In  my  distress  I  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
and  he  heard  me. 

cxxx.  1,  2.  Out  of  the  depths  have  I  cried 
unto  thee,  O  Lord.  Lord,  hear  my  voice ;  let 


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thine  ears  be  attentive  to  the  voice  of  my  sup- 
plications. 

cxxxviii.  3.  In  the  day  when  I  cried  thou 
answeredst  me. — Ver.  7.  Though  I  walk  in 
the  midst  of  trouble,  thou  wilt  revive  me. — 
Ver.  8.  Forsake  not  the  works  of  thine  own 
hands. 

cxlii.  2,  3.  I  poured  out  my  complaint ;  I 
shewed  before  him  my  trouble.  When  my 
spirit  was  overwhelmed  within  me,  then  thou 
knewest  my  path. 

cxliii.  1 1 .  For  thy  righteousness'  sake,  bring 
my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

Isa.  xxvi.  16.  O  Lord,  in  trouble  have  they 
visitedfthee ;  they  poured  out  a  prayer  when 
thy  chastening  was  upon  them. 

xxxiii.  2.  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us :  be 
thou  our  salvation  in  time  of  trouble. 

Jer.  xiv.  8.  O  the  hope  of  Israel,  the  Sa- 
viour thereof  in  time  of  trouble,  why  shouldest 
thou  be  as  a  stranger  in  the  land  1  Ver.  20. 

Lam.  iii.  55,  56.  I  called  upon  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  out  of  the  low  dungeon.  Thou 
heard  st  my  voice. 

Jonah  i.  6.  The  ship-master  in  danger  said 
unto  Jonah,  Arise  and  call  upon  thy  God. 

CCIII.  Of  prayerless  persons ;  or  of  not 
praying.  Job  xxi.  15.  The  wicked  say,  What 
is  the  Almighty,  that  we  should  serve  him  1 
and  what  profit  shall  we  have  if  we  pray  unto 
him  1  Mai.  iii.  14. 

xxx vi.  13.  Hypocrites  cry  not  when  he 
bindeth  them. 

Ps.  x.  4.  The  wicked  through  the  pride  of 
his  countenance  will  not  seek  after  God  :  God 
is  not  in  all  his  thoughts. 

xiv.  4.  Have  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  no 
knowledge  I  who  eat  up  my  people  as  bread, 
and  call  not  upon  the  Lord  ?  Ps.  liii.  4. 

Isa.  xliii.  22.  Thou  hast  not  called  upon 
me,  O  Jacob ;  thou  hast  been  weary  of  me,  O 
Israel,  &c.— Ver.  28.  Therefore  have  I  pro- 
faned the  princes  of  the  sanctuary,  and  have 
given  Jacob  to  the  curse,  and  Israel  to  re- 
proaches. 

Jer.  x.  25.  Pour  out  thy  fury  upon  the 
heathen  that  know  thee  not,  and  upon  the  fa- 
milies that  call  not  on  thy  name.  Ps.  Ixxix.  6. 

Dan.  ix.  13,  14.  All  this  evil  is  come  upon 
us,  yet  made  we  not  our  prayer  before  the 
Lord  our  God ;  that  we  might  turn  from  our 
iniquities,  and  understand  thy  truth.  There- 
fore hath  the  Lord  watched  upon  the  evil,  and 
brought  it  upon  us. 

Hos.  vii.  7.  There  is  none  among  them  that 
calleth  unto  me. 

Ver.  13,  14.  Woe  unto  them,  for  they  have 
fled  from  me.  They  have  not  cried  unto  me, 
when  they  howled  upon  their  beds. 

Zeph.  i.  4. 6.  I  will  cut  off  them  that  turned 


back  from  the  Lord,  and  those  that  have  not 
sought  the  Lord,  nor  inquired  for  him. 

James  iv.  2.  Ye  have  not,  because  ye  ask 
not. 

CCIV.  The  prayers  of  hypocrites.  Ps. 
Ixxviii.  34.  When  God  slew  them,  then  they 
sought  him,  and  inquired  early  after  God. — 
Ver.  36,  37.  Nevertheless  they  flattered  him 
with  their  mouth :  Their  heart  was  not  right 
with  him.  Ps.  1.  16. 

Ezek.  xxxiii.  31.  With  their  mouth  they 
shew  much  love,  but  their  heart  goeth  after 
their  covetousness.  Isa.  xxix.  13.  Jer.  xii.  2. 

Matt  vi.  5.  When  thou  prayest,  thou  shalt 
not  be  as  the  hypocrites  are ;  for  they  love  to 
pray  standing  in  the  synagogues,  and  in  the 
corners  of  the  streets,  that  they  may  be  seen 
of  men. 

xv.  8,  9.  This  people  draweth  nigh  unto  me 
with  their  mouth,  and  honoureth  me  with  their 
lips,  but  their  hearts  are  far  from  me.  In  vain 
do  they  worship  me,  teaching  for  doctrines  the 
commandments  of  men. 

xxiii.  14.  Woe  unto  you  hypocrites,  for  ye 
devour  widows'  houses,  and  for  a  pretence 
make  long  prayers.  Mark  xii.  40. 

CCV.  Prayers  of  the  wicked  not  acceptable 
to  God.  Job  xxxv.  13.  God  will  not  hear 
vanity. 

Ps.  Ixvi.  18.  If  I  regard  iniquity  in  my 
heart,  the  Lord  will  not  hear  me. 

cix.  7.  Let  the  prayer  of  the  wicked  become 
sin. 

Prov.  i.  27, 28.  When  distress  and  anguish 
cometh,  then  shall  they  call  upon  me,  but  I 
will  not  answer  ;  they  shall  seek  me  early,  but 
they  shall  not  find  me. — Ver.  29.  For  that 
they  hated  knowledge,  and  did  not  choose  the 
fear  of  the  Lord. 

xv.  8.  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is  an  abo- 
mination to  the  Lord.  Ch.  xxi.  27. 

Isa.  i.  4.  Ah  !  sinful  nation,  a  people  laden 
with  iniquity. — Ver.  11.  To  what  purpose  is 
the  multitude  of  your  sacrifices  to  me,  saith 
the  Lord  1 — Ver.  15.  When  ye  spread  forth 
your  hands,  I  will  hide  mine  eyes  from  you ; 
when  ye  make  many  prayers  I  will  not  hear : 
your  hands  are  full  of  blood. 

lix.  1,  2.  The  Lord's  hand  is  not  shortened 
that  it  cannot  save,  nor  his  ear  heavy  that  it 
cannot  hear :  But  your  iniquities  have  sepa- 
rated between  you  and  your  God,  and  your 
sins  have  hid  his  face  from  you,  that  he  will 
not  hear.  Isa.  Ixvi.  3. 

Jer.  vi.  19,  20.  Behold  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  this  people,  even  the  fruit  of  their 
thoughts;  because  they  have  not  hearkened 
unto  my  words,  nor  to  my  law,  but  rejected 
it.  Your  burnt-offerings  are  not  acceptable, 


CHAP.  XIV. 


OF   PRAISING   GOD — PRAISE. 


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nor  your  sacrifices  sweet  unto  me.  Ch.  vii. 
20,  21,  22.  Amos  v.  22,  23. 

xi.  10,  11.  They  are  turned  back  to  the 
iniquities  of  their  forefathers,  which  refused 
to  hear  my  words.  Therefore  thus  saith  the 
Lord,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  them,  and  though 
they  cry  unto  me  I  will  not  hearken  unto 
them. 

Ver.  14.  Pray  not  thou  for  this  people, 
neither  lift  up  a  cry  nor  a  prayer  for  them  ; 
for  I  will  not  hear  them  in  the  time  that  they 
cry  unto  me  for  their  trouble.  See  Ch.  xiv. 
11,  12.  Ezek.  viii.  18.  Mic.  iii.  4.  Zech. 
vii.  13.  Job  xxvii.  9.  Lam.  iii.  42.  44. 
Matt.  xv.  8,  9.  John  ix.  31. 

The  prayers  of  the  wicked  answered  with 
reproofs  and  threatenings.  Ps.  1.  16.  Jer. 
xxxii.  16  to  25.  44. — xxxvii.  3  to  6. — xlii.  2 
to  9.  Zech.  vii.  2.  4  to  14. 


OF  PRAISING  GOD. 

CCVI.  Praise  and  thanks  due  unto  God, 
and  required  by  him  from  the  righteous. 
Exod.  xv.  11.  Who  is  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 
glorious  in  holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing 
wonders  ? 

1  Chron.  xvi.  25.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and 
greatly  to  be  praised.  Ps.  xlviii.  1. 

Ps.  xlvii.  7.  God  is  King  of  all  the  earth  ; 
sing  ye  praises  with  understanding. 

1.  14.  Offer  unto  God  thanksgiving,  and 
pay  thy  vows  to  the  most  High. — Ver.  23. 
Whoso  offereth  praise  glorifieth  me. 

Ixvi.  2.  Sing  forth  the  honour  of  his  name ; 
make  his  praise  glorious. — Ver.  4.  All  the 
earth  shall  sing  to  thy  name. 

Ixviii.  4.  Sing  unto  God ;  sing  praises  to 
his  name ;  extol  him  that  rideth  upon  the 
heavens  by  his  name  JAH. — Ver.  32.  Sing 
unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the  earth. 

Ixix.  30,  31.  I  will  praise  the  name  of  God 
with  a  song;  I  will  magnify  him  with  thanks- 
giving. This  shall  please  the  Lord  better 
than  an  ox  or  bullock. 

xcii.  1,2.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks 
unto  the  Lord,  and  to  sing  praises  unto  thy 
name,  6  Most  High.  To  shew  forth  thy 
loving-kindness  every  morning,  and  thy  faith- 
fulness every  night.  Ps.  cxxxv.  3. 

xcvi.  2.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  bless  his  name, 
shew  forth  his  salvation  from  day  to  day. 

cvii.  22.  Let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices 
of  thanksgiving,  and  declare  his  works  with 
rejoicing. 

cxlv.  3.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised ;  his  greatness  is  unsearchable.  Ps. 
xcvi.  4. 

cl.  6.  Let  every  thing  that  hath  breath 
praise  the  Lord. 


Isa.  xlii.  8.  My  glory  will  I  not  give  to  an- 
other, nor  my  praise  to  graven  images. 

Ver.  10.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song, 
and  his  praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth.  Ch. 
xliii.  21.  Jer.  xx.  13. 

Phil.  iv.  6.  In  every  thing,  by  prayer  and 
supplication,  with  thanksgiving,  let  your  re- 
quests be  made  known  to  God. 

Col.  ii.  7.  Abounding  in  faith,  with  thanks- 
giving. 

iii.  15.  Let  the  peace  of  God  rule  in  your 
hearts,  to  which  ye  are  called ;  and  be  ye 
thankful. 

1  Pet.  ii.  9.  Ye  are  a  chosen  generation,  to 
shew  forth  the  praises  of  him  that  called  you. 

PRAISE. 

CCVII.  Praises  from  the  wicked  unac- 
ceptable to  God.  Amos  iv.  2.  The  Lord  will 
take  you  away  with  hooks. — Ver.  5.  Offer  a 
thanksgiving  with  leaven  :  for  this  liketh  you. 
— Ver.  6.  I  have  given  you  cleanness  of  teeth, 
and  want  of  bread,  &c. 

v.  22.  Though  ye  offer  burnt-offerings  and 
meat-offerings,  I  will  not  accept  them. — Ver. 
24.  But  let  judgment  run  down  like  waters, 
«fec. 

Luke  xviii.  11.  The  Pharisee  said,  God,  I 
thank  thee,  that  I  am  not  as  other  men : — yet 
he  went  not  to  his  house  justified. 

CCVIII.  The  wicked  unthankful.  Rom. 
i.  21.  When  they  knew  God  they  glorified 
him  not  as  God,  neither  were  thankful. 

2  Tim.  iii.  2.  Men  shall  be  lovers  of  their 
own  selves,  &c.  unthankful,  unholy. 

CCDC.  Praise  must  be  frequent.  Ps. 
xxxiv.  1.  I  will  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times; 
his  praise  shall  be  continually  in  my  mouth. 

xxxv.  28.  My  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy 
righteousness,  and  of  thy  praise  all  the  day 
long. 

Ixiii.  4.  I  will  bless  thee  while  I  live. 

cxi.  1.  I  will  praise  the  Lord  with  my 
whole  heart.  Ps.  cxxxviii.  1. 

cxix.  164.  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise 
thee,  because  of  thy  righteous  judgments. 

cxlv.  2.  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee,  and 
will  praise  thy  name  for  ever  and  ever. 

CCX.   With  sincerity.    Ps.  cxi.  1.  I  will 

praise  the  Lord  with  my  whole  heart. 

1  Cor.  xiv.  15.  I  will  sing  with  the  spirit, 
and  I  will  sing  with  the  understanding.  Ps. 
xlvii.  7. 

Eph.  v.  19.  Speaking  to  yourselves  in 
psalms  and  hymns,  and  spiritual  songs,  sing- 
ing and  making  melody  in  your  hearts  to  the 
Lord. 


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CHAP.  XIV. 


Col.  iii.  16.  Singing  with  grace  in  your 
hearts  to  the  Lord. 

CCXI.  God  prepareth  his  people  for  his 
praise, — or  divine  influences  therefor.  Ps. 
li.  15.  O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips,  and  my 
mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise.  N 

cxix.  171.  My  lips  shall  utter  praise  when 
thou  hast  taught  thy  law  to  me. — Ver.  175. 
Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise  thee. 

Isa.  xliii.  21.  This  people  have  I  formed  for 
myself;  they  shall  shew  forth  my  praise. 

Ixi.  11.  The  Lord  will  cause  righteousness 
and  praise  to  spring  forth. 

Jer.  xiii.  11.  I  have  caused  to  cleave  unto 
me  the  whole  house  of  Israel,  and  the  whole 
house  of  Judah,  saith  the  Lord,  that  they 
might  be  unto  me  for  a  people,  and  for  a 
name,  and  for  a  praise,  and  for  a  glory ;  but 
they  would  not  hear. 

xxxiii.  8,  9.  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all 
their  iniquity,  and  will  pardon  all  their  ini- 
quities, whereby  they  have  sinned,  and  where- 
by they  have  transgressed  against  me.  And 
it  shall  be  to  me  a  name  of  joy,  a  praise, 
and  an  honour  before  all  nations  of  the  earth. 
Ver.  11. 

Hos.  xiv.  2.  Take  away  all  our  iniquity, 
&c.  so  will  we  render  the  calves  of  our  lips. 

Matt.  xxi.  16.  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes 
and  sucklings  thou  hast  perfected  praise.  Ps. 
viii.  2. 

CCXII.  Thanking  God  through  Christ. 
Rom.  i.  8.  I  thank  my  God  through  Jesus 
Christ  for  you  all,  that  your  faith  is  spoken 
of  through  the  whole  world. 

vii.  24,  25.  Who  shall  deliver  me  from  the 
body  of  this  death  1  I  thank  God  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  ; — 1  Cor.  xv.  57,  who 
giveth  us  the  victory : — 2  Cor.  ii.  14,  which 
causeth  us  to  triumph  in  Christ. 

Phil.  i.  1 1.  The  fruits  of  righteousness  are 
by  Jesus  Christ,  to  the  glory  and  praise  of 
God. 

Heb.  xiii.  15.  By  him  let  us  offer  the  sa- 
crifice of  praise  to  God  continually,  that  is, 
the  fruit  of  our  lips,  giving  thanks  to  his  name. 

Eph.  v.  20.  Give  thanks  always  for  all 
things  unto  God,  and  the  Father,  in  the  name 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

CCXIII.  Praise  is  a  part  of  public  wor- 
ship. Ps.  ix.  11.  Sing  praises  to  the  Lord 
which  dwelleth  in  Zion ;  declare  among  the 
people  his  doings. — Ver.  13,  14.  Have  mercy 
upon  me,  0  Lord,  that  I  may  shew  forth  thy 
praise  in  the  gates  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

xxiL  22.  In  the  midst  of  the  congregation 
will  I  praise  thee. — Ver.  25.  My  praise  shal 
i>e  of  thee  in  the  great  congregation. 


xxvi.  8.  0  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habita- 
ion  of  thy  house,  and  the  place  where  thine 
lonour  dwelleth.  Ver.  12.  In  the  congrega- 
tions will  I  bless  the  Lord. 

xxvii.  4.  One  thing  have  I  desired  of  the 
that  will  I  seek  after ;  that  I  may 
dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
my  life,  to  behold  the  beauty  of  the  Lord,  and 
nquire  in  his  temple. — Ver.  6.  I  will  offer  in 
lis  tabernacle  sacrifices  of  joy :  I  will  sing 
praises  unto  the  Lord. 

xxxv.  18>  I  will  give  thee  thanks  in  the 
great  congregation  :  I  will  praise  thee  among 
much  people. 

xiii.  2.  When  shall  I  come  and  appear  be- 
bre  God  ? — Ver.  5.  I  shall  yet  praise  him. 

Ivii.  9.  I  will  praise  thee  among  the  people ; 
[  will  sing  unto  thee  among  the  nations. — 
Ver.  10.  For  thy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  hea- 
vens, and  thy  truth  reacheth  unto  the  clouds. 
Ps.  cviii.  3. — cix.  30. 

Ixv.  1.  Praise  waiteth  for  thee,  0  God,  in 

on. 

Ixxxiv.  4.  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in 
thy  house  ;  they  will  be  still  praising  thee. 

Ixxxix.  5.  The  heavens  shall  praise  thy 
wonders,  O  Lord  ;  thy  faithfulness  also  in  the 
congregation  of  the  saints. — Ver.  7.  God  is 
greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  assembly  of  the 
saints,  and  to  be  had  in  reverence  of  all  that 
are  about  him. 

zcv.  2.  Let  us  come  before  his  presence  with 
thanksgiving,  &c.  Ver.  3. 

c.  4.  Enter  his  gates  with  thanksgiving,  and 
his  courts  with  praise. 

cii.  21,  22.  Declare  the  name  of  the  Lord 
in  Zion,  and  his  praise  in  Jerusalem ;  when 
the  people  are  gathered  together  to  serve  the 
Lord. 

cvii.  32.  Let  them  exalt  him  in  the  congre- 
gation of  the  people,  and  praise  him  in  the 
assembly  of  the  elders. 

cxi.  1.  I  will  praise  the  Lord  in  the  assem- 
bly of  the  upright. 

cxvi.  18, 19.  I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the 
Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  his  people,  in  the 
courts  of  the  Lord's  house. 

cxviii.  19.  Open  to  me  the  gates  of  righteous- 
ness ;  I  will  go  into  them,  and  I  will  praise  the 
Lord. 

cxxxiv.  2.  Lift  up  your  hands  in  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  bless  the  Lord. 

cxxxv.  1 9.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Israel ; 
Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Aaron.— Ver.  21. 
Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Zion,  which  dwell- 
eth in  Jerusalem :  praise  ye  the  Lord. 

cxxxviii.  1.  I  will  praise  thee  with  my  whole 
heart ;  before  the  gods  will  I  sing  praise  unto 
thee.  See  Neh.  viii.  6.— ix.  5.  Ps.  cxlvii.  7. 
12.— cxlix.  1.— cl.  1,  2.  6.  Isa.  Ixiv.  11.  Heb. 
ii.  12.  Rev.  vii.  12. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


PRAISE. 


181 


See  regulations  made  for  the  order  of  pub- 
lic thanks  and  praise.  1  Chron.  xvi.  4.  7. — 
xxiii.  30. — xxix.  13  to  20.  Ps.  cv.  1.  2  Chron. 
v.  13.  Neh.  xi.  17. — xii.  8.  24,  &c. 

CCXIV.  Of  singing  the  praises  of  God. 
Job  xxxviii.  6,  7.  When  the  foundations  of  the 
earth  were  laid,  the  morning  stars  sang  to- 
gether, and  all  the  sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy. 

Ps.  xiii.  6.  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  because 
he  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

xviii.  49.  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  0 
Lord,  among  the  heathen,  and  sing  praises  unto 
thy  name.  Rom.  xv.  19. 

xxi.  13.  Be  thou  exalted  in  thine  own 
strength,  so  will  we  sing  and  praise  thy  power. 
Ps.  lix.  16,  17. 

xxx.  4.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  0  ye  saints  of 
his ;  give  thanks  at  the  remembrance  of  his 
holiness.  Ver.  12.  Ps.  vii.  17. 

xxxiii.  3.  Sing  unto  him  a  new  song ;  play 
skilfully  with  a  loud  noise. 

li.  14.  I  will  sing  aloud  of  thy  righteousness. 
Ver.  15. 

Ixvii.  4.  O  let  the  nations  be  glad  and  sing 
for  joy.  Ps.  ix.  2.  11. — xlii.  4. — Ixxxi.  1. — 
xcv.  1,  2. — xcvi.  1,  2. — xcviii.  8,  9. — c.  2. 

Ixxxix.  1.  I  will  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the 
Lord  for  ever.  Ps.  Ixi.  7,  8. — ci.  1. — cviii.  3. 

civ.  33.  I  will  sing  unto  my  God  while  I 
have  being.  Ps.  ixxv.  9. — cxlvi.  2.  Isa. 
xxxviii.  20. 

cv.  2.  Sing  psalms  unto  him ;  talk  of  all  his 
wondrous  works. 

cxxxviii.  5.  Kings  of  the  earth  shall  sing  in 
the  ways  of  the  Lord,  for  great  is  the  glory  of 
tlie  Lord. 

cxlvii.  1.  7,  8,  9.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with 
thanksgiving ;  who  covereth  the  heaven  with 
clouds,  who  giveth  the  beast  his  food. 

ex  lix.  1.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song. 
Ps.  cxliv.  9. 

Ver.  5,  6.  Let  the  saints  be  joyful  in  glory  ; 
let  them  sing  aloud  upon  their  beds.  Let  the 
high  praises  of  God  be  in  their  mouth. 

Isa.  xii.  5.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath 
done  excellent  things. 

xxiv.  14.  They  shall  sing,  for  the  majesty 
of  the  Lord. 

.xxvi.  19.  Awake  and  sing,  ye  that  dwell  in 
dust,  for  thy  dew  is  as  the  dew  of  herbs. 

xxxv.  6.  The  tongue  of  the  dumb  shall 
sing. — Ver.  10.  The  ransomed  of  the  Lord 
shall  return  and  come  to  Zion  with  songs,  and 
everlasting  joy  shall  be  upon  their  heads.  Ch. 

11.  11. 

xlii.  10.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song, 
and  his  praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth. — Ver. 

1 2.  Let  them  give  glory  to  the  Lord,  and  de- 
clare his  praise  in  the  islands. 

xlviii.  20.  Go  forth  with  the  voice  of  sing- 


ing: the  Lord  hath  redeemed  his  servant 
Jacob. 

xlix.  13.  Sing,  O  heavens,  and  be  joyful, 
0  earth,  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  peo- 
ple. Ch.  xliv.  23. — lii.  9. — Iv.  12.  Ps.  cxxvi. 
1,2. 

Acts  xvi.  25.  At  midnight  Paul  and  Silas 
prayed,  and  sang  praises  to  God  in  the  prison. 

James  v.  13.  Is  any  merry  1  let  him  sing 
psalms. 

CCXV.  The  subjects  of  praise  and  thanks 
to  God  are  so  many  and  various  that  they 
cannot  be  enumerated.  Let  therefore  a  brief 
view  of  the  principal  of  them  suffice,  under 
the  following  heads,  viz.: 

God's  goodness  and  mercy — acts  thereof 
towards  mankind.  Ps.  xvi.  7.  I  will  bless  the 
Lord,  who  hath  given  me  counsel. 

xxviii.  7.  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my 
shield,  my  heart  trusted  in  him  and  I  am  help- 
ed :  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoiceth,  and 
with  my  song  will  I  praise  him. 

xxxiii.  2.  Praise  the  Lord. — Ver.  5.  The 
earth  is  full  of  his  goodness. 

xlii.  5.  I  shall  yet  praise  him  for  the  help  of 
his  countenance. 

Ivii.  9,  10.  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord,  for 
thy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  heavens,  and  thy 
truth  reacheth  unto  the  clouds.  Ps.  cviii.  3,  4. 

Ixiii.  3.  Because  thy  loving-kindness  is  bet- 
ter than  life,  my  lips  shall  praise  thee.  Ver.  5. 
Ps.  cxxxviii.  1,  2. 

Ixvii.  1.  God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless 
us,  and  cause  his  face  to  shine  upon  us. — Ver. 
3.  Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God. 

Ixviii.  19.  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  daily 
loadeth  us  with  benefits,  even  the  God  of  our 
salvation. — Ver.  35.  The  God  of  Israel  is  he 
that  giveth  strength  and  power  to  his  people : 
blessed  be  God. 

Ixxi.  6.  By  thee  have  I  been  holden  up  from 
the  womb ;  thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of 
my  mother's  bowels.  My  praise  shall  be  con- 
tinually of  thee. — Ver.  14.  I  will  hope  con- 
tinually, and  praise  thee  more  and  more.  Ver. 
8.  23. 

Ixxxvi.  12,  13.  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord 
my  God,  with  all  my  heart,  and  I  will  glorify 
thy  name  for  evermore.  For  great  is  thy  mer- 
cy toward  me;  and  thou  hast  delivered  my 
soul  from  the  lowest  hell. 

Ixxxix.  1.  I  will  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the 
Lord  for  ever.  Ver.  2. 

c.  4,  5.  Be  thankful  unto  him,  and  bless 
his  name.  For  the  Lord  is  good ;  his  mercy 
is  everlasting,  and  his  truth  endureth  to  all  ge- 
nerations. Ps.  cxvii.  1,  2. 

ciii.  2,  3.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and 
forget  not  all  his  benefits :  Who  forgiveth  all 
thine  iniquities,  who  healeth  all  thy  diseases. 

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CHAP.  XIV 


cvi.  1.  Praise  ye  (he  Lord.  O  give  thanks 
unto  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good  ;  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  for  ever.  Ps'.  xlvii. — xlviii. — cvii.  1. 8. 
15.  21.31. 

Isa.  xii.  2.  The  Lord  Jehovah  is  my  strength 
and  my  song ;  he  also  is  become  my  salvation. 
Ver.  4,  5.  Praise  the  Lord,  declare  his  doings 
among  the  people,  make  mention  that  his  name 
is  exalted.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath 
done  excellent  things. 

Ixiii.  7.  I  will  mention  the  loving-kindnesses 
of  the  Lord.  &c.  See  also  Ps.  cxii.  1.  4. — 
cxv.  12.  18. — cxviii.  19.  21.  28,  29. — cxxxiv. 
1,  2,  3. — cxxxv.  2,  3.  19 — 21. — cxxxviii.  2.  4. 
— cxlv.  1.  8,  9. — cxlvi.  1.  8.  10. — cxlviii.  1.  7. 
14.  Jer.  xxxiii.  11. 

CCXVI.  For  Christ.  Luke  i.  68—70. 
Blessed  be  the  God  of  Israel,  for  he  hath  visit- 
ed and  redeemed  his  people ;  and  he  hath 
raised  up  a  horn  of  salvation  for  us ;  as  he 
spake  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy  prophets. 

ii.  10,  11.  The  angel  said,  Behold,  I  bring 
you  glad  tidings  of  great  joy.  Unto  you  is 
born  a  Saviour,  which  is  Christ  the  Lord. 
Isa.  ix.  6. 

Ver.  13,  14.  And  suddenly  there  was  with 
the  angel  a  multitude  of  the  heavenly  host, 
praising  God,  and  saying,  Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,  and  on  earth  peace,  good-will  toward 
men. 

Ver.  28—33.  Simeon  [at  seeing  Christ] 
blessed  God :  And  said,  Now  lettest  thou  thy 
servant  depart  in  peace ;  for  mine  eyes  have 
seen  thy  salvation,  which  thou  hast  prepared 
before  the  face  of  all  people ;  a  light  to  lighten 
the  gentiles,  and  the  glory  of  thy  people  Israel. 
Ch.  ii.  38.— xxiv.  52,  53. 

2  Cor.  ix.  15.  Thanks  to  God  for  his  un- 
speakable gift. 

CCXVII.  For  blessings  from  God  by  and 
through  Christ.  1  Cor.  i.  4,  5.  7.  I  thank  my 
God  always  on  your  behalf,  for  the  grace  of 
God  which  is  given  you  by  Jesus  Christ ;  that 
in  every  thing  ye  are  enriched  by  him,  so  that 
ye  come  behind  in  no  gift. 

xv.  57.  Thanks  to  God  who  giveth  us  the 
victory,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Cor.  ii.  14.  Thanks  to  God,  who  always 
causeth  us  to  triumph  in  Christ. 

Eph.  i.  3,  4.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  hath  blessed  us 
with  all  spiritual  blessings  in  heavenly  places 
in  Christ ;  according  as  he  hath  chosen  us  in 
him  before  the  foundation  of  the  world. — 
Ver.  6.  And  hath  made  us  accepted  in  the 
beloved. 

1  Pet.  i.  3,  4.  Blessed  be  the  God,  and  Fa- 
ther of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  according 
to  his  abundant  mercy,  hath  begotten  us  again 


to  a  lively  hope,  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ  from  the  dead ;  to  an  inheritance  incor- 
ruptible, undefiled,  and  that  fadeth  not  away, 
reserved  in  heaven  for  you.  Rom.  i.  8. — 
vii.  25. 

CCXVIH.  For  God's  will  reveakd.  Matt, 
xi.  25.  Jesus  said,  I  thank  thee,  O  Father 
Lord  of  heaven  and  earth,  because  thou  hast 
hid  these  things  from  the  wise  and  prudent, 
and  hast  revealed  them  unto  babes. 

CCXIX.  For  the  obedience  and  faith  of 
Christians,  as  oiving  to  God.  Rom.  vi.  17. 
God  be  thanked,  ye  have  obeyed  from  the 
heart  that  form  of  doctrine  which  was  deli- 
vered unto  you. 

2  Cor.  viii.  16.  Thanks  be  to  God,  which 
put  the  same  earnest  care  into  the  heart  of 
Titus  for  you. 

Eph.  i.  15,  16.  After  I  heard  of  your  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  love  to  all  the 
saints,  I  cease  not  to  give  thanks  for  you, 
making  mention  of  you  in  my  prayers. 

Phil.  i.  3.  I  thank  God  upon  every  remem- 
brance of  you.  1  Cor.  i.  4. 

Col.  i.  3,  4.  We  give  thanks  to  God,  and 
the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  since  we 
heard  of  your  faith  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  of  the 
love  which  ye  have  to  all  the  saints. 

1  Thess.  ii.   13.    We   thank  God  without 
ceasing,  because  when  ye  received  the  word  of 
God,  ye  received  it  not  as  the  word  of  men, 
but  (as  it  is  in  truth)  the  word  of  God. 

iii.  9.  What  thanks  can  we  render  to  God 
for  you,  for  the  joy  wherewith  we  joy  for  your 
sakes  before  God  1 

2  Thess.  i.  3.  We  are  bound  to  thank  God 
always  for  you,  brethren,  because  that  your 
faith  groweth  exceedingly,  and  the  charity  of 
every  one  of  you  toward  each  other  aboundeth. 

1  Tim.  i.  12.  I  thank  Jesus  our  Lord,  who 
hath  enabled  me,  for  that  he  counted  me  faith- 
ful, putting  me  into  the  ministry. 

2  Tim.  i.  3.  I  thank  God,  whom  I  serve  with 
a  pure  conscience,  that  without  ceasing  I  have 
remembrance  of  thee  in  my  prayers. 

God  thanked  for  charitable  contributions  of 
saints  to  others  in  distress.  2  Cor.  ix.  J 1. 

CCXX.  For  God's  care  of  his  church.  Ps. 
ix.  11.  Sing  praises  to  the  Lord  which  dwell- 
eth  in  Zion. — Ver.  15.  The  heathen  are  sunk 
down  in  the  pit  that  they  made. 

Ixix.  30.  I  will  praise  the  name  of  God  with 
a  song,  and  will  magnify  him  with  thanks- 
giving.— Ver.  35.  For  God  will  save  Zion. 

cii.  16.  When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zion, 
he  shall  appear  in  his  glory. — Ver.  18.  And 
the  people  that  shall  be  created  shall  praise  the 
Lord. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


PRAISE. 


183 


cxlvii.  1,  2.  Praise  the  Lord — The  Lord 
doth  build  up  Jerusalem. — Ver.  12.  Praise  the 
Lord,  O  Jerusalem ;  praise  thy  God,  O  Zion. 
— For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  of  thy 
gates,  he  hath  blessed  thy  children  within  thee. 

Ver.  14.  He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders, 
and  filleth  thee  with  the  finest  of  the  wheat. 
Ps.  cxlix.  1  to  6.  See  xlviii.  1.— cxlvi.  1.  7, 
8,  9,  10.  Isa.  xii.  1,  2.— li.  3.— Ix.  6.  8,  9.— 
Ixiii.  7,  8,  9.  Jer.  xxx.  18,  19.  Acts  ii.  47. 

CCXXI.  For  God's  great  and  marvellous 
works.  Ps.  xxvi.  7.  That  I  may  publish  with 
the  voice  of  thanksgiving,  and  tell  of  all  thy 
wondrous  works.  Ps.  cxlv.  4.  10. 

Ixvi.  1 — 3.  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  God, 
all  ye  lands.  Sing  forth  the  honour  of  his 
name ;  make  his  praise  glorious.  Say  unto 
him,  How  terrible  art  thou  in  thy  works  ! 

Ixxv.  1.  Unto  thee,  O  God,  we  do  give 
thanks :  for  that  thy  name  is  near,  thy  won- 
drous works  declare. 

civ.  1.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul.  O  Lord 
my  God,  thou  art  very  great :  thou  art  clothed 
with  honour  and  majesty. — Ver.  24.  How 
manifold  are  thy  works !  in  wisdom  thou  hast 
made  them  all. 

cvii.  22.  Let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices  of 
thanksgiving,  and  declare  his  works  with  re- 
joicing. Ver.  8. 

cxi.  1 — 3.  I  will  praise  the  Lord  with  my 
whole  heart.  The  works  of  the  Lord  are  great. 
His  work  is  honourable  and  glorious. 

cxxxix.  14.  I  will  praise  thee,  for  I  am  fear- 
fully and  wonderfully  made:  marvellous  are 
thy  works.  Rev.  xv.  3. 

cxlviii.  5.  Praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  for 
he  commanded  and  they  were  created. 

cl.  I,  2.  Praise  the  Lord.  Praise  him  for 
his  mighty  acts :  praise  him  according  to  his 
excellent  greatness. — Ver.  6.  Let  every  thing 
that  hath  breath  praise  the  Lord. 

Isa.  xlii.  12.  Let  them  give  glory  to  the 
Lord,  and  declare  his  praise  in  the  islands. 
See  Ps.  ix.  1. — xl.  5. — Ixviii.  4. 26.  33. — Ixxiii. 
28. — Ixxviii.  4. — Ixxxvi.  8. — xcii.  5. — cv.  5. 


CCXXIL  For  God's  marvellous  acts  upon 
the  bodies  and  minds  of  men.  Dan.  iv.  34. 
37.  Nebuchadnezzar  praised  God  for  being 
restored  to  the  use  of  reason. 

Jonah  ii.  8,  9.  Jonah  for  his  being  delivered 
from  the  fish. 

Luke  i.  64.  Zacharias  for  his  being  restored 
to  the  use  of  his  speech. 

xviii.  43.  The  blind  for  being  restored  to 
the  use  of  sight. 

Acts  iii.  6.  The  lame  for  being  healed. 

Isa.  xxxviii.  20.  Hezekiah  praised  God  for 
his  recovery  from  sickness.  See  Ps.  cxviii. 
19.  21. 


CCXXIII.  For  daily  bread.  Deut.  viii. 
10.  When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full,  then 
thou  shalt  bless  the  Lord  thy  God. 

Isa.  Ixii.  9.  They  that  have  gathered  in  the 
corn  and  wine,  shall  eat  and  praise  the  Lord. 

Joel  ii.  26.  Ye  shall  eat  in  plenty,  and  be 
satisfied,  and  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  that  hath  dealt  wondrously  with  you. 

Mark  viii.  6.  Jesus  took  the  seven  loaves, 
and  gave  thanks.  John  vi.  11.  23. 

Acts  xxvii.  35.  Paul  took  bread  and  gave 
thanks. 

Rom.  xiv.  6.  He  that  eateth  to  the  Lord, 
giveth  God  thanks. 

1  Tim.  iv.  3.  Meats  God  hath  created  to  be 
received  with  thanksgiving,  of  them  that  know 
the  truth. — Ver.  4.  Every  creature  of  God  is 
good,  if  it  be  received  with  thanksgiving.  See 
1  Cor.  x.  30,  31. 

CCXXIV.  For  deliverance  from  trouble 
and  affliction.  Ps.  xxii.  23, 24.  Ye  that  fear 
the  Lord,  praise  him :  all  ye  seed  of  Jacob, 
glorify  him ;  and  fear  him,  all  ye  seed  of  Israel. 
For  he  hath  not  despised  the  affliction  of  the 
afflicted,  neither  hath  he  hid  his  face  from  him, 
but  when  he  cried  unto  him  he  heard. 

xxx.  11,  12.  Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my 
mourning  into  dancing ;  thou  hast  put  off  my 
sackcloth  and  girded  me  with  gladness.  O 
Lord,  my  God,  I  will  give  thanks  to  thee  for 
ever. 

xxxiv.  1.  I  will  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times, 
his  praise  shall  be  continually  in  my  mouth. — 
Ver.  4.  He  delivered  me  from  all  my  fears. 

xlii.  11.  I  shall  praise  him,  who  is  the 
health  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God.  Ps. 
xl.  3. 

liv.  6,  7.  I  will  praise  the  Lord,  for  it  is 
good.  For  he  hath  delivered  me  out  of  all 
trouble. 

Ivi.  12,  13.  I  will  render  praise  unto  thee, 
for  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  death. 
Ps.  cxvi.  8. 

Ixvi.  8,  9.  0  bless  our  God,  ye  people; 
make  the  voice  of  his  praise  to  be  heard.  Who 
holdeth  our  soul  in  life,  and  suffereth  not  our 
feet  to  be  moved. 

xcii.  1.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks 
unto  the  Lord,  and  to  sing  praise  unto  the 
name  of  the  Most  High.  Ver.  2,  3. 

Ver.  4.  For  thou  Lord  hast  made  me  glad 
through  thy  work.  See  Ps.  xxvi.  12. — xxxi. 
7.  21.— cxlii.  7.— cxliv.  7.  9. 

CGXXV.  For  deliverance  from  enemies. 
Gen.  xiv.  20.  Melchizedek  said  to  Abraham, 
Blessed  be  the  most  high  God,  that  hath  deli- 
vered thine  enemies  into  thy  hand. 

Exod.  xviii.  10.  Jethro  said,  Blessed  be  the 
Lord,  who  hath  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 


1S4 


HONOURING   GOD. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


of  the  Egyptians.  See  Exod.  xv.  1  to  22.  Pa. 
Ixxviii.  4.  12. 

Deut.  x.  21.  The  Lord,  he  is  thy  praise  ;  he 
is  thy  God,  which  hath  done  for  thee  these 
great  and  terrible  things,  which  thine  eyes 
nave  seen. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  2.  The  Lord  is  my  rock  and 
my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer.  (Ps.  xviii.  2.) 
Ver.  47.  Blessed  be  my  rock,  and  exalted  be 
the  God  of  my  salvation. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  34.  0  give  thanks  unto  the 
Lord,  for  he  is  good.  Ps.  cvii.  1. — cxviii.  1. 
— cxxxvi.  1. 

Ver.  35,  36.  Say  ye,  Save  us,  0  God  of  our 
salvation,  and  gather  us  together  ;  and  deliver 
us  from  the  heathen,  that  we  may  give  thanks 
to  thy  holy  name,  and  glory  in  thy  praise. 
The  people  said,  Amen,  praised  be  the  Lord. 

Ps.  vii.  6.  Arise,  O  Lord,  lift  up  thyself, 
because  of  mine  enemies. — Ver.  10.  My  de- 
fence is  of  God,  who  saveth  the"  upright  in 
heart. — Ver.  17.  I  will  praise  the  Lord  ac- 
cording to  his  righteousness,  and  sing  praise 
to  the  name  of  the  Most  High.  Ps.  ix.  2. 

ix.  1 — 3.  I  will  praise  the  Lord  with  my 
whole  heart,  and  shew  forth  thy  marvellous 
works.  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee. 
"When  mine  enemies  are  turned  back,  they 
shall  fall  and  perish  at  thy  presence.  Ver. 
14. 

xxi.  8.  Thy  hand  shall  find  out  all  thine 
enemies. — Ver.  13.  Be  thou  exalted,  Lord,  in 
thine  own  strength;  so  will  we  sing  and 
praise  thy  power. 

xxii.  20.  Deliver  my  soul  from  the  sword. 
— Ver.  25.  My  praise  shall  be  of  thee.  Ps. 
xxxv.  18.  28. 

xxx.  1.  I  will  extol  thee,  0  Lord,  for  thou 
hast  lifted  me  up,  and  hast  not  made  my  foes 
to  rejoice  over  me. — Ver.  12.  I  will  give 
thanks  unto  thee  for  ever. 

xlii.  9.  Why  go  I  mourning  because  of  the 
oppression  of  the  enemy? — Ver.  11.  O  my 
soul,  hope  in  God,  for  I  shall  yet  praise  him. 

xliii.  1.  4.  0  God,  plead  my  cause  against 
the  ungodly — I  will  praise  thee. 

xliv.  7,  8.  Thou  hast  saved  us  from  our 
enemies,  and  put  them  to  shame  that  hated 
us.  In  God  we  boast  all  the  day  long ;  and 
praise  thy  name  for  ever. 

Ivi.  4.  In  God  I  will  praise  his  word,  in 
God  I  have  put  my  trust. — Ver.  9.  When  I 
cry  unto  thee,  then  shall  mine  enemies  turn 
back. 

Ivii.  3.  He  shall  send  from  heaven,  and  save 
me  from  the  reproach  of  him  that  would 
swallow  me  up. — Ver.  5.  Be  thou  exalted, 
Lord,  above  the  heavens,  and  let  thy  glory  be 
above  the  earth. — Ver.  7.  I  will  sing  and  give 
praise. 

Ixi.  3.  Thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for  me,  a  j 


strong  tower  from  the  enemy. — Ver.  8.  I  will 
sing  praise  to  thy  name  for  ever. 

Ixxi.  10.  Mine  enemies  speak  against  me, 
and  they  that  wait  for  my  soul  take  coun.se! 
together,  &c. — Ver.  22.  I  will  praise  thee, 
my  God,  O  thou  Holy  One  of  Israel. — Ver. 
24.  My  tongue  shall  talk  of  thy  righteousness 
all  the  day  long;  for  they  are  brought  into 
shame  that  seek  my  hurt. 

Ixxix.  9.  Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 
for  the  glory  of  thy  name. — Ver.  13.  So  we 
will  give  thee  thanks  for  ever  and  ever,  and 
will  shew  forth  thy  praise  to  all  generations. 

xcviii.  2.  The  Lord  hath  made  known  his 
salvation  ;  his  righteousness  hath  he  openly 
shewed  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen. — Ver.  4. 
Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all  the 
earth  ;  rejoice  and  sing  praise. 

cxi.  6.  He  hath  shewed  his  people  the 
power  of  his  works,  that  he  may  give  them 
the  heritage  of  the  heathen. 

Ver.  9,  10.  He  sent  redemption  unto  his 
people.  His  praise  endureth  for  ever. 

cxxiv.  2.  Men  rose  up  against  us. — Ver.  6. 
Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not  given  us  a 
prey  to  their  teeth. 

Rev.  xix.  1,2.  I  heard  a  great  voice  of  much 
people  in  heaven,  saying,  Alleluia ;  salvation, 
and  glory,  and  honour,  and  power,  unto  the 
Lord  our  God :  For  true  and  righteous  are  his 
judgments  ;  for  he  hath  judged  the  great 
whore,  which  did  corrupt  the  earth  with  her 
fornication,  and  hath  avenged  the  blood  of  his 
servants  at  her  hand.  See  Exod.  xv.  1. 
Compare  Rev.  xv.  2.  Judg.  v.  3.  2  Chron. 
xx.  22.  26.  28.  Ps.  xviii.  46. — xxviii.  6. — 
xli.  9.  13.— cvi.  12.— cxviii.  14,  15.— cxliv.  1, 
2.  Isa.  xxv.  1.  4. 


HONOURING  GOD. 

CCXXVI.  Honour  due  to  God,  and  claim- 
ed by  him.  Mai.  i.  6.  A  son  honoureth  his 
father,  and  a  servant  his  master :  if  I  then  be 
a  Father,  where  is  mine  honour  ?  if  I  be  a 
Master,  where  is  my  fear  1  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts.  John  viii.  49.  Jesus  said,  I  honour 
my  Father. 

1  Sara.  ii.  30.  The  Lord  saith,  Them  that 
honour  me,  I  will  honour. 

CCXXVII.  God  is  to  be  honoured  by  acts 
of  worship,  praise  and  thanks.  Ps.  xxvi.  8. 
Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of  thy  house, 
and  the  place  where  thine  honour  dwelleth. 

Ixvi.  2.  Sing  forth  the  honour  of  his  name  ; 
make  his  praise  glorious. 

Ixxi.  8.  Let  my  mouth  be  filled  with  thy 
praise,  and  with  thy  honour  all  the  day. 

xcvL  6.    Honour  and  majesty  are  before 


CHAP.  XIV. 


GLORIFYING   GOD. 


185       - 


him ;  strength  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanc- 
tuary. 1  Chron.  xvi.  27. 

civ.  1.  Thou  art  clothed  with  honour  and 
majesty. 

cxlv.  5.  I  will  speak  of  the  glorious  honour 
of  thy  majesty,  and  of  thy  wondrous  works. 

Isa.  xliii.  20.  The  beast  of  the  field  shall 
honour  me,  the  dragon,  and  the  owls:  Be- 
cause I  give  waters  in  the  wilderness,  and 
rivers  in  the  desert,  to  give  drink  to  my  peo- 
ple, my  chosen. 

Dan.  iv.  37.  I  extol  and  honour  the  King 
of  heaven,  all  whose  works  are  truth,  and  his 
ways  judgment.  Ver.  34. 

1  Tim.  i.  17.    To  the  only  wise  God,  be 
honour  and  glory,  &c.     Ch.  vi.  16. 

Rev.  iv.  11.  Thou  art  worthy,  0  Lord,  to 
receive  glory,  and  honour,  and  power,  &c. 
Ch.  vii.  12. — xix.  i.  7. 

CCXXVIII.  By  holiness  of  life.  Jer. 
xxxiii.  8.  I  will  (saith  the  Lord)  cleanse  them 
from  all  their  iniquity. 

Ver.  9.  And  it  shall  be  to  me  a  name  of 
joy,  a  praise  and  an  honour  before  all  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth. 

CCXXIX.  By  keeping  the  Sabbath.  Isa. 
Iviii.  13,  14.  If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot  from 
the  Sabbath,  from  doing  thy  pleasure  on  my 
holy  day,  and  call  the  Sabbath  a  Delight,  the 
holy  of  the  Lord,  honourable ;  and  shalt  ho- 
nour him ;  not  doing  thine  own  ways,  nor 
finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor  speaking 
thine  own  words:  Then  shalt  thou  delight 
thyself  in  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  cause  thee  to 
ride  upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth,  and 
feed  thee  with  the  heritage  of  Jacob. 

CCXXX.  By  acts  of  charity  and  mercy 
to  the  poor.  Prov.  iii.  9,  10.  Honour  the 
Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  with  the  first- 
fruits  of  all  thine  increase  :  so  shall  thy  barns 
be  filled  with  plenty,  and  thy  presses  shall  burst 
out  with  new  wine. 

xiv.  31.  He  that  oppresseth  the  poor  re- 
proacheth  his  Maker :  but  he  that  honoureth 
him  hath  mercy  on  the  poor.  Ver.  21. 

CCXXXI.  Honouring  Christ — motives  to 
it.  John  v.  22,  23.  The  Father  hath  com- 
mitted all  judgment  unto  the  Son  :  that  all 
men  should  honour  the  Son,  even  as  they 
honour  the  Father.  He  that  honoureth  not 
the  Son,  honoureth  not  the  Father  that  sent 
him.  See  Rev.  v.  12,  13.  The  Father  and 
Son  honoured. 

viii.  54.  Jesus  said,  It  is  the  Father  that 
honoureth  me. 

2  Pet.  i.  1 7.  He  received  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther honour  and  glory,  when  there  came  such 

24 


a  voice  from  the  excellent  glory,  This  is  my 
beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased. 
Matt.  xvii.  5. 

For  the  honours  due  and  paid  to  Christ  by 
the  church  in  heaven  and  upon  earth,  see 
Chap,  concerning  the  Dignity  and  Offices  of 
Jesus  .Christ. 

CCXXXII.  The  wicked  dishonour  God, 
and  are  punished.-  Isa.  xxix.  13.  This  peo- 
ple draw  near  me  with  their  mouth,  and  with 
their  lips  do  honour  me,  but  have  removed 
their  heart  far  from  me :  wo  unto  them.  Ver. 
14.  Ch.  xliii.  23.  28.— Iviii.  2.  Matt.  xv.  8. 
Rom.  ii.  23. 

1  Sam.ii.  29.  The  Lord  said  to  Eli,  Where- 
fore honourest  thou  thy  sons  above  mel  to 
make  yourselves  fat  with  the  choicest  of  the 
offerings  of  Israel? — Ver.  36.  It  shall  come 
to  pass,  that  every  one  that  is  left  in  thy 
house,  shall  come  and  crouch  to  the  priest  for 
a  piece  of  silver,  and  a  morsel  of  bread,  and 
shall  say,  Put  me  (I  pray  thee)  into  one  of 
the  priest's  offices,  that  I  may  eat  a  piece  of 
bread. 

Ver.  30.  For  them  that  honour  me  I  will 
honour,  and  them  that  despise  me  shall  be 
lightly  esteemed. 

GLORIFYING  GOD. 

CCXXXIII.  To  glorify  God  commanded, 
1  Sam.  vi.  5.  Ye  shall  give  glory  to  the  God 
of  Israel.  1  Cor.  vi.  20. — x.  31. 

Isa.  xlix.  3.  Thou  art  my  servant,  0  Israel, 
in  whom  I  will  be  glorified.  Ch.  xliii.  7. 

CCXXXI  V.  Christ  glorified  God  on  earth. 
John  xiii.  31.  God  is  glorified  in  him.  Ver.  32. 

xvii.  4.  I  have  glorified  thee  on  earth ;  I 
have  finished  the  work  which  thou  gavest  me 
to  do.  Ch.  vii.  18.  He  sought  God's  glory. 

CCXXXV.  Men  glorify  God  by  praise 
and  thankfulness.  1  Chron.  xvi.  28.  Give 
unto  the  Lord,  ye  kindreds  of  the  people,  give 
unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength.  Ver.  24. 

Ver.  29.  Give  unto  the  Lord,  the  glory  due 
unto  his  name :  come  before  him ;  worship 
the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness.  Ps.  xxix. 
1,  2.  9. — xcvi.  3.  7,  8. — Ixxii.  19. 

Ps.  xxii.  23.  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  praise 
him ;  all  ye  seed  of  Jacob,  glorify  him. 

1.  23.  Whoso  offereth  praise,  glorifieth  me. 
Ver.  15. 

Ixxxvi.  9.  All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made 
shall  come  and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord, 
and  shall  glorify  thy  name. 

cxv.  1.  Not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us, 
but  unto  thy  name  give  glory,  for  thy  mercy 
and  for  thy  truth's  sake.  Isa.  xxv.  3.  4. 


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GLORIFYING   GOD. 


CHAP.  XIV. 


,  Isa  xlii.  12.  Let  them  give  glory  to  the  Lord, 
and  declare  his  praise  in  the  islands.  Ch. 
xxxiv.  15. 

Luke  ii.  20.  The  shepherds  returned,  glo- 
rifying and  praising  God. 

Acts  xi.  18.  The  brethren  glorified  God  for 
the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles. 

Gal.  i.  24.  The  apostles  glorified  God,  in 
Paul,  for  his  conversion.  Acts  xxi.  20. 

CCXXXVI.  By  faith.  Rom.  iv.20.  Abra- 
ham was  strong  in  faith,  giving  glory  to  God. 

Eph.  i.  12.  We  being  predestinated,  that 
we  should  be  to  the  praise  of  his  glory,  who 
first  trusted  in  Christ.  Ver.  5,  6. 

Phil.  ii.  11.  Confess  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father. 

CCXXXVII.  By  good  works.  Matt.  v.  16. 
Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that  they 
may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven.  1  Pet.  ii.  12. 

John  xv.  8.  Herein  is  my  Father  glorified, 
that  ye  bear  much  fruit. 

Phil.  i.  11.  Being  filled  with  the  fruits  of 
righteousness,  which  are  by  Jesus  Christ,  unto 
the  glory  and  praise  of  God. 

CCXXXVIII.  Various  branches  of  duty 
whereby  God  is  to  be  glorified.  Josh.  vii.  19. 
Joshua  said  to  Achan,  Give  glory  to  the  God 
of  Israel,  and  make  confession  of  thy  secret 
sin. 

Hag.  i.  7,  8.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 
Bring  wood  and  build  the  house,  and  I  will 
take  pleasure  in  it,  and  I  will  be  glorified. 

John  xxi.  19.  This  spake  Jesus,  signifying 
by  what  death  Peter  should  glorify  God. 

Rom.  xv.  5,  6.  Be  ye  like-minded  one  to- 
ward another ;  that  ye  may  with  one  mind, 
and  with  one  mouth  glorify  God,  even  the 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Cor.  iv.  15.  All  things  are  for  your  sakes, 
that  the  abundant  grace  might,  through  the 
thanksgiving  of  many,  redound  to  the  glory  of 
God. 

viii.  19.  This  grace  [or  gift  to  the  poor 
saints]  is  administered  by  us  to  the  glory  of  the 
same  Lord.  Ch.  ix.  13. 

1  Pet.  iv.  11.  If  any  speak,  let  him  speak  as 
the  oracles  of  God,  that  God  in  all  things  may 
be  glorified  through  Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  16. 
If  any  suffer  as  a  Christian,  let  him  glorify 
God  on  this  behalf. 

Rev,  xiv.  7.  Fear  God,  and  give  glory  to 
him.  Ch.  xi.  13.— xv.  4. 

1  Cor.  x.  31.  Whether  ye  eat  or  drink,  or 
whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God. 

CCXXXIX.  Doxologies,  or  glory  ascribed 
to  God  in  worship.  Luke  ii.  14.  Glory  to  God 


in  the  highest,  and  on  earth,  peace,  good-will 
toward  men. 

Rom.  xvi.  27.  To  God  only  wise  be  glory, 
through  Jesus  Christ,  for  ever.  Amen.  Jude 
25; 

Eph.  iii.  2 1 .  Unto  him  be  glory  in  the  church 
by  Jesus  Christ,  throughout  all  ages,  world 
without  end.  Amen.  Gal.  i.  5. 

Phil.  iv.  20.  Now  unto  God  and  our  Father, 
be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen. 

2  Tim.  iv.  18.  The  Lord  will  preserve  me 
unto  his  heavenly  kingdom,  to  whom  be  glory 
for  ever  and  ever.  Amen. 

Heb.  xiii.  20,  21.  Now  the  God  of  peace, 
that  brought  again  from  the  dead  our  Lord 
Jesus,  that  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant, 
make  you  perfect  in  every  good  work,  to  do 
his  will ;  working  in  you  that  which  is  well- 
pleasing  in  his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ ;  to 
whom  be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen. 

1  Pet.  v.  10,  11.  The  God  of  all  grace,  who 
hath  called  us  unto  his  eternal  glory  by  Christ 
Jesus,  make  you  perfect,  establish,  strengthen, 
settle  you.     To  him  be  glory  and  dominion, 
for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

2  Pet.  iii.  18.    Grow  in  grace,  and  in  the 
knowledge  of   our  Lord   and  Saviour,  Jesus 
Christ :  to  whom  be  glory  both  now  and  for 
ever.     Amen. 

Rev.  iv.  11.  Thou  art  worthy,  O  Lord,  to 
receive  glory,  and  honour  and  power :  for  thou 
hast  created  all  things,  and  for  thy  pleasure 
they  are  and  were  created.  Rom.  xi.  36. 

Rev.  vii.  12.  Blessing  and  glory,  and  wis- 
dom, and  thanksgiving,  and  honour  and  power 
and  might,  be  unto  our  God  for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen. 

Note. — The  reader  may  observe  in  the  above 
scriptures,  that  the  things  mentioned  along 
with  glory,  are  reasons  for  ascribing  it  to  God ; 
also  that  glory  is  in  some  of  them  directly 
ascribed  to  Christ,  and  in  others  to  God  the 
Father  through  Christ.  See  Christ's  glory  be- 
fore and  in  his  incarnation,  and  after  it.  Chap, 
upon  the  Dignity  and  Offices  of  Jesus  Christ. 

CCXL.  God  is  glorified  in  the  restoration 
and  prevalence  of  true  religion  among  his 
people.  Ps.  Ixxii.  19.  Let  the  whole  earth  be 
filled  with  his  glory.  Ps.  xcvii.  6. 

Isa.  xliv.  23.  The  Lord  hath  redeemed  Ja- 
cob, and  glorified  himself  in  Israel.  Ch.  xlix.  3. 

Ix.  1.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon 
thee.— Ver.  21.  Thy  people  shall  be  all  right- 
eous, that  I  may  be  glorified. 

Ixi.  3.  To  give  unto  them  that  mourn  in 
Zion,  beauty  for  ashes,  &c.  That  they  might 
be  called  trees  of  righteousness,  the  planting 
of  the  Lord,  that  he  might  be  glorified. 

Ixvi.    18.    I   will   gather   all  nations   and 


CHAP.  XIV. 


GODLINESS. 


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tongues,  and  they  shall  come  and  see  my 
glory. 

Hab.  ii.  14.  The  earth  shall  be  filled  with 
the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea. 

Rom.  'xv.  7.  Receive  ye  one  another  as 
Christ  received  us,  to  the  glory  of  God. 

2  Cor.  i.  20.  All  the  promises  of  God  in 
Christ  are  Yea,  and  in  him  Amen,  unto  the 
glory  of  God. 

iv.  6.  God  hath  shined  in  our  hearts,  to  give 
the  light  of  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  God 
in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Eph.  i.  6.  God  having  predestinated  us  to 
the  adoption  of  children,  by  Jesus  Christ,  to 
the  praise  of  the  glory  of  his  grace.  Ver.  12. 

See  Christ's  glory  before  his  incarnation  on 
earth,  and  after  his  resurrection. 

God  glorified  by  those  who  saw  miracles 
wrought  by  Christ's  power ;  as,  When  the 
palsy  was  cured,  Matt.  ix.  8. — The  dumb  made 
to  speak,  Matt.  xv.  31. — The  dead  raised  to 
life,  Luke  vii.  16.— The  lame  healed,  Luke 
xiii.  13.— Acts  iv.  21.— The  leper  cleansed, 
Luke  xvii.  15.— Sight  given  to  the  blind,  Luke 
xvii.  43. — The  appearances  at  Christ's  birth, 
Luke  ii.  20. — At  his  death,  xxiii.  47. 

CCXLI.  The  wicked  glorify  not  God,  and 
are  punished.  Dan.  v.  22.  Thou  hast  not 
humbled  thine  heart. — Ver.  23.  Daniel  said  to 
Belshazzar,  Thou  hast  lifted  up  thyself  against 
the  Lord  of  heaven,  &c.  and  the  God  in  whose 
hand  thy  breath  is,  and  whose  are  all  thy  ways, 
hast  thou  not  glorified. — Ver.  26 — 28.  God 
hath  numbered  thy  kingdom.  Thou  art  weigh- 
ed in  the  balance  and  art  found  wanting.  Thy 
kingdom  is  divided  and  given  to  the  Medes  and 
Persians. 

Mai.  ii.  2.  If  ye  will  not  lay  it  to  heart,  to 
give  glory  to  my  name,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  I  will  even  send  a  curse  upon  you,  and 
I  will  curse  your  blessings.  Jer.  xiii.  16. 

Acts  xii.  23.  An  angel  smote  Herod,  be- 
cause he  gave  not  God  the  glory  ;  and  he  was 
eaten  of  worms. 

Rom.  i.  21.  When  they  .knew  God,  they 


glorified  him  not  as  God,  neither  were  thankful. 
— Ver.  24.  Wherefore  God  gave  them  up,  &c. 

iii.  23.  All  have  sinned  and  come  short  of 
the  glory  of  God. 

Rev.  xvi.  9.  The  men  that  were  scorched 
with  fire  repented  not  to  give  glory  to  God. 

CCXLII.  God  is  glori/ied  in  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  wicked.  Exod.  xiv.  4.  I  will  be 
honoured  upon  Pharaoh  and  his  host.  Ver. 
17,  18. 

Lev.  x.  2,  3.  There  went  out  fire  from  the 
Lord,  and  devoured  Nadab  and  Abihu.  The 
Lord  spake,  saying,  Before  all  the  people  will 
I  be  glorified. 

Isa.  xxvi.  14,  15.  Thou  hast  visited  and  de- 
stroyed them,  and  made  all  their  memory  to 
perish.  0  Lord,  thou  art  glorified. 

Ezek.  xxviii.  22.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Behold  I  am  against  thee,  O  Zidon,  and  I 
will  be  glorified  in  the  midst  of  thee.  Ch. 
xxxix.  11.  13. 

CCXLIII.  Sanctifying  God.  Lev.  x.  3. 
The  Lord  spake,  saying,  I  will  be  sanctified  in 
them  that  come  nigh  me,  and  before  all  the 
people  I  will  be  glorified. 

Isa.  v.  16.  God  that  is  holy,  shall  be  sanc- 
tified in  righteousness. 

viii.  13.  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself, 
and  let  him  be  your  fear,  and  let  him  be  your 
dread. 

xxix.  23.  They  shall  sanctify  my  name,  and 
shall  sanctify  the  Holy  One  of  Jacob. 

Ezek.  xx.  41.  I  will  be  sanctified  in  you 
before  the  heathen.  Ch.  xxxvi.  23. — xxviii. 
25. — xxxix.  21. 

1  Pet.  iii.  15.  Sanctify  the  Lord  God  in  your 
hearts.  See  Ezek.  xxviii.  21. — xxxviii.  16. 

CCXLI V.  Threats  against  those  that  sanc- 
tify not  God.  Numb.  xx.  12.  The  Lord 
spake  unto  Moses  and  Aaron,  Because  ye  be- 
lieved me  not,  to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  therefore  ye  shall  not  bring 
this  congregation  into  the  land  which  I  have 
given  them.  Ch.  xxvii.  14.  Deut.  xxxii.  51. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

CHARACTERS  GOOD  AND  BAD,  WITH  PROMISES  AND  THREATS. 


I.  GODLINESS  in  heart  and  life.  Ps. 
xxxii.  6.  For  this  shall  every  godly  one  pray 
unto  thee. 

2  Cor.  i.  12.    Our  rejoicing   is   this,  The 


testimony  of  our  conscience,  that  in  simplicity 
and  godly  sincerity,  not  with  fleshly  wisdom, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God,  we  have  had  our 
conversation  in  the  world. 


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RIGHTEOUSNESS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


vii.  9.  Ye  were  made  sorry  [for  sin]  after  a 
godly  manner.  Ver.  10,  11. 

xi.  2.  Paul  said,  I  am  jealous  over  you  with 
a  godly  jealousy. 

1  Tim.  ii.  2.  Pray  that  we  may  lead  a  quiet 
and  peaceable  life,  in  all  godliness  and  ho- 
nesty. 

Ver.  10.  Good  works  become  women  pro- 
fessing godliness. 

iv.  7.  Exercise  thyself  unto  godliness. 

vi.  11,  12.  O  man  of  God,  follow  after 
righteousness,  godliness,  faith,  love,  patience, 
meekness ;  fight  the  good  fight  of  faith. 

Tit.  ii.  12.  Denying  ungodliness  and  worldly 
lusts,  live  soberly,  righteously  and  godly,  in 
the  present  world. 

Heb.  xii.  28.  Let  us  serve  God,  with  rever- 
ence and  godly  fear. 

2  Pet.  i.  6.  Add  to  patience,  godliness,  &c. 
Ver.  7. 

iii.  11.  What  manner  of  persons  ought  ye 
to  be,  in  all  holy  conversation  and  godliness  1 

II.  Promises  to  the  godly.     Ps.  iv.  3.  The 
Lord  hath  set  apart  him  that  is  godly  for  him- 
self. 

1  Tim.  iv.  8.    Godliness  is  profitable  unto 
all  things,  having  promise  of  the  life  that  now 
is,  and  of  that  which  is  to  come. 

vi.  6.  Godliness  with  contentment  is  great 
gain. 

2  Pet.  ii.  9.  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  de- 
liver the   godly  out   of  temptations,  and   to 
reserve  the  unjust  unto  the  day  of  judgment 
to  be  punished. 

III.  Means  of  godliness  given.    Rom.  xi. 
26.  Christ  shall  turn  away  ungodliness  from 
Jacob. 

1  Tim.  iii.  16.    The  gospel  contains  the 
mystery  of  godliness. 

vi.  3.  Th«  gospel  contains  the  doctrine 
which  is  according  to  godliness. 

Tit.  i.  1.  The  truth  [in  the  gospel]  is  ac- 
cording to  godliness. 

IV.  Godliness  misrepresented.     1  Tim.  vi. 
5.  Corrupt  men  suppose  that  gain  is  godliness. 

2  Tim.  iii.  5.    Hypocrites   have  a  form  of 
godliness,  but  deny  the  power  thereof. 

V.  The  ungodly  described  by  their  practice. 
Ps.  xviii.  4.  Floods  of  ungodly  men  made  me 
afraid. 

Prov.  xvi.  27.  An  ungodly  man  diggeth  up 
evil. 

xix.  28.  An  ungodly  witness  scorneth  judg- 
ment. 

2  Tim.  ii.  1 6.  Vain  babblings  increase  unto 
ungodliness. 

Jude  4.  Ungodly  men  turn  the  grace  of  God 


into    lasciviousness. — Ver.    18.    They    walk 
after  their  own  ungodly  lusts. 

VI.  Threats  against  the  ungodly.  2  Chron. 
xix.  2.  Shouldst  thou  help  the  ungodly,  and 
love  them  that  hate  the  Lord!  therefore  is 
wrath  upon  thee  from  the  Lord. 

Ps.  i.  1.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh 
not  in  the  counsel  of  the  ungodly. 

Ver.  4 — 6.  The  ungodly  are  like  the  chaff 
which  the  wind  driveth  away.  They  shall 
not  stand  in  judgment.  The  way  of  the  un- 
godly shall  perish. 

iii.  7.  Thou  hast  broken  the  teeth  of  the 
ungodly. 

xliii.  1.  Plead  my  cause  against  an  ungodly 
nation. 

Ixxiii.  12.  The  ungodly  prosper  in  the  world, 
they  increase  in  riches. — Ver.  18.  Thou  didst 
set  them  in  slippery  places ;  thou  castedst  them 
down  into  destruction. 

Rom.  i.  18.  The  wrath  of  God  is  revealed 
from  heaven  against  all  ungodliness  and  un- 
righteousness of  men. 

1  Pet.  iv.  18.   If  the  righteous  scarcely  be 
saved,  where  shall  the  ungodly  and  the  sinner 
appear  ? 

2  Pet.  ii.  5,  6.  God  spared  not  the  old  world, 
bringing  in  the  flood  upon  the  world  of  the 
ungodly  ;  and  turning  the  cities  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  into  ashes,  condemned  them  with 
an  overthrow,  making  them  an  example  unto 
those  that  after  should  live  ungodly. 

iii.  7.  The  heavens  and  the  earth  which  are 
now,  are  reserved  unto  fire  against  the  day  of 
judgment,  and  perdition  of  ungodly  men. 

Jude  14,  15.  Behold  the  Lord  cometh,  to 
execute  judgment  upon  all,  and  to  convince 
all  that  are  ungodly,  of  all  their  ungodly  deeds, 
which  they  have  ungodly  committed,  and  of 
all  their  hard  speeches  which  ungodly  sinners 
have  spoken  against  him. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

VII.  Righteousness  required.  Deut  vi.  25. 
It  shall  be  our  righteousness,  if  we  observe  to 
do  all  these  commandments  before  the  Lord 
our  God,  as  he  hath  commanded  us. 

Dan.  iv.  27.  Break  off  thy  sins  by  righteous- 
ness. 

Amos  v.  24.  Let  judgment  run  down  as 
waters,  and  righteousness  as  a  mighty  stream. 

Zeph.  ii.  3.  Seek  the  Lord,  seek  righteous- 
ness, seek  meekness,  &c. 

Matt.  iii.  15.  Jesus  said,  It  becometh  us  to 
fulfil  all  righteousness. 

v.  20.  Jesus  said,  Except  your  righteous- 
ness shall  exceed  the  righteousness  of  the 
scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye  shall  in  no  case  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  .  . 


CHAP.  XV. 


RIGHTEOUSNESS. 


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vi.  33.  Seek  first  the  kingdom  of  God,  and 
his  righteousness. 

Luke  i.  75.  Serve  God  in  holiness  and 
righteousness. 

Acts  xxiv.  25.  Paul  reasoned  of  righteous- 
ness, temperance,  and  judgment  to  come. 

Rom.  vi.  13.  Yield  your  members  as  instru- 
ments of  righteousness  unto  God.  Ver.  1 9. 

1  Cor.  xv.  34.  Awake  unto  righteousness. 

2  Cor.  vi.  4.  7.  Approving  ourselves  by  the 
armour  of  righteousness. 

Ver.  14.  What  fellowship  hath  righteous- 
ness with  unrighteousness  ] 

Eph.  iv.  24.  Put  on  the  new  man,  which 
after  God  is  created  in  righteousness. 

v.  9.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  in  all  right- 
eousness, goodness  and  truth. 

vi.  14.  Stand,  therefore,  having  your  loins 
girt  about  with  truth,  and  having  on  the  breast- 
plate of  righteousness. 

Phil.  i.  10,  11.  Approving  things  that  are 
excellent,  being  filled  with  the  fruits  of  right- 
eousness, which  are  by  Jesus  Christ,  to  the 
glory  and  praise  of  God. 

1  Tim.  vi.  11.  Follow  after  righteousness, 
godliness,   faith,    love,    patience,    meekness. 
2  Tim.  ii.  22. 

2  Tim.  iii.  16.  The  Scripture  is  profitable 
for  instruction  in  righteousness. 

Tit.  ii.  11,  12.  The  grace  of  God  that 
bringeth  salvation,  hath  appeared  to  all  men ; 
teaching  us,  that  denying  ungodliness  and 
worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly,  right- 
eously, and  godly,  in  this  present  world. 

Heb.  xi.  33.  The  prophets  through  faith 
wrought  righteousness. 

1  Pet.  ii.  24.  We  being  dead  to  sin,  should 
live  unto  righteousness. 

1  John  ii.  29.  Every  one  that  doeth  right- 
eousness is  born  of  God. 

iii.  7.  He  that  doeth  righteousness  is  right- 
eous.— Ver.  10.  Whosoever  doeth  not  right- 
eousness is  not  of  God. 

VIII.  Promises  to  the  righteous  of  peculiar 
favour  from  God.  Ps.  i.  6.  The  Lord 
knoweth  the  way  of  the  righteous.  Ps.  cxlvi. 
8.  The  Lord  loveth  the  righteous.  Ps.  xi.  7. 
— xxxiii.  5. 

v.  12.  Thou,  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  righteous ; 
with  favour  thou  wilt  compass  him  as  with  a 
shield.  Ps.  cvi.  3.  Matt.  v.  6. 

xi.  5.  The  Lord  trieth  the  righteous. 

xiv.  5.  God  is  in  the  generation  of  the  right- 
eous. Isa.  Ixiv.  5. 

xxxiv.  15.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon 
the  righteous,  and  his  ears  are  open  unto  their 
cry.  Job  xxxvi.  7.  Ps.  xxxiii.  18.  1  Pet. 
iii.  12. 

Ver.  17.  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord 
heareth  and  delivereth  them  out  of  all  their 


troubles.  Ps.  xviii.  24. — xv.  1,  2.  James  v. 
16.  iPet.  iii.  12. 

xxxvii.  17.  The  Lord  upholdeth  the  right- 
eous. Ps.  Iv.  22.  He  shall  never  suffer  the 
righteous  to  be  moved.  Ps.  xv.  2. 

Ver.  39.  The  salvation  of  the  righteous  is 
of  the  Lord.  Gen.  vii.  1.  Prov.  xviii.  10. 
Isa.  xxxiii.  15,  16.— Ixiv.  5.  2  Pet.  ii.  5. 

Prov.  ii.  7.  The  Lord  layeth  up  sound  wis- 
dom for  the  righteous.  Jer.  xx.  12. 

iii.  32.  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  the 
righteous.  Ps.  xxv.  14. 

Job  xxxiii.  26.  God  will  render  unto  man  his 
righteousness.  1  Sam.  xxvi.  23.  1  Kings  viii.32. 

Ps.  vii.  8.  Judge  me  according  to  my  right- 
eousness. Ps.  xviii.  20.  24.  2  Sam.  xxii.  2 1 . 

Ver.  11.  God  judgeth  the  righteous:  God 
is  angry  with  the  wicked  every  day. 

xxxvii.  6.  He  shall  bring  forth  thy  right- 
eousness. 

Iviii.  11.  Verily  there  is  a  reward  for  the 
righteous :  verily  he  is  a  God  that  judgeth  in 
the  earth. 

IX.  Promises  of  blessings  to  the  righteous, 
as  the  consequence  of  righteousness,  by  the 
appointment  of  God.  Job  iv.  7.  Who  ever 
perished  being  innocent  1  or  where  were  the 
righteous  cut  off? 

xvii.  9.  The  righteous  shall  hold  on  his 
way,  and  he  that  hath  clean  hands  shall  be 
stronger  and  stronger. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  29.  The  righteous  shall  inherit 
the  land,  and  dwell  in  it  for  ever. 

Ixxii.  7.  In  his  [the  good  King's]  days  the 
righteous  shall  flourish. 

Ixxv.  10.  The  horns  of  the  righteous  shall 
be  exalted. 

xcii.  12.  The  righteous  shall  flourish  like 
the  palm  tree,  and  grow  like  a  cedar  in  Le- 
banon. Ps.  i.  3. — Hi.  8.  Prov.  xi.  28. 

xcvii.  11.  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous, 
and  gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart. 

cvi.  3.  Blessed  is  he  that  doeth  righteous- 
ness at  all  times. 

Prov.  x.  2.  Righteousness  delivereth  from 
death.  Ch.  xi.  4.  6. 

Ver.  24.  The  desire  of  the  righteous  shall 
be  granted. — Ver.  28.  The  hope  of  the  right- 
eous shall  be  gladness;  but  the  expectation 
of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

xi.  8.  The  righteous  is  delivered  out  of 
trouble,  and  the  wicked  cometh  in  his  stead. 
Ch.  x.  30.— xii.  3. 

Ver.  18, 19.  To  him  that  soweth  righteous- 
ness shall  be  a  sure  reward.  Righteousness 
tendeth  to  life :  he  that  pursueth  evil,  pursueth 
it  to  his  own  hurt.  Ch.  xii.  28. 

Ver.  30,  31.  The  fruit  of  the  righteous  is  a 
tree  of  life.  The  righteous  shall  be  recom- 
pensed in  the  earth. 


190 


UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


xii.  3.  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by 
wickedness  :  but  the  root  of  the  righteous 
shall  not  be  moved.  Ch.  x.  25. 

Ver.  7.  The  wicked  are  overthrown,  and 
are  not ;  but  the  house  of  the  righteous  shall 
stand.  Ch.  xi.  21. 

Ver.  26.  The  righteous  is  more  excellent 
than  his  neighbour. — Ver.  28.  In  the  way  of 
righteousness  is  life;  and  in  the  pathway 
thereof  is  no  death.  Ch.  xiii.  6. 

xiii.  9.  The  light  of  the  righteous  rejoiceth ; 
but  the  lamp  of  the  wicked  shall  be  put  out. 
— Ver.  21.  Evil  pursueth  sinners;  but  to  the 
righteous  good  shall  be  repaid. 

xiv.  34.  Righteousness  exalteth  a  nation, 
but  sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people. 

xvi.  12.  The  throne  is  established  by  right- 
eousness. 

Ver.  31.  The  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of 
glory,  if  it  be  found  in  the  way  of  righteous- 
ness. 

xxi.  21.  He  that  followeth  after  righteous- 
ness and  mercy,  findeth  life,  righteousness  and 
honour. 

xxviii.  1.  The  wicked  flee  when  no  man 
pursueth ;  but  the  righteous  are  bold  as  a  lion. 

Eccl.  ix.  1.  The  righteous  and  the  wise,  and 
their  works,  are  in  the  hand  of  God. 

Isa.  iii.  10.  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  It  shall 
be  well  with  him,  for  they  shall  eat  the  fruit 
of  their  doings. 

xxiv.  16.  From  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
earth  have  we  heard  songs,  even  glory  to  the 
righteous. 

xxxii.  17.  The  work  of  righteousness  shall 
be  peace;  and  the  effect  of  righteousness, 
quietness,  and  assurance  for  ever. 

xxxiii.  15, 16.  He  that  walketh  righteously, 
&c.  he  shall  dwell  on  high,  his  place  of  de- 
fence shall  be  the  munitions  of  rocks ;  bread 
shall  be  given  him,  his  waters  shall  be  sure. 

Ixiv.  5.  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth 
and  worketh  righteousness,  those  that  remem- 
ber thee  in  thy  ways. 

Ezek.  xiv.  14.  Though  Noah,  Daniel  and 
Job  were  in  the  city,  [devoted  to  destruction 
for  iniquity]  they  should  deliver  but  their  own 
souls  by  their  righteousness.  See  Gen.  vii. 
1. — xvi'ii.  23. 

xviii.  20.  The  righteousness  of  the  right- 
eous shall  be  upon  him. — Ver.  22.  In  his  right- 
eousness that  he  hath  done  he  shall  live. 

Mai.  iii.  18.  Ye  shall  discern  between  the 
righteous  and  the  wicked. 

X.  The  righteous  shall  be  delivered  from 
enemies.  Ps.  xxxiv.  21.  They  that  hate  the 
righteous  shall  be  desolate. 

Iii.  6.  The  righteous  shall  see  [the  destruc- 
tion of  the  wicked]  and  fear,  and  shall  laugh 
at  him. 


Iviii.  10.  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when 
he  seeth  the  vengeance,  and  shall  wash  his 
feet  in  the  blood  of  the  wicked. 

cxxv.  3.  The  rod  of  the  wicked  shall  not 
rest  on  the  lot  of  the  righteous. 

Prov.xiv.  19.  The  evil  bow  before  the  good, 
and  the  wicked  at  the  gates  of  the  righteous. 

xxi.  18.  The  wicked  shall  be  a  ransom  for 
the  righteous. 

Zech.  xiv.  12.  This  shall  be  the  plague 
wherewith  the  Lord  will  smite  all  the  people 
who  have  fought  against  Jerusalem.  Their 
flesh  shall  consume  away  while  they  stand 
upon  their  feet,  and  their  eyes  shall  consume 
away  in  their  holes,  and  their  tongues  shall 
consume  away  in  their  mouth. 

XI.  The  death  of  the  righteous   blessed. 
Numb,  xxiii.  10.  Let  me  die  the  death  of  the 
righteous,  and  let  my  last  end  be  like  his. 

Prov.  xiv.  32.  The  righteous  hath  hope  in 
his  death. 

Isa.  Ivii.  1.  The  righteous  is  taken  away 
from  the  evil  to  come. 

XII.  The  righteous  blessed  after  death. 
Ps.  xv.  1,  2.   Lord,  who  shall  dwell  in  thy 
holy  hill!     He  that  worketh  righteousness. 
Ps.  xxiv.  4. 

cxii.  6.  The  righteous  shall  be  in  everlast- 
ing remembrance. 

Isa.  Ivii.  2.  He  shall  enter  into  peace ;  they 
shall  rest  in  their  beds,  each  one  walking  in 
his  uprightness. 

Dan.  xii.  3.  They  that  be  wise  shall  shine 
as  the  brightness  of  the  firmament,  and  they 
that  turn  many  to  righteousness,  as  .the  stars 
for  ever  and  ever. 

Matt.  xiii.  43.  The  righteous  shall  shine 
forth  as  the  sun,  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father. 

xxv.  46.  The  righteous  shall  go  into  life 
eternal. 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

XIII.  Unrighteousness  forbidden.    Rom. 
vi.  13.  Neither  yield  ye  your  members  as  in- 
struments of  unrighteousness  unto  sin  ;   but 
yield  yourselves  unto  God,  as  those  that  are 
alive  from  the  dead,  and  your  members  as  in- 
struments of  righteousness  unto  God. 

2  Cor.  vi.  14.  What  fellowship  hath  right- 
eousness with  unrighteousness  1  What  com- 
munion hath  light  with  darkness  ? 

XIV.  Threats  against    the  unrighteous. 
Deut.  xxv.  16.  All  that  do  unrighteously  are  an 
abomination  to  the  Lord. 

Job  xxvii.  7.  Let  mine  enemy  be  as  the 
wicked,  and  he  that  riseth  up  against  me  as 
the  unrighteous. 


CHAP.  XV; 


ZEAL — UPRIGHTNESS. 


191 


Rom.  i.  18.  The  wrath  of  God  is  revealed 
from  heaven  against  all  ungodliness  arid  un- 
righteousness of  men. — Ver.  29.  Being  filled 
with  all  unrighteousness,  fornication,  wicked- 
ness, &c. — Ver.  32.  They  who  commit  such 
things  are  worthy  of  death. 

ii.  8,  9.  Unto  them  that  obey  unrighteous- 
ness, God  will  render  indignation  and  wrath, 
tribulation  and  anguish,  upon  every  soul  of 
man  that  doeth  evil. 

1  Cor.  vi.  9.    Know  ye  not,  that  the  un- 
righteous shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God? 

2  Thess.  ii.  10.  The  Wicked  [man  of  sin] 
is  filled  with  all  deceivableness  of  unrighteous- 
ness in  them  that  perish. — Ver.  12.  That  they 
all  might  be  damned  who  believed  not  the 
truth,  but  had  pleasure  in  unrighteousness. 

2  Pet.  ii.  13.  They  shall  receive  the  reward 
of  unrighteousness. — Ver.  14.  Cursed  children. 
— Ver.  17.  To  whom  is  reserved  the  mist  of 
darkness  for  ever. 

XV.  Pardon  promised  to  those  that  for- 
sake unrighteousness.  Isa.  Iv.  7.  Let  the 
wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the  unrighteous 
man  his  thoughts,  and  let  him  return  unto  the 
Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him,  and 
to  our  God,  for  he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

Heb.  viii.  12.  I  will  be  merciful  to  their  un- 
righteousness, and  their  sins  and  their  iniqui- 
ties will  I  remember  no  more. 


ZEAL. 

XVI.  Zeal  a  duty.    Gal.  iv.  18.  It  is  good 
to  be  zealously  affected  in  a  good  thing. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  Christ  gave  himself  for  us,  that 
he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous 
of  good  works. 

Rev.  iii.  19.  Be  zealous  and  repent. 

Instances.  In  Phinehas,  Num.  xxv.  11.  13. 
—In  Christ,  Isa.  lix.  17.  Ps.  Ixix.  9.— In 
David,  Ps.  cxix.  139. — In  the  Corinthians, 
1  Cor.  xiv.  12.  2  Cor.  vii.  11. — ix.  2. — In 
Epaphras,  Col.  iv.  13. 

Erroneous  Zeal.  Instances:  In  Saul's 
slaying  the  Gibeonites,  2  Sam.  xxi.  1,  2. — In 
Paul  for  the  law  of  Moses,  before  his  conver- 
sion. Acts  xxii.  3.  Gal.  i.  14.  Phil.  iii.  6. — 
In  the  Jews,  Acts  xxi.  20.  Rom.  x.  2. — See 
Jehu  boasting  of  his  zeal,  2  Kings  x.  16. 

Want  of  zeal.  Rev.  iii.  1 5.  Because  thou 
art  neither  cold  nor  hot,  I  will  spue  thee  out 
of  my  mouth. 

UPRIGHTNESS. 

XVII.  Upright.     Prov.  xv.  21.  A  man  of 

understanding  walketh  uprightly. 


xvi.  17.  The  highway  of  the  upright  is  to 
depart  from  evil. 

xxi.  29.  As  for  the  upright,  he  directeth  his 
way.  See  ch.  xiv.  2. 

XVIII.  Promises  to  the  upright.  1  Chron. 
xxix.  17.  I  know,  my  God,  that  thou  triest  the 
heart,  and  hast  pleasure  in  uprightness. 

Ps.  vii.  10.  God  saveth  the  upright  in  heart. 

xi.  7.  The  righteous  Lord  loveth  righteous- 
ness ;  his  countenance  doth  behold  the  up- 
right. 

xv.  2.  He  that  walketh  uprightly  shall  abide 
in  thy  tabernacle. 

xviii.  25.  With  an  upright  man  thou  wilt 
shew  thyself  upright. 

xxxvii.  18.  The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  of 
the  upright,  and  their  inheritance  shall  be  for 
ever. — Ver.  37.  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and 
behold  the  upright,  for  the  latter  end  of  that 
man  is  peace. 

xlix.  14.  The  upright  shall  have  dominion 
over  the  wicked. 

Ixxxiv.  1 1.  The  Lord  will  withhold  no  good 
from  them  that  walk  uprightly. 

xcvii.  11.  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous, 
and  gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart. 

cxii.  2.  The  generation  of  the  upright  shall 
be  blessed. — Ver.  4.  Unto  the  upright  there 
ariseth  light  in  darkness. 

cxl.  13.  Lord,  the  upright  shall  dwell  in  thy 
presence. 

Prov.  ii.  7.  The  Lord  is  a  buckler  to  them 
that  walk  uprightly. — Ver.  21.  The  upright 
shall  dwell  in  the  land,  &c. 

x.  9.  He  that  walketh  uprightly  walketh 
surely. — Ver.  29.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
strength  to  the  upright. 

xi.  3.  The  integrity  of  the  upright  shall 
preserve  them. — Ver.  6.  The  righteousness  of 
the  upright  shall  deliver  them. — Ver.  11.  By 
the  blessing  of  the  upright  the  city  is  exalted. 
Ch.  xxix.  8.  Gen.  xviii.  23  to  28. 

Ver.  20.  The  upright  in  their  way  are  God's 
delight. 

xii.  6.  The  mouth  of  the  upright  shall  de- 
liver them. 

Ver.  22.  They  that  deal  truly  are  God's 
delight. 

xiii.  6.  Righteousness  keepeth  the  upright 
in  the  way. 

xiv.  11.  The  tabernacle  of  the  upright  shall 
flourish. 

xv.  8.  The  prayer  of  the  upright  is  God's 
delight. 

xxi.  18.  The  wicked  shall  be  a  ransom  for 
the  righteous,  and  the  transgressor  for  the  up- 
right. 

xxviii.  6.  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in 
his  uprightness,  than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his 
ways,  though  he  be  rich. — Ver.  10.  The 


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INTEGRITY — SINCERITY — PERFECTION.      CHAP.  XV. 


upright  shall  have  good  things  in  posses- 
sion. 

Ver.  18.  Whoso  walketh  uprightly  shall  be 
saved ;  but  he  that  is  perverse  in  his  ways 
shall  fall  at  once. 

Ver.  20.  A  faithful  man  shall  abound  with 
blessings. 

Isa.  Ivii.  2.  The  righteous  shall  enter  into 
peace ;  they  shall  rest  in  their  beds,  each  one 
walking  in  his  uprightness. 

Mic.  ii.  7.  My  words  do  good  to  him  that 
walketh  uprightly.  See  Rom.  xiv.  22.  John 
iii.  21. 

XIX.  The  upright  prayed  for, — and  prayer 
for  uprightness.  Ps.  xxv.  21.  Let  integrity 
and  uprightness  preserve  me,  for  I  wait  on  thee. 

cxliii.  10.  Lead  me  unto  the  land  of  up- 
rightness. 

cxxv.  4.  Do  good  to  them  that  are  upright 
in  heart. 

xxxvi.  10.  Continue  thy  righteousness  to 
the  upright  in  heart. 


INTEGRITY. 

XX.  Integrity.    Ps.  vii.  8.  Judge  me,  O 
Lord,  according  to  mine  integrity. 

xxv.  21.  Let  integrity  and  uprightness  pre- 
serve me. 

xli.  12.  Thou  upholdest  me  in  mine  inte- 
grity- 

Prov.  xix.  1 .  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh 
in  his  integrity,  than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his 
lips  and  is  a  fool.  Ch.  xxviii.  6. 

xx.  7.  The  just  man  walketh  in  his  integrity. 

Jobxxvii.  6.  My  heart  shall  not  reproach  me. 

XXI.  Particular  instances  of  integrity. 
Gen.  xx.  6.  God  said  to  Abimelech,  I  know 
that  thou  didst  this  in  the  integrity  of  thy 
heart,  for  I  withheld  thee  from  sinning  against 
me. 

Job  ii.  3.  Job  holdeth  fast  his  integrity.  Ver. 
9.  Ch.  xxvii.  5. — xxxi.  6.  1  Kings  ix.  4. 

Ps.  xxvi.  1.  David  said,  I  walked  in  mine 
integrity.  Ver.  11.  Ps.  Ixxviii.  72. 


SINCERITY. 

XXII.  Sincerity.  Josh.  xxiv.  14.  Fear  and 
serve  the  Lord  in  sincerity. 

1  Cor.  v.  8.  Keep  the  feast  with  the  unlea- 
vened bread  of  sincerity. 

2  Cor.  i.  12.   In  simplicity  and  godly  sin- 
cerity we  have  had  our  conversation. 

ii.  17.  As  of  sincerity  in  the  sight  of  God 
speak  we. 

Phil.  i.  10.  I  pray  that  ye  may  be  sincere, 
and  without  offence,  until  the  day  of  Christ. 


Eph.  vi.  24.  Grace  be  with  them  that  love 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity. 

Tit  ii.  7.  In  doctrine  shewing  uncorrupt- 
ness,  gravity,  sincerity. 

1  Pet.  ii.  2.  Desire  the  sincere  milk  of  the 
word,  that  ye  may  grow  thereby. 

PERFECTION. 

XXIII.  Perfection    a    commanded  duty. 
Gen.  xvii.  1.  The  Lord  said  unto  Abraham,  I 
am  the  Almighty  God :  walk  before  me  and 
be  thou  perfect. 

Deut.  xviii.  13.  Thou  shall  be  perfect  with 
the  Lord  thy  God. 

Matt.  v.  48.  Be  ye  perfect,  even  as  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect. 

Rom.  xii.  2.  Be  ye  transformed  by  the  re- 
newing of  your  mind,  that  ye  may  prove  what 
is  that  good  and  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of 
God. 

2  Cor.  vii.  1.  Let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from 
all  filthiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  perfecting 
holiness  in  the  fear  of  God. 

xiii.  11.  Be  perfect,  be  of  one  mind. 
Col.  iii.  14.   Put  on  charity,  which  is  the 
bond  of  perfectness. 

Heb.  vi.  1.  Let  us  go  on  unto  perfection. 

XXIV.  Directions  for  attaining  perfection. 
Matt.  xix.  21.  If  thou  wilt  be  perfect,  keep  the 
commandments.     1  John  ii.  5. — iv.  12. 

Luke  vi.  40.  Every  one  that  is  perfect  shall 
be  as  his  master. 

Phil.  iii.  12.  Not  as  though  I  were  already 
perfect,  or  had  already  attained. — Ver.  14, 15. 

1  press  forward  toward  the  mark,  for  the  prize 
of  the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Let  as  many  as  be  perfect,  be  thus  minded. 

James  i.  4.  Let  patience  have  her  perfect 
work,  that  ye  may  be  perfect  and  entire,  want- 
ing nothing. 

iii.  2.  If  any  offend  not  in  word,  the  same 
is  a  perfect  man. 

XXV.  Perfection  from  God  and  Christ. 

2  Sam.  xxii.  33.  God  maketh  my  way  perfect. 
Ps.  xviii.  32. 

Ps.  cxxxviii.  8.  The  Lord  will  perfect  that 
which  concerneth  me. 

Ezek.  xvi.  14.  Thy  beauty  was  perfect 
through  my  comeliness  which  I  put  upon  thee. 
1  Cor.  iv.  7.  Who  maketh  thee  to  differ  1 

John  xvii.  23.  I  in  them,  and  thou  in  me, 
that  they  may  be  made  perfect  in  one. 

2  Cor.  xii.  9.  My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee,, 
my  strength  is  made  perfect  in  weakness. 

Col.  ii.  10.  Ye  are  complete  in  him,  (viz. 
Christ.) 

iv.  12.  Praying  fervently  for  you,  that  ye 
may  stand  perfect  and  complete  in  all  the  will 
of  God. 


CHAP.  XV. 


HYPOCRISY. 


193 


Heb.  x.  14.  By  one  offering  Christ  hath 
perfected  for  ever  them  that  are  sanctified. 

xiii.  21.  God  make  you  perfect,  working  in 
vou  that  which  is  well-pleasing  in  his  sight. 

1  Pet.  v.  10.  The  God  of  all  grace  make 
you  perfect,  establish,  strengthen,  settle  you. 
See  Heb.  xi.  40.— xii.  23. 

XXVI.  The  holy  Scriptures  a  mean  of  per- 
fection.     2  Tim.  iii.  16,  17.  AH  scripture  is 
given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable 
for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction,  and  in- 
struction in  righteousness.     That  the  man  of 
God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  to 
all  good  works. 

Ps.  cxix.  11.  Thy  word  have  I  hid  in  my 
heart,  that  I  might  not  sin  against  thee.  See 
Gal.  iii.  3.  See  the  Spirit's  influences  upon 
all  Christians. 

XXVII.  Also  the  ministry.    Eph.  iv.  11— 
13.   He  gave   apostles,  prophets,  evangelists, 
pastors  and  teachers ;  for  the  perfecting  of  the 
saints :  Till  we  all  come  in  the  unity  of  the 
faith,  and  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of 
God,  to  a  perfect  man,  unto  the  measure  of 
the  stature  of  the  fulness  of  Christ. 

Col.  i.  28.  We  preach  Christ,  warning 
every  man,  and  teaching  every  man,  in  all 
wisdom,  that  we  may  present  every  man  per- 
fect in  Christ  Jesus. 

1  Thess.  iii.  9,  10.  We  joy  before  God  for 
your  sakes ;  praying  that  we  might  see  your 
face,  and  might  perfect  that  which  is  lacking 
in  your  faith. 

XXVIII.  Promises  to  the  perfect.  Job  viii. 
20.  God  will  not  cast  away  a  perfect  man. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  37.  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and 
behold  the  upright,  for  the  end  of  that  man  is 
peace. 

Prov.  ii.  21.  The  upright  shall  dwell  in  the 
land,  and  the  perfect  shall  remain  in  it. 

XXIX.  Instances  of  persons  called  perfect. 
Noah,  Gen.  vi.  9. — Job,  Job  i.  1.  8. — ii.  3. — 
David,  Ps.  ci.  2.  6.     Persons  called  righteous  : 
Noah,  Gen.  vii.  1 . — David,  1  Kings  iii.  6. — 
Job,  Job  xxix.  14. — Zacharias  and  Elisabeth, 
Luke  i.  6. — Abel,  Heb.  xi.  4. 

HYPOCRISY. 

XXX.  Hi/pocrisy  forbidden.  Luke  xii.  1. 
Jesus  said,  Beware  of  the  leaven  of  the  Pha- 
risees, which  is  hypocrisy. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  which  is  from 
above  is  without  partiality,  and  without  hypo- 
crisy. 

XXXI.  Marks  of  hypocrites.   2  Kings  x. 

25 


1 6.  They  say,  come  and  see  my  zeal  for  the 
Lord. 

Job  xii.  2.  No  doubt  but  ye  are  the  people, 
and  wisdom  shall  die  with  you. 

xv.  8.  They  restrain  wisdom  to  themselves. 
Jer.  viii.  8. 

Ps.  xii.  2.  They  speak  with  a  double  heart. 
Jer.  xii.  2. 

Prov.  xx.  6.  They  proclaim  their  own  good- 


xxx.  12.  They  are  pure  in  their  own  eyes, 
yet  are  not  washed  from  their  filthiness. 
.  Isa.  Ixv.  5.  They  say,  Stand  by  thyself, 
come  not  near  to  me,  for  I  am  holier  than  thou. 
Luke  xviii.  9.  They  trust  in  themselves  that 
they  are  righteous,  and  despise  others. 

Ixvi.  5.  They  hate  their  brethren,  and  cast 
them  out,  and  say,  Let  the  Lord  be  glorified. 
Matt.  vii.  4.  They  say,  Let  me  pull  the  mote 
out  of  thine  eye,  &c. 

Matt.  vi.  5.  They  pray  standing  in  the  syna- 
gogues, and  in  the  corners  of  the  streets,  that 
they  may  be  seen  of  men.  Luke  xviii.  1L  In 
prayer  they  say,  God,  I  thank  thee,  I  am  not 
as  other  men  are,  extortioners,  &c.  Matt. 
xxiii.  14.  They  devour  widows'  houses,  and 
for  a  pretence  make  long  prayers. 

Ver.  16.  When  they  fast  they  disfigure  their 
faces,  that  they  may  appear  unto  men  to  fast. 
Luke  xviii.  12.  I  fast  twice  in  the  week,  said 
the  Pharisee. 

Ver.  2.  When  they  give  alms  they  sound  a 
trumpet,  that  they  may  have  glory  of  men. 

Luke  xvi.  15.  They  justify  themselves  be- 
fore men. 

John  v.  44.  They  receive  honour  one  of 
another,  and  seek  not  the  honour  that  cometh 
from  God  only. 

Matt,  xxiii.  25.  They  make  clean  the  out- 
side of  the  cup  and  platter,  but  within  are  full 
of  extortion  and  excess. — Ver.  27.  Like  whited 
sepulchres,  outwardly  beautiful,  but  within  are 
full  of  rottenness. — Ver.  28.  Outwardly  they 
appear  righteous  unto  men,  but  within  are  full 
of  hypocrisy  and  iniquity. 

xv.  8,  9.  They  honour  God  with  their  lips, 
but  their  heart  is  far  from  him.  In  vain  they 
worship  God,  teaching  for  doctrines  the  com- 
mandments of  men. 

xxiii.  13.  They  shut  up  the  kingdom  of  hea- 
ven against  men ;  they  neither  go  in  themselves 
nor  suffer  others  to  go  in. 

Ver.  15.  They  compass  sea  and  land  to 
make  one  proselyte,  and  make  him  two-fold 
more  the  child  of  hell  than  themselves. 

Ver.  23.  They  pay  tithe  of  mint,  anise  and 
cummin,  (all  manner  of  herbs,  Luke  xi.  42,) 
and  omit  the  weightier  matters  of  the  law, 
judgment,  mercy,  and  faith.  Luke  xviii.  42. 

Ver.  24.  They  strain  at  a  gnat  and  swallow* 
a  camel. 

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THE  HEART. 


CHAP.  XV. 


XXXII.  Threats.  Job  viii.  13.  The  hypo- 
crite's hope  shall  perish. 

xiii.  16.  A  hypocrite  shall  not  come  before 
God.  Ps.v.  5. 

xv.  34.  The  congregation  of  hypocrites 
shall  be  desolate. 

xvii.  8.  The  innocent  shall  stir  up  himself 
against  the  hypocrite. 

xx.  5.  The  joy  of  the  hypocrite  is  but  for  a 
moment. 

xxvii.  8.  What  is  the  hope  of  the  hypocrite, 
when  God  taketh  away  his  soul  1 

xxxvi.  1 3.  The  hypocrites  heap  up  wrath ; 
they  cry  not  when  God  bindeth  them. 

Isa.  ix.  1 7.  The  Lord  shall  have  no  pleasure 
in  their  young  men,  neither  shall  he  have  mer- 
cy on  their  fatherless  and  widows ;  for  every 
one  is  a  hypocrite  and  an  evil-doer. 

x.  6.  A  hypocritical  nation,  the  people  of 
God's  wrath. 

xxxiii.  14.  Tearfulness  hath  surprised  the 
hypocrites ;  who  among  us  shall  dwell  with 
devouring  fire  ?  who  among  us  shall  dwell 
with  everlasting  burnings  1 

Matt,  xxiii.  33.  Ye  serpents !  ye  generation 
of  vipers !  how  can  ye  escape  the  damnation 
of  hell  1 

xxiv.  51.  The  Lord  of  the  evil  servant  shall 
appoint  him  his  portion  with  the  hypocrites ; 
there  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

XXXIII.  Hypocrites  hurtful  to  men.  Job 
xxxiv.  30.  That  the  hypocrite  reign  not,  lest 
the  people  be  ensnared. 

Prov.  xi.  9.  The  hypocrite  with  his  mouth 
destroyeth  his  neighbour.  See  Isa.  xxxii.  6. 
Mark  xii.  14,  15.  Prov.  xxvii.  14. 


THE  HEART. 

XXXIV.  The  heart  of  the  righteous  is  to- 
ward God.  Whole  heart  signifying  sincerity 
in  duties.  Deut.  xi.  1 3.  Love  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  serve  him  with  all  your  heart,  and 
with  all  your  soul.  Ch.  xiii.  3. — xxx.  6.  Matt 
xxii.  37.  Josh.  xxii.  5.  1  Sam.  xii.  20.  24. 

xxvi.  16.  Thou  shall  keep  and  do  these 
statutes  and  judgments,  with  all  thy  heart  and 
with  all  thy  sou!.  1  Kings  ii.  4. — viii.  23. 

xxx.  2,  3.  When  thou  shall  return  to  the 
Lord  thy  God,  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with 
all  thy  soul ;  then  the  Lord  will  turn  thy  cap- 
tivity, &c. 

2  Kings  xxiii.  3.  Josiah  the  king  made  a 
covenant  before  the  Lord,  to  walk  after  the 
Lord,  and  to  keep  his  commandments,  and  his 
testimonies  and  his  statutes,  with  all  their  heart 
and  all  their  soul.  2  Chron.  xxxiv.  31. — 
xv.  12. 

Ps.  ix.  1.  I  will  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  with 


my  whole  heart.  Ps.  Ixxxvi.  12.  I  will  praise 
thee  with  all  my  heart. 

cxix.  2.  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  the  Lord's 
testimonies,  and  seek  him  with  the  whole  heart. 
Ver.  10. 

Ver.  34.  Give  me  understanding  and  I  shall 
keep  thy  law ;  yea,  I  shall  observe  it  with  my 
whole  heart.  Ver.  69. 

Ver.  58.  I  entreated  thy  favour  with  my 
whole  heart  Ver.  145. 

Prov.  iii.  5.  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all 
thy  heart,  and  lean  not  to  thine  own  under- 
standing. 

Jer.  xxiv.  7.  They  shall  return  to  me  with 
their  whole  heart. 

xxix.  13.  Ye  shall  seek  me,  and  find  me 
(saith  the  Lord)  when  ye  search  for  me  with 
all  your  heart  2  Chron.  xv.  12. — xxii.  9. 

Acts  viii.  37.  If  thou  believest  with  all  thy 
heart,  &c. 

Col.  iii.  23.  Whatsoever  ye  do,  do  it  heartily 
as  to  the  Lord. 

XXXV.  Pure  heart.  Ps.xxiv.  3,4.  Who 
shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the  Lord  1  and 
who  shall  stand  in  his  holy  place  1     He  that 
hath  clean  hands  and  a  pure  heart. 

Matt.  v.  8.  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart,  for 
they  shall  see  God.  See  1  Tim.  i.  5.  2  Tim. 
ii.  22.  1  Pet.  i.  22. 

XXXVI.  Perfect  heart.    1  Kings  viii.  61. 
Let  your  heart  be  perfect  with  the  Lord  your 
God,  to  walk  in  his  statules,  and  keep  his  com- 
mandments.    1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  Serve   God 
with  a  perfect  heart  and  with  a  willing  mind  ; 
for  the  Lord  searcheth  all  hearts,  and  under- 
standeth  all  the  imaginations  of  the  thoughts. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  9.  With  a  perfect  heart  the 
people  offered  willingly. 

2  Chron.  xvi.  9.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  run 
to  and  fro  through  the  whole  earth,  to  show 
himself  strong  in  behalf  of  those  whose  heart 
is  perfect  with  him. 

Ps.  ci.  2.  I  will  walk  within  my  house  with 
a  perfect  heart. 

Luke  viii.  15.  But  that  on  the  good  ground, 
are  they,  which  in  an  honest  and  good  heart, 
having  heard  the  word,  keep  it,  and  bring  forth 
fruit  with  patience. 

See  Instances.  Asa,  1  Kings  xv.  14.  2 
Chron.  xv.  17.— Hezekiah,  2  Kings  xx.  3. 
Isa.  xxxviii.  3. — Want  of  a  perfect  heart  in 
Solomon,  1  Kings  xi.  4. — xv.  3.  And  in  Ama- 
ziah,  2  Chron.  xxv.  2. 

XXXVII.  Upright  heart.    Ps.  vii.  10.  God 
saveth  the  upright  in  heart 

xxxii.  11.  Be  glad  in  the  Lord,  and  rejoice, 
ye  righteous ;  and  shout  for  joy,  all  ye  that  are 
upright  in  heart.  Ps.  Ixiv.  10. 


CHAP.  XV. 


THE   HEART. 


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xxxvi.  10.  O  continue  thy  loving-kindness 
to  them  that  know  thee,  and  thy  righteousness 
to  the  upright  in  heart. 

xcvii.  11.  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous, 
and  gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart. 

cxix.  7.  I  will  praise  thee  with  uprightness 
of  heart,  when  I  shall  have  learned  thy  right- 
eous judgments.  See  Job  xxxiii.  3. 

XXXVIII.  Singh  heart.   Acts  ii.  46.  Eph. 
vi.  5.     Col.  iii.  22. 

XXXIX.  Clean  heart.     Ps.  li.  10.  Create 
in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God. 

Ixxiii.  1.  God  is  good  to  such  as  are  of  a 
clean  heart. 

Prov.  xx.  9.  Who  can  say  I  have  made  my 
heart  clean  1 

XL.  Broken  and  contrite  heart.    Ps.  xxxiv. 

18.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a 
broken  heart,  and  saveth  such  as  be  of  a  con- 
trite spirit. 

li.  17.  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken 
spirit;  a  broken  and  contrite  heart,  0  God, 
thou  wilt  not  despise. 

cix.  16.  See  prayers  against  those  who 
would  slay  the  broken  in  heart.  Ver.  1 — 15. 

cxlvii.  3.  The  Lord  healeth  the  broken  in 
heart,  and  bindeth  up  their  wounds. 

Isa.  Ivii.  15.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  dwell 
with  him  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble 
spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and 
to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up 
the  broken-hearted.  Luke  iv.  18. 

Ixvi.  2.  To  this  man  will  I  look,  even  to  him 
that  is  poor,  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  trem- 
bleth  at  my  word. 

XLI.  Duties  respecting  the  heart.  Deut. 
xxxii.  46.  Set  your  hearts  unto  all  the  words 
which  I  command  you. 

Josh.  xxiv.  23.  Incline  your  heart  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

1  Sam.  vii.  3.  Prepare  your  hearts  unto  the 
Lord,  and  serve  him  only.     Job  xi.  13. 

2  Chron.  xxx.  18,  19.   Lord,  pardon  every 
one  that  prepareth  his  heart  to  seek  the  Lord 
God  of  his  fathers. 

Ezra  vii.  10.  Ezra  prepared  his  heart  to 
seek  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  to  do  it. 

Job  xi.  13.  15.  If  thou  prepare  thy  heart, 
and  stretch  out  thy  hands  towards  him,  then 
shalt  thou  lift  up  thy  face  with  joy. 

Ps.  Ixxvii.  6.  I  commune  with  mine  own 
heart.  Ps.  iv.  4. 

Prov.  iv.  23.   Keep  thy  heart.      Ch.  xxiii. 

19.  Guide  thy  heart,  &c. 

Jer.  iv.  4.  Circumcise  yourselves  to  the 
Lord,  and  take  away  the  foreskins  of  your 
heart. — Ver.  14.  Wash  thy  heart  from  wicked- 
ness, that  thou  mayest  be  saved.  Isa.  i.  16. 


xxx.  21.  Who  is  this  that  engaged  his  heart 
to  approach  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord  1 — Ver. 
22.  Ye  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your 
God. 

Ezek.  xviii.  31.  Make  you  a  new  heart,  and 
a  new  spirit ;  for  why  will  ye  die,  0  house  of 
Israel ? 

Joel  ii.  13.  Rend  your  heart  and  not  your 
garments,  and  turn  again  to  the  Lord. 

See  James  iv.  8.  Purify  your  hearts.  Ch. 
v.  8.  Establish  your  hearts. 

Apply  the  heart. — To  wisdom,  Ps.  xc.  12. 
To  understanding,  Eccl.  vii.  25.  Prov.  ii.  2. 
To  knowledge,  Prov.  xxii.  17.  To  instruc- 
tion, Prov.  xxiii.  12. 

XLII.  God  taketh  notice  of  the  heart.  This 
is  to  'be  considered  as  a  motive  to  the  forego- 
ing  duties.  Jer.  xx.  12.  O  Lord  of  hosts, 
that  triest  the  righteous,  and  seest  the  reins 
and  heart. 

1  Kings  viii.  39.  Lord,  thou  only  knowest 
the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men.  2  Chron 
vi.  30. 

Ps.  xliv.  21.  God  knoweth  the  secrets  of  the 
heart 

Prov.  xv.  11.  Hell  and  destruction  are  be- 
fore the  Lord  ;  how  much  more  the  hearts  of 
the  children  of  men. 

Luke  xvi.  15.  God  knoweth  your  hearts. 

Acts  i.  24.  Thou,  Lord,  knowest  the  hearts 
of  all  men. 

Heb.  iv.  12.  The  word  of  God  is  a  discerner 
of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the  heart. 
1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  The  Lord  searcheth  all 
hearts,  and  understandeth  all  the  imaginations 
of  the  thoughts. 

Jer.  xvii.  10.  I  the  Lord  search  the  heart 
and  try  the  reins.  Rom.  viii.  27.  He  that 
searcheth  the  hearts  knoweth  what  is  the  mind 
of  the  Spirit  Rev.  ii.  23.  I  am  he  which 
searcheth  the  reins  and  hearts. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  17.  I  know,  my  God,  that 
thou  triest  the  heart,  and  hast  pleasure  in  up- 
rightness. Ver.  18,  19. 

Ps.  vii.  9.  The  righteous  God  trieth  the 
hearts  and  reins. 

xxvi.  2.  Examine  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove 
me,  try  my  reins  and  my  heart. 

Jer.  xii.  3.  Thou  hast  tried  my  heart  to- 
ward thee.  1  Thess.  ii.  4.  God  trieth  the 
hearts. 

Ps.  xvii.  3.  Thou  hast  proved  my  heart, 
thou  hast  tried  me. 

Prov.  xxi.  2.  The  Lord  pondereth  the 
hearts.  Ch.  xxiv.  12. 

XLin.  God  influenceth  the  hearts  of  the. 
righteous.  Ps.  li.  10.  Create  in  me  a  clean 
heart,  O  God,  &c. 

Jer.  xxiv.  7.  I  will  give  them  a  heart  to 
know  me,  that  I  am  the  Lord. 


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THE   HEART. 


CHAP.  XV. 


xxxii.  39.  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and 
one  way,  that  they  may  fear  me  for  ever. 
Ezek.  xi.  19.  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and 

1  will  put  a  new  spirit  within  you,  and  I  will 
take  the  stony  heart  out  of  their  flesh,  and  will 
give  them  a  heart  of  flesh. — Ver.  20.  That  they 
may  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  mine  or- 
dinances and  do  them ;  and  they  shall  be  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  their  God.     Ch.  xxxvi. 
26.      See  1  Sam.  x.  9.     2  Chron.  xxx.  12. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  18.  O  Lord,  prepare  their 
heart  unto  thee.  Ps.  x.  17.  Thou,  Lord,  wilt 
prepare  their  heart.  Prov.  xvi.  1.  The  prepa- 
rations of  the  heart  in  man,  and  the  answer 
of  the  tongue  is  from  the  Lord.  Ver.  9.  Ch. 
xix.  21. 

Deut.  xxx.  6.  The  Lord  thy  God  will  cir- 
cumcise thy  heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed, 
to  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart, 
and  with  all  thy  soul,  that  thou  mayest  live. 

2  Thess.  iii.  5. 

1  Sam.  x.  26.  There  went  with  Saul  a  band 
of  men,  whose  hearts  God  had  touched. 

Acts  xvi.  14.  The  Lord  opened  the  heart 
of  Lydia,  that  she  attended  to  the  things  spoken 
by  Paul. 

xv.  9.  God  purifying  their  hearts  by  faith. 

Ps.  cxix.  32.  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  com- 
mandments, when  thou  shalt  enlarge  my  heart. 
1  Kings  iv.  29.  God  gave  unto  Solomon  wis- 
dom and  understanding  exceeding  much,  and 
largeness  of  heart 

xxxiii.  15.  He  fashioneth  their  hearts. 

1  Kings  viii.  57,  58.  The  Lord  our  God  be 
with  us,  as  he  was  with  our  fathers ;  let  him 
not  leave  us  nor  forsake  us ;  That  he  may  in- 
cline our  hearts  unto  him,  to  walk  in  his  ways, 
and  to  keep  his  commandments,  and  his  sta- 
tutes, and  his  judgments.  Ps.  cxix.  36.  In- 
cline my  heart  unto  thy  statutes.  Ver,  8.  Ps. 
cxli.  4. 

Ps.  Ixxxvi.  11.  Unite  my  heart  to  fear  thy 
name. 

Isa.  Ivii.  15.  Thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty 
One,  that  inhabiteth  eternity,  whose  name  is 
Holy ;  I  dwell  in  the  high  and  holy  place, 
with  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble 
spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and 
to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

Ps.  xxvii.  14.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  and  he 
shall  strengthen  thy  heart.  Ps.  xxxi.  24. — 
Ixxiii.  26.  Isa.  xxxv.  4. 

1  Thess.  iii.  12,  13.  The  Lord  establish 
your  hearts  unblameable  in  holiness,  before 
God,  even  our  Father,  at  the  coming  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his  saints.  2  Thess. 
ii.  17. 

Prov.  xxi.  1.  The  king's  heart  is  in  the 
hand  of  the  Lord,  he  turneth  it,  &c.  Job  xii. 
24.  Ezra  vi.  22.  The  Lord  turned  the  heart 
of  the  king  of  Assyria  unto  his  people. 


Ps.  ex.  25.  He  turned  their  heart  to  hate  his 
people. 

Mai.  iv.  6.  He  shall  turn  the  heart  of  the 
fathers  to  the  children,  &c.  Luke  i.  17. 

Ezra  vii.  27.  Ezra  said,  Blessed  be  the  I  ord 
God  of  our  fathers,  who  hath  put  this  in  the 
king's  heart,  to  beautify  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
Neh.  ii.  12.  I  told  no  man  what  God  had  put 
in  my  heart  to  do  at  Jerusalem. 

Jer.  xxxii.  40.  I  will  put  my  fear  in  their 
hearts,  &c.  Ch.  xxxi.  33.  I  will  put  my  law 
in  their  inward  parts,  and  write  it  in  their 
hearts.  Heb.  viii.  10. 

2  Cor.  iii.  3.  Ye  are  the  epistle  of  Christ, 
written  with  the  Spirit  of  the  living  God  in 
fleshly  tables  of  the  heart. 

XLIV.  Go  ffs  judgments  on  the.  heart  of  the 
wicked.  Exod.  vii.  13.  The  Lord  hardened 
Pharaoh's  heart.  Ch.  ix.  12.— x.  1.  20.  27.— 
xi.  10. — xiv.  8.  Exod.  ix.  14.  I  will  send 
my  plagues  upon  thy  heart. 

Deut.  ii.  30.  The  Lord  hardened  the  spirit 
of  Sihon,  king  of  Heshbon,  and  made  his 
heart  obstinate,  that  he  might  deliver  him  into 
the  hand  of  Israel. 

xxviii.  28.  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  with 
madness,  and  blindness,  and  astonishment  of 
heart.  Lev.  xxvi.  16. 

xxix.  4.  The  Lord  hath  not  given  you  a 
heart  to  perceive. 

Isa.  xliv.  1 8.  He  hath  shut  their  eyes  that 
they  cannot  see,  and  their  hearts  that  they 
cannot  understand. 

Job  xvii.  4.  Thou  hast  hid  their  heart  from 
understanding ;  therefore  shalt  thou  not  exalt 
them. 

Eccl.  iii.  11.  He  hath  set  the  world  in  their 
heart. 

XLV.  Satan's  influences  on  the  heart  of 
the  wicked.  Instances  thereof.  See  Satan's 
tempting  Eve,  Gen.  iii.  1  to  6. — Tempting 
David  to  number  the  people,  1  Chron.  xxi.  1. 
— He  taketh  away  the  word  out  of  their  heart, 
Matt.  xiii.  19. — He  put  into  the  heart  of  Judas 
to  betray  Christ,  John  xiii.  2.— Put  into  the 
hearts  of  Ananias  and  Sapphira  to  lie,  Acts  v 
3. — He  blinds  the  minds  of  unbelievers,  2  Cor. 
iv.  4.  Eph,  iv.  18. 

XLVI.  An  evil  heart  described.  Gen.  vi. 
5.  Every  imagination  of  the  thoughts  of  man's 
heart,  was  evil  continually. 

Prov.  xx.  9.  Who  can  say,  I  have  made 
my  heart  clean  1 

Jer.  xvii.  9.  The  heart  is  deceitful  above 
all  things,  and  desperately  wicked,  who  can 
know  it  7 

Matt,  xv.  19,  20.  Out  of  the  heart  proceed 
evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  fornication, 


CHAP.  XV. 


CONSCIENCE — SERVING   GOD. 


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thefts,  false  witness,  blasphemies.     These  are 
the  things  which  defile  a  man.     Mark  vii.  21, 

22,  23. 

XLVII.  In  Scripture  the  hearts  of  the 
wicked  are  described — as  wicked.  Prov.  xxvi. 

23.  Deut.  xv.  9.     1  Kings  ii.  44. 
Uncircumcised.     Jer.  ix.  26. 

Hard.  1  Sam.  vi.  6.  Prov.  xxviii.  14. 
Zech.  vii.  12.  Mark  xvi.  14. 

Stony.  Ezek.  xi.  19. — xxxvi.  26. 

Set  to  do  evil  Eccl.  viii.  1 1.  Full  of  evil. 
Eccl.  ix.  3. 

Froward.  Prov.  vi.  14. — xi.  20.  Isa. 
Ivii.  17. 

Perverse.  Prov.  xii.  8. — xxiii.  33.  Eccl. 
xi.  9. 

Backsliding.  Prov.  xiv.  14.  Far  from 
God.  Isa.  xxix.  13. 

Departing  from  God.  Jer.  xvii.  5.  Not 
right  with  God.  Acts  viii.  2 1 . 

Wkorish,  idolatrous.  Ezek.  vi.  9. — xi.  21. 
— xiv.  4. 

Rebellious.     Jer.  v.  23. 

Full  of  iniquity.     Ps.  xii.  6.     Isa.  xxxii.  6. 

Full  of  evil  imaginations.  Deut  xxix. 
19.  Ps.  cxl.  2. 

Full  of  hypocrisy.  Job  xxxvi.  13.  De- 
ceit. Prov.  xii.  20.  Ps.  xii.  2. 

Fretting  against  God.  Prov.  xix.  3.  Im- 
penitent. Rom.  ii.  5. 

Full  of  pride.  2  Chron.xxvi.  16.  Covet- 
ousness.  Jer.  xxii.  17.  2  Pet.  ii.  14. 

CONSCIENCE. 

XL  VIII.  Keeping  a  good  conscience.  Acts 
xxiii.  1.  Paul  said,  I  have  lived  in  all  good 
conscience  before  God  until  this  day. 

Rom.  ix.  1.  I  say  the  truth  in  Christ,  I  lie 
not,  my  conscience  also  bearing  me  witness 
in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

xiii.  5.  Ye  must  needs  be  subject  [to  ma- 
gistrates] not  only  for  wrath,  but  also  for  con- 
science' sake. 

2  Cor.  i.  12.  Our  rejoicing  is  this,  the  tes- 
timony of  our  conscience,  that  in  simplicity 
and  godly  sincerity,  not  with  fleshly  wisdom, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God,  we  have  had  our 
conversation  in  the  world. 

iv.  2.  By  manifestation  of  the  truth,  com- 
mending ourselves  to  every --man's  conscience, 
in  the  sight  of  God.  Ch.  v.  1 1. 

1  Tim.  i.  5.  The  end  of  the  commandment 
is  charity,  out  of  a  pure  heart,  and  of  a  good 
conscience,  and  of  faith  unfeigned. — Ver.  18, 
19.  War  a  good  warfare,  holding  faith  and  a 
good   conscience.     Ch.   iii.   9.    Holding  the 
mystery  of  faith  in  a  pure  conscience. 

2  Tim.  i.  3.  I  serve  God  with  a  pure  con- 
science. 


Heb.  x.  22.  Having  our  hearts  sprinkled 
from  an  evil  conscience. 

xiii.  18.  We  trust  we  have  a  good  con- 
science, in  all  things  willing  to  live  honestly. 

1  Pet.  ii.  19.  This  is  thank- worthy,  if  a 
man  for  conscience  toward  God  endure  grief, 
suffering  wrongfully. 

iii.  15,  16.  Sanctify  the  Lord  God  in  your 
hearts.  Having  a  good  conscience;  a  good 
conversation  in  Christ. 

XLIX.  A  good  conscience,  how  attained. 
Acts  xxiv.  16.  I  exercise  myself  to  have  al- 
ways a  conscience  void  of  offence  toward  God 
and  toward  men. 

Heb.  ix.  9.  Gifts  and  sacrifices  were  offered 
[under  the  law]  which  could  not  make  him 
that  did  the  service  perfect,  as  pertaining  to 
the  conscience.  (Ch.  x.  2.)  Ver.  14.  How 
much  more  shall  the  blood  of  Christ,  who 
through  the  eternal  Spirit  offered  himself 
without  spot  unto  God,  purge  your  conscience 
from  dead  works,  to  serve  the  living  God. 
1  Pet.  iii.  21. 

x.  22.  Having  the  heart  sprinkled  from  an 
evil  conscience. 

L.  Natural  conscience  •  instances  of  the 
force  thereof.  John  viii.  9.  In  the  accusers 
of  the  woman  before  Christ. 

Rom.  ii.  15.  In  the  Gentiles,  who  have  not 
the  law. 

Acts  xxiv.  25.  In  Felix,  hearing  Paul 
preach. 

1  Sam.  xxiv.  5.  2  Sam.  xxiv.  10.  David's 
heart  smote  him. 

LI.  A  weak  conscience  not  to  be  wounded. 
1  Cor.  viii.  12.  When  ye  sin  against  the 
brethren,  and  wound  their  weak  conscience, 
ye  sin  against  Christ.  See  ver.  7  to  10.  Ch. 
x.  28,  29. 

LIT.  Of  an  evil  conscience.  1  Tim.  iv.  1, 
2.  Some  shall  depart  from  the  faith ;  speaking 
lies  in  hypocrisy,  having  their  conscience 
seared. 

Tit.  i.  15.  Unto  them  that  are*  defiled  and 
unbelieving  there  is  nothing  pure,  but  even 
their  mind  and  conscience  is  defiled. 

SERVING  GOD. 

LIII.  Commanded.  Deut.  vi.  13.  Thou 
shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  serve  him. 

x.  12.  O  Israel,  what  doth  the  Lord  thy 
God  require  of  thee,  but  to  fear  the  Lord  thy 
God,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  love  him  ; 
and  to  serve  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul  ]  Ver.  13. 

Ver.  20.  The  Lord  thy  God,  him  shall  thou 
serve,  and  to  him  shalt  thou  cleave.  Matt. 
iv.  10. 

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GOD  S  SERVANTS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


LIV.  With  the  heart.  See  the  last  quoted 
text.  Deut.  x.  12. 

1  Chron.  xxviii.  9.  Serve  him  with  a  per- 
fect heart,  and  with  a  willing  mind. 

Eph.  vi.  6.  Doing  the  will  of  God  from  the 
heart. — Ver.  5.  In  singleness  of  heart,  as  unto 
Christ. 

Ver.  7.  With  good  will  doing  service,  as  to 
the  Lord.  See  Deut.  xi.  13,  14.— xiii.  4.— 
xxvi.  16. — xxxii.  46.  Josh.  xxii.  5. — xxiv. 
14,  15.  1  Sam.  vii.  3.— xii.  14.  20.  24. 
1  Kings  xi.  4. — xiv.  8.  Ps.  cxix.  69. 

LV.  With  suitable  dispositions  of  heart. 
Josh.  xxiv.  14.  Fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him 
in  sincerity  and  truth.  Ver.  24.  31. 

Acts  xx.  19.  Serving  the  Lord  with  all  hu- 
mility of  mind.  Ch.  xxvi.  7. 

Luke  i.  75.    Serve   him  in  holiness,  and 


Kom.  i.  9.  I  serve  God  with  my  spirit  in 
the  gospel  of  his  Son. 

vii.  6.  We  are  delivered  from  the  law,  that 
we  should  serve  in  newness  of  spirit. 

xii.  1.  Present  your  bodies  a  living  sacrifice, 
holy  and  acceptable  unto  God,  which  is  your 
reasonable  service. 

Ver.  11.  Fervent  in  spirit,  serving  the  Lord. 

2  Tim.  i.  3.  I  serve  God  with  a  pure  con- 
science. 

Heb.  ix.  14.  The  blood  of  Christ  shall  purge 
your  conscience  from  dead  works,  to  serve  the 
living  God. 

xii.  28.  Let  us  have  grace,  whereby  we  may 
serve  God  with  reverence  and  godly  fear.  Ps. 
ii.  11. 

Ps.  c.  2.  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness. 
Eccl.  ix.  10.  With  thy  might. 

Acts  xxvi.  7.  Serving  God  instantly. 

Rev.  vii.  15.  In  heaven  they  serve  God  day 
and  night 

GOD'S  SERVANTS. 

LVI.  God's  servants.  Promises  to  them. 
Exod.  xxiii.^25.  Ye  shall  serve  the  Lord,  and 
he  will  bless  thy  bread,  and  thy  water.  Ch. 
xv.  26.  Deut.  xi.  13,  14. 

1  Kings  viii.  23.  Thou  keepest  covenant 
and  mercy  with  thy  servants,  that  walk  before 
thee  with  all  their  heart.  Gen.  xxxii.  10. 

Job  xxx vi.  11.  If  they  obey  and  serve  him, 
they  shall  spend  their  days  in  prosperity,  and 
their  years  in  pleasure.  Ps.  cxix.  1 65.  Prov. 
iii.  17. 

Ps.  xxxv.  27.  Let  the  Lord  be  magnified, 
that  hath  pleasure  in  the  prosperity  of  his 
servants.  Ps.  cxlvii.  11. — cxlix.  4. 

cii.  28.  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall 
continue,  and  their  seed  shall  be  established 
before  thee.  Ps.  Ixix.  36. 


cv.  6,  7.  0  ye  seed  of  Abraham,  his  servant ; 
ye  children  of  Jacob,  his  chosen:  He  is  the 
Lord  your  God.  Ver.  42.  Isa.  xii.  8,  9. 

Isa.  xliv.  1,  2.  Fear  not,  O  Jacob,  my  ser- 
vant. For  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that 
is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry  grpund. 
Ver.  26. 

xlv.  4.  For  Jacob  my  servant's  sake  I  have 
called  thee  by  name. 

xlviii.  20.  The  Lord  hath  redeemed  his  ser- 
vant Jacob. 

xlix.  3.  Thou  art  my  servant,  O  Israel,  in 
whom  I  will  be  glorified. 

liv.  17.  No  weapon  formed  against  thee 
shall  prosper;  every  tongue  that  shall  rise 
against  thee  in  judgment  thou  shalt  condemn : 
this  is  the  heritage  of  the  servants  of  the 
Lord,  and  their  righteousness  is  of  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

Ivi.  6,  7.  The  sons  of  the  stranger  that 
join  themselves  to  the  Lord,  to  serve  him,  &c. 
even  them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy  mountain, 
and  make  them  joyful  in  my  house  of  prayer. 

Ixv.  8,  9.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  as  the  new 
wine  is  found  in  the  cluster,  and  one  saith, 
Destroy  it  not,  for  a  blessing  is  in  it :  so  will  I 
do  for  my  servants'  sakes,  that  I  may  not  de- 
stroy them  all.  And  mine  elect  shall  inherit 
my  holy  mountain,  and  my  servants  shall 
dwell  there. 

Ver.  13,  14.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Be- 
hold, my  servants  shall  eat,  drink,  and  rejoice. 
They  shall  sing  for  joy  of  heart. 

Ixvi.  13, 14.  I  will  comfort  you,  and  ye  shall 
be  comforted.  And  when  ye  see  this,  your 
heart  shall  rejoice,  and  your  bones  shall  flou- 
rish like  an  herb ;  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  known  toward  his  servants,  and  his 
indignation  toward  his  enemies. 

Jer.  xxx.  10,  11.  Fear  thou  not,  0  my  ser- 
vant Jacob,  saith  the  Lord,  neither  be  dismayed, 
0  Israel ;  for  I  will  save  thee  from  afar,  and 
thy  seed  from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and 
Jacob  shall  return  and  be  in  rest  and  quiet,  and 
none  shall  make  him  afraid.  For  I  am  with 
thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  save  thee.  Ch.  xxix. 
10.— xlvi.  27,  28. 

Joel  ii.  29.  Upon  the  servants  and  upon  the 
hand-maids,  will  I  pour  out  my  Spirit.  Isa. 
xliv.  3.  Acts  ii.  17. 

Zeph.  iii.  9.  I  will  turn  to  the  people  a  pure 
language,  that  they  may  all  call  upon  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  to  serve  him  with  one  consent 

Matt  xxiv.  45.  Blessed  is  the  faithful  and 
wise  servant.  Ver.  46.  48.  50. 

xxv.  21.  Well  done,  thou  good  and  faithful 
servant,  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord. 
Ver.  23.  26.  30. 

Luke  xii.  37.  Blessed  are  those  servants, 
whom  the  Lord,  when  he  cometh,  shall  find 
watching. 


CHAP.  XV. 


NOT  SERVING  GOD OBEDIENCE. 


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Gal.  iv.  7.  Thou  art  no  more  a  servant,  but 
a  son ;  and  if  a  son,  then  an  heir  of  God, 
through  Christ. 

Rev.  vii.  3.  Hurt  not  the  earth,  till  we  have 
sealed  the  servants  of  our  God  in  their  fore- 
heads. 

xix.  2.  The  Lord  our  God  hath  judged  the 
great  whore,  which  did  corrupt  the  earth  with 
her  fornication,  and  hath  avenged  the  blood  of 
his  servants  at  her  hand.  Deut.  xxviii.  1 — 14. 
2  Kings  ix.  7.  Ps.  Ixxix.  10. — cxvi.  15. 

LVII.  Prayers  for  them.  2  Sam.  vii.  29. 
With  thy  blessing,  let  the  house  of  thy  ser- 
vant be  blessed  for  ever. 

xxiv.  10.  O  Lord,  take  away  the  iniquity  of 
thy  servant. 

Neh.  i.  11.  Let  thine  ear  be  attentive  to  the 
prayer  of  thy  servants,  who  desire  to  fear  thy 
name.  Job  xlii.  8.  Dan.  ix.  17. 

Ps.  xix.  13.  Keep  back  thy  servant  from 
presumptuous  sins. 

xxvii.  9.  Put  not  thy  servant  away  in  anger. 

xxxi.  16.  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy 
servant :  save  me  for  thy  mercy's  sake. 

Ixix.  17.  Hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  ser- 
vant, for  I  am  in  trouble  :  hear  me  speedily. 

Ixxxvi.  2.  O  my  God,  save  thy  servant,  that 
trusteth  in  thee.  Ver.  16.  Dan.  iii.  17.  28. — 
vi.  16. 

Ixxxix.  50.  Remember,  Lord,  the  reproach 
of  thy  servants. 

xc.  13.  Let  it  repent  thee  concerning  thy 
servants.  Ps.  cxxxv.  14.  Deut.  xxxii.  36. 

Ver.  16.  Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  ser- 
vants, and  thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

NOT  SERVING  GOD. 

LVIII.  Not  serving  God.  Threats.  Deut. 
xxviii.  47,  48.  Because  thou  servedst  not  the 
Loid  thy  God  with.joyfulness  and  gladness  of 
heart,  for  the  abundance  of  all  things  :  There- 
fore shall  thou  serve  thine  enemies,  in  hunger 
and  thirst,  and  nakedness  and  want  of  all 
things.  Jer.  xvii.  1  to  5.  Neh.  ix.  35,  36. 

Mai.  iii.  14.  Ye  have  said,  It  is  vain  to  serve 
God  :  and  what  profit  is  it  that  we  have  kept 
his  ordinance? — Ver.  18.  Ye  shall  discern  be- 
tween him  that  serveth  God,  and  him  that 
serveth  him  not.  Job  xxi.  15. 

Matt.  xxiv.  50,  51.  The  Lord  of  the  wicked 
servant,  shall  come  in  a  day  when  he  look- 
eth  not  for  him,  and  in  an  hour  when  he  is  not 
aware,  and  shall  cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint 
him  his  portion  with  hypocrites  :  there  shall 
be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth.  Ch.  xxv. 
30.  Cast  the  wicked  and  unprofitable  servant 
into  outer  darkness:  there  shall  be  weeping 
and  gnashing  of  teeth.  See  ver.  26. 

Luke  xii.  47.  That  servant  which  knew  his 
Lord's  will,  and  prepared  not  himself,  neither 


]  did  according  to  his  will,  shall  be  beaten  with 
many  stripes. 

Rom.  i.  25,  26.  They  served  the  creature 
more  than  the  Creator.  For  this  cause  God 
gave  them  up  to  vile  affections,  &c.  See 
Omission  of  good  works. 

OBEDIENCE. 

LIX.  Commanded.  Eccl.  xii.  13.  Fear 
God,  and  keep  his  commandments :  for  this  is 
the  whole  duty  of  man. 

Jer.  vii.  23.  This  thing  commanded  I  your 
fathers,  saying,  Obey  my  voice ;  and  I  will  be 
your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people.  Lev. 
xix.  37.  1  Sam.  xv.  22.  Jer.  xi.  4.  Deut. 
vi.  24,  25. — vii.  12. 

Ezek.  xx.  19.  I  am  the  Lord  your  God; 
walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  my  judgments, 
and  do  them.  Ch.  xxxvii.  24. 

1  Cor.  vii.  19.  Circumcision  is  nothing,  and 
uncircumcision  is  nothing,',  but  keeping  the 
commandments  of  God.  Ps.  cxix.  4. 

LX.  Universal  obedience  required.  Deut. 
xxviii.  14.  Thou  shalt  not  go  aside  from  any 
of  the  words  which  I  command  thee  this  day, 
to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

Josh.  i.  7.  Observe  to  do  according  to  all  the 
law ;  turn  not  from  it  to  the  right  hand  or  to 
the  left ;  that  thou  mayest  prosper  whitherso- 
ever thou  goest. 

1  Chron.  xxviii.  8.  Keep  and  seek  for  all 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord  your  God. 

Ps.  cxix.  1.  Blessed  are  the  undefiled  in  the 
way. 

Ver.  6.  I  shall  not  be  ashamed  when  I  have 
respect  unto  all  thy  commandments. 

Matt.  v.  19.  Whosoever  shall  break  one  of 
these  least  commandments,  and  shall  teach 
men  so,  shall  be  called  least  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven. 

Gal.  iii.  10.  It  is  written  in  the  law,  Cursed 
is  every  one  that  continueth  not  in  all  things 
that  are  written  in  the  book  of  the  law  to  do 
them.  Deut.  vii.  26.  Jer.  xi.  3. 

Col.  iv.  12.  I  pray  that  ye  may  stand  per- 
fect and  complete  in  all  the  will  of  God.  1  Pet. 
iv.  2. 

James  ii.  10.  Whosoever  shall  keep  the 
whole  law,  and  yet  offend  in  one  point,  is  guilty 
of  all. 

LXI.  With  an  high  esteem  of  God's  law. 
Ps.  cxix.  128.  I  esteem  all  thy  precepts  right. 
Prov.  iii.  17.  Ways  of  pleasantness  and  paths 
of  peace.  1  John  v.  3.  Not  grievous. 

Ver.  173.  I  have  chosen  thy  precepts. — 
Ver.  111.  Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken  as  an 
heritage  for  ever  ;  for  they  are  the  rejoicing  of 
my  heart.  See  Rejoicing  in  God,  in  his 
word. 


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OBEDIENCE. 


CHAP.  XV. 


Ver.  97.  O  how  I  love  thy  law.  Ver.  159. 
See  Love  to  God. 

Ver.  20.  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  longing 
it  hath  unto  thy  testimonies  at  all  times.  Ver. 
40.  See  Longing  for  God  and  the  things  of 
God. 

Ver.  1 1.  Thy  word  have  I  hid  in  my  heart, 
that  I  might  not  sin  against  thee. — Ver.  15.  I 
will  meditate  in  thy  precepts,  and  have  respect 
unto  thy  ways.  See  Meditation. 

Ver.  83.  I  do  not  forget  thy  statutes.  Ver. 
55.  93.  Ps.  xviii.  22. 

Rom.  vii.  22.  I  delight  in  the  law  of  God 
after  the  inward  man.  Ps.  i.  2. — xl.  8. — cxix. 
16.  70.  72.  77.  92.  143.  174.  See  Delight. 

LXII.  With  resolution  of  heart.  Josh.  xxiv. 
15.  Joshua  said,  As  for  me  and  my  house,  we 
will  serve  the  Lord. — Ver.  24.  The  people 
said,  The  Lord  our  God  will  we  serve,  and  his 
voice  will  we  obey. 

Ps.  cxix.  57.  O  Lord,  I  have  said  that  I 
would  keep  thy  words. — Ver.  69.  I  will  keep 
thy  precepts  with  my  whole  heart. 

Ver.  106.  I  have  sworn  and  I  will  perform 
it,  that  I  will  keep  thy  righteous  judgments. 

Ver.  112.  I  have  inclined  my  heart  to  per- 
form thy  statutes. — Ver.  117.  I  will  have  re- 
spect unto  thy  statutes  continually.  Ver.  145. 
See  2  Kings  xxiii.  3.  2  Chron.  xv.  12.  15. — 
xxxiv.  31.  Where  the  king  and  the  people 
enter  into  a  covenant,  an  oath  and  curse,  to 
seek  God. 

LXIII.  Ability  for  obedience  promised. 
Deut.  xxx.  6.  The  Lord  thy  God  will  circum- 
cise thy  heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed,  to 
love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart  and 
with  all  thy  soul. — Ver.  8.  And  thou  shalt 
obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  to  do  all  his  com- 
mandments. 

2  Chron.  xxx.  12.  The  hand  of  God  was  to 
give  them  one  heart,  to  do  the  commandment 
by  the  word  of  the  Lord.  Ps.  ex.  3.  Thy  peo- 
ple shall  be  willing  in  the  day  of  thy  power. 

Isa.  ii.  3.  He  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and 
we  shall  walk  in  his  paths.  Mic.  iv.  2. 

Ezek.  xi.  19,  20.  I  will  give  them  one 
heart,  and  I  will  put  a  new  spirit  within  them; 
and  I  will  take  the  stony  heart  out  of  their 
flesh,  and  will  give  them  a  heart  of  flesh : 
That  they  may  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep 
my  commandments  and  do  them ;  and  they 
shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God. 
Ch.  xxxvi.  26,  27.  Jer.  xxiv.  7.— xxxi.  33. 
— xxxii.  39. 

Zeph.  iii.  9.  I  will  turn  to  the  people  a  pure 
language,  that  they  may  all  call  upon  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  to  serve  him  with  one 
consent. 

John  xv.  5.  Jesus  said,  Without  me  ye  can 
do  nothing. 


Acts  v.  32.  The  Holy  Ghost  God  hath 
given  to  them  that  obey  him. 

2  Cor.  xii.  9.  The  Lord  said  to  Paul,  My 
grace  is  sufficient  for  thee,  for  my  strength  is 
made  perfect  in  weakness. 

Phil.  ii.  13.  God  worketh  in  you,  both  to 
will  and  to  do  of  his  good  pleasure.  1  Pet.  iv. 
11.  The  ability  God  giveth. 

LXIV.  Ability  prayed  for.  1  Kings  viii. 
57,  58.  Solomon  prayed,  The  Lord  our  God 
be  with  us ;  That  he  may  incline  our  hearts 
unto  him,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  keep 
all  his  commandments,  and  his  statutes,  and 
his  judgments.  Ver.  61. 

1  Chron.  xxii.  11,  12.   David  prayed,  The 
Lord  be  with  thee,  my  son.     (Ch.xxix.  19.) 
And  give   thee  wisdom   and   understanding, 
that  thou  mayest  keep  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

1  Kings  iii.  9. 

xxix.  13,  14.  David  said,  Our  God,  we 
thank  thee,  and  praise  thy  glorious  name.  For 
all  things  come  of  thee,  and  of  thine  own 
have  we  given  thee.  See  ver.  11,  12. 

Ver.  18,  19.  Keep  this  for  ever  in  the  ima- 
gination of  the  thoughts  of  the  heart  of  thy 
people,  and  prepare  their  heart  unto  thee,  to 
keep  thy  commandments,  thy  testimonies,  and 
thy  statutes. 

Ps.  Ix.  12.  Through  God  we  shall  do  va- 
liantly. Ps.  cviii.  13. 

cxix.  5.  0  that  my  ways  were  directed  to 
keep  thy  statutes. — Ver.  32.  I  will  run  the 
way  of  thy  commandments,  when  thou  shalt 
enlarge  my  heart. 

Ver.  33.  Teach  me,  O  Lord,  the  way  of 
thy  statutes,  and  I  shall  keep  it. — Ver.  34. 
Give  me  understanding,  so  shall  I  keep  thy 
law. 

Ver.  36.  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testi- 
monies. Ver.  43,  44.  80.  Let  my  heart  be 
sound  in  thy  statutes. 

Ver.  88.  Quicken  me,  so  shall  I  keep  the 
testimony  of  thy  mouth. 

cxliii.  10.  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will;  for 
thou  art  my  God. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16,  17.   Now  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  himself,  and  God,  even  our  Father,  who 
hath  loved  us,  and  hath  given  us  everlasting 
consolation,  and    good  hope   through  grace; 
comfort  your  hearts,   and   establish   you   in 
every    good    word    and    work.      Col.   i.    9. 

2  Thess.  i.  11. 

Heb.  xiii.  20,  21.  Now  the  God  of  peace, 
that  brought  again  from  the  dead  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  that  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant, 
make  you  perfect  in  every  good  work  to  do 
his  will ;  working  in  you  that  which  is  well 
pleasing  in  his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ; 
to  whom  be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen. 


CHAP.  XV. 


OBEDIENCE. 


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LXV.  Ability  from  God  acknowledged. 
1  Cor.  xv.  10.  Paul  said,  By  the  grace  of  God 
I  am  what  I  am  ;  and  his  grace  which  was 
bestowed  on  me  was  not  in  vain  :  but  I  la- 
boured more  abundantly  than  they  all ;  yet 
not  I,  but  the  grace  of  God,  which  was  with 
me. 

2  Cor.  iii.  5.  Our  sufficiency  is  of  God. 
Ch.  xii.  10.  Joel  iii.  10.  Isa.  xxxv.  4. 

Phil.  iv.  13.  I  can  do  all  things  through 
Christ  which  strengtheneth  me. 

Eph.  vi.  10.  Be  strong  in  the  Lord,  and  in 
the  power  of  his  might. 

2  Tim.  ii.  1.  Be  strong  in  the  grace  that  is 
in  Christ  Jesus.  See  God  doth  lead,  guide, 
strengthen,  and  uphold,  &c. 

LXVI.  Instances  of  obedience.  Ps.  cxix. 
22.  I  have  kept  thy  testimonies. — Ver.  60.  I 
made  haste  and  delayed  not  to  keep  thy  com- 
mandments. 

Ver.  63.  I  am  a  companion  of  them  that 
fear  thee,  and  of  them  that  keep  thy  precepts. 
— Ver.  87.  I  forsook  not  thy  precepts. 

Ver.  101.  I  have  refrained  my  feet  from 
every  evil  way,  that  I  might  keep  thy  word. — 
Ver.  102.  I  have  not  departed  from  thy  judg- 
ments, for  thou  hast  taught  me.  Ver.  129. 

Ver.  110.  I  erred  not  from  thy  precepts. — 
Ver.  168.  I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and  thy 
testimonies,  for  all  my  ways  are  before  thee. 

John  iv.  34.  Jesus  said,  My  meat  is  to  do 
the  will  of  him  that  sent  me. 

viii.  29.  I  do  always  the  things  that  please 
him. 

xv.  10.  I  have  kept  my  Father's  command- 
ments. 

xvii.  4.  I  have  finished  the  work  which 
thou  gavest  me  to  do. 

Phil.  ii.  8.  He  became  obedient  unto  death. 
Heb.  v.  8. 

Heb.  x.  7.  I  come  to  do  thy  will.  Ps.  xl. 
7,  8. 

John  xiii.  15.  Jesus  said,  I  have  given  you 
an  example. 

1  John  ii.  6.  He  that  saith  he  abideth  in 
him,  ought  himself  to  walk  even  as  he  walked. 

Rom.  vi.  17.  Ye  have  obeyed  from  the  heart 
that  form  of  doctrine  delivered  unto  you. 

Rev.  iii.  8.  I  know  thy  works :  thou  hast 
kept  my  word.  Ver.  10. 

xii.  17.  The  dragon  went  to  make  war 
with  them  which  keep  the  commandments  of 
God,  and  have  the  testimony  of  Jesus. 

xiv.  12.  Here  are  they  that  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  God  and  the  faith  of  Jesus. 

Examples.  Abraham,  Gen.  xviii.  19. — 
\xii.  1 8. — The  children  of  Levi,  Deut.  xxxiii. 
9.  11.— Noah,  Daniel,  and  Job,  Ezek.  xiv.  14. 
20.  Job  i.  8. — xxiii.  11. — Shadrach,  Me- 
shach,  and  Abednego,  Dan.  iii.  26. — David, 
26 


1  Kings  xiv.  8. — Jehoshaphat,  1  Kings  xxii. 
43. — Hezekiah,    2  Kings    xviii.    6. — Josiah, 

2  Kings  xxiii.  3.     Ps.  Ixxviii.  7. 

LXVII.  Promises  to  the  obedient.  Exod. 
xix.  5.  If  ye  will  obey  my  voice  indeed,  and 
keep  my  covenant,  then  shall  ye  be  a  peculiar 
treasure  unto  me  above  all  people ;  for  all  the 
earth  is  mine. 

xx.  6.  I  am  the  Lord,  shewing  mercy  unto 
thousands  of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my 
commandments.  Deut.  v.  10. — vii.  9.  Neh. 
i.  5.  Jer.  xxxii.  18.  Dan.  ix.  4. 

Lev.  xviii.  5.  Ye  shall  keep  my  statutes  and 
my  judgments ;  which  if  a  man  do  he  shall 
live  in  them.  Neh.  ix.  29.  Prov.  iv.  4. — 
vii.  2.  Ezek.  xx.  11.  13.  21.  Rom.  x.  5. 
Gal.  iii.  12. 

xxvi.  3 — 7.  If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes,  and 
keep  my  commandments,  and  do  them,  then 
will  I  give  rain  in  due  season,  and  the  land 
shall  yield  her  increase.  Ye  shall  eat  bread 
to  the  full,  and  dwell  in  your  land  safely.  I 
will  give  peace  in  the  land,  and  ye  shall  lie 
down  and  none  shall  make  you  afraid.  (Isa. 
i.  19.)  And  ye  shall  chase  your  enemies,  and 
they  shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword.  See 
to  ver.  12,  and  Chap.  xxv.  18,  19. 

Deut.  iv.  1.  Hearken,  O  Israel,  to  the 
statutes  and  judgments  which  I  teach  you,  for 
to  do  them,  that  ye  may  live,  and  go  in  and 
possess  the  land. — Ver.  6.  Keep  and  do  them, 
for  this  is  your  wisdom  and  understanding  in 
the  sight  of  the  nations.  Ver.  7,  8.  30. 

Ver.  40.  Thou  shalt  keep  his  statutes,  that 
it  may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with  thy  child- 
dren  after  thee.  Ch.  vi.  1,  2.  17,  18.  25.— 
xii.  28. 

v.  29.  0  that  there  were  such  a  heart  in 
them,  &c.  Ver.  33. 

xiii.  4.  Ye  shall  keep  his  commandments, 
and  obey  his  voice. — Ver.  17.  That  the  Lord 
may  turn  from  the  fierceness  of  his  anger, 
and  shew  thee  mercy,  and  have  compassion 
upon  thee,  and  multiply  thee,  as  he  hath 
sworn  unto  thy  fathers. 

xx  viii.  1.  If  thou  shalt  hearken  diligently 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  ob- 
serve and  to  do  all  his  commandments,  the 
Lord  thy  God  will  set  thee  on  high,  above  all 
nations  of  the  earth.  See  various  blessings 
promised  to  ver.  14th  of  this  chapter,  and  in 
Lev.  xxvi.  3  to  14,  and  Deut.  vii.  12,  13,  14, 
15.— xi.  9.  13,  14,  15.— xxx.  8,  9. 

xxix.  9.  Keep  the  words  of  this  covenant 
and  do  them,  that  ye  may  prosper  in  all  that 

I'  ye  do.     1  Kings  ii.  3,  4.     Jer.  xxx  viii.  20. 
xxx.  19,  20.  I  have  set  before  you  life  and 
j  death,  blessing  and  cursing :  therefore  choose 
j  life,  that  both  thou  and  thy  seed   may  live. 
j  That  thou  mayest  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 


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DISOBEDIENCE — OBEDIENCE   TO  CHRIST.      CHAP.  XV. 


that  thou  mayest  obey  his  voice,  and  that  thou 
mayest  cleave  unto  him,  (for  he  is  thy  life  and 
the  length  of  thy  days.)  Ver.  16.  Ch.  v.  1. 
10. — viii.  2.  6.  11.  20. — xii.  1.  25. — xxx.  8  to 
16.  1  Sam.  xii.  14.  1  Kings  iii.  14.  Prov. 
iii.  2. 

Ps.  xix.  8.  The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are 
right.— Ver.  11.  In  keeping  them  there  is  a 
great  reward. 

xxv.  10.  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are 
mercy  and  truth,  to  such  as  keep  his  covenant 
and  his  testimonies. 

xxxvii.  34.  Keep  his  way,  and  he  shall 
exalt  thee. 

1.  23.  To  him  that  ordereth  his  conversa- 
tion aright,  I  will  shew  the  salvation  of  God. 

cxix.  2.  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his  tes- 
timonies. 

Prov.  iii.  1,  2.  Let  thy  heart  keep  my 
commandments,  for  long  life  and  peace  shall 
they  add  to  thee. 

viii.  32.  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  my 
ways. 

xix.  16.  He  that  keepeth  the  commandment, 
keepeth  his  own  soul. 

xxix.  18  He  that  keepeth  the  law,  happy 
is  he. 

Isa.  xlviii.  18.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  O  that 
thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my  commandments, 
then  had  thy  peace  been  as  a  river,  and  thy 
righteousness  as  the  waves  of  the  sea. 

Jer.  vi.  16.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Stand  ye 
in  the  ways  and  see,  and  ask  for  the  old  paths, 
where  is  the  good  way,  and  walk  therein  ;  and 
ye  shall  find  rest  for  your  souls. 

vii.  23.  This  thing  commanded  I  your  fa- 
thers, saying,  Obey  my  voice,  and  I  will  be 
your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people ;  walk 
ye  in  all  my  ways,  that  it  may  be  well  unto  you. 

xxvi.  13.  Obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  he  will  repent  him  of  the  evil  that 
he  hath  pronounced  against  you. 

Ezek.  xviii.  5.  9.  If  a  man  be  just,  and  do 
that  which  is  right,  and  hath  walked  in  my 
statutes,  and  kept  my  judgments,  he  shall 
surely  live.  Ver.  18,  19.  Ch.  xxxvii.  24. 

Matt.  vii.  21.  Jesus  said,  Not  every  one 
that  saith  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  he  that  doeth 
the  will  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

xii.  50.  Whosoever  shall  do  the  will  of  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven,  the  same  is  my 
brother,  and  sister,  and  mother. 

xix.  17.  If  thou  wilt  enter  into  life,  keep 
the  commandments. 

Luke  xi.  28.  Blessed  are  they  that  hear  the 
word  of  God  and  keep  it. 

John  ix.  31.  If  any  man  be  a  worshipper 
of  God,  and  doeth  his  will,  him  he  heareth. 

xiii.  17.  If  ye  know  these  things,  happy  are 
ye  if  ye  do  them. 


Rom.  ii.  13.  Not  the  hearers  of  the  law  are 
just  before  God,  but  the  doers  of  the  law  shall 
be  justified. 

1  John  ii.  17.  He  that  doeth  the  will  of  God 
abideth  for  ever. 

iii.  22.  Whatsoever  things  we  ask  we  re- 
ceive of  him,  because  we  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  do  those  things  that  are  pleasing 
in  his  sight. 

Rev.  xxii.  14.  Blessed  are  they  that  do  his 
commandments,  that  they  may  have  right  to 
the  tree  of  life,  and  may  enter  in  through  the 
gates  into  the  city. 

DISOBEDIENCE 

LXVIII.  Threats  against  the  disobedient. 
Deut.  xxviii.  15 — 1 9.  If  thou  wilt  not  hearken 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  observe 
and  to  do  all  his  commandments,  and  his  sta- 
tutes, all  these  curses  shall  come  upon  tbee 
and  overtake  thee :  Cursed  shall  thou  be  in 
the  city,  and  cursed  shall  thou  be  in  the  field. 
Cursed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy  store. 
Cursed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  land,  and  the  increase  of  thy  kine, 
and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep.  Cursed  shall 
thou  be  when  thou  comest  in,  and  cursed  shall 
thou  be  when  thou  goest  out. 

Ver.  20.  The  Lord  shall  »end  upon  thee 
cursing,  vexation,  and  rebuke,  in  all  thai  thou 
settest  thy  hand  unto  for  to  do,  until  thou  be 
destroyed,  and  until  thou  perish  quickly,  be- 
cause of  the  wickedness  of  thy  doings,  where- 
by thou  hast  forsaken  me.  See  to  the  end  of 
this  chap. ;  also  the  parallel  place,  Lev.  xxvi. 
14  to  40.,  containing  threatenings  of  many 
dreadful  calamities.  See  also  the  following 
scriptures,  wherein  the  disobedient  are  threat- 
ened with  the  evils  of  war,  famine,  pestilence, 
sickness,  death,  &c.  &c.  Neh.  ix.  26.  Isa. 
xxiv.  1  to  13.— xliii.  27,  28.— Ixv.  12.  Jer. 
vi.  19.  22,  23. — xxv.  4  to  9.— xxvi.  4,  6. — 
xxix.  17. 

Eph.  ii.  2.  The  prince  of  the  power  of  the 
air  worketh  in  the  children  of  disobedience. 

v.  6.  The  wrath  of  God  cometh  upon  the 
children  of  disobedience.  Col.  iii.  6. 

1  Tim.  i.  9.  The  law  is  made  for  the  law- 
less and  disobedient 

1  Pet.  ii.  7,  8.  To  them  which  be  disobe- 
dient, Christ  is  a  stone  of  stumbling  and  a 
rock  of  offence.  See  the  threatenings  against 
the  wicked,  ungodly,  and  other  sins  mentioned. 

OBEDIENCE  TO  CHRIST. 

LXIX.  Obedience  to  Christ's  commands. 
Matt,  xxviii.  19,  20.  Go  ye  and  teach  all  na- 
tions, to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have 


CHAP.  XV. 


DISOBEDIENCE   TO   CHRIST — WORKS. 


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commanded  you :  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you 
always,  unto  the  end  of  the  world. 

John  xiv.  15.  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  com- 
mandments.— Ver.  24.  He  that  loveth  me  not 
keepeth  not  my  sayings.  Ver.  21.  23. 

xv.  14.  Ye  are  my  friends  if  ye  do  whatso- 
ever I  command  you.  Ver.  10. 

1  Cor.  ix.  21.  Being  under  the  law  to 
Christ. 

James  i.  22.  Be  ye  doers  of  the  word,  and 
not  hearers  only.  Ch.  ii.  8.  12.  17. 

1  John  ii.  3 — 5.  Hereby  do  we  know  that 
we  know  him,  if  we  keep  his  commandments. 
He  that  saith,  I  know  him,  and  keepeth  not 
his  commandments,  is  a  Rar,  and  the  truth  is 
not  in  him.  But  whoso  keepeth  his  word, 
verily  in  him  is  the  love  of  God  perfected. 

John  viii.  31.  If  ye  continue  in  my  word, 
then  are  ye  my  disciples  indeed. 

LXX.  Promises  to  them  that  obey  Christ. 
Matt.  vii.  24,  25.  Whosoever  heareth  these 
sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them,  I  will  liken 
him  unto  a  wise  man,  which  built  his  house 
upon  a  rock:  And  the  rain  descended,  and 
the  floods  carne,  and  the  winds  blew,  and  beat 
upon  that  house,  and  it  fell  not,  for  it  was 
founded  upon  a  rock. 

John  viii.  51.  If  a  man  keep  my  sayings  he 
shall  never  see  death. 

xii.  26.  If  any  man  serve  me,  let  him  follow 
me;  and  where  I  am  there  shall  also  my  ser- 
vant be.  If  any  man  serve  me,  him  will  my 
Father  honour. 

Heb.  v.  9.  Christ  became  the  author  of 
eternal  salvation  to  them  that  obey  him. 

Rev.  ii.  26.  He  that  keepeth  my  words  unto 
the  end,  to  him  will  I  give  power  over  the  na- 
tions.— Ver.  28.  I  will  give  him  the  morning 
star.  Ver.  17. 

xi.  1 8.  The  time  is  come  that  thou  shouldst 
give  a  reward  unto  thy  servants  the  pro- 
phets, &c. 

LXXI.  Promises  to  them  that  overcome 
temptations  in  their  obedience  to  Christ. 
Rev.  ii.  7.  He  shall  eat  of  the  tree  of  life. — 
Ver.  11.  Shall  not  be  hurt  of  the  second  death. 

Ver.  17.  Hidden  manna,  and  a  white  stone, 
and  a  new  name,  shall  be  given  him. — Ver. 
26.  Power  over  the  nations  given  to  him. 

iii.  5.  He  shall  be  clothed  in  white. — Ver. 
12.  Shall  be  a  pillar  in  the  temple  of  God.— 
Ver.  21.  Shall  sit  with  Christ  in  his  throne. 

xxi.  7.  Shall  inherit  all  things. 

DISOBEDIENCE  TO  CHRIST. 

LXXII.  Disobedience  to  Christ.  Threats. 
Matt.  vii.  26,  27.  Every  one  that  heareth  these 
sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them  not,  shall  be 
likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  which  built  his 


house  upon  the  sand,  and  the  rain  descended, 
and  the  floods  carne,  and  the  winds  blew,  and 
beat  upon  that  house,  and  it  fell ;  and  great 
was  the  fall  thereof. 

Luke  vi.  46.  Why  call  ye  me,  Lord,  Lord, 
and  do  not  the  things  that  I  say  1 

xix.  27.  Those  mine  enemies  that  would 
not  that  I  should  reign  over  them,  bring  hither 
and  slay  before  me. 

Rom.  x.  16.  They  have  not  all  obeyed  the 
gospel.  Isa.  liii.  1. 

xvi.  18.  Some  serve  not  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  but  their  own  belly. 

Gal.  iii.  1.  Who  hath  bewitched  you,  that 
ye  should  not  obey  the  truth  1 

2  Thess.  i.  7—10.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
shall  be  revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty 
angels,  in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on 
them  that  know  not  God,  and  that  obey  not 
the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  who 
shall  be  punished  with  everlasting  destruction 
from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the 
glory  of  his  power ;  when  he  shall  come  to  be 
glorified  in  his  saints,  and  admired  in  all  them 
that  believe. 

1  Pet.  iv.  17.  What  shall  be  the  end  of  them 
that  obey  not  the  gospel?  See  Ps.  ii.  12. 
Deut.  xviii.  18,  19.  Rev.  xii.  5. — xix.  15. 
See  Christ's  kingly  office. 

WORKS. 

LXXIII.  God  will  render  to  mankind  ac- 
cording to  their  works,  good  or  bad.  Job 
xxxiv.  10,  11.  Far  be  it  from  God  that  he 
should  do  wickedness.  For  the  work  of  a  man 
will  he  render  unto  him,  and  cause  every  man 
to  find  according  to  his  ways. 

Ps.  Ixii.  12.  The  Lord  rendereth  unto  every 
man  according  to  his  work. 

Eccl.  xii.  14.  God  will  bring  every  man's 
work  into  judgment. 

1  Cor.  iii.  13.  Every  man's  works  shall  be 
made  manifest. 

Isa.  iii.  10,  11.  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that 
it  shall  be  well  with  him ;  for  they  shall  eat 
the  fruit  of  their  doings.  Woe  unto  the 
wicked  !  it  shall  be  ill  with  him ;  for  the  re- 
ward of  his  hands  shall  be  given  him. 

Jer.  xvii.  10.  I  the  Lord  search  the  heart 
and  try  the  reins  ;  even  to  give  every  man  ac- 
cording to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit 
of  his  doings.  Prov.  xxiv.  12. 

xxxii.  1.9.  Thine  eyes  are  upon  all  the  ways 
of  the  sons  of  men,  to  give  every  one  according 
to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his 
doings. 

Matt.  xvi.  27.  The  Son  of  man  shall  come 
in  his  glory,  with  his  angels ;  and  then  shall 
he  reward  every  man  according  to  his 
works. 


J04 


GOOD   WORKS- 


CHAP.  XV. 


Rom.  ii.  6.  God  will  render  to  every  man 
according  to  his  deeds. 

2  Cor.  v.  1 0.  We  must  all  appear  before  the 
judgment  seat  of  Christ ;  that  every  one  may 
receive  the  things  done  in  his  hody,  according 
to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  it  be  good  or 
bad. 

Gal.  vi.  7.  Whatsoever  a  man  soweth  that 
shall  he  also  reap. 

Eph.  vi.  8.  Whatsoever  good  things  any 
man  doeth,  the  same  shall  he  receive  of  the 
Lord. 

1  Pet.  i.  17.  God,  without  respect  of  per- 
sons, judgeth  according  to  every  man's  work. 

Rev.  ii.  23.  All  the  churches  shall  know 
that  I  am  he  which  searcheth  the  reins  and 
hearts  ;  and  I  will  give  unto  every  one  of  you 
according  unto  your  works. 

xx.  12.  I  saw  the  dead,  small  and  great, 
stand  before  God ;  and  the  books  were  opened, 
and  another  book  was  opened,  which  is  the 
Book  of  Life ;  and  the  dead  were  judged  out 
of  those  things  which  were  written  in  the 
books,  according  to  their  works. 

xxii.  12.  Behold  I  come  quickly,  and  my 
reward  is  with  me,  to  give  every  man  accord- 
ing as  his  work  shall  be.  See  this  reward 
prayed  for  against  the  wicked,  Neh.  vi.  14. 
Ps.  xxviii.  4.  2  Tim.  iv.  1 4.  Threatened 
against  the  wicked,  Jer.  xxi.  14. — xxv.  14. 
Ezek.  vii.  27.— xxiv.  14.  Mic.  vii.  13.  2  Cor. 
xi.  15. 

LXXIV.  Good  works  commanded.  Matt. 
v.  16.  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that 
they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify 
your  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  1  Pet.  ii.  12. 
15. 

Col.  i.  10.  Walk  worthy  of  the  Lord  unto 
all  pleasing,  being  fruitful  in  every  good  work. 
John  xv.  8.  Herein,  saith  Christ,  is  my  Fa- 
ther glorified,  that  ye  bear  much  fruit ;  so  shall 
ye  be  my  disciples. 

1  Tim.  ii.  8 — 10.  I  will  that  women  adorn 
themselves  with  good  works. 

v.  10.  Let  a  widow  be  taken  into  the  num- 
ber, having  followed  every  good  work. 

2  Tim.  ii.  21.  If  a  man  purge  himself  from 
these  sins,  he  shall  be  a  vessel  sanctified  unto 
honour,  and  meet  for  the  master's  use,  and  pre- 
pared unto  every  good  work. 

Tit.  ii.  7.  In  all  things  shewing  thyself  a 
pattern  of  good  works. 

iii.  1 .  Put  them  in  mind  to  be  ready  to  every 
good  work. — Ver.  8.  These  things  I  will  that 
thou  affirm  constantly,  that  they  who  have  be- 
lieved in  God,  might  be  careful  to  maintain 
good  works :  these  things  are  good  and  pro- 
fitable unto  men. — Ver.  14.  Let  ours  also 
learn  to  maintain  good  works  for  necessary 
uses. 


Heb.  x.  24.  Let  us  consider  one  another,  to 
provoke  unto  love  and  to  good  works.  See 
James  iii.  13. 

LXXV.  Ability  for  performing  good 
works,  promised.  Isa.  xxvi.  12.  Lord,  thou 
wilt  ordain  peace  for  us,  for  thou  hast  wrough 
all  our  works  in  us.  2  Cor.  v.  5. 

Ixi.  8.  I  will  direct  their  work  in  truth,  saith 
the  Lord. 

2  Cor.  ix.  8.  God  is  able  to  make  all  grace 
abound  toward  you.  that  ye  always,  having 
all  sufficiency  in  all  things,  may  abound  to 
every  good  work. 

Eph.  ii.  10.  We  are  God's  workmanship, 
created  in  Christ  Jesus  unto  good  works, 
which  God  hath  before  ordained  that  we  should 
walk  in  them. 

iii.  20.  His  power  worketh  in  us.  Eph. 
i.  19. 

Phil.  i.  6.  He  that  hath  begun  a  good  work 
in  you,  will  perform  it  until  the  day  of  Christ. 

ii.  12, 13.  Work  out  your  salvation  with  fear 
and  trembling ;  for  it  is  God  that  worketh  in 
you,  both  to  will  and  to  do  of  his  good  plea- 
sure. 

2  Thess.  ii.  16,  17.  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  God,  even  our  Father,  comfort  your  hearts, 
and  establish  you  in  every  good  word  and 
work. 

2  Tim.  iii.  16,  17.  The  Scripture  is  profit- 
able for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction  and 
instruction  in  righteousness,  that  the  man  of 
God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto 
all  good  works. 

iv.  18.  The  Lord  will  deliver  me  from  every 
evil  work,  and  preserve  me  to  his  heavenly 
kingdom. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  Christ  gave  himself  for  us,  that 
he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous 
of  good  works. 

Heb.  ix.  14.  The  blood  of  Christ  shall  purge 
your  conscience  from  dead  works,  to  serve  the 
living  God. 

xiii.  20,  21.  Now  the  God  of  peace,  that 
brought  again  from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus, 
that  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  through  the 
blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant,  make  you 
perfect  in  every  good  work  to  do  his  will, 
working  in  you  that  which  is  well-pleasing  in 
his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ :  to  whom  be 
glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen.  See  Ability 
for  obedience.  Also  see,  God  doth  strengthen, 
lead,  guide,  &c. 

LXXVI.  Promises  to  the  performance  of 
good  works.  Heb.  vi.  10.  God  is  not  un- 
righteous, to  forget  your  work  and  labour  of 
love. 

Rom.  ii.  10.  Glory,  honour  and  peace,  to 
every  one  that  worketh  good. 


HAP.  XV. 


DOING   GOOD — EVIL-DOERS. 


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Gal.  vi.  4.  Let  every  man  prove  his  own 
work,  and  then  shall  he  have  rejoicing  in  him- 
self, and  not  in  another. 

James  i.  25.  A  doer  of  the  work  shall  be 
blessed  in  his  deed. 

ii.  17.  Faith  without  works  is  dead.  See 
ver.  14  to  24. 

Rev.  xiv.  13.  Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die 
in  the  Lord  ;  they  rest  from  their  labours,  and 
their  works  do  follow  them.  See  2  Chron.  xv. 
7. — xxxi.  20.  2 1.  Isa.  xlix.  4.  Jer.  xxxi.  16. 
Rev.  ii.  2.  9.  13.  19.  26.  28.— iii.  1.  8.  15. 

LXXVII.  Examples  of  good  works.  Acts 
x.  38.  Jesus  went  about  doing  good.  John  x. 
32.  See  examples  of  obedience  in  Ch.  2d  and 
3d  of  Rev. 

LXXVIII.  Omission  of  good  works. 
Threats.  Luke  xii.  47.  That  servant  which 
knew  his  Lord's  will  and  did  it  not,  shall  be 
beaten  with  many  stripes. 

James  i.  22.  Be  ye  doers  of  the  word,  and 
not  hearers  only,  deceiving  your  ownselves. 

See  the  parable  of  the  talent  hid  in  the 
earth,  Matt.xxv.  25, 26.  30. — Christ's  sentence 
against  the  wicked,  for  omitting  duty,  Matt. 
xxv.  41,  42. — The  unfruitful  tree  cut  down, 
Matt.  iii.  10.— vii.  19.  Luke  iii.  9. — xiii.  6,  7. 
John  xv.  2. — The  barren  fig-tree  cursed,  Matt, 
xxi.  19. — The  parable  of  the  seed  sown  not 
bearing  fruit,  Matt.  xiii.  19.  Mark  iv.  4. 
Luke  viii.  5. — The  servant's  professing  obe- 
dience, but  not  working,  Matt.  xxi.  30. — The 
sin  and  folly  of  not  being  rich  toward  God, 
Luke  xii.  20,  21.  James  iv.  17.  Jude  12. 
Deut.  xxxii.  32.  Heb.  vi.  8. 

DOING  GOOD. 

LXXIX.  Shunning  evil  and  doi,ng  good 
commanded.  Ps.  xxxiv.  14.  Depart  from  evil, 
and  do  good.  Ps.  xxxvii.  3.  8.  27.  Isa.  Ivi. 
2.— i.  16.  1  Pet.  iii.  11. 

Ps.  xcvii.  10.  Ye  that  love  the  Lord  hate 
evil. 

Matt.  xii.  12.  It  is  lawful  to  do  well  on  the 
sabbath  days. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  7.  I  pray  God  that  ye  do  no  evil. 
1  Pet.  ii.  15.  It  is  the  will  of  God,  that  with 

well-doing  ye  may  put  to  silence  the  ignorance 
of  foolish  men. 

iii.   11.  Eschew  evil  and  do  good.     Ver.  17. 

iv.  15.  Let  none  of  you  suffer  as  an  evil- 
doer. 

3  John  ver.  11.    Follow  not   that  which  is 
evil,  but  that  which  is  good. 

Examples.  Job  i.  1.  Job  feared  God  and 
eschewed  evil.  Ver.  8.  Ch.  ii.  3. 

Ps.  cxix.  101.  I  have  refrained  my  feet  from 
every  evil  way. 

Acts  x.  38.  Jesus  went  about  doing  good. 


LXXX.  Promises  to  them  that  do  good, 
that  do  well.  Gen.  iv.  7.  If  thou  doest  well, 
shall  thou  not  be  accepted  1 

Matt.  xxiv.  46.  Blessed  is  that  servant, 
whom  his  Lord  shall  find  so  doing. 

Rom.  ii.  7.  To  those  who  seek  for  glory, 
honour,  and  immortality,  by  a  patient  continu- 
ance in  well-doing,  God  will  give  eternal  life. 
— Ver.  1 0.  Glory,  honour,  and  peace  to  every 
man  that  worketh  good. 

Gal.  vi.  9.  Let  us  not  be  weary  in  well- 
doing, for  in  due  season  we  shall  reap  if  we 
faint  not. 

Eph.  vi.  8.  Whatsoever  good  thing  any  man 
doeth,  the  same  shall  he  receive  of  the  Lord. 

1  Pet.  iv.  19.  Let  them  that  suffer  according 
to  the  will  of  God,  commit  the  keeping  of  their 
souls  to  him  in  well-doing. 

EVIL-DOERS. 

LXXXI.  Evil-doers  and  their  works  to  be 
avoided.  Exod.  xxiii.  2.  Thou  shall  not  fol- 
low a  multitude  to  do  evil. — Ver.  24.  Thou 
shall  not  do  after  their  works.  Lev.  xviii.  3. 

Ps.  xxvi.  5.  I  have  hated  the  congregation 
of  evil-doers ;  I  will  not  sit  with  the  wicked. 

ci.  3.  I  hate  the  work  of  them  that  turn 
aside  ;  it  shall  not  cleave  to  me. — Ver.  8. 

cxix.  115.  Depart  from  me,  ye  evil-doers,  for 
I  will  keep  the  commandments  of  my  God. 

cxli.  4.  Incline  not  my  heart  to  any  evil 
thing,  to  practise  wicked  works  with  men  that- 
work  iniquity. 

Isa.  Ivi.  2.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  keepeth 
his  hands  from  doing  evil. 

Matt,  xxiii.  3.  Do  ye  not  after  the  works  of 
the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  for  they  say  and  do 
not. 

Rom.  xii.  2.  Be  not  conformed  to  this  world. 

Eph.  iv.  17.  Walk  not  as  other  Gentiles. 

1  Pet.  iv.  3.  The  time  past  of  our  life  may 
suffice  us,  to  have  wrought  the  will  of  the 
Gentiles. 

Rev.  xviii.  4.  I  heard  a  voice,  saying,  Come 
out,  my  people,  that  ye  be  not  partakers  of  her 
sins,  and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her  plagues. 
See  Isa.  Iii.  11.  2  Cor.  vi.  17.  Where  we  are 
commanded  to  avoid  evil  company.  See  also 
Ps.  i.  1,  2.— cxxv.  5.  Prov.  i.  15. — iv.  14. — 
xvi.  29. — xxii.  25. 

LXXXII.  Doing  evil,  the  character  of  the 
wicked.  Ps.  xxxvi.  3.  The  wicked  hath  left 
off  to  be  wise,  and  to  do  good.  Ps.  xiv.  3. — 
liii.  1.  3.  Rom.  iii.  12. 

Prov.  ii.  14.  The  wicked  rejoice  to  do  evil. 
Mic.  vii.  3.  They  do  evil  with  both  hands. 

Eccl.  viii.  11.  Because  sentence  against  an 
evil  work  is  not  executed  speedily  ;  therefore 
the  heart  of  the  sons  of  men  is  fully  set  in  them 
to  do  evil. 

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WORKS  OF  DARKNESS— DEAD  WORKS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


Jer.  iv.  22.  My  people  are  wise  to  do  evil, 
out  to  do  good  they  have  no  knowledge. 

xiii.  23.  Can  the  Ethiopian  change  his  skin, 
or  the  leopard  his  spots !  then  may  ye  also  do 
good,  that  are  accustomed  to  do  evil. 

Rom.  vii.  19.  The  good  that  I  would  I  do 
not ;  but  the  evil  which  I  would  not,  that  I  do. 
— Ver.  21.  I  find  a  law  in  my  members,  that 
when  I  would  do  good  evil  is  present  with  me. 

LXXXIII.  Threats  against  evil-doers. 
2  Sam.  iii.  39.  The  Lord  shall  reward  the  doer 
of  evil  according  to  his  wickedness. 

Job  viii.  20.  God  will  not  help  evil-doers. 
•  Ps.  xxxiv.  16.   The  face  of  the   Lord   is 
against  them  that  do  evil.    1  Pet.  iii.  12.    Mic. 
iii.  4. 

xxxvii.  9.  Evil-doers  shall  be  cut  off. 

Isa.  i.  4.  A  seed  of  evil-doers,  children  that 
are  corrupters. 

Ver.  15.  When  ye  make  many  prayers  I 
will  not  hear.  See  threats  from  ver.  5  to  16. 

xiv.  20.  The  seed  of  evil-doers  shall  never 
be  renowned. 

xxxi.  2.  God  will  arise  against  the  house  of 
evil-doers.  Ps.  xciv.  1 6. 

Jer.  iv.  4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Circumcise 
yourself  to  the  Lord,  lest  my  fury  come  forth 
like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can  quench  it, 
because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings.  Ch.  xxi. 
12.  Ezek.  xxxvi.  17.  Jer.  xxvi.  3. — xliv. 
22.  2  Kings  xxii.  17. 

xviii.  10.  If  a  nation  do  evil  in  my  sight,  I 
will  repent  me  of  the  good  wherewith  I  said  I 
would  benefit  them. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  19.  According  to  their  way, 
and  according  to  their  doings,  I  judged  them. 
Hos.  iv.  9.— xii.  2.  Zech.  i.  6. 

Hos.  vii.  2.  Their  own  doings  have  beset 
them  about.  Jer.  iv.  18. 

Rom.  ii.  9.  Tribulation  and  anguish  shall 
be  upon  every  soul  of  man  that  doeth  evil. 
See  Deut.  iv.  25,  26.— xxxi.  29.  Isa.  i.  4. 18. 
20.  22.— -lix.  6.— Ixvi.  18.  Jer.  vii.  13.  20.— 
xxx ii.  30.— xliv.  8.  Ezek.  xxi.  24.— xxxiii. 
26.  29. 


WORKS  OF  DARKNESS. 

LXXXI V.  Dnrkness  and  the  works  thereof. 
Ps.  Ixxxii.  5.  The  wicked  walk  in  darkness. 

Prov.  ii.  13.  Evil  men  leave  the  paths  of 
uprightness,  to  walk  in  the  ways  of  darkness. 

iv.  1 9.  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  dark- 
ness. 

John  iii.  19.  Men  love  darkness  rather  than 
light,  because  their  deeds  are  evil. 

Rom.  i.  21,  22.  Their  foolish  heart  was 
darkened. — They  became  fools. 

Eph.  iv.  18.  Having  the  understanding 
darkened.  Matt.  vi.  23. 


1  John  ii.  9.  11.  He  that  hateth  his  brother 
is  in  darkness. 

Rev.  xvi.  10.  The  kingdom  of  the  beast  was 
full  of  darkness. 

LXXXV.  Threats.  Isa.  v.  20.  Woe  to 
them  that  call  evil  good,  and  good  evil ;  that 
put  darkness  for  light,  and  light  for  darkness. 

xxix.  15.  Woe  to  them  whose  works  are  in 
the  dark. 

1  Cor.  iv.  5.  The  Lord  will  bring  to  light 
the  hidden  things  of  darkness. 


NOT  IN  DARKNESS. 

LXXXVI.  The  righteous  walk  not  in 
darkness.  John  viii.  12.  He  that  followeth 
Christ  shall  not  walk  in  darkness.  Ch.  xii.  35. 

Acts  xxvi.  18.  The  Lord  said  to  Paul,  I 
send  thee  to  open  men's  eyes,  and  turn  them 
from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of 
Satan  unto  God. 

Rom.  xiii.  12.  Let  us  cast  off  the  works  of 
darkness. 

2  Cor.  vi.  14.  What  communion  hath  light 
with  darkness  1 

Eph.  v.  11.  Have  no  fellowship  with  the 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 

vi.  12.  We  wrestle  against  the  rulers  of  the 
darkness  of  this  world. 

Col.  i.  1 3.  God  hath  delivered  us  from  the 
power  of  darkness.  1  Pet  ii.  9. 

1  Thess.  v.  4,  5.  Ye  are  not  in  darkness. 
Ye  are  all  the  children  of  light,  and  of  the  day. 

1  John  i.  6.  If  we  say  that  we  have  fellow- 
ship with  him,  and  walk  in  darkness,  we  lie, 
and  do  not  the  truth. 


DEAD  WORKS. 

LXXXVII.  The  wicked,  and  their  works, 
called  dead  ;  the  righteous  are  alive  from  the 
dead.  Rom.  vi.  13.  Yield  yourselves  unto 
God  as  those  that  are  alive  from  the  dead. 

Eph.  ii.  1.  You  hath  he  quickened  who 
were  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins. 

v.  14.  Awake,  thou  that  sleepest,  arise  from 
the  dead,  and  Christ  shall  give  thee  light. 

Col.  ii.  13.  You  being  dead  in  your  sins, 
hath  he  quickened. 

1  Tim.  v.  6.  She  that  liveth  in  pleasure  is 
dead  while  she  liveth. 

Heb.  vi.  1.  Repentance  from  dead  works. 

ix.  14.  The  blood  of  Christ  shall  nurge  your 
onscience  from  dead  works,  to  servB  the  living 
God. 

Jude  12.  The  wicked  are  as  trees  twice 
dead. 

Rev.  iii.  1.  Thou  hast  a  name  that  thou 
livest,  and  art  dead. 


CHAP.  XV. 


RIGHTEOUSNESS. 


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WORKS  OF  THE  DEVIL,  CHILDREN 
OF  THE  DEVIL. 

LXXXVIII.  Works  of  the  devil,  children 
of  the  devil,  John  viii.  44.  To  the  wicked 
Jesus  said,  Ye  are  of  your  father  the  devil,  and 
the  lusts  of  your  father  ye  will  do. 

Actsxiii.  10.  Paul  said,  O  thou  child  of  the 
devil,  thou  enemy  of  all  righteousness. 

1  Tim.  iv.  1.  Some  will  depart  from  the 
faith,  giving  heed  to  seducing  spirits,  and  doc- 
trines of  devils. 

1  John  iii.  8.  He  that  committeth  sin  is  of 
the  devil. — Ver.  10.  In  this  the  children  of 
God  are  manifest,  and  the  children  of  the 
devil ;  whosoever  doeth  not  righteousness  is 
not  of  God. 

LXXXIX.  The  righteous  have  no  fellowship 
with  the  children  of  the  devil.  1  Cor.  x.  20. 
I  would  not  that  ye  should  have  fellowship 
with  devils.  Ver.  21. 

Eph.  iv.  27.  Neither  give  place  to  the  devil. 

James  iv.  7.  Resist  the  devil,  and  he  will 
flee  from  you. 


WORKS  OF  THE  FLESH. 

XC.  Works  of  the  flesh,  living  after  the 
flesh.  Rom.  vii.  5.  When  we  were  in  the 
flesh,  the  motions  of  sin  did  work  in  our.  mem- 
bers to  bring  forth  fruit  unto  death. 

Ver.  18.  In  my  flesh  dwelleth  no  good 
thing. — Ver.  25.  With  the  flesh  I  serve  the 
law  of  sin. 

viii.  6.  To  be  carnally  minded  is  death. — 
Ver.  7.  The  carnal  mind  is  enmity  against 
God.— Ver.  13.  If  ye  live  after  the  flesh,  ye 
shall  die. 

xiii.  14.  Put  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
make  no  provision  for  the  flesh  to  fulfil  the 
lusts  thereof. 

2  Cor.  vii.  1.  Let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from 
all  filthiness  of  flesh  and  spirit. 

Gal.  v.  17.  The  flesh  lusteth  against  the 
Spirit.— Ver.  19.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are 
adultery,  fornication,  uncleanness,  lascivious- 
ness,  &c.— Ver.  24.  They  that  are  Christ's 
have  crucified  the  flesh. 

vi.  8.  He  that  soweth  to  his  flesh,  shall  of 
the  flesh  reap  corruption. 

Eph.  ii.  1 — 3.  Ye  were  dead  in  trespasses 
and  sins,  wherein  in  time  past  ye  walked,  ac- 
cording to  the  course  of  this  world,  in  the  lusts 
of  your  flesh,  fulfilling  the  desires  of  the  flesh 
and  of  the  mind  ;  and  were  by  nature  children 
of  wrath.  Ver.  11. 

Col.  ii.  11.  Putting  off  the  body  of  the  sins 
of  the  flesh,  by  the  circumcision  of  Christ. — 
Ver.  13.  You  being  dead  in  your  sins  hath  he 
quicken  sd. 


Ver.  18.  Let  no  man  beguile  you,  vainly 
puffed  up  by  his  fleshly  mind. 

1  Pet.  ii.  11.    Abstain   from   fleshly   lusts 
which  war  against  the  soul. 

iv.  2.  Live  not  in  the  flesh,  to  the  lusts  of 
men,  but  to  the  will  of  God. 

2  Pet.  ii.  20.  If  after  they  have  escaped  the 
pollutions  of  the  world,  through   the  know- 
ledge of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ, 
they  are  again  entangled  therein  and  overcome, 
the  latter  end  is  worse  with  them  than  the  be- 
ginning. 

1  John  ii.  1 6.  The  lust  of  the  flesh,  the  lust 
of  the  eye,  and  the  pride  of  life,  is  not  of  the 
Father. 

XCI.  Lusts  of  the  flesh  forbidden  to 
Christians.  Rom.  vi.  12.  Let  not  sin  reign 
in  your  mortal  body,  that  ye  should  obey  it  in 
the  lusts  thereof.  Ver.  13. 

xiii.  14.  Put  ye  on  the  Lord  Jesus,  and 
make  not  provision  for  the  flesh  to  fulfil  the 
lusts  thereof. 

Gal.  v.  16,  17.  Walk  in  the  Spirit,  and  ye 
shall  not  fulfil  the  lusts  of  the  flesh.  For  the 
flesh  lusteth  against  the  Spirit.  Ver.  24. 
They  that  are  Christ's  have  crucified  the  flesh 
with  the  affections  and  lusts. 

Eph.  iv.  22.  Put  off  the  old  man,  which  is 
corrupt  according  to  the  deceitful  lusts. 

2  Tim.  ii.  22.  Flee  youthful  lusts ;  but  fol- 
low righteousness,  faith,  &c. 

Tit.ii.  12.  Denying  ungodliness  and  worldly 
lusts,  we  should  live  soberly,  righteously  and 
godly,  in  this  present  world. 

1  Pet.   i.    14.    As  obedient  children,   not 
fashioning  yourselves  according  to  the  formej 
lusts  in  your  ignorance. 

ii.  II.  I  beseech  you,  as  strangers  and  pil 
grims,  abstain  from  fleshly  lusts,  which  wai 
against  the  soul. 

iv.  2.  Live  no  longer  to  the  lusts  of  men 
but  to  the  will  of  God. — Ver.  3.  The  time 
past  of  our  life  may  suffice  us  to  have  wrought 
the  will  of  the  Gentiles,  when  we  walked  in 
lasciviousness,  lusts,  excess  of  wine,  revelling, 
banquetings,  and  abominable  idolatries. 

2  Pet.  i.  4.  There  are  given  to  us  exceeding 
great  and  precious  promises  ;  that  by  these  ye 
might  be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  hav- 
ing escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world 
through  lust. 

1  John  ii.  16.  All  that  is  in  the  world,  the 
lust  of  the  flesh,  the  lust  of  the  eye,  and  the 
pride  of  life,  is  not  of  the  Father,  but  is  of  the 
world. — Ver.  17.  The  world  passeth  away 
and  the  lust  thereof. 

XCII.    Lusting  after  women.     Prov.  vi. 
25.  Lust  not  after  beauty  in  thy  heart. 
Matt.  v.  28.  Whosoever  looketh  on  a  wo 


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UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


man  to  lust  after  her,  hath  committed  adultery 
with  her  already  in  his  heart. 

XCIII.  Lusting  after  meats  and  drinks. 
See  instances  in  the  Jews  punished.  Numb. 
xi.  4.  34.  Ps.  Ixxviii.  18.  30.— Ixxxi.  12.— 
cvi.  14.  1  Cor.  x.  6. 

XCIV.  The  evil  of  lusts.  John  viii.  44. 
They  are  of  the  devil.  1  John  ii.  1 6.  They 
are  of  the  world.  Mark  iv.  19.  They  choke 
the  word. 

Eph.  ii.  2,  3.  They  prevail  in  the  children 
of  disobedience  and  wrath. 

1  Thess.  iv.  5.  In  those  who  know  not  God. 
Tit.  iii.  3. 

James  i.  14.  By  them  men  are  drawn  away 
to  sin,  and  enticed.  Ver.  15.  2  Pet.  ii.  18. 

iv.  1.  From  them  proceed  wars  and  fight- 
ings among  men.  Ver.  2,  3.  5.  Because  of 
them  prayers  are  not  answered. 

2  Tim.  iv.  3.  Through  them  men  pervert 
the  gospel.     Ch.  iii.  6.     2  Pet.  iii.  3.     Jude 
16.  18. 

1  Tim.  vi.  9.  They  drown  men  in  destruc- 
tion and  perdition. 

CORRUPTION  OF  SIN. 

XCV.    Corruption  prevailing.     Gen.   vi. 

11.  The  earth  was  corrupt  before  God. — Ver. 

12.  For  all  flesh  had  corrupted  their  way  upon 
the  earth. 

Exod.  xxxii.  7,  8.  The  Lord  said  unto 
Moses,  Thy  people  have  corrupted  themselves. 
(Deut.  ix.  12.)  They  have  turned  aside 
quickly  out  of  the  way.  Deut.  xxxi.  29. 

Deut.  xxxii.  5.  They  have  corrupted  them- 
selves; their  spot  is  not  the  spot  of  God's 
"/-   children ;   they  are   a  perverse   and  crooked 
generation. — Ver.  6.  Do  ye  thus  requite  the 
i        Lord  1     O  foolish  people,  and  unwise.     Judg. 
,0+  ii.  19. 

—-•        Matt.  vii.  17.  A  corrupt  tree  bringeth  forth 
X    evil  fruit.     Ver.  18.     Ch.  xii.  33. 

Rev.  xix.  2.  The  great  whore  did  corrupt 
the  earth,  with  her  fornication.  See  Isa.  i.  4. 
Hos.  ix.  9.  Zeph.  iii.  7. 

XC  VI.  Confession  of  corruption.  Neh.  i 
7.  We  have  dealt  very  corruptly  against 
thee,  and  have  not  kept  thy  commandments, 
&c.  Ezek.  xx.  44.  Pardon  promised. 

THE  RIGHTEOUS  NOT  CORRUPT. 

XCVII.  The  righteous  not  corrupt.    Eph 

iv.  22 — 24.     Put  off  the  old  man,  which  is 

corrupt  according  to  the  deceitful  lusts,  ant 

^   put   on  the  new   man,  which   after  God  iis 

created  in  righteousness  and  true  holiness. 

2  Pet.  i.  4.  God  hath  given  to  us  exceeding 


great  and  precious  promises,  that  by  these  ye 
night  be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  hav- 
ng  escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world 
hrough  lust.  See  1  Pet.  i.  22,  23. 

DEFILEMENT  OF  SIN. 

XCVIII.  Defilement  of  sin.  Matt.xv.  18. 
Those  things  whlcTTproceed  out  of  the  mouth, 
come  forth  from  the  heart,  and  defile  the  man. 
Ver.  11. 

Ver.  19,  20.  For  out  of  the  heart  proceed 
evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  fornica- 
tions, thefts,  false  witness,  blasphemies.  These 
are  the  things  which  defile  a  man. 

XCIX.  Threats.  Lev.  xviii.  25.  The  land 
s  defiled,  therefore  I  do  visit  the  iniquity 
thereof  upon  it. — Ver.  28.  The  land  shall 
spue  you  out,  when  ye  defile  it,  as  it  spued 
out  the  nations  before  you. 

Num.  xxxv.  34.  Defile  not  the  land  where- 
n  I  dwell,  for  I  the  Lord  dwell  among  the 
children  of  Israel.  Ezek.  xliii.  7,  8. 

Isa.  xxiv.  5,  6.  The  earth  is  defiled  under 
the  inhabitants  thereof,  because  they  have 
transgressed  the  law,  changed  the  ordinance, 
&c.  Therefore  hath  the  curse  devoured  the 
earth. 

Rev.  xxi.  27.  There  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven  any  thing  that 
defileth,  &c.  See  Ezek.  xxxvi.  17, 18.  Hos. 
v.  3.  6.  Tit.  i.  15.  Heb.  xii.  15.  Rev.  iii. 
4.  Thou  hast  a  few  names,  which  have  not ' 
defiled  their  garments. 


UNCLEANNESS. 

C.  Uncleanness  of  sin.  Isa.  vi.  5.  I  dwell 
in  the  midst  of  a  people  of  unclean  lips. 

Ezek.  xliv.  23.  Cause  them  to  discern  he-    X 
tween  the  clean  and  unclean.     Ch.  xxii.  26. 

Matt,  xxiii.  27.  Ye  are  full  of  all  unclean-    x 
ness. 

Rom.  vi.  19.  Ye  yielded  your  members  ser-    * 
vants  to  uncleanness. 

Gal.  v.  19.  The  works  of  the  flesh,  are  un     ,\ 
cleanness. 

Eph.  iv.  19.  Who  being  past  feeling,  have 
given  themselves  over  to  lasciviousness,  to 
work  all  uncleanness  with  greediness.  Rom. 
i.  24. 

2  Pet.  ii.  9,  10.  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to 
deliver  the  godly  out  of  temptations,  and  to 
reserve  the  unjust  unto  the  day  of  judgment 
to  be  punished.  But  chiefly  them  that  walk 
after  the  flesh,  in  the  lust  of  uncleanness. 

CI.  Confession  of  uncleanness  Isa.  lxi\. 
6.  We  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing,  and  our 
righteousnesses  as  filthy  rags.  Ch.  i.  5,  6. 


CHAP.  XV. 


POLLUTION— ABOMINABLENESS. 


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CII.  Promises  against  unckanncss  of  sin. 
Isa.  xxxv.  8.  A  highway  shall  be  in  the 
land,  called  the  way  of  holiness,  the  unclean 
shall  not  pass  over  it. 

Hi.  1.  Put  on  thy  beautiful  garments,  0  Je- 
rusalem, the  holy  city  ;  there  shall  no  more 
come  into  thee,  the  uncircumcised  and  the 
unclean. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  29.  I  will  save  you  from  all 
your  uncleannesses. 

Zech.  xiii.  1.  There  shall  be  a  fountain 
opened  for  sin  and  uncleanness. 

CIII.  Directions.  Eph.  v.  3.  Uncleanness, 
let  it  not  be  named  among  you. 

Col.  iii.  5.  Mortify  fornication,  uncleanness. 
1  Thess.  iv.  7. 

CIV.  Threats.  Ezek.  xxxix.  24.  Accord- 
ing to  their  uncleanness  have  I  done  unto 
them. 

Eph.  v.  5.  No  whoremonger,  nor  unclean 
person,  nor  covetous  man  who  is  an  idolater 
hath  any  inheritance  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ 
and  of  God. 

POLLUTION. 

CV.  Pollution.    Ezek.  xvi.  6.  22.  I  saw 
thee  polluted  in  thine  own  blood,  and  said 
unto  thee,  Live. 
4-      Zeph.  iii.  1.  Woe  to  the  city  that  is  filthy 
and  polluted. 

2  Pet.  ii.  20.  If  after  they  have  escaped  the 
^  pollutions  of  the  world,  through  the  know- 
ledge of  the  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ, 
they  are  again  entangled  therein  and  over- 
come, the  latter  end  is  worse  with  them  than 
the  beginning. 

The  wicked  pollute  God's  name.  See 
Ezek.  xx.  9.  Isa.  xlviii.  11.  Jer.  xxxiv.  16. 
Ezek.  xiii.  19.  —  xxxix.  7.  Mai.  i.  7.  —  They 
polluted  God's  house.  See  2  Chron.  xxxvi. 
14.  Ezek.  xliv.  7.  Zeph.  iii.  4.—  They  pol- 
luted God's  Sabbaths.  See  Isa.  Ivi.  2.  Ezek. 
xx.  13  to  24. 

FILTHINESS. 

CVI.  Filthiness.  Ezra  ix.  11.  The  land 
is  unclean,  with  the  filthiness  of  the  people. 
Lam.  i.  9. 

Prov.  xxx.  12.  There  is  a  generation  that 
are  pure  in  their  own  eyes,  and  yet  is  not 
washed  from  their  own  filthiness.  Rev.xvii.4. 

CVII.   Directions.      2  Cor.  vii.  1.   Let   us 
cleanse  ourselves  from  all  filthiness  of  flesh 
""  and  spirit,  perfecting  holiness  in  the  fear  of  God. 
Eph.  y.  4.  Let  not  filthiness  be  once  named 
amongst  you. 

7~       Col.  iii.  8.  Put  off  all  filthy  communication. 
James  i.  21. 

S7        -7 


2  Pet.  ii.  7.  Lot  was  vexed  with  the  filthy 
conversation  of  the  wicked. 

Ezra  vi.  2 1.  The  children  of  Israel  separated 
themselves  from  the  filthiness  of  the  heathen, 
to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

CVIII.  Promises.     Isa.  iv.  3, 4.  Every  one 
in  Zion  shall  be  called  holy,  when  the  Lord    ^ 
shall   have   washed    away   the   filth  of    the 
daughters  of  Zion. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  25.   From  all  your  fiithiness    / 
will  I  cleanse  you.     Ch.  xxii.  15. — xxiv.  13. 

CIX.  Threats.  Rev.  xxii.  11.  He  that  is 
filthy  let  him  be  filthy  still. 

Ezek.  xxiv.  13.  Thou  shalt  not  be  purged 
from  thy  filthiness. 

VILENESS. 

CX.  Vileness  of  sin.  1  Sam.  iii.  13.  I 
will  judge  Eli's  house  for  ever,  for  the  iniquity 
which  he  knoweth ;  because  his  sons  made 
themselves  vile,  and  he  restrained  them  not. 

Ps.  xii.  8.  The  wicked  walk  on  every  side 
when  vile  men  are  exalted.  Ps.  xciv.  20. 

xv.  4.  In  the  eyes  of  the  righteous,  a  vile 
person  is  despised. 

Jer.  xv.  19.  Take  forth  the  precious  from 
the  vile. 

Rom.  i.  26.  28.  They  did  not  like  to  retain     y 
God  in  their  knowledge,  wherefore  God  gave 
them  over  to  vile  affections.     He  gave  them 
over  to  a  reprobate  mind. 

CXI.  Confession  of  vileness.  Job  xl.  4. 
Behold  I  am  vile,  what  shall  I  answer  thee  ? 
I  will  lay  my  hand  upon  my  mouth.  Gen. 
xxxii.  10.  Ezra  ix.  6. 

ABOMINABLENESS. 

CXII.  Abominableness  of  sin.    Jobxv.  16.   ~, 
How  abominable  and  filthy  is  man,  that  drink- 
eth  iniquity  like  water ! 

Ps.  xiv.  1.  They  have  done  abominable 
works  :  none  doeth  good.  Ps.  liii.  1. 

Jer.  xliv.  4.  I  sent  unto  you  my  servants, 
the  prophets,  saying,  Do  not  this  abominable 
thing  that  I  hate.  (Ezek.  xxiii.  36.)  Ver.  7. 
Wherefore  commit  ye  this  great  evil  against 
your  souls  ? 

Ezek.  xviii.  24.  When  the  righteous  doeth 
according  to  the  abominations  that  the  wicked 
man  doeth,  he  shall  die. 

xxxiii.  29.  They  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  laid  the  land  desolate  foi 
all  their  abominations. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.   The  fearful  and  unbelieving, 
and  the  abominable,  &c.  shall  have  their  part  V 
in  the  lake  that  burneth  with  fire  and  brim- 
stone.— Ver.  27.  There  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  any  thing  that  de- 
fileth  or  worketh  an  abomination, 
s  3 


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THE  JUST— UNJUST—GOOD   MEN. 


CHAP.  XV. 


These  things  are  an  abomination  in  the 
sight  of  God,  viz.  The  sacrifice,  the  way,  the 
thoughts  of  the  wicked,  Prov.  xv.  8,  9.  26. — 
He  that  justifieth  the  wicked,  Prov.  xvii.  15. — 
The  froward,  Prov.  iii.  32. — xi.  20. — He  that 
turneth  away  his  ear  from  hearing  the  law, 
Prov.  xxviii.  9. — Those  that  deny  God  in 
works,  Tit.  i.  16. 


THE  JUST. 

CXIII.  Promises  to  the  just,  and  prayers 
for  them.  Ps.  vii.  9.  O  let  the  wickedness 
of  the  wicked  come  to  an  end,  but  establish 
the  just. 

Prov.  iii.  33.  The  curse  of  the  Lord  is  in 
the  house  of  the  wicked,  but  he  blesseth  the 
habitation  of  the  just. 

iv.  18.  The  path  of  the  just,  is  as  the  shining 
light,  that  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the 
perfect  day. 

x.  6,  7.  Blessings  are  upon  the  head  of  the 
just,  but  violence  covereth  the  mouth  of  the 
wicked.  The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed, 
but  the  name  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

xi.  9.  Through  knowledge  shall  the  just  be 
delivered. 

xii.  13.  The  just  shall  come  out  of  trouble. 
— Ver.  21.  There  shall  no  evil  happen  to  the 
just. 

xiii.  22.  The  wealth  of  the  sinner  is  laid  up 
for  the  just.  Job  xxvii.  16,  17. 

xvii.  15.  He  that  justifieth  the  wicked,  and 
he  that  condemneth  the  just,  even  they  both 
are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord. — Ver.  26. 
To  punish  the  just  is  not  good. 

xxiv.  16.  A  just  man  falleth  seven  times, 
and  riseth  up  again :  but  the  wicked  shall  fall 
into  mischief. 

Isa.  xxvi.  7.  Thou  dost  weigh  the  path  of 
the  just. 

Ezek.  xviii.  5.  9.  If  a  man  be  just,  and  do 
that  which  is  lawful  and  right,  he  shall  surely 
live. 

Hab.  ii.  4.  The  just  shall  live  by  faith. 
Rom.  i.  17.  Gal.  iii.  11.  Heb.  x.  38. 

Luke  i.  17.  He  shall  turn  the  disobedient  to 
the  wisdom  of  the  just. 

xiv.  13.  When  thou  makest  a  feast,  call  the 
poor,  &c.  Thou  shalt  be  recompensed  at  the 
resurrection  of  the  just.  Ver.  14. 

Heb.  xii.  23.  The  spirits  of  just  men  made 
perfect. 

2  Pet.  ii.  7.  God  delivered  just  Lot,  vexed 
with  the  filthy  conversation  of  the  wicked. 


THE  UNJUST. 

CXIV.  Threatening^  against  the  unjust. 
Prov.  xi.  7.  When  a  wicked  man  dieth  his  ex- 


jectation  shall  perish ;  and  the  hope  of  unjust 
men  perisheth. 

xxix.  27.  An  unjust  man  is  an  abomination 
to  the  just. 

2  Pet.  ii.  9,  10.  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to 
deliver  the  godly  out  of  temptations,  and  to 
reserve  the  unjust  unto  the  day  of  judgment 
;o  be  punished.  But  chiefly  them  that  walk 
after  the  lusts  of  the  flesh. 

CXV.  The  unjust  hurtful  in  the  earth. 
Ps.  xliii.  1.  O  God,  deliver  me  from  the  unjust 
man. 

Isa.  xxvi.  10.  In  the  land  of. unrighteous- 
ness will  he  deal  unjustly. 

Zeph.  iii.  5.  The  unjust  knoweth  no  shame. 

Luke  xvi.  10.  He  that  is  unjust  in  that 
which  is  least,  is  unjust  also  in  much. 

1  Cor.  vi.  1.  Dare  any  of  you  go  to  law  be- 
fore the  unjust? 

N.  B.  Just  and  unjust,  in  the  above-men- 
tioned passages,  are  taken  from  a  more  uni- 
versal character  than  merely  acts  of  civil 
justice  between  man  and  man. 

GOOD  MEN. 

CXVI.  The  general  character  of  a  good 
man's  walk  or  life.  Gen.  v.  22.  He  walketh 
with  God.  Gen.  vi.  9. 

xvii.  1.  Walketh  before  God.  Ch.  xxiv. 
40. — xlviii.  15.  1  Sam.  ii.  35.  1  Kings  iii. 
. — viii.  25. — ix.  4.  Ps.  Ivi.  13.— cxvi.  9. 
Isa.  xxxviii.  3. 

Matt.  vi.  10.  He  doeth  the  will  of  God. 
Heb.  x.  36. 

Ps.  xl.  8.  He  delighteth  to  do  God's  will. 

Eph.  vi.  6.  He  doeth  God's  will  from  the 
heart. 

Col.  iv.  12.  He  stands  complete  and  perfei  t 
in  the  will  of  God. 

1  Pet  iv.  2.  He  lives  to  the  will  of  God. 

Exod.  xvi.  4.  He  walked  in  God's  law. 

Ezek.  xi.  20.  In  God's  commandments,  sta- 
tutes and  judgments.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  30.  Ezek. 
xviii.  9. — xx.  19. — xxxvii.  24.  Zech.  x.  12. 
Luke  i.  6.  Gal.  vi.  16. 

Ps.  cxxviii.  1.  In  God's  ways.  Ps.  cxix.  3. 
— cxliii.  8.  Isa.  ii.  3.  Jer.  vi.  16.  Hos.  xiv.  9. 

xxvi.  3.  In  God's  truth.  Ps.lxxxvi.il. 
Isa.ii.  5. — xxxviii.  3.  2  John  4. 6.  3  John  3, 4. 

Col.  i.  10.  Worthy  of  God,  to  please  him. 
1  Thess.  iv.  1. 

ii.  6.  Walk  in  Christ.  1  John  ii.  6.  Walk 
as  Christ  walked. 

Gal.  v.  16.  Walk  after  the  Spirit.  Rom 
viii.  14.  Led  by  the  Spirit. 

Eph.  v.  8.  In  the  light.  John  viii.  12.— 
xii.  35.  1  John  i.  7. 

iv.  1.  Worthy  of  his  vocation.  1  Cor.  vii.  17. 

Rom.  vi.  4.  Walkein  in  newness  of  life. 
Gal.  vi.  16. 


CHAP.  XV. 


EVIL   MEN— FROWARDNESS. 


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Prov.  xxviii.  26.  Walketh  wisely.  Eph. 
v.  15.  Col.  iv.  5. 

Rom.  xiii.  13.  Honestly,  or  honourably. 
1  Thess.  iv.  12. 

To  which  may  be  added  the  several  dispo- 
sitions of  the  heart,  and  duties  of  life  toward 
God  and  man,  to  which  promises  are  made. 

CXVII.  Promises  to  the  good.  2  Chron. 
xix.  1 1.  The  Lord  shall  be  with  the  good 
man.  Ps.  i.  3.  Whatsoever  he  doeth  shall 
prosper. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  23.  The  steps  of  a  good  man 
are  ordered  by  the  Lord. 

cxii.  5,  6.  A  good  man  sheweth  favour,  and 
lerideth  ;  he  will  guide  his  affairs  with  discre- 
tion. He  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever. 

Prov.  ii.  20,  21.  Walk  in  the  way  of  good 
men,  and  keep  the  paths  of  the  righteous. 
For  the  upright  shall  dwell  in  the  land,  and 
the  perfect  shall  remain  in  it. 

xii.  2.  A  good  man  obtaineth  favour  of  the 
Lord,  but  a  man  of  wicked  devices  will  he 
condemn. 

xiii.  22.  A  good  man  leaveth  an  inheritance 
to  his  children's  children,  and  the  wealth  of 
the  sinner  is  laid  up  for  the  just. 

xiv.  14.  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  be 
filled  with  his  own  ways,  but  a  good  man  shall 
be  satisfied  from  himself. — Ver.  19.  The  evil 
bow  before  the  good,  and  the  wicked  at  the 
gates  of  the  righteous. 

Eccl.  ii.  26.  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is 
good  in  his  sight,  wisdom  and  knowledge,  and 
joy;  but  to  the  sinner  he  giveth  travail,  to 
gather  and  to  heap  up,  that  he  may  give  to 
him  that  is  good  before  God. 

Matt.  xxv.  21.  Christ  will  say,  Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  into  the  joy 
of  thy  Lord. 

Rom.  v.  7.  For  a  good  man  some  would 
even  dare  to  die. 


EVIL  MEN. 

CXVIII.  Evil  men.  Ps.  x.  15.  0  Lord, 
break  thou  the  arm  of  the  evil  man. 

cxl.  1.  Deliver  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  evil 
man. 

Prov.  ii.  10 — 12.  When  wisdom  entereth 
into  thy  heart,  discretion  shall  preserve  thee  ; 
to  deliver  thee  from  the  way  of  the  evil  man. 

iv.  14,  15.  Enter  not  in  the  path  of  the 
wicked,  and  go  not  in  the  way  of  evil  men. 
Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it,  turn  away  from  it  and 


xvii.  1 1 .  An  evil  man  seeketh  only  rebellion. 

xxiv.  1.  Be  not  thou  envious  against  evil 
men,  neither  desire  to  be  with  them.  Ver.  1 9, 20. 

xxviii.  5.  Evil  men  understand  not  judg- 
ment. 


xxix.  6.  In  the  transgression  of  an  evil  man 
is  a  snare. 

Matt.  xii.  35.  An  evil  man,  out  of  the  evil 
treasure  of  his  heart,  bringeth  forth  evil 
things. 

2  Tim.  iii.  13.  Evil  men  shall  wax  worse 
and  worse. 

PERVERSENESS. 

CXIX.  Perversen ess  charged  upon  sinners. 
Deut.  xxxii.  5.  They  have  corrupted  them- 
selves, their  spot  is  not  the  spot  of  God's  child- 
ren :  they  are  a  perverse  and  crooked  genera- 
tion. 

1  Kings  viii.  47.  We  have  sinned  and  done 
perversely,  we  have  committed  wickedness. 

Job  ix.  20.  If  I  say  I  am  perfect,  my  mouth 
shall  prove  me  perverse. 

xxxiii.  27.  I  have  sinned  and  perverted  that 
which  was  right,  and  it  profited  me  not. 

Jer.  iii.  21.  They  have  perverted  their  way, 
and  have  forgotten  the  Lord  their  God. 

xxiii.  36.  They  have  perverted  the  words 
of  the  living  God. 

Ezek.  ix.  9.  The  city  is  full  of  perverseness, 
for  they  say,  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  the  earth, 
and  the  Lord  seeth  not. 

Matt.  xvii.  1 7.  Jesus  said,  0  faithless  and 
perverse  generation. 

CXX.  Tlireat.  Numb.  xxii.  32.  The  angel 
said  to  Balaam,  I  went  out  to  withstand  thee, 
because  thy  way  is  perverse. 

Prov.  x.  9*.  He  that  perverteth  his  ways 
shall  be  known. 

xi.  3.  The  perverseness  of  transgressors 
shall  destroy  them. 

xii.  8.  He  that  is  of  a  perverse  heart  shall 
be  despised. 

xxviii.  6.  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in 
his  uprightness,  than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his 
ways,  though  he  be  rich. 

Ven  18.  He  that  is  perverse  in  his  ways 
shall  fall  at  once. 

Mic.  iii.  9.  Hear  ye  that  pervert  all  equity. 
Ver.  12.  Zion  for  your  sakes  shall  be  plough- 
ed as  a  field. 

Perverse  lips.  Prov.  iv.  24. — viii.  8. — xv. 
4. — xix.  1. — xvii.  20.  Isa.  lix.  3. 

FROWARDNESS. 

CXXI.  Threats  against  the  froward. 
Deut.  xxxii.  20.  I  will  hide  my  face  from 
them;  they  are  a  very  froward  generation, 
children  in  whom  is  no  faith. 

Job  v.  13.  The  counsel  of  the  froward  is 
carried  headlong. 

Ps.  xviii.  26.  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  show 
thyself  pure,  and  with  the  froward  thou  wilt 
shew  thyself  froward.  2  Sam.  xxii.  27. 


212 


STUBBORNNESS — REBELLION. 


CHAP.  XV. 


Prov.  iii.  3%.  The  froward  is  abomination 
to  the  Lord.  Ch.  xi.  20. 

xvii.  20.  He  that  hath  a  froward  heart  find- 
eth  no  good. 

xxi.  8.  The  way  of  man  is  froward  and 
strange ;  but  as  for  the  pure,  his  work  is  right. 

xxii.  5.  Thorns  and  snares  are  in  the  way 
of  the  froward  ;  but  he  that  doth  keep  his  soul 
shall  be  far  from  them. 

Isa.  Ivii.  17.  I  smote  him,  he  went  on  fro- 
wardly  in  the  way  of  his  heart. 

CXXII.  The  righteous  not  froward.  Ps. 
ci.  4.  A  froward  heart  shall  depart  from  me. 

Prov.  viii.  8.  All  the  words  of  wisdom's 
mouth  are  in  righteousness,  there  is  nothing 
froward  or  perverse  in  them.  Ch.  vi.  12.  A 
wicked  man  walketh  with  a  froward  mouth. 
See  froward  tongue,  froward  mouth. 

x.  31.  The  froward  tongue  shall  be  cut 
out. 

Ver.  32.  The  mouth  of  the  wicked  speaketh 
fro  ward  ness.  Ver.  30. 

xvi.  28.  A  froward  man  soweth  strife.  See 
Ch.  xvii.  20. 

STUBBORNNESS 

CXXTIT.  Stubbornness,  the  stiff-necked  in 
their  own  ways,  and  ways  of  their  own  sight 
and  eyes.  Exod.  xxxii.  9, 10.  The  Lord  said, 
it  is  a  stiff-necked  people.  Let  me  alone,  that 
my  wrath  may  wax  hot  against  them,  that  I 
may  consume  them* 

xxxiii.  3.  5.  The  Lord  said,  I  will  not  go 
up  ia  the  midst  of  thee,  lest  I  consume  thee, 
for  thou  art  a  stiff-necked  people.  Deut.  ix. 
6.  13. 

Deut,  xxix.  19,  20.  If  any  say,  I  shall  have 
peace,  though  I  walk  in  the  imagination  of 
my  heart,  to  add  drunkenness  to  thirst,  the 
Lord  will  not  spare  him,  but  the  anger  of  the 
Lord  and  his  jealousy  shall  smoke  against  that 
man,  and  all  the  curses  that  are  written  in  this 
book  shall  lie  upon  him,  and  the  Lord  shall 
blot  out  his  name  from  under  heaven. 

1  Sam.  xv.  23.  Stubbornness  is  an  iniquity 
and  idolatry. 

Jer.  vii.  24.  They  hearkened  not,  nor  in- 
clined their  ear,  but  walked  in  the  counsels 
and  in  the  imagination  of  their  evil  heart,  and 
went  backward  and  not  forward.  Ver.  25,  26. 

Vet.  29.  The  Lord  hath  rejected  and  for- 
saken the  generation  of  his  wrath. 

xxxi.  18.  Ephraim  said,  Thou  hast  chas- 
tised me  as  a  bullock  unaccustomed  to  the  yoke. 

Acts  vii.  51.  Ye  stiff-necked  and  uncircum- 
cised  in  heart  and  ears,  ye  do  always  resist  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Deut.  x.  16.  2  Chron.  xxx.  8. 

The  same  thing  implied  in  the  expres- 
sion of  walking  after  the  counsel  or  the 
imagination  of  an  evil  heart  /  as  in  the  fol- 


lowing scriptures.  Eccl.  xi.  9.  O  young  man, 
walk  in  the  ways  of  thy  heart,  and  in  the 
sight  of  thine  eyes;  but  know,  that  for  al1 
these  things  God  will  bring  thee  into  judg- 
ment. 

Jer.  iii.  17.  Neither  shall  they  walk  any 
more  after  the  imagination  of  their  evil  heart. 
Ch.  ix.  14. — xi.  8. — xiii.  10. — xvi.  12. — xvii. 
23.— xxiii.  17. 

REVOLTING. 

CXXIV.  The  wicked  are  revollers.  Isa.  i. 
5.  Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more  ?  ye 
will  revolt  more  and  more. 

xxxi.  6.  The  children  of  Israel  have  deep- 
ly revolted. 

Jer.  v.  23.  This  people  hath  a  revolting  and 
rebellious  heart.  Ch.  vi.  28. 

Hos.  ix.  15.  I  will  love  them  no  more  ;  all 
their  princes  are  revolters. 

REBELLION. 

CXXV.  Rebellion  against  God  forbidden. 
Numb.  xiv.  9.  Rebel  not  against  the  Lord  ; 
the  Lord  is  with  us.  Ps.  Ixxviii.  8. 

Josh.  xxii.  29.  The  people  said,  God  forbid 
that  we  should  rebel  against  the  Lord,  and  turn 
from  following  him. 

Threats.  1  Sam.  xii.  15.  If  ye  will  rebel 
against  the  commandment  of  the  Lord,  then 
shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord  be  against  you,  as 
it  was  against  your  fathers. 

xv.  23.  Rebellion  is  as  the  sin  of  witch- 
craft ;  stubbornness  is  as  iniquity  and  idolatry. 

Neh.  ix.  26,  27.  They  were  disobedient  and 
rebelled  against  thee,  and  cast  thy  law  behind 
their  backs,  and  wrought  great  provocations. 

Therefore  thou  deliveredst  them  into  the 

hands  of  their  enemies,  who  vexed  them. 

Ps.  Ixviii.  6.  Rebels  dwell  in  a  dry  land. 

cvii.  11,  12.  Because  they  rebelled  against 
the  words  of  God,  and  contemned  the  counsels 
of  the  Most  High  ;  therefore  he  brought  down 
their  heart  with  labour  ;  they  fell  down,  and 
there  was  none  to  help.  See  Numb.  xx.  24. — 
— xxvii.  14.  Deut.  i.  26.  43.— ix.  7.  23,  24. 
— xxxi.  27. 

Isa.  i.  2.  I  have  nourished  and  brought  up 
children,  and  they  have  rebelled  against  me. — 
Ver.  9.  Except  the  Lord  had  left  us  a  very 
small  remnant,  we  should  have  been  as  Sodom, 
and  like  unto  Gomorrah.  Ver.  19,  20. 

xxx.  1.  Woe  to  the  rebellious  children,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  take  counsel,  but  not  of  me  : 
and  that  cover  with  a  covering,  but  not  of  my 
Spirit. — Ver.  9.  This  is  a  rebellious  people, 
lying  children,  that  will  not  hear  the  law  of 
the  Lord. 

Isa.  xlv.  9.  Woe  to  him  that  striveth  with 
his  Maker. 


CHAP.  XV. 


ENEMIES— THE  WICKED. 


213 


Ixiii.  10.  They  rebelled  and  vexed  his  holy 
Spirit,  therefore  he  was  turned  to  be  their 
enemy,  and  he  fought  against  them. 

Ixv.  2,  3.  I  have  spread  out  my  hands  all 
the  day  unto  a  rebellious  people,  which  walketh 
in  a  way  that  was  not  good,  after  their  own 
thoughts.  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to 
anger  continually  to  my  face. — Ver.  6.  I  will 
recompense  into  their  bosom  their  iniquities. 

Jer.  iv.  17,  18.  Enemies  are  against  her 
round  about,  because  she  hath  been  rebellious 
against  me,  saith  the  Lord.  Thy  way  and  thy 
doings  have  procured  these  things  unto  thee. 

Lam.  i.  13.  From  above  he  hath  sent  fire 
into  my  bones,  &c. — Ver.  18.  The  Lord  is 
righteous,  for  I  have  rebelled  against  his  com- 
mandment. 

iii.  42,  43.  We  have  transgress-ed  and  re- 
belled. Thou  hast  covered  with  anger,  and 
persecuted  us. 

Ezek.  xx.  8.  They  rebelled  against  me ; 
then  I  said,  I  will  pour  out  my  fury  upon 
them,  to  accomplish  my  anger  against  them. 
Ver.  13.  21.  38. 

Dan.  ix.  5.  We  have  sinned,  and  have  com- 
mitted iniquity,  and  have  done  wickedly,  and 
have  rebelled  even  by  departing  from  thy  pre- 
cepts, and  from  thy  judgments. 

Hos.  vii.  13,  14.  Woe  unto  them  that  rebel 
against  me.  Ch.  xiii.  16. 

ENEMIES,  ADVERSARIES. 

CXXVI.  Enemies,  adversaries  of  the 
Lord.  Deut.  xxxii.  43.  God  will  render  ven- 
geance to  his  adversaries. 

1  Sam.  ii.  10.  The  adversaries  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  broken  to  pieces. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  20.  The  enemies  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  as  the  fat  of  lambs,  into  smoke  shall 
they  consume  away. 

Ixviii.  1.  Let  God  arise,  let  his  enemies  be 
scattered.  (Ps.  Ixxxiii.  1,  2.)  Ver.  21.  God 
shall  wound  the  head  of  his  enemies. 

xcvii.  3.  A  fire  goeth  before  him,  and 
burneth  up  his  enemies  round  about. 

Isa.  i.  24.  I  will  ease  me  of  mine  adversa- 
ries, and  avenge  me  of  mine  enemies,  saith 
the  Lord. 

lix.  18.  According  to  their  deeds,  he  will 
repay  fury  to  his  adversaries. 

Ixiv.  2.  Make  thy  name  known  to  thine  ad- 
versaries. 

Ixvi.  6.  A  voice  of  noise  from  the  city,  a 
voice  of  the  Lord,  that  rendereth  recompense 
to  his  enemies. — Ver.  14.  The  indignation  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  known  toward  his  enemies. 

Jer.  xlvi.  10.  This  is  the  day  of  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts,  a  day  of  vengeance,  that  he 
may  avenge  him  of  his  adversaries, 

Nah.  i.  2.  The  Lord  will  take  vengeance 


on  his  adversaries ;  he  reserveth  wrath  for  his 
enemies. — Ver.  8.  Darkness  shall  pursue  his 
enemies. 

Heb.  x.  27.  Fiery  indignation  shall  devour 
the  adversaries.  Ver.  13. 

CXXVII.  Deliverance  from  enmity  against 
God.  Rom.  v.  10.  When  we  were  enemies, 
we  were  reconciled  by  the  death  of  his  Son. 

Col.  i.  21.  You  who  were  enemies  in  your 
mind  by  wicked  works,  hath  he  reconciled. 

THE  WICKED. 

CXXVIII.  God's  threatenings  against  the 
wicked.  Exod.  xxiii.  7.  I  will  not  justify  the 
wicked.  Nah.  i.  3.  The  Lord  will  not,  acquit 
the  wicked. 

Deut.  xxviii.  20.  The  Lord  shall  send  upon 
thee  cursing,  vexation,  and  rebuke,  in  all  that 
thou  settest  thy  hand  unto  for  to  do ;  until 
thou  be  destroyed,  and  until  thou  perish 
quickly,  because  of  the  wickedness  of  thy 
doings,  whereby  thou  hast  forsaken  me. 

2  Sam.  iii.  39.  The  Lord  will  reward  the 
doer  of  evil,  according  to  his  wickedness.  Ps. 
xxviii.  4. — xciv.  23.  Isa.  xiv.  16. 

2  Chron.  vi.  23.  Judge  thy  servants,  by  re- 
quiting the  wicked,  by  recompensing  his  way 
upon  his  own  head. 

Job  x.  3.  God  will  not  shine  upon  the 
counsel  of  the  wicked. 

xx.  23.  God  shall  cast  the  fury  of  his  wrath 
upon  the  wicked,  and  rain  it  upon  them. 

xxi.  17.  How  oft  is  the  candle  of  the  wicked 
put  out !  and  how  oft  cometh  their  destruction 
upon  them !  God  distributeth  sorrows  in  his 
anger. 

Ver.  19,  20.  God  layeth  up  his  iniquity  for 
his  children  ;  he  rewardeth  him,  and  he  shall 
know  it.  His  eyes  shall  see  his  destruction, 
and  he  shall  drink  of  the  wrath  of  the  Al- 
mighty. 

xxvii.  13.  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked 
man  from  God.  See  to  ver.  22,  For  God 
shall  cast  upon  him,  and  not  spare. 

xxxvi.  6.  God  preserveth  not  the  life  of 
the  wicked. 

Ps.  v.  4.  Thou  art  not  a  God  that  hast 
pleasure  in  wickedness.  Ps.  xi.  5. 

vii.  11.  God  is  angry  with  the  wicked  every 
day. 

ix.  5.  Thou  hast  destroyed  the  wicked, 
thou  hast  put  out  their  name  for  ever. 

x.  15.  Break  thou  the  arm  of  the  wicked. 
Ps.  xxxvii.  17.  The  arms  of  the  wicked  shall 
be  broken. 

xi.  6.  Upon  the  wicked  God  shall  rain 
snares,  fire  and  brimstone,  and  a  horrible 
tempest;  this  shall  be  the  portion  of  their 
cup.  Jer.  xxiii.  19. — xxx.  23. 

xxviii.  3.    Draw  me  not  away  with  the 


214 


THE   WICKED. 


CHAP.  XV. 


wicked. — Ver.  4.  Give  them  according  to  their 
deeds.  Ver.  5.  The  Lord  shall  destroy  them 
and  not  build  them  up. 

Ixxiii.  18.  Thou  didst  set  the  wicked  in 
slippery  places. 

Ixxv.  8.  For  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord  there 
is  a  cup,  and  the  wine  is  red ;  it  is  full  of 
mixture,  and  he  poureth  out  of  the  same ;  but 
tne  dregs  thereof  all  the  wicked  of  the  earth 
shall  wring  them  out,  and  drink  them. 

xciv.  3.  Lord,  how  long  shall  the  wicked 
triumph  ? — Ver.  23.  God  shall  bring  upon 
them  their  own  iniquity. 

cvii.  34.  God  turneth  a  fruitful  land  into 
barrenness,  for  the  wickedness  of  them  that 
dwell  therein.  Jer.  xii.  4. 

cxix.  1 1 9.  Thou  puttest  away  all  the  wicked 
of  the  earth  like  dross. 

cxxix.  4.  The  Lord  hath  cut  asunder  the 
cords  of  the  wicked. 

cxxxix.  19.  Surely  thou  wilt  slay  the 
wicked,  O  God. 

cxl.  8.  Grant  not,  O  Lord,  the  desires  of  the 
wicked. 

cxlv.  20.  All  the  wieked  will  the  Lord 
destroy. 

cxlvi.  9.  The  way  of  the  wicked  he  tumeth 
upside-down. 

cxlvii.  6.  The  Lord  casteth  the  wicked 
down  to  the  ground. 

Prov.  iii.  33.  The  curse  of  the  Lord  is  in 
the  house  of  the  wicked. 

vi.  18.  The  Lord  doth  hate  a  heart  that  de- 
viseth  wicked  imaginations.  Ch.  xii.  2. 

x.  3.  God  casteth  away  the  substance  of 
the  wicked. 

xv.  8,  9.  26.  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked, 
the  way  of  the  wicked,  the  thoughts  of  the 
wicked,  are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord.  Ch. 
xxi.  27. 

Ver.  29.  The  Lord  is  far  from  the  wicked. 

xvi.  4.  The  Lord  hath  made  the  wicked  for 
the  day  of  evil.  Mai.  iv.  1. 

xxi.  12.  God  overthroweth  the  wicked  for 
his  wickedness.  Isa.  xiii.  11. 

Isa.  xi.  4.  With  the  breath  of  his  lips,  God 
shall  slay  the  wicked.  2  Thess.  ii.  8. 

xiv.  5.  The  Lord  hath  broken  the  staff  of 
the  wicked. 

Ivii.  21.  There  is  no  peace,  saith  my  God, 
to  the  wicked.  Ch.  xlviii.  22. — lix.  8. 

Jer.  i.  16.  I  will  utter  my  judgments  (saith 
the  Lord)  against  them,  for  all  their  wicked- 
ness. 

ii.  33.  Thou  hast  taught  the  wicked  ones 
thy  ways. — Ver.  35.  Behold,  I  will  plead  with 
thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

vii.  12.  See  what  I  did  to  Shiloh,  for  the 
wickedness  of  my  people. 

xiv.  16.  I  will  pour  their  wickedness  upon 
them. 


xxv.  31.  God  shall  give  them  that  are 
wicked  to  the  sword.  Ezek.  xxxi.  1 1 . 

xxxiii.  5.  For  their  wickedness  I  have  hid 
my  face  from  this  city. 

xliv.  9.  Have  ye  forgotten  the  wickedness 
of  your  fathers,  and  the  wickedness  of  your 
kings'?  &c. — Ver.  1 1.  I  will  set  my  face  agabst 
you  for  evil. 

Hos.  vii.  1,  2.  I  remember  all  their  wicked- 


ix.  1 5.  For  the  wickedness  of  their  doings 
[  will  drive  them  out  of  my  house. 

Joel  iii.  13.  Put  ye  in  the  sickle,  &c.  for 
their  wickedness  is  great. 

Jonah  i.  2.  Cry  against  Nineveh,  for  their 
wickedness  is  come  up  before  me. 

Hab.  iii.  13.  Thou  woundedst  the  head  out 
of  the  house  of  the  wicked. 

Zeph.  i.  3.  I  will  consume  man  and  beast, 
and  the  stumbling-blocks  with  the  wicked. 

Mai.  iv.  1.  Behold,  the  day  cometh  that 
shall  burn  as  an  oven,  and  all  the  proud,  yea, 
and  all  that  do  wickedly  shall  be  stubble  ;  and 
the  day  that  cometh  shall  burn  them  up,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  it  shall  leave  them 
neither  root  nor  branch.  Prov.  xvi.  4. 

Matt.  xxiv.  51.  The  Lord  of  the  evil  servant 
shall  cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint  him  his 
portion  with  hypocrites ;  there  shall  be  weep- 
ing and  gnashing  of  teeth.  Ch.  xviii.  32.  34. 

CXXIX,  Threatening  against  the  wicked, 
of  evils  as  the  consequences  of  wickedness 
under  the  providential  government  of  God. 
Job  iv.  8.  They  that  plough  iniquity  and  sow 
wickedness,  reap  the  same.  Prov.  xxii.  8. 
Gal.  vi.  7,  8. 

viii.  22.  The  dwelling-place  of  the  wicked 
shall  come  to  nought.  Ch.  xxi.  28. 

xi.  20.  The  eyes  of  the  wicked  shall  fail. 

xv.  20.  The  wicked  man  travaileth  with 
pain  all  his  days. — Ver.  24.  Trouble  and  an- 
guish shall  make  him  afraid.  See  to  ver.  31. 

xviii.  5,  6.  The  light  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
put  out,  and  the  spark  of  his  fire  shall  not 
shine.  The  light  shall  be  dark  in  his  taber- 
nacle. See  to  ver.  21. 

Ver.  21.  Surely  such  are  the  dwellings  of 
the  wicked. 

xx.  5.  The  triumphing  of  the  wicked  is 
short.  See  to  ver.  29. 

Ver.  12.  Though  wickedness  be  sweet  in 
his  mouth. — Ver.  16.  He  shall  suck  the  poison 
of  asps. 

Ver.  29.  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked 
man  from  God,  and  the  heritage  appointed 
unto  him  by  God.  Ch.  xxvii.  13  to  23. 

xxi.  7.  Wherefore  do  the  wicked  live,  be- 
come old,  yea,  are  mighty  in  power? — Ver. 
16,  Ch.  xxii.  18.  Ch.  xxiv.  24.  They  are 
exalted  for  a  little,  but  are  gone  and  brought 


CHAP.  XV. 


THE  WICKED. 


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low :  they  are  taken  out  of  the  way,  and  cut 
off  as  the  tops  of  the  ears  of  corn. 

Ver.  17.  How  oft  is  the  candle  of  the  wicked 
put  out.  (Prov.  xiii.  9.— xxiv.  20.)  Ver.  30. 
The  wicked  is  reserved  to  the  day  of  destruc- 
tion ;  they  shall  be  brought  forth  to  the  day  of 
wrath.  Prov.  xvi.  4. 

xxii.  15,  16.  Hast  thou  marked  the  old  way, 
which  wicked  men  have  trodden]  Which 
were  cut  down  out  of  time,  whose  foundation 
was  overthrown  with  a  flood. 

xxiv.  20.  The  worm  shall  feed  sweetly  on 
him,  and  he  shall  be  no  more  remembered ; 
and  wickedness  shall  be  broken  as  a  tree. 

xxvii.  7.  Let  mine  enemy  be  as  the  wicked. 
— Ver.  13.  This  is  his  portion. 

Ver.  14 — 17.  If  his  children  be  multiplied, 
it  is  for  the  sword ;  and  his  offspring  shall  not 
be  satisfied  with  bread.  Though  he  heap  up 
silver  as  the  dust,  and  prepare  raiment  as  the 
clay  :  (Hab.  ii.  5.)  He  may  prepare  it,  but 
the  just  shall  put  it  on,  and  the  innocent  shall 
divide  the  spoil. 

Ver.  1 8.  He  buildeth  his  house  as  a  moth, 
and  as  a  booth  that  the  keeper  maketh. — Ver. 
20,  21.  Terrors  take  hold  on  him  as  waters,  a 
tempest  stealeth  him  away  in  the  night.  The 
east  wind  carrieth  him  away,  and  he  departeth; 
and  as  a  storm  hurleth  him  out  of  his  place. 

xxxi.  3.  Is  not  destruction  to  the  wicked  ] 
and  a  strange  punishment  to  the  workers  of 
iniquity  1  Ps.  liii.  5. 

xxxviii.  1 5.  From  the  wicked  their  light  is 
withholden. 

Ps.  ix.  16.  The  wicked  is  snared  in  the 
work  of  his  own  hands.  Ps.  x.  2. 

Ver.  17.  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into 
hell,  and  all  the  nations  that  forget  God. 

xxxi.  1 7.  Let  the  wicked  be  ashamed ;  let 
them  be  silent  in  the  grave. 

xxxii.  10.  Many  sorrows  shall  be  to  the 
wicked. 

xxxiv.  21.  Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked,  and 
they  that  hate  the  righteous  shall  be  desolate. 

xxxvii.  1 0.  Yet  a  little  while  and  the  wicked 
shall  not  be.— Ver.  17.  The  arms  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  broken. 

Ver.  20.  The  wicked  shall  perish,  and  the 
enemies  of  the  Lord  shall  be  as  the  fat  of  rams. 
Ps.  Iviii.  7. 

Ver.  28.  The  seed  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
cut  off. 

Ver.  35.  I  have  seen  the  wicked  great  in 
power. — Ver.  38.  But  the  end  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  cut  off.  Ver.  34. 

lv.  15.  Let  death  seize  upon  the  wicked. 

Iviii.  10.  The  righteous  shall  wash  his  feet 
in  the  blood  of  the  wicked. 

xcii.  7.  When  the  wicked  spring  as  the 
grass ;  it  is  that  they  shall  be  destroyed  for 
ever.  Ver.  11.  Ps.  xciv.  3.  13. 


cvi.  18.  A  fire  was  kindled,  the  flame  burned 
up  the  wicked. 

cxix.  155.  Salvation  is  far  from  the  wicked. 

cxli.  10.  Let  the  wicked  fall  into  their  own 
nets. 

Prov.  ii.  22.  The  wicked  shall  be  cut  off 
from  the  earth,  and  the  transgressors  shall  be 
rooted  out  of  it.  1  Sam.  xii.  25. 

iv.  19.  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  dark- 
ness, they  know  not  at  what  they  stumble. 

v.  22.  His  own  iniquity  shall  take  the 
wicked  himself,  and  he  shall  be  holden  with 
the  cords  of  his  sin. 

x.  2.  Treasures  of  wickedness  profit  no- 
thing. Ver.  3. 

x.  7.  The  name  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

Ver.  24.  The  fear  of  the  wicked  shall  come 
upon  him. — Ver.  27.  His  years  shall  be  short- 
ened. Ps.  lv.  23. 

Ver.  30.  The  wicked  shall  not  inhabit  the 
earth. 

xi.  5.  The  wicked  shall  fall  by  his  own. 
wickedness. 

Ver.  8.  The  righteous  is  delivered  out  of 
trouble ;  but  the  wicked  cometh  in  his  stead. 

Ver.  21.  The  wicked  shall  not  be  unpunish- 
ed.—Ver.  31.  The  wicked  and  the  sinner 
shall  be  recompensed  in  the  earth. 

xii.  3.  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by 
wickedness. — Ver.  7.  The  wicked  are  over- 
thrown, and  are  not. 

Ver.  13.  The  wicked  is  snared  by  the  trans- 
gression of  his  lips. 

Ver.  21.  The  wicked  shall  be  filled  with 
mischief. 

Ver.  26.  The  way  of  the  wicked  seduceth 
them. 

xiii.  5.  A  wicked  man  is  loathsome,  and 
cometh  to  shame. 

Ver.  6.  Wickedness  overthroweth  the 
sinner. 

Ver.  25.  The  belly  of  the  wicked  shall  want. 

xiv.  11.  The  house  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
overthrown. 

Ver.  17.  A  man  of  wicked  devices  is  hated. 

Ver.  19.  The  wicked  bow  at  the  gates  of  the 
righteous. 

Ver.  32.  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his 
wickedness. 

xv.  6.  In  the  revenues  of  the  wicked  is 
trouble. 

xviii.  3.  When  the  wicked  cometh,  then 
cometh  contempt. 

xxi.  18.  The  wicked  shall  be  a  ransom  for 
the  righteous. 

xxiv.  16.  The  wicked  shall  fall  into  mis- 
chief.— Ver.  20.  The  candle  of  me  wicked 
shall  be  put  out. 

xxvi.  26.  The  wickedness  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  shewed  before  the  whole  congrega- 
tion. 


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SINNERS. 


CHAP.  XV. 


xxviii.  1.  The  wicked  flee  when  no  man 
pursueth.  Job  xv.  21. 

Ver.  4.  Such  as  keep  the  law  contend  with 
the  wicked. 

Eccl.  viii.  8.  Wickedness  shall  not  deliver 
those  given  to  it. 

Ver.  10.  I  saw  the  wicked  buried,  and  they 
were  forgotten. — Ver.  13.  It  shall  not  be  well 
with  the  wicked,  neither  shall  he  prolong  his 
days. 

Isa.  iii.  11.  Woe  to  the  wicked,  it  shall  be 
ill  with  him ;  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall  be 
given  him. 

ix.  18.  Wickedness  burneth  as  the  fire. 

xlvii.  10,  11.  Thou  hast  trusted  in  thy 
wickedness.  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon 
thee. 

Ivii.  20.  The  wicked  are  like  the  troubled 
sea  when  it  cannot  rest,  whose  waters  cast  up 
mire  and  dirt. 

Jer.  ii.  19.  Thine  own  wickedness  shall 
correct  thee,  and  thy  backslidings  shall  re- 
prove thee. 

iii.  2,  3.  Thou  hast  polluted  the  land  with 
thy  wickedness :  therefore  there  hath  been  no 
latter  rain. 

iv.  1 8.  Thy  ways  and  thy  doings  have  pro- 
cured these  things  unto  thee:  this  is  thy 
wickedness  because  it  is  bitter. 

v.  25,  26.  Your  iniquities  and  your  sins 
have  withholden  good  things  from  you.  For 
among  my  people  are  found  wicked  men. 

vi.  6,  7.  This  is  the  city  to  be  visited :  for 
as  a  fountain  casteth  out  her  waters,  so  she 
casteth  out  her  wickedness. 

xii.  1.  Wherefore  doth  the  way  of  the 
wicked  prosper? 

Ver.  4.  How  long  shall  the  land  mourn,  and 
the  herbs  of  the  field  wither  ?  for  the  wicked- 
ness of  them  that  dwell  therein,  the  beasts  are 
consumed,  &c. 

xliv.  2,  3.  The  cities  are  a  desolation,  be- 
cause of  their  wickedness. 

Ezek.  iii.  18.  The  wicked  man  shall  die  in 
his  wickedness.  Ver.  1 9.  Ch.  xxxiii.  8,  9. 13. 

xviii.  20.  The  wickedness  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  upon  him. — Ver.  24.  When  the 
righteous  turneth  away  from  his  righteousness, 
and  committeth  iniquity,  and  doeth  according 
to  all  the  abominations  that  the  wicked  man 
doeth,  shall  he  live  ?  all  his  righteousness  that 
he  hath  done  shall  not  be  mentioned  :  in  his 
trespass  that  he  hath  trespassed,  and  in  his 
sins  that  he  hath  sinned,  in  them  shall  he  die. 
Ver.  26,  27. 

xxxiii.  8.  0  wicked  man,  thou  shalt  surely 
die. 

Hos.  x.  13,  14.  Ye  have  ploughed  wick- 
edness, ye  have  reaped  iniquity.  Therefore 
shall  a  tumult  arise  among  thy  people,  and  all 
'by  fortresses  shall  be  spoiled. 


Nah.  i.  19.   There   is  no   healing    of  thy 
bruise,  for  on  whom  hath  not  thy  wickedness 


Matt.  xiii.  49,  50.  At  the  end  of  the  world, 
the  angels  shall  sever  the  wicked  from  among 
the  just ;  and  shall  cast  them  into  a  furnace 
of  fire ;  there  shall  be  wailing,  and  gnashing 
of  teeth. 

SINNERS. 

CXXX.  Sinners;  God's  threatening* 
against  them.  Exod.  xxxii.  33,  34.  The 
Lord  said  to  Moses,  Whosoever  hath  sinned 
against  me,  him  will  I  blot  out  of  my  book.  I 
will  visit  their  sin  upon  them. 

xxxiv.  7.  God  will  by  no  means  clear  the 
guilty. 

Josh.  xxiv.  19.  He  is  a  jealous  God,  he  will 
not  forgive  their  transgressions  nor  their  sins. 

2  Chron.  vi.  22,  23.  If  a  man  sin  against 
his  neighbour ;  then  judge  thy  servants  by  re- 
quiting the  wicked. 

Ps.  xc.  7,  8.  We  are  consumed  by  thine 
anger,  and  by  thy  wrath  we  are  troubled. 
Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thee,  our 
secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

Prov.  viii.  36.  He  that  sinneth  against  me, 
w'rongeth  his  own  soul.  Numb.  xvi.  38. 

Eccl.  ii.  26.  To  the  shiner  God  giveth 
travail. 

Isa.  xiii.  9.  The  Lord  shall  destroy  the  sin- 
ners of  the  land  out  of  it 

xxx.  1.  Woe  unto  rebellious  children,  saith 
the  Lord,  &c.  who  add  sin  to  sin. 

Jer.  ii.  35.  I  will  plead  with  thee,  saith  the 
Lord,  because  of  thy  sins. 

xv.  13.  Thy  substance  will  I  give  to  thine 
enemies,  because  of  thy  sins.  Ch.  xvii. 
3.— 1.  14. 

Ezek.  xiv.  13.  When  the  land  sinneth,  I 
will  break  the  staff  of  bread. 

xviii.  4.  The  soul  that  sinneth  it  shall  die. 
Ver.  20. 

xxi.  24.  In  all  your  doings,  your  sins  ap- 
pear, &c. ;  ye  shall  be  taken,  &c. 

xxviii.  16.  Thou  hast  sinned,  therefore  I 
will  cast  thee  as  profane  out  of  the  mountain 
of  God. 

Hos.  iv.  7.  They  sinned  against  me,  there- 
fore will  I  change  their  glory  into  shame. — 
Ver.  9.  I  will  punish  them  for  their  ways. 

ix.  9.  I  will  visit  their  sin. 

Amos  v.  12.  I  know  your  manifold  trans- 
gressions, and  your  mighty  sins. 

ix.  8.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the 
sinful  kingdom,  and  he  will  destroy  it  from 
off  the  face  of  the  earth.— Ver.  10.  The  sin- 
ners of  my  people  shall  die  by  the  sword. 

Mic.  vi.  13.  I  will  make  thee  desolate  be- 
cause of  thy  sins. 


CHAP.  XV. 


TRANSGRESSORS. 


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John  xvi.  8.  The  Spirit  shall  reprove  the 
world  of  sin. 

2  Pet.  ii.  4.  God  spared  not  the  angels  that 
sinned,  but  cast  them  down  to  hell. 

Jude  15.  The  Lord  cometh  to  execute  judg- 
ment, and  to  convince  ungodly  sinners  of  their 
ungodly  deeds. 

CXXXI.  Sinners  threatened  with  various 
evils  under  the  providence  of  God.  Deut. 
xxiv.  16.  Every  one  shall  die  for  his  own  sin. 
Lev.  xxii.  9.  2  Kings  xiv.  6.  2  Chron.  xxv. 
4.  Ezek.  xviii.  20. 

Job  xx.  11.  His  bones  are  full  of  the  sin 
of  his  youth,  which  shall  lie  down  with  him 
in  the  dust. 

Ps.  i.  5.  Sinners  shall  not  stand  in  the  con- 
gregation of  the  righteous. 

xxxviii.  3.  There  is  no  rest  in  my  bones 
because  of  my  sins. 

Prov.  xiii.  21,  22.  Evil  pursueth  sinners. 
Their  wealth  is  laid  up  for  the  just. 

xiv.  34.  Sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people. 

xxiv.  9.  The  scorner  is  an  abomination 
among  men. 

Isa.  i.  28.  The  destruction  of  the  transgres- 
sors, and  of  the  sinners  shall  be  together,  and 
they  that  forsake  the  Lord  shall  be  consumed. 

xxxiii.  14.  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid  : 
who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  everlasting 
burnings  1 

Ixv.  20.  The  sinner  being  an  hundred  years 
old,  shall  be  accursed. 

Jer.  xl.  3.  Because  ye  have  sinned  against 
the  Lord,  this  is  come  upon  you.  Ch.  xliv.  23. 

1.  7.  Their  enemies  prevailed,  and  said,  We 
offend  not,  because  they  have  sinned.  Zeph. 
i.  17. 

Lam.  i.  8.  Jerusalem  hath  grievously  sinned, 
therefore  she  is  removed,  all  that  honoured  her 
despise  her.  Ezek.  xvi.  52. 

v.  7.  Our  fathers  have  sinned  and  are  not, 
and  we  have  borne  their  iniquities.— Ver.  1.6. 
Woe  unto  us  that  we  have  sinned. 

Ezek.  xxxiii.  10.  If  our  sins  be  upon  us, 
&c.  how  should  we  live] — Ver.  12.  The 
righteous  shall  not  be  able  to  live  in  the  day 
that  he  sinneth. 

Hos.  xiii.  2,  3.  They  sin  more  and  more. 
They  shall  be  as  the  morning  cloud,  and  the 
early  dew  that  passeth  away  ;  as  the  chaff 
that  is  driven  with  the  whirlwind  out  of  the 
floor,  and  as  the  smoke  out  of  the  chimney. 

Mic.  i.  5.  For  the  sins  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael is  all  this  evil. 

Rom.  ii.  12.  As  many  as  have  sinned  with- 
out law  shall  perish  without  law. 

v.  14.  Death  reigned  from  Adam  to  Moses, 
even  over  them  that  had  not  sinned  after  the 
similitude  of  Adam's  transgressions. — Ver.  12. 
21.    Sin  reigned  unto  death. 
28 


vi.  23.  The  wages  of  sin  is  death. 

vii.  5.  The  motions  of  sins  did  work  in 
our  members  to  bring  forth  fruit  unto  death. 
— Ver.  9.  Sin  revived  and  I  died. — Ver.  11. 
Sin  slew  me. 

1  Cor.  xv.  56.  The  sting  of  death  is  sin. 

2  Thess.  ii.  3.  The  man  of  sin  is  the  son 
of  perdition. 

1  Tim.  i.  9.  The  law  is  made  for  sinners. 

Heb.  x.  26,  27.  If  we  sin  wilfully  after  we 
have  received  the  knowledge  of  the  truth, 
there  remaineth  no  more  sacrifice  for  sin  :  but 
a  certain  fearful  looking-for  of  judgment,  and 
fiery  indignation,  that  shall  devour  the  adver- 
saries. Ch.  vi.  4 — 6. 

James  i.  15.  Sin  when  finished  bringeth 
forth  death. 

1  John  v.  16.  There  is  a  sin  unto  death. 
Matt.  xii.  31. 

TRANSGRESSORS. 

CXXXII.  Transgressors  ;  threatening 
against  them.  Prov.  xi.  3.  The  perverseness 
of  transgressors  shall  destroy  them.  Ver.  6. 

xiii.  2.  The  soul  of  the  transgressors  shall 
eat  violence.  Ver.  15. 

xx  vi.  10.  The  great  God  that  formed  all 
things,  rewardeth  transgressors. 

Isa.  xxiv.  5,  6.  The  earth  is  defiled  under 
the  inhabitants  thereof,  because  they  have 
transgressed:  Therefore  hath  the  curse  de- 
voured the  earth. — Ver.  20.  The  transgres- 
sion of  the  earth  shall  be  heavy  upon  it. 

Ixvi.  24.  The  men  that  have  transgressed 
against  me,  their  worm  shall  not  die,  neither 
shall  their  fire  be  quenched,  and  they  shall  be 
an  abhorring  to  all  flesh. 

Jer.  xxxiv.  18.  20.  I  will  give  the  men  that 
have  transgressed  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies. 

Ezek.  xiv.  10,  11.  They  shall  bear  the 
punishment  of  their  iniquity ;  that  they  may 
no  more  go  astray,  nor  be  polluted  with  their 
transgressions. 

xx.  38.  I  will  purge  from  among  you  the 
rebels,  and  them  that  transgress. 

xxxix.  24.  According  to  their  uncleanness, 
and  according  to  their  transgressions  have  I 
done  unto  them,  and  hid  my  face  from  them. 

Hos.  vii.  13.  Woe  unto  them,  for  they  have 
fled  from  me ;  destruction  unto  them,  for  they 
have  transgressed  against  me. 

Matt.  xv.  3.  Why  do  ye  transgress  the 
commandments  of  God  by  your  tradition  ] 

Acts  i.  25.  Judas  by  transgression  fell  from 
the  ministry. 

Heb.  ii.  2,  3.  If  the  word  spoken  by  angels 
was  steadfast,  and  every  transgression  received 
a  just  recompense  of  reward ;  how  shall  we 
escape  if  we  neglect  so  great  salvation  1 
T 


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INIQUITY. 


CHAP.  XV. 


1  John  iii.  4.   Sin  is  the  transgression  of 
the  law. 

2  John  9.    Whosoever   transgresseth,  and 
abideth  not  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  hath  not 
God. 

See  particular  calamities  threatened  against 
transgressors  in  the  civil  state,  Prov.  xxviii. 
2. — In  the  church,  Isa.  xliii.  27. — Destruction 
by  wild  beasts,  Ezek.  v.  17. — From  famine 
and  pestilence,  Amos  iv.  2  to  ver.  10. 

INIQUITY. 

CXXXIII.  Iniquity  forbidden.  Job  xxii. 
23.  Put  iniquity  far  from  thy  tabernacles. 

xxxvi.  10.  God  commanded  that  they  re- 
turn from  iniquity. 

Jer.  xxxvi.  3.  It  may  be  that  they  will  re- 
turn every  one  from  his  evil  way,  that  I  may 
forgive  their  iniquity. 

Ezek.  xviii.  8.  17.  He  that  hath  withdrawn 
his  hands  from  iniquity,  he  shall  not  die  for 
the  iniquity  of  his  father. 

Dan.  iv.  27.  Break  off  thy  sins  by  right- 
eousness, and  thine  iniquity  by  shewing  mercy 
to  the  poor. 

Zeph.  iii.  13.  The  remnant  shall  not  do 
iniquity. 

Acts  iii.  26.  God  sent  his  Son  to  bless  you, 
in  turning  every  one  from  his  iniquity. 

Rom.  vi.  19.  Yield  your  members  servants 
to  righteousness. 

2  Tim.  ii.  19.  Let  every  one  that  nameth 
the  name  of  Christ,  depart  from  iniquity. 

Tit.  ii.  14.  Christ  gave  himself  for  us,  that 
he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity. 

Heb.  i.  9.  Thou  hast  loved  righteousness, 
and  hated  iniquity. 

CXXXIV.  God's  threatenings  against  the 
workers  thereof.  Gen.  xliv.  16.  Judah  said 
unto  Joseph,  God  hath  found  out  the  iniquity 
of  thy  servants. 

Lev.  xviii.  25.  The  land  is  denied,  therefore 
I  do  visit  the  iniquity  thereof  upon  it ;  the 
land  doth  vomit  out  her  inhabitants. 

2  Sam.  vii.  14.  If  he  commit  iniquity  I  will 
chasten  him  with  the  rod  of  men.  Ps.lxxxix.32. 

Job  xiii.  26.  Thou  writest  bitter  things 
against  me,  and  makest  me  to  possess  the  ini- 
quity of  my  youth. 

xiv.  17.  My  transgression  is  sealed  up  in  a 
bag,  and  thou  sewest  up  mine  iniquity. 

Ps.  v.  5.  Thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

xc.  8.  Thou  settest  our  iniquities  before 
thee,  our  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  coun- 
tenance. Job  x.  6.  14. — xxxiv.  22. 

xciv.  1 6.  Who  will  stand  up  for  me  against 
the  workers  of  iniquity  ? — Ver.  23.  God  shall 
bring  upon  them  their  own  iniquity,  and  shall 
cut  them  off  in  their  own  wickedness. 


cxxv.  5.  Such  as  turn  aside,  God  shall  lead 
forth  with  the  workers  of  iniquity. 

Isa.  xiii.  11.  I  will  punish  the  wicked  for 
their  iniquity. 

xxii.  14.  This  iniquity  shall  not  be  purged 
from  you,  till  ye  die,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

xx vi.  21.  The  Lord  cometh  out  of  his  place 
to  punish  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  for  their 
iniquity. 

xxxi.  2.  God  will  arise  against  the  house  of 
evil-doers,  and  against  the  help  of  them  that 
work  iniquity. 

lix.  2.  Your  iniquities  have  separated  be- 
tween you  and  your  God,  and  your  sins  have 
hid  his  face  from  you. 

Ixiv.  7.  Thou  hast  consumed  us  because  of 
our  iniquities. 

Jer.  ii.  22.  Thine  iniquity  is  marked  before 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

ix.  5.  They  weary  themselves  to  commit 
iniquity. — Ver.  9.  Shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged 
on  such  a  nation  ? 

xi.  10,  11.  They  are  turned  back  to  the  ini- 
quities of  their  forefathers.  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  them  that  they  shall  not  escape. 

xiv.  10.  I  will  now  remember  their  iniqui- 
ty, and  visit  their  sins.  Hos.  viii.  13. — ix.  9. 

xvi.  10.  Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  pro- 
nounced all  this  great  evil  against  us  ? — Ver. 
17,18.  Mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their  ways, 
neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from  mine  eyes. 
I  will  recompense  their  iniquity. 

xxv.  12.  I  will  punish  that  nation  for  their 
iniquity,  and  make  it  a  desolation. 

xxx.  14,  15.  I  have  wounded  thee  for  the 
multitude  of  thine  iniquity,  and  because  thy 
sins  are  increased.  For  the  multitude  of  thine 
iniquity,  I  have  done  these  things  unto  thee. 
Hos.  ix.  7. 

xxxvi.  31.  I  will  punish  him  [Jehoiachim] 
and  his  seed,  and  his  servants,  for  their  ini- 
quity. 

Ii.  6.  Flee  out  of  Babylon ;  be  not  cut  off 
in  her  iniquity ;  for  this  is  the  time  of  the  Lord's 
vengeance.  Gen.  xix.  15. 

Ezek.  ix.  9,  10.  The  iniquity  of  the  house 
of  Israel  and  Judah  is  exceeding  great.  Mine 
eye  shall  not  spare,  neither  will  I  have  pity. 

xvi.  49,  50.  This  was  the  iniquity  of  thy 
sister  Sodom,  pride,  idleness,  fulness  of  bread, 
&c.  Therefore  I  took  them  away  as  I  saw 
;ood.  Ver.  52. 

xxi.  23.  God  will  call  to  remembrance  the 
iniquity,  that  they  may  be  taken.  Ver.  24,  25. 
29.  Chap.  xxix.  16. 

xxviii.  18.  Thou  hast  defiled  thy  sanctua- 
ries by  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquities ;  there- 
fore I  will  bring  forth  a  fire,  and  it  shall  de- 
vour thee,  and  bring  thee  to  ashes. 

Amos  iii.  2.  I  will  punish  you  for  all  your 
iniquities. 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT  FIRST. 


219 


Hab.  i.  3.  Why  dost  thou  shew  me  iniqui 
ty'! — Ver.  13.  The  Lord  cannot  look  on  ini 
quity. 

Matt.  vii.  23.  Christ  will  say  in  the  day  of 
judgment,  Depart  from  me,  ye  that  work 
iniquity. 

xiii.  41,  42.  He  shall  cast  them  who  do 
iniquity  into  a  furnace  of  fire. 

Rev.  xviii.  5,  6.  Babylon's  sins  have  reach- 
ed unto  heaven,  God  hath  remembered  her 
iniquities.  Reward  her  even  as  she  rewarded 
you,  and  double  unto  her  double. 

CXXXV.  The  punishment  of  iniquity 
threatened  under  the  providential  government 
of  God,  intermixed  with  instances  thereof. 
Gen.  iv.  13.  Cain  said,  My  punishment  (or 
iniquity)  is  greater  than  I  can  bear. 

xv.  16.  The  iniquity  of  the  Amorites  is  not 
yet  full. 

Lev.  xxvi.  39.  They  shall  pine  away  in  their 
iniquity,  in  your  enemies'  lands,  and  the  ini- 
quities of  their  fathers.  Ezck.  xxiv.  23. 

Job  xx.  27.  The  heaven  shall  reveal  the 
wicked  man's  iniquity,  and  the  earth  shall  rise 
up  against  him.- — Ver.  22.  Every  hand  of  the 
wicked  shall  come  upon  him. 

xxi.  1 9.  God  layeth  up  his  iniquity  for  his 
children. 

Ps.  vii.  14.  The  wicked  travaileth  with  ini- 
quity. 

xxxi.  1 0.  My  life  is  spent  with  grief,  and 
my  years  with  sighing;  my  strength  faileth 
because  of  mine  iniquity. 

xxxvii.  1,  2.  The  workers  of  iniquity  shall 
be  cut  down.  Ps.  xxxvi.  12. 

xcii.  7,  When  the  wicked  spring  as  the 
grass,  and  the  workers  of  iniquity  do  flourish, 
it  is  that  they  shall  be  destroyed  for  ever. 
Ver.  9. 

cvi.  43.  They  were  brought  low  for  their 
iniquity. 

cvii.  17.  Fools  because  of  their  transgres- 
sion, and  because  of  their  iniquities  are  af- 
flicted. 

Prov.  v.  22.  His  own  iniquities  shall  take  the 
wicked  himself,  and  he  shall  be  holden  with 
the  cords  of  his  sins. 

x.  29.  Destruction  shall  be  to  the  workers  of 
iniquity. 

Isa.  v.  18.  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  ini- 
quity with  cords  of  vanity,  and  sin  as  it  were 
with  a  cart-rope. 

xxix.  20.  All  that  watch  for  iniquity  are 
cut  off. 

xxx.  13.  Iniquity  shall  be  to  you  as  a  breach 
ready  to  fall. 

1.  1.  For  your  iniquities  ye  have  sold  your- 
selves. 

Ixiv.  6.  Our  iniquities  like  the  wind  have 
taken  us  away. 


Jer.  v.  25.  Your  iniquities  have  turned  away 
these  things,  and  your  sins  have  withholden 
good  things  from  you. 

xiii.  22.  For  the  greatness  of  thine  iniquity 
are  thy  skirts  discovered,  &c. 

xxxi.  30.  Every  one  shall  die  for  his  own 
iniquity.  Ezek.  iii.  18,  19,&c. 

Lam.  iv.  6.  The  punishment  of  the  iniqui- 
ty of  my  people  is  greater  than  the  sin  of 
Sodom. 

Ezek.  iv.  16,  17.  They  shall  drink  water  by 
measure,  and  with  astonishment.  They  shall 
want  bread  and  water  and  consume  away  for 
their  iniquity. 

xxxii.  27.  Their  iniquity  shall  be  upon  their 
bones. 

xxxiii.  6.  He  is  taken  away  in  his  iniquity. 
—Ver.  8.  He  shall  die  in  his  iniquity.  Ver. 
9.  13.  18. 

xxxix.  23.  The  house  of  Israel  went  into 
captivity  for  their  iniquity. 

Dan.  ix.  16.  For  our  sins,  and  the  iniqui- 
ties of  our  fathers,  we  are  become  a  reproach. 

Hos.  xiv.  1 .  Israel,  return  unto  the  Lord ; 
for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine  iniquity. 

Mic.  ii.  1.  Woe  to  them  that  devise  iniquity, 
and  work  evil  upon  their  beds. 

Hab.  ii.  12.  Woe  to  him  that  buildeth  a 
town  with  blood,  and  establisheth  a  city  by  ini- 
quity. Mic.  iii.  10. 

Matt,  xxiii.  28.  Ye  are  full  of  hypocrisy  and 
iniquity. — Ver.  30.  Woe  unto  you. 

COMMANDMENT  FIRST. 

CXXXVI.  Idolatry  forbidden.  Exod.  xx. 
3.  Thou  shall  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 
Ch.  xxxiv.  14.  Ps.  Ixxxi.  9.  Hos.  xiii.  4. 
1  Cor.  viii.  4,  5. 

xxiii.  13.  Make  no  mention  of  the  name  of 
other  gods.  (Josh,  xxiii.  7.) — Ver.  24.  Thou 
shall  not  bow  down  to  their  gods,  nor  serve 
hem. 

Deut.  iv.  15.  Take  good  heed  unto  your- 
selves.— Ver.  19.  Lest  when  thou  seest  the 
sun  and  the  moon,  and  the  stars,  even  all  the 
lost  of  heaven,  thou  shouldst  be  driven  lo  wor- 
ship and  serve  them. 

vi.  14.  Ye  shall  not  go  after  the  gods  of  the 
people  which  are  round  about  you.  Judg. 
d.  10. 

xii.  30.  Inquire  not  after  their  gods,  saying, 
low  did  Ihese  nations  serve  their  gods  1  even 
so  will  I  do  likewise.  Jer.  v.  7. 

CXXXVII.  Enforced  by  threatenings  as 
preventives.  Exod.  xxii.  20.  He  that  sacrifi- 
jeth  unto  any  god,  save  unto  the  Lord  only, 
le  shall  be  utterly  destroyed.  Lev.  xx.  5. 

Deut.  viii.  19.  If  thou  at  all  do  forsake  the 
Lord  your  God,  and  walk  after  other  gods  and 


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COMMANDMENT  FIRST. 


CHAP.  XV. 


serve  them,  and  worship  them,  I  testify  against 
you  this  day,  that  ye  shall  surely  perish. 

1  Kings  ix.  6,  7.    If  you  or  your  children 
shall  turn  aside,  and  serve  other  gods,  and  wor- 
ship them,  then  will  I  cut  off  Israel  out  of  the 
land  which  I  have  given  them.     Ver.  9.     See 
Deut.  xxviii.   15.  36.  64.— xxix.  18  to  28.— 
xxx.  17, 18.— xxxi.  16,  17.    Josh,  xxiii.  16.— 
xxiv.  20.     2  Chron.  vii.  19,  20.    Ps.  xvi.  4.— 
xliv.  20,  21.    Jer.  xvi.  13.— xxii.  9. 

CXXXVIII.  Judgments  inflicted  upon 
transgressors  of  thin  command.  Deut.  xxxii. 
15.  Jeshurun  waxed  fat,  and  kicked  ;  he  for- 
sook God  that  made  him. 

Deut.  xxxii.  16,  17.  They  provoked  him  to 
jealousy  with  strange  gods.  They  sacrificed 
to  devils,  to  gods  whom  they  knew  not,  to 
new  gods  that  came  newly  up. 

Ver.  19,  20.  And  the  Lord  abhorred  them, 
and  said,  I  will  hide  my  face  from  them. — 
Ver.  22,  23.  A  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger. 
I  will  heap  mischiefs  upon  them.  Ver.  24, 
25,  26.  35. 

Judg.  ii.  11,  12.  The  children  of  Israel  did 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord.  They  followed 
other  gods,  of  the  gods  of  the  people  round 
about  them,  and  bowed  themselves  unto  them. 

Ver.  14.  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was 
against  Israel,  and  he  delivered  them  into  the 
hands  of  the  spoilers  that  spoiled  them,  and 
he  sold  them  into  the  hands  of  their  enemies 
round  about,  so  that  they  could  no  longer 
stand  before  their  enemies. — Ver.  15.  Whi- 
thersoever they  went  out  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  was  against  them  for  evil,  and  they  were 
greatly  distressed.  Ver.  17.  20.  23.  Ch.  iii. 
7,  8.— x.  6,  7.  13,  14.  Jer.  xi.  10.— xiii.  10. 

v.  8.  They  chose  new  gods ;  then  was  war 
in  the  gates. 

x.  6,  7.  The  children  of  Israel  did  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  served  the  gods  of 
the  Philistines.  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord 
was  kindled  against  Israel,  and  he  sold  them 
into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines. 

Ver.  10.  They  cried  unto  the  Lord. — Ver. 
13,  14.  The  Lord  said,  Ye  have  forsaken  me, 
and  served  other  gods.  Let  the  gods  which 
ye  have  chosen  deliver  you  in  the  time  of  your 
tribulation. 

2  Kings  xvii.  7,  8.   The  children  of  Israel 
feared  other  gods,  and  walked  in  the  statutes 
of  the  heathen.     (Jer.  xliv.  3  to  28.)     Ver. 
18.  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with 
Israel,  and  removed  them  out  of  his  sight. 

xxii.  17.  Because  they  have  forsaken  me, 
and  have  burnt  incense  to  other  gods,  there- 
fore my  wrath  shall  be  kindled  against  this 
place,  and  shall  not  be  quenched.  Jer.  i.  16. 
— xix.  4. 

Ps.  cvi.  28.    They  joined  themselves    to 


Baal-peor. — Ver.  29.  The  plague  brake  in 
upon  them. 

Jer.  v.  19.  As  ye  have  served  other  gods  in 
your  land,  so  shall  ye  serve  strangers  in  a  land 
not  yours. 

vii.  9,  10.  Will  ye  walk  after  other  gods, 
and  come  and  stand  before  me  in  this  house  ? 
— Ver.  15.  I  will  cast  you  of  my  sight. — Ver. 
20.  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Be- 
hold mine  anger  and  my  fury  shall  be  poured 
out  upon  this  place,  &c.  Ver.  30  to  34.  Ch. 
viii.  2. — xix.  3  to  14. 

xi.  10.  They  went  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them.— Ver.  1 1.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  this  place. — Ver.  14.  There- 
fore pray  not  for  this  people.  Isa.  Ivii.  3.  5. 
13.  Jer.  xliv.  21,  22,  23.— iii.  3.  6.  8.  20. 

Ezek.  xx.  32,  33.  Ye  say,  We  will  be  as 
the  heathen,  as  the  families  of  the  countries. 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  surely  with  a  stretch- 
ed-out  arm,  and  with  fury  poured  out,  will  I 
rule  over  you.  Ch.  viii.  16 — 18.  Zeph.  i. 
3,  4,  5. 

CXXXIX.  God's  judgments  upon  parti- 
cular transgressors  of  this  command.  On 
Solomon,  1  Kings  xi.  1.  9.  11.  33. — Jero- 
boam, 1  Kings  xii.  28. — xiv.  2.  17. — Baasha, 

1  Kings  xvi.  3.  1 2. — Ahab,   1  Kings  xvi.  30. 
— xxi.  21.— xxii.  34.  38.     2  Kings  x.  1 1.— 
Ahaziah,   2  Kings  i.   2.    16,    17.      Jehoram, 

2  Chron.  xxi.  1 1. 14. 19. — Manasseh,  2  Kings 
xxi.  3,  4,  5,  6.     2  Chron.  xxxiii.  2  to  15. — 
Amaziah,  2  Chron.  xxv.  14  to  20. 

CXL.  Covenants  and  intermarriages  with 
the  heathen  inhabitants  of  Canaan  forbidden 
to  the  Jews,  lest  they  should  thereby  be  en- 
snared to  their  idolatry.  Exod.  xxiii.  32. 
Thou  shall  make  no  covenant  with  them,  nor 
with  their  gods.  Ver.  33.  Deut  vii.  2. 
Numb,  xxxiii.  55. 

xxxiv.  12.  Take  heed  to  thyself,  lest  thou 
make  a  covenant  with  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  lest  it  be  a  snare  unto  thee. — Ver.  15. 
And  go  a-whoring  after  their  gods,  and  do 
sacrifice  unto  their  gods,  and  one  call  thee  and 
thou  eat  of  his  sacrifice. — Ver.  1 6.  And  thou 
take  of  their  daughters  unto  thy  sons,  and 
their  daughters  go  a-whoring  after  their  gods, 
and  make  thy  sons  go  a-whoring  after  their 
gods.  Deut.  vii.  3,  4.  Ch.  xx.  17,  18.  Josh, 
xxiii.  12,  13.  Judg.  ii.  1,  2. — iii.  5.  to  8. 

Transgressed  in  making  a  covenant  with 
the  Gibeonites,  Josh.  ix.  14,  15.  This  cove- 
nant confirmed  for  their  punishment  2  Sam. 
xxi.  1. 

CXLI.  Making  covenants  and  intermar- 
riages with  the  transgressors  of  this  command 
punished.  Numb.  xxv.  2,  3,  4.  They  called 
the  people  unto  the  sacrifices  of  their  gods, 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT  FIRST. 


221 


and  the  people  did  eat,  and  bowed  down  to  | 
their   gods.      And   Israel    joined   himself   to  | 
Baal-peor,  and  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  j 
kindled  against  Israel.     And  the  Lord  said  to 
Moses,  Take  all  the  heads  of  the  people,  and 
hang  them  up  before  the  Lord. — Ver.  8,  9. 
The  plague  was  stayed. — Those  that  died  in 
the  plague  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

Judg.  i.  21.  27  to  34.  They  did  not  drive 
out  the  inhabitants. 

ii.  1—4.  The  angel  of  the  Lord  said,  Ye 
have  not  obeyed  my  voice ;  wherefore  I  will 
not  drive  them  out  before  you,  but  they  shall 
be  as  thorns  in  your  sides,  and  their  gods  shall 
be  a  snare  unto  you.  When  the  angel  of  the 
Lord  spake  these  words,  the  children  of  Israel 
lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept. 

iii.  6.  The  children  of  Israel  dwelt  among 
the  Canaanites,  and  they  took  their  daughters 
to  be  their  wives,  and  gave  their  daughters  to 
their  sons,  and  served  their  gods. — Ver.  8. 
Therefore  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  Israel,  and  he  sold  them  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Mesopotamia. 

1  Kings  xi.  1.  Solomon  loved  many  strange 
wives. — Ver.  4.  When  he  was  old  his  wives 
turned  away  his  heart  after  other  gods. — Ver. 
9.  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  Solomon, 
and  said,  I  will  rend  the  kingdom  from  thee. 
Ver.  11.33. 

xvi.  31.  Ahab  took  to  wife  Jezebel,  the 
daughter  of  Ethbaal,  king  of  the  Zidonians. 
Ch.  xxi.  25.  There  was  none  like  unto  Ahab, 
which  did  sell  himself  to  work  wickedness, 
whom  Jezebel  his  wife  stirred  up. 

2  Kings  v.  17,  18.    Naaman  asks  pardon 
for  being  present  at  idolatrous  worship,  though 
he  joined  not  in  it. 

CXLII.  Strange  gods  to  be  put  away. 
Gen.  xxxv.  2.  Jacob  said  unto  his  household, 
Put  away  the  strange  gods  that  are  among 
you.  Ver.  4.  Jos.  xxiv.  14.  23.  1  Sam. 
vii.  3. 

Judges  x.  16.  They  put  away  the  strange 
gods,  and  served  the  Lord ;  and  his  soul  was 
grieved  for  the  misery  of  Israel. 

2  Kings  xxiii.  4,  5.  Josiah  put  down  the 
idolatrous  priests.  See  to  ver.  26. 

2  Chron.  xxxiii.  15.  Manasseh  put  away 
the  strange  gods. 

Hos.  xiv.  3.  Neither  will  we  say  to  the 
work  of  our  hands,  Ye  are  our  gods.  See 
Deut.  xxxii.  12.  Dan.  iii.  12. 

CXLIII.  Transgressors  of  this  command- 
ment among  the  people  »f  Israel,  and  the  en- 
ticers  thereto,  to  be  put  to  death  by  the  hands 
of  men. 

Deut.  xiii.  1,  2.  5.  If  there  arise  among 
you  a  prophet,  or  a  dreamer  of  dreams,  and 
giveth  a  sign  or  a  wonder,  and  the  sign  or  the  i 


wonder  come  to  pass,  whereof  he  spake,  say- 
ing, Let  us  go  alter  other  gods  ;  that  prophet, 
or  that  dreamer,  shall  be  put  to  death.  Ch. 
xviii.  20.  1  Sam.  xxvi.  19. 

xiii.  6.  8,  9.  If  thy  brother,  the  son  of  thy 
mother,  or  thy  son,  or  thy  daughter,  or  the 
wife  of  thy  bosom,  or  thy  friend  which  is  as 
thine  own  soul,  entice  thee,  saying,  Let  us  go 
and  serve  other  gods ;  thou  shall  not  consent 
unto  him,  neither  shalt  thine  eye  pity  him, 
neither  shall  thou  spare,  neither  shalt  thou 
conceal  him,  but  thou  shall  surely  kill  him  ; 
thy  hand  shall  be  first  upon  him  to  put  him 
to  death,  and  afterward  the  hand  of  all  the 
people. 

Ver.  12 — 16.  If  thou  shalt  hear  say,  in  one 
of  thy  cities,  Certain  men,  the  children  of  Be- 
lial, are  gone  out,  and  have  withdrawn  the  in- 
habitants of  the  city,  saying,  Let  us  go  serve 
other  gods ;  then  thou  shall  make  search  dili- 
gently, and  if  it  be  truth,  thou  shalt  smite  the 
inhabitants  of  that  city  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  destroy  it  utterly  ;  it  shall  be  an 
heap  for  ever.  Deut.  xvii.  2  to  8.  1  Kings 
xviii.  40.  Job  xxxi.  26—28. 

CXLIV.  Threatenings  against  strange 
gods.  Exod.  xii.  12.  Against  the  gods  of 
Egypt  will  I  execute  judgment.  Numb, 
xxxiii.  4.  Upon  the  gods  of  Egypt  the  Lord 
executed  judgments. 

Zeph.  ii.  11.  The  Lord  will  famish  all  the 
gods  of  the  earth. 

CXLV.  Strange  gods  are  vanity.  Judg. 
vi.  31.  Joash  said,  If  Baal  be  a  god,  lei  him 
plead  for  himself. 

1  Kings  xviii.  21.  Elijah  said,  If  the  Lord 
be  God,  follow  him ;  but  if  Baal,  then  follow 
him. 

Ver.  27.  Elijah  mocked  the  priests  of  Baal, 
saying,  Cry  aloud  :  for  he  is  a  god  :  either  he 
is  talking,  or  he  is  pursuing,  or  he  is  in  a 
journey,  or,  peradventure,  he  sleepeth  and 
must  be  awaked. — Ver.  29.  There  was  neither 
voice  nor  any  to  answer. 

2  Kings  xix.  18.  They  were  no  gods.     Ch. 
xviii.  35. 

1  Chron.  xvi.  26.  All  the  gods  of  the  peo- 
ple are  idols. 

Isa.  xli.  23.  Shew  the  things  to  come  here- 
after, that  we  may  know  that  ye  are  gods. 
Ver.  24. 

Acts  xix.  26.  Paul  persuaded,  saying,  That 
they  are  no  gods  that  are  made  with  hands. 

Rom.  i.  25.  They  worshipped  and  served 
the  creature. 

Gal.  iv.  8.  Did  service  to  them  which  by 
nature  are  no  gods. 

CXLVI.    Against   inquiring  concerning 
future  events,  from  those  who  by  nature  are 
T  2 


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CHAP.  XV. 


770  gods.  Isa.  xli.  23.  Shew  the  things  lo 
come  hereafter,  lhal  we  may  know  that  ye  are 
gods. 

2  Kings  i.  2.  Ahaziah  sent  to  inquire  of  Ihe 
god  of  Ekrpn  if  he  should  recover. — Ver.  4. 
Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thou  shall 
surely  die. 

Instance.  Saul.  1  Sam.  xxviii.  7. — His 
punishment.  1  Chron.  x.  13. 

COMMANDMENT  SECOND* 

CXLVII.  Images,  the  use  of  them  forbid- 
den, with  preventive  threatenings.  Exod. 
xx.  4,  5.  Thou  shall  not  make  unto  thee  any 
graven  image,  nor  any  likeness  of  any  thing 
that  is  in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth 
beneath,  or  thai  is  in  the  water  under  the  earth : 
Thou  shall  not  bow  down  to  them,  nor  serve 
them  :  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God,  am  a  jealous 
God.  Ch.  xxxiv.  17.  Lev.  xix.  4. — xxvi.  1. 
30.  Deut.  iv.  16,  17,  18,  19.  25.— v.  8.— 
xvi.  22. 

Deut.  xxvii.  15.  Cursed  be  the  man  that 
maketh  a  graven  or  a  molten  image,  an  abomi- 
nation to  the  Lord. 

Ps.  xcvii.  7.  Confounded  be  all  they  that 
serve  graven  images. 

Isa.  xlii.  8.  My  glory  will  I  not  give  to  an- 
other ;  nor  my  praise  to  graven  images. 

Rev.  xiv.  9,  10.  If  any  man  worship  the 
beast  and  his  image,  the  same  shall  drink  of  the 
wine  of  the  wrath  of  God,  which  is  poured  oul 
without  mixture  into  the  cup  of  his  indigna- 
tion, and  he  shall  be  tormented  with  fire  and 
brimslone,  in  Ihe  presence  of  Ihe  holy  angels, 
and  in  Ihe  presence  of  the  Lamb,  &c. 

CXLVIII.  God's  judgments  upon  the 
breakers  of  this  commandment. 

Exod.  xxxii.  4.  Aaron  made  a  mollen  calf. 
Deut.  ix.  12.  16.  Neh.  ix.  18.  Ps.  cvi.  19. 
The  Lord  plagued  the  people,  because  of  the 
calf  which  Aaron  made.  Exod.  xxxii.  35. 

1  Kings  xiv.  9.  Thou  [Jeroboam]  hast  made 
thee  molten  images,  to  provoke  me  to  anger. 
— Ver.  10.  I  will  bring  evil  upon  the  house  of 
Jeroboam.     Ch.  xvi.  3. 

xiv.  22,  23.  Judah  did  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  anil  they  provoked  him  to  jealousy 
with  their  sins.  They  buill  them  high  places, 
and  images,  and  groves,  on  every  high  hill, 
and  under  every  green  Iree. — Ver.  25,  26. 
And  il  came  lo  pass  lhal  Shishak,  king  of 
Egypl,  came  againsl  Jerusalem :  And  he  took 
away  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  Ihe  Lord, 
and  Ihe  treasures  of  the  king's  house ;  he  look 
away  all  the  shields  of  gold,  which  Solomon 
had  made. 

2  Kings  xvii.  16 — 18.   They  made   molten 
images,  even  two  calves,  and  made  a  grove, 


and  worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and 
served  Baal.  They  caused  their  sons  and 
their  daughters  to  pass  through  the  fire,  and 
used  divination  and  enchantmenls.  Therefore 
the  Lord  was  angry  with  Israel,  and  removed 
them  out  of  his  sight.  Ver.  20. 

2  Chron.  xxviii.  2,  3.  Ahaz  made  molten 
images  for  Baalim.  He  burnt  his  children  in 
the  fire,  after  the  abomination  of  the  heathen, 
&c. — Ver.  5.  Wherefore  the  Lord  delivered 
him  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of  Syria. 

xxxiii.  7.  Manasseh  sel  a  carved  image  in 
the  house  of  God. — Ver.  9.  He  made  Judah 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  to  err. — Ver. 
11.  Wherefore  the  Lord  brought  upon  them 
the  captains  of  the  host  of  the  king  of  Assyria, 
which  took  Manasseh  and  bound  him  with 
fetters,  and  carried  him  to  Babylon.  2  Kings 
xxi.  7.  12. 

Ver.  22.  Amon  sacrificed  to  all  carved 
images. — Ver.  24.  And  his  servants  conspired 
against  him,  and  slew  him. 

Ps.  Ixxviii.  58,  59.  They  provoked  him  to 
anger  with  their  high  places,  and  moved  him 
to  jealousy  with  their  graven  images.  And 
God  was  wroth,  and  greatly  abhorred  Israel. — 
Ver.  62.  He  gave  his  people  over  to  the  sword. 

Jer.  viii.  19.  22.  Why  have  they  provoked 
me  to  anger  with  their  graven  images  1  Why 
is  not  the  health  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
recovered  ? 

I.  37,  38.  A  sword  is  upon  their  treasures. 
For  it  is  a  land  of  graven  images ;  they  are 
mad  upon  their  images. 

Ezek.  vii.  20.  They  made  the  images  of 
their  abominations  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
— Ver.  21.  I  will  give  it  into  the  hands  of  the 
wicked  for  a  spoil,  and  they  shall  pollute  it. 
Ch.  vi.  4.— v.  13. 

viii.  12.  Seest  thou  what  the  ancients  of  Is- 
rael do  in  the  dark,  every  one  in  the  house  of 
his  imagery  ? — Ver.  18.  Therefore  will  I  deal 
in  fury,  mine  eye  shall  not  spare,  neither  will 
I  have  pity ;  though  they  cry  in  mine  ears 
wilh  a  loud  voice,  yet  will  I  not  hear  them. 

xvi,  17.  27.  Thou  madest  Ihyself  images, 
(See  lo  ver.  30.)  Therefore  I  have  delivered 
Ihee  into  the  hand  of  them  that  hate  thee. 

See  Ezek.  xxiii.  throughout ;  Israel's  apos- 
tasy and  punishment. 

Dan.  iii.  1.  5.  The  king  made  an  image. 
He  commanded  to  worship  it.  Ch.  iv.  25. 
They  shall  drive  thee  from  among  men ;  thy 
dwelling  shall  be  with  the  beasts  of  the  field. 

Hos.  x.  1.  According  to  the  goodness  of  his 
land  they  have  made  goodly  images. — Ver.  10. 
It  is  my  desire  that  I  should  chastise  them. 
Ch.  ii.  13. 

xi.  2.  They  sacrificed  unto  Baalim,  and 
burnt  incense  to  graven  images.  Ver.  5.  The 
Assyrian  shall  be  his  king. 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT   SECOND. 


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xiii.  2.  They  sin  more  and  more,  and  have 
made  them  molten  images  of  their  silver. — 
Ver.  3.  Therefore  they  shall  be  as  the  chaff 
that  is  driven  with  the  whirlwind. 

Amos  v.  26.  Ye  have  borne  the  tabernacle 
of  your  Moloch,  and  Chiun,  your  images. — 
Ver.  27.  Therefore  will  I  cause  you  to  go  into 
captivity. 

Rom.  i.  23,  24.  They  changed  the  glory  of 
God  into  an  image.  Wherefore  God  gave 
them  up,  &c. 

See  Rev.  xiii.  14.— xix.  20.— xvi.  2.  See 
also  Lev.  xxvi.  14.  30.  Isa.  xxi.  9. — xxvii.  9. 
Jer.  xliii.  10.  13.— 1.  2.— li.  47.  52.  Ezek.  vi. 
4. 6.— xxx.  13.  Hos.  iii.  4.  Mic.  i.  7.— v.  13. 

CXLIX.  Images,  no  representation  of  God. 
Deut.  iv.  12.  The  Lord  spake  unto  you  out 
of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  ye  heard  the  voice  of 
the  words,  but  saw  no  similitude. — Ver.  15, 
16.  Take  therefore  heed  unto  yourselves,  lest 
ye  corrupt  yourselves,  and  make  you  a  graven 
image,  the  similitude  of  any  figure,  the  like- 
ness of  male  or  female.  Ver.  17,  18,  19. 

Isa.  xl.  18.  To  whom  will  ye  liken  God,  or 
what  likeness  will  ye  compare  unto  him  ] 
Ver.  25.  Ch.  xlvi.  5. 

Acts  xvii.  29.  We  ought  not  to  think  that 
the  Godhead  is  like  unto  gold  or  silver,  or 
stone,  graven  by  art  and  man's  device. 

Images  are  vanity.  Isa.  xl.  19,  20. — xli.  29. 
— xliv.  9,  10  to  18.— xlv.  20.  Jer.  x.  8.  14. 
Hab.  ii.  18,  19. 

CL.  They  were  commanded  to  be  broken. 
Deut.  vii.  5.  Ye  shall  destroy  their  altars,  and 
break  down  their  images,  and  cut  down  their 
groves,  and  burn  their  graven  images  with  fire. 

Numb,  xxxiii.  52.  Ye  shall  drive  out  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  from  before  you,  and 
destroy  all  their  pictures,  and  destroy  all  their 
molten  images,  and  quite  pluck  down  all  their 
high  places.  Exod.  xxiii.  24. — xxxiv.  13. 
Deut.  vii.  5.  25.  Isa.  xxx.  22.— xvu.  8. 

CLI.  Images  were  broken  down.  Exod. 
xxxii.  20.  Moses  burnt  the  calf  which  they 
had  made  in  the  fire. 

2  Sam.  v.  21.  David  burnt  their  images. 

2  Kings  iii.  2.  Jehoram  put  away  the  images 
of  Baal. 

x.  26.  Jehu  and  his  men  burnt  the  images 
of  Baal.  Ch.  xi.  18. 

xviii.  4.  Hezekiah  removed  the  high  places, 
and  brake  the  images,  and  cut  down  the  groves, 
and  brake  in  pieces  the  brazen  serpent  which 
Moses  had  made,  for  the  children  of  Israel  did 
burn  incense  to  it. 

xxiii.  14.  Josiah  brake  in  pieces  the  images, 
and  cut  down  the  groves,  &c.  Ver.  19.  24. 

2  Chron.  xiv.  3.  Asa  brake  down  the 
images.  Ver.  5. 


CLII.  Instances  of  images  used  by  apos- 
tates, as  outward  symbols  in  worship  offered 
to  the  true  God.  The  golden  calf,  Exod.  xxxii. 
4,  5.  Neh.  ix.  18.  Micah's  image,  Judg.  xvii. 
3. — ver.  13.  Ch.  xviii.  31.  Jeroboam's  calves, 
1  Kings  xii.  26  to  33. 

CLIII.  Worship  to  images  refused,  though 
commanded  by  kings.  Dan.  iii.  18.  Refused 
by  Shadrach,  Meshach  and  Abednego. 

1  Kings  xix.  18,  By  seven  thousand  in  Is 
rael.  Rom.  xi.  4.  Rev.  xv.  2. — xx.  4. 

CLIV.  Threats  against  idols  and  idolaters. 
Isa.  ii.  8,  9.  Their  land  is  full  of  idols :  they 
worship  the  work  of  their  own  hands,  that 
which  their  own  fingers  have  made.  The 
mean  man  boweth  down,  and  the  great  man 
humbleth  himself,  therefore  forgive  them  not. 
Ch.  xxvii.  11. 

Ver.  18.  The  idols  he  shall  utterly  abolish. 
— Ver.  20,  21.  In  that  day  shall  a  man  cast 
his  idols  of  silver,  and  his  idols  of  gold,  which 
they  made,  each  one  for  himself  to  worship,  to 
the  moles  and  to  the  bats;  to  go  into  the 
clefts  of  the  rocks,  and  into  the  tops  of  the 
ragged  rocks,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the 
glory  of  his  majesty,  when  he  ariseth  to  shake 
terribly  the  earth. 

xix.  1.  The  Lord  rideth  upon  a  swift 
cloud,  and  shall  come  into  Egypt :  the  idols  of 
Egypt  shall  be  moved  at  his  presence. — Ver.  3. 
They  shall  seek  to  the  idols,  and  to  the  charm- 
ers, and  to  them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and 
to  the  wizards.  See  to  ver.  18.  Their  pu- 
nishment. 

xlv.  16.  They  shall  go  to  confusion  that  are 
makers  of  idols. 

Zeph.  i.  3.  I  will  consume,  saith  the  Lord, 
the  stumbling-blocks  with  the  wicked.  Ezek. 
xiv.  4.  7. 

Ver.  4,  5.  I  will  cut  off  the  remnant  of  Baal 
from  this  place,  and  them  that  worship  the 
host  of  heaven,  and  that  swear  by  the  Lord, 
and  that  swear  by  Malcham.  See  threats  to 
ver.  18. 

Zech.  xiii.  2.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
cut  off  the  names  of  idols  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt.  Ezek.  xxx.  13. 

1  Cor.  vi.  9.  Idolaters  shall  not  enter  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Eph.  v.  5. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  Idolaters  shall  have  their  por- 
tion in  the  lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and 
brimstone. 

xxii.  15.  Without  [the  heavenly  Jerusalem] 
are  dogs  and  sorcerers,  and  whoremongers, 
and  murderers,  and  idolaters,  &c. 

CLV.  Promises,  warnings,  and  exhorta- 
tions against  idolatry.  Ezek.  xviii.  5,  6.  9. 
If  a  man  be  just,  and  hath  not  lifted  up  his 


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CHAP.  XV. 


eyes  to  idols,  he  shall  live.— Ver.  17.  He  shall 
not  die  for  the  iniquity  of  his  father. 

xxxvi.  25.  From  all  your  idols  will  I 
cleanse  you.  Ch.  xxxvii.  23.  Isa.  xxxi.  7. — 
xxvii.  9. 

Acts  xv.  20.  "Write  to  them  that  they  ab- 
stain from  idolatry. — Ver.  29.  That  they  ab- 
stain from  meats  offered  to  idols.  Ch.  xxi.  25. 
Rev.  ii.  14.  20. 

1  Cor.  v.  11.  I  have  written  unto  you,  If 
any  man  that  is  called  a  brother,  be  a  fornica- 
tor,  or  covetous,  or  an  idolater,  or  a  railer,  or  a 
drunkard,  or  an  extortioner,  with  such  a  one 
do  not  eat. 

Against  eating  with  idolaters  at  their  sacri- 
fices, see  1  Cor.  viii.  4  to  13.  Ch.  x.  19,  20. 

x.  7.  Neither  be  ye  idolaters,  as  some  of  the 
Jews  were. — Ver.  14.  Flee  from  idolatry. 

2  Cor.  vi.   16.   What  agreement  hath  the 
temple  of  God  with  idols  ? 

1  John  v.  21.  Little  children,  keep  yourselves 
from  idols. 

Idols  are  vanity.     See  Isa.  xlvi.  1. — xlviii. 

5.  Zech.  x.  2. — Idolatries  abominable,  Ezek. 
viii.  6.      1  Pet.  iv.  3.— Sacrificing  to  devils, 
ICor.  x.  20.    Rev.ix.20, 

CLVI.  God's  judgments  upon  idolaters. 
Ps.  cvi.  35,  36.  They  learned  the  works  of  the 
heathen;  and  served  their  idols. — Ver.  40. 
Therefore  was  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  kindled 
against  his  people.  See  Isa.  ii.  8,  9,  and  to 
ver.  22. 

Isa.  Ivii.  4,  5.  Are  ye  not  children  of  trans- 
gression, a  seed  of  falsehood ;  inflaming  your- 
selves with  idols  1 — Ver.  10.  Thou  art  wearied 
in  the  greatness*  of  thy  way. — Ver.  12.  Thy 
works  shall  not  profit  thee. 

Ezek.  vi.  5.  I  will  lay  the  dead  carcasses  of 
the  children  of  Israel  before  their  idols.  Ver. 

6.  9.  13. 

viii.  10.  I  saw  the  idols  of  Israel  pourtrayed 
upon  the  wall. — Ver.  18.  I  will  deal  in  fury; 
mine  eye  shall  not  spare. 

xiv.  3.  These  men  have  set  up  their  idols  in 
their  heart. — Ver.  4,  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
every  man  of  the  house  of  Israel,  that  setteth 
up  his  idols  in  his  heart,  and  cometh  to  the 
prophet,  I  the  Lord  will  answer  him  that 
cometh,  according  to  the  multitude  of  his 
idols  :  that  I  may  take  the  house  of  Israel  in 
their  own  heart,  because  they  are  estranged 
from  me  through  their  idols.  Ver.  6. 8.  9. 

xvi.  36.  38.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Be- 
cause thy  filthiness  was  poured  out,  and  thy 
nakedness  discovered  through  thy  whoredoms 
with  thy  lovers,  and  with  all  the  idols  of  thine 
abominations  :  I  will  judge  thee  as  women  that 
Dreak  wedlock.  Ver.  37. 

xx.  7.  Then  said  I,  Defile  not  yourselves 
with  idols;  but  they  rebelled  against  me. — 


Ver.  8.  Then  said  I;  I  will  pour  out  my  fury 
upon  them.  See  to  ver.  40. 

xxii.  3.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  city 
maketh  idols  against  herself  to  defile  herself. 
— Ver.  4.  Therefore  have  I  made  thee  a  re- 
proach. See  chap,  xxiii.  throughout. 

xxxiii.  25.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  lift  up 
your  eyes  unto  your  idols,  and  shall  ye  pos- 
sess the  land  1  See  also  ver.  27,  28. 

xxxvi.  18.  I  poured  out  my  fury  upon  them 
because  of  their  idols. 

xliv.  10.  Israel  went  astray  from  me  after 
their  idols.— Ver.  12.  Therefore  have  I  lifted 
up  mine  hand  against  them. 

Hos.  iv.  17.  Ephraim  is  joined  to  idols,  let 
him  alone. 

In  the  following  places,  and  most  of  those 
quoted  from  Ezek.  idolatry  is  reproved  and 
threatened  under  the  name  of  whoredom,  fil- 
thiness, and  abomination,  viz.  Hos.  i.  2. — ii.  2. 
— iv.  10.  13.— v.3.— vi.  10.— ix.  1.  Nah.iii. 
4.  Rev.  xvii.  1.  15. — xix.  2.  Idolatry  to  be 
purged.  See  Commandment  first. 

CLVII.  Upon  magicians.  Exod.  7th,  8th, 
and  9th  chapters.  Dan.  ii.  2. 

Sorcerers.  Mai.  iii.  5.  I  will  be  a  swift 
witness  against  the  sorcerers. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  Sorcerers  shall  have  their  por- 
tion in  the  lake  that  burneth  with  fire  and  brim- 
stone. 

xxii.  15.  Without  [the  new  Jerusalem]  are 
dogs  and  sorcerers.  Isa.  xlvii.  9. — Ivii.  3.  Jer. 
xxvii.  9,  10.  Rev.  ix.  21.— xviii.  23.  Acts 
viii.  9.  Simon.  Acts  xiii.  6. 8.  Ely  mas. 

CLVIII.  Enchanters.  Lev.  xix.  26.  Ye 
shall  not  use  enchantments  nor  observe  times. 

Numb,  xxiii.  23.  No  enchantment  against 
Jacob  ;  no  divination  against  Israel. 

CLIX.  Soothsayers.  Isa.  ii.  6.  Thou  hast 
forsaken  thy  people,  the  house  of  Jacob,  be- 
cause they  are  replenished  from  the  east,  and 
are  soothsayers  like  the  Philistines,  and  please 
themselves  in  the  children  of  strangers. 

Mic.  v.  12.  Thou  shalt  have  no  more  sooth- 
sayers. Josh.  xiii.  22.  Dan.  ii.  27.— v.  7. 1 1 . 
Acts  xvi.  16. 

CLX.  Observers  of  times.  Lev.  xix.  26. 
Ye  shall  not  observe  times. 

Deut.  xviii.  10.  There  shall  not  be  found 
among  vou  an  observer  of  times. — Ver.  14. 
These  nations  hearkened  to  observers  of 
times,  and  to  diviners,  but  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  not  suffered  thee  to  do  so. 

Gal.  iv.  10, 11.  Ye  observe  days  and  months, 
and  times,  and  years.  I  am  afraid  of  you,  lest 
I  have  bestowed  upon  you  labour  in  vain.  2 
Kings  xxi.  6. 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT  THIRD. 


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CLXI.     Witches.    Exod.  xxii.  18.    Thou  [  in  my  name  ;  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the 


shalt  not  suffer  a  witch  to  live. 

Deut.  xviii.  10 — 12.  There  shall  not  be 
found  among  you,  one  that  useth  divina- 
tion, or  an  observer  of  times,  or  an  enchanter, 
or  a  witch,  or  a  charmer,  or  a  consulter  with 
familiar  spirits,  or  a  wizard,  or  a  necromancer : 
for  all  these  things  are  an  abomination  to  the 
Lord. 

See  Instances.  Balaam,  Numb.  xxiv.  1. — 
Israel,  2  Kings  xvii.  17.  Isa.  xlvii.  9.  12. — 
Manasseh,  2  Kings  xxi.  6.  Exod.  vii.  1 1.  22. 
— viii.  7.  18.  Jer.  xxvii.  9. 

Gal.  v.  20.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are 
witchcraft.  See  1  Sam.  xv.  23.  2  Kings  ix. 
22.  2  Chron.  xxxiii.  6.  Mic.  v.  12.  Nah. 
iii.  4,  5. 

CLXII.  Wizards.  Lev.  xix.  31.  Regard 
not  them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  neither  seek 
after  wizards  to  be  defiled  by  them. 

xx.  6.  The  soul  that  turneth  after  such  I  will 
surely  cut  him  off'.  (Isa.  viii.  19.)  Ver.  27.  A 
wizard  shall  surely  be  put  to  death.  Deut. 
xviii.  11.  1  Sam.  xxviii.  3.  9.  2  Kings  xxi. 
6. — xxiii.  24.  Isa.  xix.  3. 

To  which  may  be  added  as  breaches  of  this 
command.  Col.  ii.  18.  Worshipping  of  an- 
gels. Rev.' xix.  10. 

Acts  xii.  23.  Giving  undue  honours  to  men. 

xiv.  13.  Sacrificing  unto  men. 

1  Cor.  x.  20.  Sacrificing  to  devils.  Lev. 
xvii.  7. 

Col.  iii.  5.  Covetousness  is  idolatry 

Phil.  iii.  19.  Whose  God  is  their  belly. 

It  is  called  going  a-whoring.  Lev.  xvii.  7. 
Ezek.  xvi.  15.  28.— xx.  30.— xxiii.  8.  17.  43. 
And  in  many  other  places,  as  may  be  observed 
from  the  Scriptures  in  the  foregoing  sections. 

CLXIII.  Diviners;  instances  thereof. 
Numb.  xxii.  7.  The  elders  of  Moab  departed 
with  the  rewards  of  divination  in  their  hand, 
and  came  to  Balaam. 

Ezek.  xxi.  21.  The  king  of  Babylon  stood 
to  use  divination. 

Deut.  xviii.  14.  These  nations  hearkened  to 
diviners.  1  Sam.  vi.  2. 

Ver.  10.  There  shall  not  be  found  among 
you  one  that  useth  divination.  Gen.  xliv.  5. 
1  Sam.  xxviii.  8.  Acts  xvi.  16. 

CLXIV.   They  are  deceivers  and  false  pro- 
phets.    Jer.  xiv/]-    r 
a  false  divination. 

xxvii.  9.  10.  Hearken  not  to  your  diviners, 
your  dreamers,  your  enchanters,  your  sorce- 
rers. They  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 

xxix.  8,  9.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

Let    not  your   diviners  deceive  you,  neither 

hearken  to  your  dreams,  which  ye  cause  to  be 

dreamed.     For  they  prophesy  falsely  unto  you 

29 


hey  prophesy  unto  you 


Lord.     Ezek. 
Mic.  iii.  7.  11. 


xn.    24. — xxi. 
Zech.  x.  2. 


29.— xxii.   28. 


CLXV.  Threatenings  against  them.  Isa. 
xliv.  25,  26.  The  Lord,  that  frustrateth  the 
tokens  of  liars,  and  maketh  diviners  mad,  that 
turneth  wise  men  backward,  and  maketh  their 
knowledge  foolish ;  that  confirmeth  the  word 
of  his  servant,  and  performeth  the  counsel  of 
his  messengers. 

Ezek.  xiii.  9.  My  hand  shall  be  upon  the 
prophets  that  see  vanity,  and  divine  lies. 
Ver.  23. 

CLXVI.  Familiar  spints  forbidden,  with 
threatenings  against  them,  and  those  that 
consult  them.  Lev.  xix.  31. — xx.  6.  27.  Isa. 
viii.  19. 

They  were  put  away  by  Saul,  1  Sam.  xxviii. 
3.  9.— By  Josiah,  2  Kings  xxiii.  24. — They 
were  consulted  by  Saul,  1  Sam.  xxviii,  7,  8. 
1  Chron.  x.  13. — By  Manasseh,  2  Kings  xxi. 
6.  2  Chron.  xxxiii.  6. — By  the  Egyptians, 
Isa.  xix.  3. — They  mutter  and  peep  out  of 
the  dust,  Isa.  xxix.  4. 


COMMANDMENT  THIRD. 

CLXVII.  Profaning  the  .name  of  God. 
Exod.  xx.  7.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  vain :  for  the  Lord 
will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that  taketh  his 
name  in  vain.  Deut.  v.  1 1. 

Lev.  xviii.  21.  Neither  shalt  thou  profane 
the  name  of  thy  God.  Ch.  xix.  12. — xx.  3. 
—xxi.  6.— xxii.  2.  32. 

CLXVIII.  Swearing  falsely.  Lev.  xix. 
12.  Ye  shall  not  swear  by  my  name  falsely. 

Jer.  vii.  9,  10.  Will  ye  swear  falsely,  and 
come  and  stand  before  me  in  this  house  ] — 
Ver.  15.  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight. 

xxiii.  10.  Because  of  swearing  the  land 
mourn  eth. 

Hos.  iv.  2,  3.  By  swearing  and  lying,  and 
killing,  and  stealing,  and  committing  adultery, 
they  break  out,  and  blood  toucheth  blood. 
Therefore  shall  the  land  mourn,  and  every 
one  that  dwelleth  therein  shall  languish,  with 
the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  with  the  fowls  of 
heaven  ;  yea,  the  fishes  of  the  sea  also  shall 
be  taken  away. 

Zech.  v.  3,  4.  This  is  the  curse  that  goeth 
forth ;  every  one  that  sweareth  shall  be  cut 
off*  according  to  it.  It  shall  enter  the  house 
of  the  thief,  and  into  the  house  of  him  that 
sweareth  falsely ;  and  it  shall  remain  in  the 
midst  of  his  house,  and  shall  consume  it  with 
the  timber  thereof,  and  the  stones  thereof. 

viii.  17.  Love  no  false  oath — It  is  an  abo- 
mination to  the  Lord. 


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CHAP.  XV. 


Mai.  iii.  5.  I  will  be  a  swift  witness  against 
the  sorcerers  and  adulterers,  against  false 
swearers,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Isa.  xlviii. 
1.  Jer.  v.  2.  9.  Hos.  x.  4.  1  Tim.  i.  10. 
Instance,  Matt.  xxvi.  72.  74. 

Lev.  v.  1  to  6.  Fake  swearers  enjoined  to 
make  confession,  offer  sacrifice.  Ch.  vi.  2  to 
6,  and  to  make  restitution  to  those  they  have 
injured. 

CLXIX.  Swearing  by  the  creatures.  Matt. 
y.  34 — 36.  Swear  not  at  all ;  neither  by  hea- 
ven, nor  by  the  earth,  nor  by  Jerusalem,  nor 
by  thy  head.  Ver.  33.  Jam.  v.  12.  Matt, 
xxiii.  16  to  22. 

Instances.  Gen.  xlii.  15,  16.  By  the  life  of 
Pharaoh.  1  Sam.  xx.  3.  As  thy  soul  liveth. 
Ch.  xxv.  26.  2  Sam.  xi.  11. 

CLXX.  Swearing  by  other  gods.  Josh, 
xxiii.  7.  Neither  make  mention  of  the  name 
of  their  gods,  nor  cause  to  swear  by  them. 

Jer.  v.  7.  How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for  this  1 
thy  children  have  forsaken  me,  and  have 
sworn  by  them  that  are  no  gods.  Hos.  iv.  15. 
Amos  viii.  14.  Zeph.  i.  4,  5. 

CLXXI.  Swearing  in  common  conversa- 
tion forbidden.  Matt.  v.  34.  Swear  not  at 
all ;  neither  by  heaven,  &c.  Ver.  35,  36. 

James  v.  12.  Above  all  things,  my  brethren, 
swear  not ;  neither  by  heaven,  neither  by  the 
earth,  neither  by  any  other  oath  :  but  let  your 
yea  be  yea  ;4  and  your  nay,  nay,  &c. 

CLXXII.  Swearing  to  commit  sin,  or  to 
encourage  it. 

Instances.  1  Sam.  xxviii.  10.  Saul  to  the 
witch  of  Endor. 

Ps«  cii.  8.  David's  enemies 

Acts  xxiii.  21.  Paul's  enemies. 

CLXXIII.  Rash,  unnecessary  swearing. 
Instances. — Israel,  Judg.  xxi.  1  to  18. — Saul, 
1  Sam.  xiv.  24.  39.  45.— David,  1  Sam.  xxv. 
22.— Joab,  2  Sam.  xix.  7.— Herod,  Mark 
vi.  23. 

CLXXIV.  The  positive  part  of  this  com- 
mandment .-  God  only  is  to  be  sworn  by. 
Deut.  vi.  13.  Thou  shall  fear  the  Lord  thy 
God  and  serve  him,  and  shall  swear  by  his 
name.  Ch.  x.  20. 

Isa.  Ixv.  16.  He  that  sweareth  shall  swear 
by  the  God  of  truth. 

Jer.  xii.  16.  If  they  learn  the  ways  of  my 
people,  to  swear  by  my  name,  &c.  then  shall 
they  be  built,  &c. 

Heb.  vi.  16.  Men  verily  swear  by  the 
greater.  1  Kings  viii.  31.  Ps.  Ixiii.  11. 

CLXXV.  The  nature  and  duty  of  an 
iath.  Jer.  iv.  2.  Thou  shall  swear,  the  Lord 


iveth,  in  truth,  in  judgment,  and  in  righteous- 
ness. 

Heb.  vi.  16.  An  oath  for  confirmation  is  an 
end  of  all  strife.  '  2  Chron.  vi.  22. 

CLXXVI.  Such  oaths  to  be  carefully  kept. 
Ps.  xv.  1.  Lord  who  shall  abide  in  thy  taber- 
nacle ]  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill  1 — 
Ver.  4.  He  that  sweareth  to  his  own  hurt, 
and  changeth  not. 

xxiv.  3,  4.  Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill 
of  the  Lord  ?  and  who  shall  stand  in  his  holy 
place  ?  He  that  hath  clean  hands  and  a  pure 
heart ;  who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul  unto 
vanity,  nor  sworn  deceitfully. 

CLXXVII.  The  things  to  be  sworn  to,  are, 
truth  and  duty.  Deut.  xxix.  10.  You  stand 
this  day  all  of  you  before  the  Lord  your  God. 
— Ver.  12.  That  thou  shouldst  enter  into  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  into  his 
oath,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  maketh  with 
thee  this  day.  Ver.  13,  14. 

2  Chron.  xv.  12.  They  entered  into  a  cove- 
nant to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
with  all  their  heart,  and  with  all  their  soul. — 
Ver.  14,  15.  And  they  sware  unto  the  Lord 
with  a  loud  voice.  And  all  Judah  rejoiced  at 
the  oath ;  and  the  Lord  gave  them  rest  on 
every  side. 

Ezra  x.  5.  Ezra  made  the  chief  priest  and 
Levites,  and  all  Israel,  to  swear  to  a  covenant 
with  God.  Ver.  3. 

Neh.  x.  29.  They  entered  into  a  curse  and 
into  an  oath,  to  walk  in  God's  law. 

Isa.  xix.  18.  Five  cities  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  shall  speak  the  language  of  Canaan, 
and  swear  to  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

xlv.  23.  Unto  me,  every  knee  shall  bow, 
and  every  tongue  shall  swear.  See  Neh.  xiii. 
25.  Ps.  cxix.  106. — cxxxii.  2.  Ezek.  xvi. 
59.  Dan.  ix.  11.  Hab.  iii.  9. 

CLXXVIII.  Duty  towards  men  sworn  to. 
Articles  of  peace  ratified  by  oath.  Gen.  xxi. 
23.  Abraham  and  Abimelech  sware  both. 
Ver.  24.  31. 

xxvi.  31.  Abimelech  and  Isaac  sware  one 
to  another. 

xxxi.  53.  Jacob  sware  [to  Laban]  by  the 
fear  of  his  father  Isaac. 

Josh.  ii.  12.  The  spies  sware  to  Rahab.  Ch. 
vi.  22. 

ix.  15.  Joshua  and  the  princes  of  the  con- 
gregation, sware  to  the  Gibeonites.  Ver.  19, 
20.  2  Sam.  xxi.  2. 

1  Sam.  xix.  6.  Saul  sware  that  he  would 
not  slay  David. 

xx.  42.  Jonathan  and  David  sware.  2  Sam. 
xxi.  7.  See  also  Judg.  xv.  12. — 1  Sam.  xxx. 
15.  2  Sam.  xix.  23.  2  Kings  xxv.  24.  Jer. 
xxxviii.  16.— xl.  9. 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT  THIRD. 


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CLXXIX.  The  breach  of  such  oaths  pu- 
nished. 2  Sam.  xxi.  1.9.  2  Chron.  xxxvi. 
13.  Ezek.  xvii.  16. 

CLXXX.  Private  compacts  ratified  by 
oath.  Gen.  xxiv.  2.  9.  37.  41.  Abraham 
takes  an  oath  of  his  servant,  concerning  a  wife 
to  his  son  Isaac. 

xxv.  33.  Esau  sells  his  birth-right  upon  oath. 

xlvii.  29,  30,  31.  Jacob  takes  an  oath  of 
Joseph  concerning  his  burial. 

1.  25.  Joseph  takes  an  oath  of  the  children 
of  Israel  to  carry  his  bones  out  of  Egypt. 
Exod.  xiii.  19. 

1  Kings  i.  13.  29.  David  by  oath  fixed  So- 
lomon to  be  his  successor. 

2  Kings  xi.  4.   Jehoiada  takes  an  oath  of 
the  rulers  to  conceal  Joash  from  his  enemies. 

Neh.  v.  12.  Nehemiah  takes  an  oath  of  the 
priests  to  do  justice  to  injured  persons. 

CLXXXI.  Oaths  sworn  to  kings.  Eccl. 
viii.  2.  I  counsel  thee  to  keep  the  king's  com- 
mandment, and  that  in  regard  of  the  oath  of 
God. 

Oaths  exacted  by  kings  from  the  people. 
See  1  Kings  ii.  42.— xviii.  10. 

CLXXXII.  The  oath  of  a  single  person  de- 
cides controversy.  Exod.  xxii.  10,  11.  In 
cases  of  property,  where  no  other  evidence 
can  be  had. 

Numb.  v.  12  to  22.  A  woman's  oath  in 
case  of  jealousy,  without  evidence  against  her. 

CLXXXIII.  The  duty  and  laivfulness  of 
swearing  upon  proper  occasions,  is  urged  not 
only  from  the  foregoing  Scriptures,  but  also 
from  the  following  examples. 

CLXXXIV.  God  promised  upon  oath,  to 
bless  Abraham,  and  to  multiply  his  offspring. 
Gen.  xxii.  15 — 17.  The  angel  of  the  Lord 
called  unto  Abraham,  and  said,  By  myself 
have  I  sworn,  saith  the  Lord,  that  in  blessing 
I  will  bless  thee,  and  in  multiplying  I  will 
multiply  thy  seed  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
as  the  sand  which  is  upon  the  sea-shore. 
Exod.  xxxii.  13.  Deut.  xiii.  17. 

CLXXX V.  To  give  the  land  of  Canaan. 
Gen.  xxiv.  7.  Abraham  said,  the  Lord  God  of 
heaven  sware  unto  me,  saying,  Unto  thy  seed 
will  I  give  this  land.  Ch.  xii.  7. 

xxvi.  2,  3.  The  Lord  appeared  unto  Isaac, 
and  said,  I  will  be  with  thee,  and  will  bless 
thee  ;  for  unto  thee  and  unto  thy  seed,  will  I 
give  all  these  countries,  and  I  will  perform  the 
oath  which  I  sware  unto  Abraham,  thy  father. 
Ch.xxii.  16.— 1.  24. 

CLXXXVI.  To  fulfil  his  covenant.  Deut. 
vii.  12.  If  ye  hearken  to  these  judgments, 
and  keep  and  do  them,  the  Lord  thy  God  will 


keep  unto  thee  the  covenant  and  the  mercy, 
which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers.  Ch.  iv.  31. 
— vii.  8. — viii.  18. — ix.  5. — xxviii.  9. 

To  continue  the  seed  of  David,  Ps.  Ixxxix. 
3,  4.  I  have  sworn  unto  David  my  servant : 
Thy  seed  will  I  establish  for  ever,  and  will 
build  up  thy  throne  to  all  generations.  Ver. 
35.  49. 

CLXXXVII.  TJie  perpetuity  of  Christ's 
priesthood.  Heb.  vii.  21.  The  Lord  sware, 
and  will  not  repent,  Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever, 
after  the  order  of  Melchizedek.  Ps.  ex.  4. 
See  Isa.  xlv.  22,  23. 

CLXXXVIII.  To  fulfil  his  threatenings 
against  the  unbelieving  and  disobedient.  Heb. 
iii.  1 8.  To  whom  sware  he,  that  they  should 
not  enter  into  his  rest,  but  to  them  that  be- 
lieved not  1  See  Numb.  xiv.  23. — xxxii.  10, 
11.  Judg.  ii.  15.  Jer.  xlix.  13.— li.  14. 
Amos  vi.  8  ;  also  Lev.  xxvi.  and  Deut.  xxviii. 
referred  to  in  these  threatenings. 

CLXXXIX.  Example  2d.  Jesus  Christ 
answers  upon  oath,  Matt.  xxvi.  63,  64,  ten- 
dered to  him  by  the  high  priest. 

CXC.  Example  3d.  The  angel.  Rev.  x.  5, 
6.  The  angel  lifted  up  his  hand  to  heaven, 
and  sware  by  him  that  liveth  for  ever  and  ever, 
That  there  shall  be  time  no  longer,  &c. 

CXCI.  Example  tth.  Asseverations  of 
sincerity,  which  are  equal  to  an  oath  among 
Christians.  Rom.  i.  9.  God  is  my  witness. 
Phil.  i.  8.  God  is  my  record. 

2  Cor.  i.  23.  I  call  God  for  a  record  upon  my 
soul. 

xii.  19.  We  speak  before  God,  in  Christ. 
Ch.  ii.  17. 

Gal.  i.  20.  Behold,  before  God,  I  lie  not. 

1  Tim.  v.  21.  I  charge  thee  before  God. 

CXCII.  Ancient  forms  of  swearing  among 
men  were — By  lifting  up  the  hand.  Gen 
xiv.  22.  Abraham  said,  I  have  lifted  up  my 
hand  to  the  Lord.  See  Deut.  xxxii.  40.  Rev 
x.  5. 

By  putting  the  hand  under  the  thigh  of 
him  that  administereth  the  oath.  Gen.  xxiv. 
2,  3.  9. 

The  usual  expressions  were :  iSam.  xxv. 
34. 1  Kings  xvii.  1.  As  the  God  of  Israel  liveth. 
1  Kings  xviii.  15.  2  Kings  iii.  14.  As  the 
Lord  of  hosts  liveth.  Ch.  v.  16.  2  Kings  it 
2.  As  the  Lord  liveth  and  as  thy  soul  liveth, 
Ch.  iv.  30.  1  Sam.  xx.  3.  As  thy  soul  liveth 
Ch.  xxvi.  16.  2  Sam.  xi.  11. 

CXCIII.  Blasphemy  forbidden.  Col.  iii 
8.  Put  off  all  these,  anger,  wrath,  malice, 
blasphemy,  filthy  communications. 


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CXCIV.  Occasions  of  it  to  be  avoided. 
2  Sam.  xii.  14.  Nathan  said  to  David,  Because, 
by  this  deed,  thou  hast  given  great  occasion 
to  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  to  blaspheme,  the 
child  that  is  born  unto  thee  shall  surely  die. 
Isa.  lii.  5.  Ezek.  xxxvi.  20.  Mai.  ii.  17. 
Rom.  ii.  24. 

1  Tim.  vi.  1 .  Let  as  many  servants  as  are 
under  the  yoke,  count  their  masters  worthy  of 
all  honour,  that  the  name  of  God  and  his  doc- 
trine be  not  blasphemed.    Tit.  ii.  5. 

CXCV.  From  whence  it  proceeds.  Matt. 
xv.  19.  Out  of  the  heart  proceed  evil  thoughts, 
murders,  adulteries,  thefts,  false  witness,  blas- 
phemies. Mark  vii.  21,  22.  Gen.  vi.  5.— 
yiii.  21. 

CXC  VI.  Instances  of  blasphemers  and  their 
punishments.  Lev.  xxiv.  10.  The  son  of  an 
Israelitish  woman,  whose  father  was  an  Egyp- 
tian, and  a  man  of  Israel  strove  together. — Ver. 
11.  And  the  Israelitish  woman's  son  blas- 
phemed the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  cursed. — 
Ver.  14.  The  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 
Bring  forth  him  that  hath  cursed  without  the 
camp,  and  let  all  the  congregation  stone  him. 
v  Ver.  16.  He  that  blasphemeth  the  name  of 
the  Lord  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

2  Kings  xviii.  32,  33,  and  xix.  10.    The 
king  of  Assyria's  blasphemy.     Ch.  xix.  35, 
36,  37.  His  punishment. 

Ps.  Ixxiv.  10.  0  Lord,  shall  the  enemy 
blaspheme  thy  name  for  ever  ? — Ver.  18.  Re- 
member, O  Lord,  that  the  foolish  people  have 
blasphemed  thy  name. 

Isa.  Ixv.  7.  Your  iniquities,  and  the  iniqui- 
ties of  your  fathers  together,  saith  the  Lord, 
which  have  burnt  incense  upon  the  mountains, 
and  blasphemed  me  upon  the  hills ;  therefore 
will  I  measure  their  former  work  into  their 
bosoms.  Ezek.  xx.  27. — xxxv.  12. 

Luke  xxii.  65.  Many  other  things  blas- 
phemously spake  they  against  Jesus. 

Acts  xxvi.  11.  I  [Paul]  compelled  them  to 
blaspheme.  1  Tim.  i.  13.  I  was  a  blasphemer, 
and  a  persecutor,  and  injurious ;  but  I  ob- 
tained mercy,  because  I  did  it  ignorantly. 

xviii.  6.  The  Jews  opposed  and  blasphemed. 
Ch.  xiii.  45. 

1  Tim.  i.  20.    Of  whom  is  Hymeneus  and 
Philetus,  whom  I  have  delivered  unto  Satan, 
that  they  may  learn  not  to  blaspheme. 

2  Tim.  iii.  1,  2.    In  the  last  days  perilous 
times  shall  come.     For  men  shall  be  lovers  of 
their  own  selves,  covetous,  boasters,  proud, 
blasphemers.  • 

James  ii.  7.  Do  not  rich  men  blaspheme 
that  worthy  name  by  the  which  ye  are  called  1 

Rev.  ii.  3.  I  know  the  blasphemy  of  them, 
which  say  they  are  Jews  and  are  not. 

xiii.  1    TJae  beast  had  upon  his  heads  the 


name  of  blasphemy. — Ver.  5,  6.  There  was 
iven  to  him  a  mouth,  speaking  great  things, 

and  blasphemies.  And  he  opened  his  mouth 
n  blasphemy  against  God,  to  blaspheme  his 

name  and  his  tabernacle,  and  them  that  dwell 
n  heaven. 
xvi.  9.  Men  were  scorched  with  great  heat, 

and  blasphemed  the  name  of  God.  Ver.  11.21. 

CXCVII.  Blasphemy  against  the  Holy 
Ghost;  its  punishment.  Matt.  xii.  31.  All 
manner  of  sin  and  blasphemy  shall  be  forgiven 
unto  men ;  but  the  blasphemy  against  the 
ioly  Ghost  shall  not  be  forgiven  unto  men. 
Mark  iii.  29.  Luke  xii.  10.  1  John  v.  16. 

CXCVIII.  Persons  unjustly  accused  and 
put  to  death  for  blasphemy.  1  Kings  xxi.  10. 

3.  Naboth.     Acts  vi.  11.  13.    Stephen. 

esus  Christ:  See  Matt.  ix.  3. — xxvi.  65. 
Mark  ii.  7.  Luke  v.  21.  John  x.  33.  36. 

CXC IX.     Of  vows :  they  are  religiously 

0  be  fulfilled.  Numb.  xxx.  2.  If  a  man  vow  a 
fow  unto  the  Lord,  or  swear  an  oath  to  bind 
ris  soul  with  a  bond,  he  shall  not  break  his 

word ;  he  shall  do  according  to  all  that  pro- 

ceedeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

Deut.  xxiii.  21,  22.  When  thou  shall  vow 
a  vow  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  thou  shalt  not 
je  slack  to  pay  it ;  for  the  Lord  thy  God  will 
surely  require  it  of  thee,  and  it  would  be  a 
sin  in  thee.  But  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to 
vow,  it  shall  be  no  sin  in  thee. 

Prov.  xx.  25.  It  is  a  snare  after  vows  to 
make  inquiry. 

Eccl.  v.  4,  5.  When  thou  vowest  a  vow 
unto  God,  defer  not  to  pay  it ;  for  he  hath  no 
pleasure  in  fools ;  pay  that  which  thou  hast 
vowed.  Better  is  it  that  thou  shouldst  not  vow, 
than  that  thou  shouldst  vow  and  not  pay.  See 
Job  xxii.  27.  Ps.  xxii.  25.— 1.  14.— Ivi.  12.— 
Ixi.  5.  8.— Ixxvi.  11.— cxvi.  14.  18.  Jer.  xliv. 
25.  Nah.  i.  15. 

CC.  Vows  to  do  duty.  Instances.  Gen. 
xxviii.  20.  Jacob  vowed  a  vow,  saying,  If  God 
will  be  with  me,  and  keep  me  in  the  way  that 

1  go,  and  will  give  me  bread  to  eat,  and  raiment 
to  put  on,  then  shall  the  Lord  be  my  God 
Ver.  21.  Ch.  xxxi.  13.  Numb.  xxi.  2.  1  Sam 
i.  1 1.  28.     Ps.  cxxxii.  2.     Jonah  i.  16. — ii.  9 

CCI.  Sinful  vows.  Judg.  xi.  30  to  39. 
Jephtha's  vow.  Mai.  i.  14.  To  vow  a  corrupt 
thing. 

Lev.xxvii.  The  redemption  of  things  vowed. 

Numb.  xxx.  3,  &c.  A  woman's  vow  in 
her  virginity,  and  married  state,  in  what  cases 
binding. 

vi.  2,  &c.  Of  a  Nazarite's  vow.  See  also 
Judg.  xiii.  5.  7. — xvi.  17.  Lam.  iv.  7.  Amos 
jii.  11,  12. 


CHAP.  XV. 


COMMANDMENT  FOURTH. 


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COMMANDMENT  FOURTH. 

CCII.  Of  the  Sabbath.  Exod.  xx.  8. 
Remember  the  Sabbath-day  to  keep  it  holy, 
&c.  Ver.  9,  10,  11. 

xxxi.  13.  Verily  my  Sabbaths  ye  shall  keep; 
for  it  is  a  sign  between  me  and  you,  that  ye 
rnay  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  doth  sanc- 
tify you.  Gen.  ii.  2,  3.  Deut.  v.  12—15. 
Ezek.  xx.  12. — xliv.  24. 

CCIII.  The  Sabbath  a  day  of  rest  from  ser- 
vile work.  Exod.  xx.  10.  In  it  thou  shall  riot 
do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daugh- 
ter, thy  man  servant,  nor  thy  maid  servant,  nor 
thy  cattle,  nor  the  stranger  that  is  within  thy 
gates. — Ver.  11. 

xvi.  23.  The  Lord  said,  To-morrow  is  the 
rest  of  the  holy  Sabbath. — Ver.  29.  Let  no 
roan  go  out  of  his  place  on  the  seventh  day,  to 
gather  manna. 

xxiii.  12.  Six  days  shalt  thou  do  thy  work, 
in  the  seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest;  that  thine 
ox  and  thine  ass  may  rest,  and  the  son  of  thy 
handmaid,  and  the  stranger  may  be  refreshed. 
Ch.  xxxiv.  21.— xxxv.  2,  3.  Deut.  v.  14,  15. 

Jer.  xvii.  21,  22.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Take 
heed  to  yourselves,  and  bear  no  burthen  on 
the  Sabbath-day,  nor  bring  it  in  by  the  gates 
of  Jerusalem.  Neither  carry  forth  a  burthen 
out  of  your  houses  on  the  Sabbath-day,  neither 
do  ye  any  work.  Luke  xxiii.  56.  Heb.  iv.  9. 

CCIV.  The  duties  of  the  Sabbath,-  wor- 
shipping God,  reading,  hearing  his  word, 
4-c.  Lev.  xix.  30.  Ye  shall  keep  my  Sab- 
baths, and  reverence  my  sanctuary  :  I  am  the 
Lord.  Ch.  xxvi.  2. 

Ezek.  xlvi.  3.  The  people  shall  worship  be- 
fore the  Lord  in  the  Sabbaths. 

Mark  vi.  2.  When  the  Sabbath-day  was 
come,  Jesus  began  to  teach  in  the  synagogue. 
Luke  iv.  16.  Jesus,  as  his  custom  was,  went 
into  the  synagogue  on  the  Sabbath-day,  and 
stood  up  for  to  read. — Ver.  31.  He  came  to 
Capernaum  and  taught  them  on  the  Sabbath- 
days.  Ch.  xiii.  10. 

Acts  xiii.  14 — 16.  The  disciples  went  into 
the  synagogue  on  the  Sabbath-day.  After  the 
reading  of  the  law  and  the  prophets,  Paul  stood 
up  and  said,  Men  of  Israel,  and  ye  that  fear 
God,  give  audience. 

Ver.  27.  The  prophets  are  read  every  Sab- 
bath-day. 

Ver.  42.  The  Gentiles  besought  that  these 
words  might  be  preached  unto  them  the  nex 
Sabbath.— Ver.  44.  The  next  Sabbath-day 
came  almost  the  whole  city  together  to  hea 
the  word  of  God. 

xv.  21.  Moses  hath  in  every  city  them  tha 
preach  him,  being  read  in  the  synagogues 
every  Sabbath-day. 


xvii.  2,  3.  Paul,  as  his  manner  was,  went 
in  unto  them,  and  three  Sabbaths  reasoned 
with  them  out  of  the  Scriptures ;  opening  and 
alleging  that  Christ  must  needs  have  suffered. 
Ch.  xviii.  4.  Paul  reasoned  in  the  synagogue 
very  Sabbath. 

CCV.  Works  of  charity  and  mercy  to  be 
done  on  the  Sabbath-day.  Instances.  Matt, 
xii.  1.  Jesus  went  on  the  Sabbath-day  through 
he  corn  ;  and  his  disciples,  being  an  hungered, 
>egan  to  pluck  the  ears  of  com  and  to  eat. 
Mark  ii.  23. 

xii.  2,  3.  The  Pharisees  said,  Thy  disciples 
do  that  which  is  not  lawful  on  the  Sabbath. 
Jesus  said,  Have  ye  not  read  what  David  did  ? 
— Ver.  5.  Have  ye  not  read  in  the  law,  &c.1 
— Ver.  7.  I  will  have  mercy  and  not  sacrifice. 

Ver.  12.  It  is  lawful  to  do  well  on  the  Sab— 
sath-days. — Ver.  13.  He  healed  the  withered 
land.  Mark  iii.  2.  4.  Luke  vi.  9. 

Mark  ii.  27.  The  Sabbath  was  made  for 
man,  and  not  man  for  the  Sabbath. 

Luke  xiii.  15,  16.  The  Lord  said,  Doth  not 
each  of  you  loose  his  ox  or  his  ass  on  the 
Sabbath-day  1  (Ch.  xiv.  3.  5.)  And  ought 
not  this  woman  to  be  loosed  from  her  bond  on 
the  Sabbath-day  1  See  John  v.  8,  9,  10.  18.— 
vii.  22. — ix.  14. 

CCVI.  Promises  to  them  that  keep  the 
Sabbath.  Isa.  Ivi.  2.  Blessed  is  the  man  that 
keepeth  the  Sabbath  from  polluting  it. 

Ver.  4,  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  eu- 
nuchs that  keep  my  Sabbaths,  and  choose  the 
things  that  please  me,  and  take  hold  of  my 
covenant;  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in  mine 
house,  and  within  my  walls,  a  place  and  a 
name,  better  than  of  sons  and  of  daugh- 
ters, &c. 

Ver.  6.  7.  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger  that 
join  themselves  to  the  Lord,  to  serve  him,  and 
to  love  the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  be  his  ser- 
vants, every  one  that  keepeth  the  Sabbath 
from  polluting  it,  and  taketh  hold  of  my  cove- 
nant; even  them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy 
mountain,  and  make  them  joyful  in  my  house 
of  prayer. 

Iviii.  13,  14.  If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot 
from  the  Sabbath,  from  doing  thy  pleasure  on 
my  holy  day,  and  call  the  Sabbath  a  delight, 
the  holy  of  the  Lord,  honourable ;  and  shalt 
honour  him,  not  doing  thine  own  ways,  nor 
finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor  speaking  thine 
own  words ;  then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in 
the  Lord,  and  I  will  cause  thec  to  ride  upon 
the  high  places  of  the  earth,  and  feed  thee 
with  the  heritage  of  Jacob. 

CCVII.  The  care  of  God's  people  to  sanc- 
tify the  Sabbath  themselves,  and  to  prevent 
the  profaning  of  it  by  others.  Neh.  x.  29. 


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CHAP.  XV. 


The)'  entered  into  an  oath  and  into  a  curse, 
to  walk  in  God's  law. — Ver.  31.  And  if  the 
people  of  the  land  bring  ware,  or  any  victuals, 
on  the  Sabbath-day  to  sell,  not  to  buy  it  of 
them  on  the  Sabbath. 

xiii.  15.  In  those  days  I  saw  in  Judah, 
some  treading  wine-presses  on  the  Sabbath, 
and  bringing  in  sheaves,  and  lading  asses ;  as 
also  wine,  grapes,  and  figs,  and  all  manner  of 
burthens  which  they  brought  into  Jerusalem 
on  the  Sabbath-day ;  and  I  testified  against 
them,  in  the  day  wherein  they  sold  victuals. 

Ver.  16—18.  There  dwelt  men  of  Tyre  also 
therein,  which  brought  fish,  and  all  manner  of 
ware,  and  sold  on  the  Sabbath  unto  the  child- 
ren of  Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem.  Then  I  con- 
tended with  the  nobles  of  Judah,  and  said  unto 
them,  What  evil  thing  is  this  that  ye  do,  and 
profane  the  Sabbath-day  ]  Did  not  your  fathers 
thus,  and  did  not  our  God  bring  all  this  evil 
upon  us,  and  upon  this  city  ?  yet  ye  bring 
more  wrath  upon  Israel  by  profaning  the  Sab- 
bath. 

Ver.  19 — 21.  And  it  came  to  pass,  that 
when  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  began  to  be  dark 
before  the  Sabbath,  I  commanded  that  the  gates 
should  be  shut,  and  not  be  opened  till  after  the 
Sabbath ;  and  some  of  my  servants  I  set  at  the 
gates,  that  there  should  no  burthen  be  brought 
in  on  the  Sabbath-day.  So  the  merchants  and 
sellers  of  all  kind  of  ware,  lodged  without  Je- 
rusalem once  or  twice.  Then  I  testified  against 
them,  and  said  unto  them,  Why  lodge  ye  about 
the  wall  ]  if  ye  do  so  again  I  will  lay  hands  on 
3Tou.  From  that  time  forth  came  they  no  more 
on  the  Sabbath. 

Ver.  22.  And  I  commanded  the  Levites,  that 
they  should  cleanse  themselves,  and  that  they 
should  come  and  keep  the  gates,  to  sanctify  the 
Sabbath. 

CCVIII.  Threat  enings  against  Sabbath- 
breakers.  Exod.  xxxi.  14.  Ye  shall  keep  the 
Sabbath :  every  one  that  defileth  it,  shall  surely 
be  put  death. — Ver.  15.  Whosoever  doeth  any 
work  on  the  Sabbath-day,  he  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death.  Ch.  xxxv.  2. 

Numb.  xv.  32—36.  WThile  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  the  wilderness,  they  found  a 
man  that  gathered  sticks  on  the  Sabbath-day, 
and  they  brought  him  to  Moses  and  Aaron, 
and  they  put  him  in  ward.  And  the  Lord  said 
unto  Moses,  The  man  shall  be  surely  put  to 
death ;  all  the  congregation  shall  stone  him 
with  stones  without  the  camp.  And  all  the 
congregation  brought  him  without  the  camp, 
and  stoned  him  with  stones,  and  he  died  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 


Jer.  xvii.  27.  If  ye  will  not  hearken  unto 
me,  to  hallow  the  Sabbath,  &c. 

Ezek.  xx.  15,  16.  I  would  not  bring  them 
into  the  land  which  I  bad  given  them  ;  be- 
cause they  walked  not  in  my  statutes,  but 
polluted  my  Sabbaths. 

Ver.  23,  24.  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto 
them  in  the  wilderness,  that  I  would  scatter 
them  among  the  heathen,  and  disperse  them 
through  the  countries ;  because  they  had 
despised  my  statutes  and  polluted  my  Sab- 
baths. 

xxii.  8.  Thou  hast  profaned  my  Sabbaths. 
— Ver.  14.  Can  thy  heart  endure,  or  can  thy 
hands  be  strong,  in  the  days  that  I  will  deal 
with  thee  1 

Ver.  26.  Her  priests  have  hid  their  eyes 
from  my  Sabbaths,  and  I  am  profaned  among 
them. — Ver.  31.  Therefore  have  I. poured  out 
mine  indignation  upon  them,  I  have  consumed 
them  with  the  fire  of  my  wrath ;  their  own 
ways  have  I  recompensed  upon  their  heads, 
saith  the  Lord. 

xxiii.  38.  They  have  defiled  my  sanctuary, 
and  have  profaned  my  Sabbaths. — Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God,  I  will  give  them  to  be  removed 
and  spoiled.— Ver.  46. 

CCIX.  Sabbath  privileges  withdrawn. 
Lam.  ii.  6.  The  Lord  hath  caused  the  Sab- 
baths to  be  forgotten  in  Zion. 

Hos.  ii.  11.  I  will  cause  her  Sabbaths  to 
cease. 

Lam.  i.  7.  The  adversaries  did  mock  at  her 
Sabbaths.  See  Isa.  i.  13.  Amosviii.  11. 

CCX.  The.  change  of  the  Sabbath  from  the 
seventh  to  the  first  day  of  the  week.  Gen.  ii.  3. 
God  blessed  the  seventh  day,  and  sanctified  it, 
because  that  in  it  God  rested  from  all  his 
works.  Exod.  xx.  11. 

Col.  ii.  16,  17.  Let  no  man  judge  you,  in 
meat  or  in  drink,  or  in  respect  of  an  holy  day, 
or  of  the  new  moon,  or  of  the  Sabbath-days : 
which  are  a  shadow  of  things  to  come,  but  the 
body  is  of  Christ.  Rom.  xiv.  6. 

Luke  xxiv.  1.  6.  Christ  rose  from  the  dead 
on  the  first  day. 

Acts  xx.  7.  Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
when  the  disciples  came  together  to  break 
bread,  Paul  preached  unto  them.  John  xx. 
19. 

1  Cor.  xvi.  2.  On  the  first  day  of  the  week 
let  every  one  lay  by  him,  as  God  hath  pros- 
pered him,  that  there  be  no  gatherings  when 
I  come. 

Rev.  i.  9,  10.  I  was  in  the  Spirit  on  the 
Lord's  day. 


CEAP.  XVI, 


LOVE  TO  MANKIND. 


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CHAPTER  XVI. 


DUTIES  TOWARDS  MANKIND. 


I.  LOVE.  Lev.  xix.  18.  Thou  shall  not 
avenge  nor  bear  any  grudge  against  the  child- 
ren of  thy  people,  but  thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbour  as  thyself. — Ver.  34.  The  stranger 
that  dwelleth  with  you  shall  be  as  one  born 
among  you,  and  thou  shalt  love  him  as  thy- 
self. 

Matt.  v.  44, 45.  Love  your  enemies ;  bless 
them  that  curse  you,  do  good  to  them  that 
hate  you,  and  pray  for  them  which  despitefully 
use  you  and  persecute  you.  That  ye  may  be 
the  children  of  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  : 
for  he  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the  evil  and 
on  the  good,  and  sendeth  rain  on  the  just  and 
on  the  unjust. 

Ver.  46,  47.  For  if  you  love  them  which 
love  you,  what  reward  have  ye  1  Do  not  even 
the  publicans  the  same  1  And  if  you  salute 
your  brethren  only,  what  do  ye  more  than 
others  1  Do  not  even  the  publicans  the  same ! 
— Ver.  48.  Be  ye  therefore  perfect,  even  as 
your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect. 

xxii.  37,  38.  Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  first  and 
great  commandment. — Ver.  39,  40.  And  the 
second  is  like  unto  it,  Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbour  as  thyself.  On  these  two  command- 
ments hang  all  the  law  and  the  prophets. 
Rom.  xiii.  9.  James  ii.  8. 

John  xiii.  34.  A  new  commandment  I  give 
unto  you,  That  ye  love  one  another :  as  I 
have  loved  you,  that  ye  love  one  another. 
(Ch.  xv.  12.)  Ver.  35.  By  this  shall  all  men 
know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love 
one  to  another. 

Rom.  xii.  9.  Let  love  be  without  dissimu- 
lation. 

xiii.  8.  Owe  no  man  any  thing,  but  to  love 
one  another  :  he  that  loveth  another,  hath  ful- 
filled the  law.— -Ver.  10.  Love  worketh  no  ill 
to  his  neighbour  :  therefore  love  is  the  fulfil- 
ling of  the  law. 

Gal.  v.  14.  All  the  law  is  fulfilled  in  one 
word,  even  in  this,  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neigh- 
bour as  thyself.  Ver.  15. 

Eph.  v.  2.  Walk  in  love,  as  Christ  hath 
loved  us,  and  hath  given  himself  for  us. 

Phil.  i.  9.  I  pray  that  your  love  may  abound 
more  and  more. 

Heb.  x.  24.  Let  us  consider  one  another, 
to  provoke  unto  love  and  to  good  works. 


xiii.  1.  Let  brotherly  love  continue.  1  Pet. 
Hi.  8.  Love  as  brethren. 

1  Pet.  i.  22.  See  that  ye  love  one  another 
with  a  pure  heart  fervently. 

ii.  17.  Honour  all  men  ;  love  the  brother- 
hood. 

1  John  ii.  10.    He  that  loveth  his  brother 
abideth  in  the  light,  and  there  is  none  occasion 
of  stumbling  in  him. 

iii.  11.  This  is  the  message  that  ye  have 
heard  from  the  beginning,  That  we  should 
love  one  another. 

Ver.  14.  We  know  that  we  have  passed 
from  death  unto  life,  because  we  love  the  bre- 
thren.— Ver.  18.  My  little  children,  let  us  not 
love  in  word,  neither  in  tongue,  but  in  deed 
and  in  truth. 

Ver.  23.  This  is  God's  commandment, 
That  we  should  believe  on  the  name  of  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ ;  and  love  one  another,  as  he 
gave  us  commandment. 

iv.  10.  God  loved  us,  and  sent  his  Son  to  be 
the  propitiation  for  our  sins. — Ver.  11.  Be- 
loved, if  God  so  loved  us,  we  ought  also  to 
love  one  another. 

Ver.  20,  21.  If  a  man  say,  I  love  God, 
and  hateth  his  brother,  he  is  a  liar;  for  he 
that  loveth  not  his  brother,  whom  he  hath 
seen,  how  can  he  love  God  whom  he  hath  not 
seen  1  and  this  commandment  have  we  from 
God,  That  he  who  loveth  God,  love  his  bro- 
ther also. 

2  John    5.    This   commandment  we   have 
from  the  beginning,  That  we  love  one  another. 

II.  Of  the  cause  of  love,  and  how  it  is 
produced.  Prov.  xvii.  9.  He  that  covereth  a 
transgression  seeketh  love. 

xviii.  24.  A  man  that  hath  friends  must 
show  himself  friendly  :  and  there  is  a  friend 
that  sticketh  closer  than  a  brother. 

Heb.  x.  24.  Let  us  provoke  one  another 
to  love  and  to  good  works. 

Gal.  v.  6.  Faith  worketh  by  love. — Ver. 
22.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace, 
&c. 

1  Thess.  iv.  9.  Ye  are  taught  of  God  to  love 
one  another. 

1  John  iv.  7,  8.  Let  us  love  one  another ; 
for  love  is  of  God.  He  that  loveth  not, 
knoweth  not  God  ;  for  God  is  love. 

Ver.  12.  If  we  love  one  another,  God  dwell- 


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CHARITY — HATRED. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


eth  in  us. — Ver.  1 6,  God  is  love ;  and  he 
that  dwelleth  in  love  dwelleth  in  God,  and 
God  in  him. 

v.  2.  By  this  we  know  that  we  love  the 
children  of  God,  when  we  love  God  and  keep 
his  commandments. 

III.  Prayers  and  thanks  to  God  for  Chris- 
tian love,  as  being  his  gift.     1  Thess.  iii.  12. 
The  Lord  make  you  to  increase  and  abound  in 
love  one  toward  another,  and  toward  all  men, 
even  as  we  do  toward  you.     Col.  ii.  2. 

Eph.  i.  15,  16.  After  I  heard  of  your  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  love  unto  all  the  saints, 
I  cease  not  to  give  thanks  for  you,  making" 
mention  of  you  in  my  prayers. 

IV.  The  influence  and  effects  of  love  Apon 
the    temper    and   behaviour  of   Christians 
one  toward  another ;  or  how  love  is  evidenced. 
Rom.  xii.  10.  Be  kindly  aflectioned  one  to  an- 
other, with  brotherly  love. 

xiii.  10.  Love  worketh  no  ill  to  his  neigh- 
bour. 

Gal.  v.  13.     By  love  serve  one  another. 

Eph.  iv.  2.  Forbearing  one  another  in  love. 
— Ver.  15.  Speaking  the  truth  in  love. — Ver. 
16.  Edifying  in  love. 

Phil.  ii.  2.  Be  like  minded,  having  the  same 
love,  being  of  one  accord,  of  one  mind. 

Philem.  9.  For  love's  sake,  I  beseech  thee. 

1  John  iii.  18.  Let  us  not  love  in  word,  nor 
in  tongue,  but  in  deed,  &c.  See  duties  of 
husbands  and  wives,  ministers  and  people, 
Commandment  Fifth. 


CHARITY. 

V.  Charity,  with  other  graces,  enjoined. 
1  Cor.  viii.  1.  Knowledge  puffeth  up,  but  cha- 
rity edifieth. 

xiii.  1 — 3.  Though  I  speak  with  the 
tongues  of  men  and  of  angels,  and  have  not 
charity,  I  am  become  as  sounding  brass,  or  a 
tinkling  cymbal.  And  though  I  have  the  gift 
of  prophecy,  and  understand  all  mysteries, 
and  all  knowledge ;  and  though  I  have  all 
faith,  so  that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and 
have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing.  And  though 
I  bestow  all  my  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  and 
though  I  give  my  body  to  be  burned,  and  have 
not  charity,  it  profiteth  me  nothing. 

Ver.  4 — 7.  Charity  suffereth  long  and  is 
kind  ;  charity  envieth  not,  charity  vaunteth 
not  itself,  is  not  puffed  up ;  doth  not  behave  it- 
self unseemly,  seeketh  not  her  own,  is  not  easi- 
ly provoked,  thinketh  no  evil,  rejoiceth  not  in 
iniquity,  but  rejoiceth  in  the  truth  ;  beareth  all 
things,  believeth  all  things,  hopeth  all  things, 
endureth  all  things. — Ver.  8.  Charity  never 
faileth. 


Ver.  13.  Now  abideth  faith,  hope,  charity, 
these  three ;  but  the  greatest  of  these  is  charity. 

xiv.  1.  Follow  after  charity ;  and  desire  spi- 
ritual gifts. 

xvi.  14.  Let  all  your  things  be  done  with 
charity. 

Col.  iii.  14.  Above  all  these  things  put  on 
charity,  which  is  the  bond  of  perfectness. 

1  Tim.  i.  5.  The  end  of  the  commandment 
is  charity,  out  of  a  pure  heart,  and  of  a  good 
conscience,  and  of  faith  unfeigned. 

ii.  15.  The  woman  shall  be  saved  in  child- 
bearing,  if  they  continue  in  faith  and  charity, 
and  holiness,  with  sobriety. 

iv.  12.  Be  thou  an  example  of  the  believers, 
in  word,  in  conversation,  in  charity,  in  spirit, 
in  faith,  in  purity. 

2  Tim.  ii.  22.  Flee  youthful  lusts ;  hut  fol- 
low  righteousness,  faith,  charity,  peace,  with 
them  that  call  on  the  Lord  out  of  a  pure  heart. 

Tit.  ii.  1,  2.  Speak  the  things  that  become 
sound  doctrine ;  that  the  aged  men  be  sober, 
grave,  temperate,  sound  in  faith,  in  charity,  in 
patience. 

1  Pet.  iv.  8.  Above  all  things  have  fervent 
charity  among  yourselves ;  for   charity  shall 
cover  the  multitude  of  sins.     Prov.  x.  12. 

v.  14.  Greet  ye  one  another  with  a  kiss  of 
charity. 

2  Pet.  i.  5 — 7.  Add  to  your  faith,  virtue, 
knowledge,   temperance,  patience,   godliness, 
brotherly-kindness,  charity. 

Jude  12.  Feasts  of  charity. 

VI.  Approved  examples  of  charity,  and 
other  graces.  2  Thess.  i.  3.  We  are  bound 
to  thank  God  always  for  you,  brethren,  as  it  is 
meet;  because  that  your  faith  gfoweth  ex- 
ceedingly, and  the  charity  of  every  one  of  you 
all  toward  each  other  aboundeth.  1  Thess. 
iii.  6. 

2  Tim.  iii.  10.  Thou  hast  fully  known  <my 
doctrine,  manner  of  life,  purpose,  faith,  long- 
suffering,  charity,  patience,  persecutions,  afflic- 
tions, &c. 

Rev.  ii.  18,  19.  To  the  angel  of  the  church 
of  Thyatira  write,  These  things  saith  the  Son 
of  God :  I  know  thy  works  and  charity,  and 
service,  and  faith,  and  patience.  See  ver.  3. 
2  John  6. 

See  instances  of  charitable  conduct  toward 
others,  1  Cor.  viii.  9.  12,  13. 


HATRED. 

VII.  Hatred ;  threatenings  against  it. 
Lev.  xix.  17.  Thou  shall  not  hate  thy  brother 
in  thy  heart. 

Ps.  xxxiv.  21.  Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked 
and   they   that  hate   the  righteous   shall  be 
desolate. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


ENVY. 


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Prov.  xxix.  10.  The  bloodthirsty  hate  the 
Upright. 

Ezek.  xxxv.  5,  6.  Because  thou  [mount 
Seir]  hast  had  a  perpetual  hatred,  and  hast 
shed  the  blood  of  the  children  of  Israel ;  there- 
fore, as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  prepare 
thee  unto  blood,  and  blood  shall  pursue  thee. 

Amos  v.  10.  They  hate  him  that  rebuketh 
in  the  gate ;  they  abhor  him  that  speaketh  up- 
rightly. 

Mic.  iii.  2.  Who  hate  the  good,  and  love  the 
evil. 

Matt.  x.  22.  Jesus  said,  Ye  shall  be  hated 
of  all  men,  for  my  name's  sake.  Ch.  xxiv.  9. 

xxiv.  10.  They  shall  betray  one  another, 
an  shall  hate  one  another. 

John  vii.  7.  The  world  hateth  me,  because 
I  testify  of  it,  that  the  works  thereof  are  evil. 

xv.  18,  19.  If  the  world  hate  you,  ye  know 
that  it  hated  me  before  it  hated  you.  If  ye 
were  of  the  world,  the  world  would  love  his 
own  ;  but  because  ye  are  not  of  the  world,  but 
I  have  chosen  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore 
the  world  hateth  you.  Ver.  20. 

xvii.  14.  Jesus  said  [of  his  disciples,]  The 
world  hath  hated  them,  because  they  are  not 
of  the  world,  even  as  I  am  hot  of  the  world. 

Tit.  iii.  3.  We  ourselves  were  sometimes 
foolish,  disobedient,  deceived,  serving  divers 
lusts  and  pleasures,  living  in  malice  and  envy, 
hateful  and  hating  one  another. 

1  John  ii.  9.  He  that  hateth  his  brother  is 
in  darkness.  Ver.  11. 

iii.  13.  Marvel  not,  brethren,  if  the  world 
hate  you. 

Ver.  14,  15.  He  that  loveth  not  his  brother 
abideth  in  death.  Whosoever  hateth  his  bro- 
ther, is  a  murderer ;  and  we  know  that  no 
murderer  hath  eternal  life  abiding  in  him. 

iv.  20.  If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and  hateth 
his  brother,  he  is  a  liar :  for  he  who  loveth  not 
his  brother  whom  he  hath  seen,  how  can  he 
love  God  whom  he  hath  not  seen  1 

VIII.  The  duty  of  the  righteous   toward 
those  that  hate  them.     Exod.  xxiii.  5.  If  thou 
see  the  ass  of  him  that  hateth  thee  lying  under 
his  burthen,  thou  shalt  surely  help  with  him. 

Matt.  v.  44.  Do  good  to  them  that  hate  you. 
Rom.  xii.21.  Overcome  evil  with  good. 

IX.  Prayers    and   complaints    to    God, 
against  the  hatred  of  the  wicked.     Ps.  ix.  13. 
O  Lord,  consider  my  .trouble,  which  I  suffer 
of  them  that  hate  me. 

Ixix.  14.  Let  me  be  delivered  from  them 
that  hate  me.  See  also  Ps.  xxv.  19. — xxxv. 
19.— xxxviii.  19.— xli.  7.— Iv.  3.— Ixxxvi.  17. 

X.  Promises  to  those  that  are  unjustly 
hated,  and  threatenings  against  their  haters. 

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|  Job  viii.  22.  They  that  hate  thee  shall  be 
I  clothed  with  shame. 

Ps.  xviii.  17.  God  hath  delivered  me  from 
them  that  hated  me. 

xxxiv.  21.  They  that  hate  the  righteous 
shall  be  desolate. 

xliv.  7.  Thou  hast  put  them  to  shame  that 
hated  us. 

Ixxxix.  23.  I  will. plague  them  that  hate 
him. 

cvi.  10.  He  saved  his  people  from  the  hand 
of  him  that  hated  them. 

cxviii.  7.  The  Lord  taketh  my  part,  there- 
fore I  shall  see  my  desire  on  them  that  hate  me. 

Isa.  Ixvi.  5.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye 
that  tremble  at  his  word,  Your  brethren  that 
hated  you,  and  cast  you  out  for  my  name's 
sake,  said,  Let  the  Lord  be  glorified  :  but  he 
shall  appear  to  your  joy,  and  they  shall  be 
ashamed. 

Luke  yi.  22,  23.  Blessed  are  ye,  when  men 
shall  hate  you.  and  when  they  shall  separate 
you  from  their  company,  and  shall  reproach 
you,  and  cast  out  your  name  as  evil,  for  the 
Son  of  man's  sake.  Rejoice  and  be  exceeding 
glad,  for  behold  your  reward  is  great  in  heaven. 

See  Gen.  xxiv.  60.  Deut.  vii.  15. — xxx.  7. 
— xxxiii.  11.  The  righteous  hate  only  the 
haters  of  God.  2  Chron.  xix.  2.  Ps.  xxvi.  5. 
— xxxi.  6. — Ixviii.  1. — cxxxix.  21,  22. — xv.  4. 

ENVY 

XI.  Envy  forbidden    to    the  righteous. 
Prov.  xxiii.  17.  Let  not  thy  heart  envy  sinners, 
but  be  thou  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  all  the  day 
long. 

xxiv.  1.  Be  not  thou  envious  against  evil 
men,  neither  desire  to  be  with  them.  Ver.  19. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  1.  Fret  not  thyself  because  of 
evil-doers,  neither  be  thou  envious  against  the 
workers  of  iniquity. 

Rom.  xiii.  13.  Let  us  walk  honestly,  riot  in 
strife  and  envying. 

2  Cor.  xii.  20.  I  fear  lest  there  be  envyings 
amongst  you. 

Gal.  v.  26.  Let  us  not  be  desirous  of  vain- 
glory, provoking  one  another,  envying  one  an- 
other. 

1  Pet.  ii.  1 ,  2.  Laying  aside  all  malice,  and 
all  guile,  and  hypocrisies,  and  envies,  and  all 
evil-speakings ;  as  new  born  babes,  desire  the 
sincere  milk  of  the  word,  that  ye  may  grow 
thereby.  See  Ps.  Ixxiii.  3.  Compare  Job 
xxi.  7.  Jer.xii.  1.  Hab.  i.  3.  Prov.  iii.  31. 
Isa.  xi.  13. 

XII.  The  wicked,  their  envy  hurtful  to 
themselves.    Job  v.  2.  Envy  slayeth  the  silly 
one. 

Prov.  xiv.  30.  Envy  is  the  rottenness  of  the 
bones. 


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CHAP.  XVI. 


XIII.  Envy  toward  others,  a  mark  of  an 
unconverted  state.     Prov.  xxvii.  4.  Who  is 
able  to  stand  before  envy  ] 

Matt,  xxvii.  18.  The  Jews  for  envy  deli- 
vered Jesus  to  be  put  to  death.  Mark  xv.  10. 

Acts  v.  17,  18.  The  Jews,  filled  with  envy, 
laid  their  hands  on  the  apostles,  and  put  them 
into  the  common  prison. 

vii.  9.  The  patriarchs,  moved  with  envy, 
sold  Joseph. 

xiii.  45.  The  Jews,  filled  with  envy,  spake 
against  the  things  that  were  spoken  by  Paul, 
contradicting  and  blaspheming.  Ch.  xvii.  5. 

Rom.  i.  29.  The  reprobate  mind  is  filled 
with  all  unrighteousness,  envy,  &c. 

Phil.  i.  15.  Some  preach  Christ  of  envy. 

1  Tim.  vi.  4.  Doting  about  questions  and 
strifes  of  words,  whereof  cometh  envy,  &c. 

Tit  iii.  3.  We  (in  our  unconverted  state) 
were  foolish,  living  in  malice  and  envy. 

James  iv.  5.  The  spirit  that  dwelleth  in  us, 
lusteth  to  envy. 

1  Cor.  iii.  3.  WThereas  there  is  among  you 
envying,  and  strife,  &c.  are  ye  not  carnal  ] 

Gal.  v.  1 9.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are  envy- 
ings,  murders,  &c.  Ver.  21. 

James  iii.  14 — 16.  If  ye  have  bitter  envy- 
ing and  strife  in  your  hearts,  glory  not,  and  lie 
not  against  the  truth.  This  wisdom  descend- 
eth  not  from  above,  but  is  earthly,  sensual, 
devilish.  For  where  envying  and  strife  is, 
there  is  confusion  and  every  evil  work. 

MALICE. 

XIV.  Malice  forbidden  to  the  righteous. 
1  Cor.  v.  8.   Let  us  keep  the  feast,  not  with 
the  old  leaven,  neither  with  the  leaven  of  ma- 
lice and  wickedness,  but  with  the  unleavened 
bread  of  sincerity  and  truth. 

xiv.  20.  In  malice  be  ye  children,  but  in 
understanding  be  men. 

Eph.  iv.  31.  Let  all  bitterness,  and  wrath, 
and  anger,  and  clamour,  and  evil  speaking,  be 
put  away  from  you,  with  all  malice. 

Col.  iii.  8.  Put  off  anger,  wrath,  malice, 
blasphemy,  filthy  communications,  &c.  1  Pet. 
ii.  1. 

XV.  Malice  in  the  wicked.   Rom.  i.  28,  29. 
A  reprobate  mind,  filled  with  all  unrighteous- 
ness, maliciousness. 

Tit.  iii.  3.  Foolish,  living  in  malice  and  envy. 

3  John  9,  10.  Diotrephes,  who  loveth  the 
pre-eminence, receiveth  us  not;  prating  against 
us  with  malicious  words. 

ANGER. 

XVI.  Anger  forbidden.  Ps.  xxxvii.  8.  Cease 
from  anger,  and  forsake  wrath ;  fret  not  thyself 
in  any  wise  to  do  eviL 


Prov.  xiv.  17.  He  that  is  soon  angry  deal- 
eth  foolishly ;  and  a  man  of  wicked  devices  is 
hated. 

xv.  1.  A  soft  answer  turneth  away  wrath  : 
but  grievous  words  stir  up  anger. — Ver.  18. 
A  wrathful  man  stirreth  up  strife ;  but  he  that 
is  slow  to  anger  appeaseth  strife. 

xvi.  32.  He  that  is  slow  to  anger,  is  better 
than  the  mighty  ;  and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit, 
than  he  that  taketh  a  city. 

xix.  11.  The  discretion  of  a  man  deferreth 
his  anger,  and  it  is  his  glory  to  pass  over  a 
transgression.  Ch.  xiv.  29. 

xxi.  14.  A  gift  in  secret  pacifieth  anger,  and 
a  reward  in  the  bosom  strong  wrath. 

xxii.  24.  Make  no  friendship  with  an  angry 
man,  and  with  a  furious  man  thou  shalt  not  go. 

xxv.  28.  He  that  hath  no  rule  over  his  own 
spirit,  is  like  a  city  that  is  broken  down,  and 
without  walls. 

xxvii.  4.  Wrath  is  cruel,  and  anger  is  out- 
rageous ;  but  who  is  able  to  stand  before  envy  1 

xxix.  22.  An  angry  man  stirreth  up  strife, 
and  a  furious  man  aboundeth  in  transgression. 

Eccl.  vii.  9.  Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be 
angry,  for  anger  resteth  in  the  bosom  of  fools. 

Matt.  v.  22.  Whosoever  is  angry  with  his 
brother  without  a  cause,  shall  be  in  danger  of 
the  judgment. 

Eph.  iv.  26,  27.  Be  ye  angry  and  sin  not ; 
let  not  the  sun  go  down  upon  your  wrath  : 
neither  give  place  to  the  devil. — Ver.  31.  Let 
all  bitterness,  and  wrath,  and  anger,  and  cla- 
mour, and  evil-speaking,  be  put  away  from 
you,  with  all  malice.  Col.  iii.  8. 

Tit.  i.  7.  A  bishop  must  be  blameless ;  not 
self-willed,  not  soon  angry.  See  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  tongue;  Commandment  ninth. 

XVII.  Instances  of  the  anger  of  the  right- 
eous against  sin.     Gen.  xxx.  1,  2.    Rachel 
envied  her  sister ;  and  said  unto  Jacob,  Give 
me  children  or  else  I  die.     And  Jacob's  anger 
was  kindled  against  Rachel. 

Exod.  xi.  8.  Moses  went  out  from  Pharaoh 
in  great  anger. 

xxxii.  1 9.  When  Moses  saw  the  golden  calf, 
and  the  Israelites  dancing  before  it,  his  anger 
was  kindled. 

Mark  iii.  5.  Jesus  looked  on  them  with  an- 
ger, being  grieved  for  the  hardness  of  their 
hearts. 

XVIII.  Sinful  anger,  instances  of  it.  Gen. 
xlix.  5 — 7.     Simeon  and  Levi  are  brethren, 
instruments  of  cruelty  are  in  their  habitations. 
O  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into  their  secret; 
unto  their  assembly,  mine  honour,  be  not  thou 
united :  for  in  their  anger  they  slew  a  man. 
(Ch.  xxxiv.  26.)     Cursed  be  their  anger,  for 
it  was  fierce,  and  their  wrath,  for  it  was  cruel. 
See  Isa.  xiv.  6.    Amos  i.  11.    Jonah  iv.  1. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


WRATH — CONTENTION — PEACE. 


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John  vii.  23.  Are  ye  (said  Christ)  angry  at 
me,  because  I  have  made  a  man  whole  on  the 
Sabbath-day]  Rev.  xi.  18. 

WRATH. 

XIX.  Wrath.     Ps.  Ixxvi.  10.  The  remain- 
der of  wrath  shall  thou  restrain. 

Job  v.  2.  Wrath  killeth  the  foolish  man. 

Prov.  xii.  16.  A  fool's  wrath  is  presently 
known,  but  a  prudent  man  covereth  shame. 

xiv.  29.  He  that  is  slow  to  wrath  is  of  great 
understanding,  but  he  that  is  hasty  of  spirit 
exalteth  folly. 

xix.  19.  A  man  of  great  wrath  shall  suffer 
punishment. 

xxi.  24.  Proud  and  haughty  scorner  is  his 
name  that  dealeth  in  proud  wrath. 

xxvii.  3.  A  stone  is  heavy,  and  the  sand 
weighty,  but  a  fool's  wrath  is  heavier  than 
them  both.  Ver.  4. 

Rom.  xii.  19.  Avenge  not  yourselves,  but 
rather  give  place  to  wrath. 

Gal.  v.  20.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are, 
wrath,  &c. 

2  Cor.  xii.  20.  I  fear  lest  there  be  among 
you  wrath,  strifes. 

Eph.  iv.  26.  Let  not  the  sun  go  down  upon 
your  wrath. — Ver.  31.  Let  all  wrath  be  put 
away,  &c.  Col.  iii.  8. 

vi.  4.  Fathers,  provoke  not  your  children  to 
wrath. 

1  Tim.  ii.  8.  Pray,  lifting  up  holy  hands 
without  wrath. 

James  i.  19.  Let  every  man  be  slow  to 
wrath. — Ver.  20.  For  the  wrath  of  man  work- 
eth  not  the  righteousness  of  God. 

Rev.  xii.  12.  The  devil  is  come  down,  hav- 
ing great  wrath,  &c. 

Isa.  xvi.  6,  7.  We  have  heard  of  the  pride 
of  Moab,  and  his  wrath.  Therefore  shall  Moab 
howl.  Jer.  xlviii.  30. 

CONTENTION. 

XX.  Contention  forbidden.   Prov.  xiii.  10. 
Only  by  pride  cometh  contention ;  but  with 
the  well-advised  is  wisdom. 

xvii.  14.  The  beginning  of  strife  is  as  when 
one  letteth  out  water  ;  therefore  leave  off  con- 
tention before  it  be  meddled  with. 

xviii.  6.  A  fool's  lips  enter  into  contention, 
and  his  mouth  calleth  for  strokes. — Ver.  19. 
A  brother  offended  is  harder  to  be  won  than  a 
strong  city  ;  and  their  contentions  are  like  the 
bars  of  a  castle. 

xxii.  10.  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  conten- 
tion shall  go  out ;  yea,  strife  and  reproach  shall 
cease. 

xxiii.  29,  30.  Who  hath  woe  T  who  hath 
sorrow  1  who  hath  contentions  ?  who  hath 
babbling  1  who  hath  wounds  without  cause  ] 


who  hath  redness  of  eyes  1  They  that  tarry 
long  at  the  wine. 

xx vi.  21.  As  coals  are  to  burning  coals,  and 
wood  to  fire,  so  is  a  contentious  man  to  kindle 
strife. 

xxix.  9.  If  a  wise  man  contend  with  a  fool- 
ish man,  whether  he  rage  or  laugh,  there  is  no 
rest. 

Hab.  i.  3.  There  are  that  raise  up  strife  and 
contention. 

Rom.  ii.  8.  Unto  them  that  are  contentious, 
and  obey  not  the  truth,  but  obey  unrighteous- 
ness, God  will  render  indignation  and  wrath. 

1  Cor.  i.  11.  It  hath  been  declared  unto  me 
that  there  are  contentions  among  you. — Ver. 
12.  Every  one  of  you  saith,  I  am  of  Paul,  and 
I  of  Apollos,  and  I  of  Cephas,  and  I  of  Christ. 

xi.  16.  If  any  man  seem  to  be  contentious, 
&c. 

Tit.  iii.  9.  Avoid  contentions  about  the  law, 
for  they  are  vain. 

XXI.  Promises  against  contention.    Isa. 
xii.  12.     Thou  shall  not  find  them  that  con- 
tended with  thee ;  they  that  war  against  thee 
shall  be  as  nothing. 

xlix.  25.  I  will  contend  with  him  that  con- 
tendeth  with  thee. 

XXII.  The  righteous  contend  only  against 
sin.     Prov.  xxviii.  4.     Such  as  keep  the  law 
contend  with  the  wicked. 

Neh.  xiii.  11.  I  contended  with  the  rulers, 
and  said,  Why  is  the  house  of  God  forsaken  1 
— Ver.  17.  Then  I  contended  wilh  the  nobles 
of  Judah,  and  said  unto  them,  What  evil  thing 
is  this  that  ye  do,  and  profane  the  Sabbath- 
day  1 — Ver.  25.  I  contended  with  them  that 
had  married  strange  wives,  and  cursed  them, 
and  srnote  certain  of  them,  and  plucked  off 
their  hair,  &c. 

1  Thess.  ii.  2.  We  were  bold  to  speak  the 
gospel  with  much  contention. 

Jude  3.  Contend  for  the  faith  delivered  to 
the  saints. 


PEACE. 

XXIII.  Peace  commanded  with  promises  to 
it.  Ps.  xxxiv.  14*  Do  good,  seek  peace,  and 
pursue  it.  1  Pet.  iii.  11. 

cxx.  7.  I  am  for  peace ;  but  they  are  for  war. 

Prov.  xii.  20.  To  the  counsellors  of  peace  is 
joy. 

Zech.  viii.  19.  Love  peace. 

Matt.  v.  9.  Blessed  are  the  peace-makers, 
for  they  shall  be  called  ihe  children  oi  God. 
James  iii.  18. 

v.  25.  Agree  wilh  thine  adversary  quickly. 

Mark  ix.  50.  Have  peace  one  with  another. 

Rom.  xii.  18.  If  it  be  possible,  as  much  aa 
lieth  in  you,  live  peaceably  with  all  men. 


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PEACE. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


xiv.  1 9.  Let  us  follow  after  the  things  which 
make  for  peace. 

1  Cor.  vii.  15.  God  hath  called  us  to  peace. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  11.  Live  in  peace,  and  the  God 
of  love  and  peace  shall  be  with  you. 

Eph.  iv.  3.  Keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in 
the  bond  of  peace. 

Col.  iii.  15.  Let  the  peace  of  God  rule  in 
.  your  hearts,  to  the  which  ye  are  called  in  one 
body,  and  be  ye  thankful. 

1  Thess.  v.  13.   Be  at  peace  among  your- 
selves. 

2  Tim.  ii.  22.    Follow  after  righteousness, 
faith,  charity,  peace,  with  them  that  calNon  the 
Lord  out  of  a  pure  heart. 

Heb.  xii.  14.  Follow  peace  with  all  men, 
and  holiness,  without  which  no  man  shall  see 
the  Lord. 

XXIV.  Motives  to  peace  among  Christians. 
John  xiv.  27.     Jesus  said,  Peace  I  leave  with 
you,  my  peace  I  give  unto  you.  Luke  xxiv.  36. 

Rom.  x.  15.  How  beautiful  are  the  feet  of 
them  that  preach  the  gospel  of  peace !  Isa. 
Iii.  7.  Nah.  i.  15.  Eph.  vi.  15. 

xiv.  17.  The  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat 
and  drink,  but  righteousness  and  peace,  and 
joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

xv.  33.  The  God  of  peace  be  with  you.  2 
Cor.  xiii.  11.  Phil.  iv.  9. 

xvi.  20.  The  God  of  peace  shall  bruise  Sa- 
tan under  your  feet. 

1  Cor.  xiv.  33.  God  is  not  the  author  of 
confusion,  but  of  peace. 

Eph.  vi.  15.  The  gospel  is  the  gospel  of  peace. 

I  Thess.  v.  23.  The  very  God  of  peace  sanc- 
tify you  wholly. 

Gal.  v.  22.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love, 
joy,  peace. 

Heb.  xiii.  20.  The  God  of  peace  make  you 
perfect. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  that  is  from 
above  is  first  pure,  then  peaceable,  gentle,  and 
easy  to  be  entreated. 

XXV.  Peace  prayed  for,  as  a  desirable 
gift  of  God.    Num.  vi.  26.  The  Lord  lift  up 
his   countenance  upon  thee,  and  give    thee 
peace. 

Ps.  cxxii.  6.  Pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusa- 
lem. Ver.  7,  8. 

Jer.  xxix.  7.  Seek  the  peace  of  the  city 
where  I  have  caused  you  to  be  carried  away 
captive,  and  pray  unto  the  Lord  for  it. 

Luke  x.  5,  6.  Jesus  said,  Into  whatsoever 
house  ye  enter,  first  say,  Peace  be  to  this 
house.  If  the  son  of  peace  be  there,  your 
peace  shall  rest  upon  it ;  if  not,  it  shall  turn  to 
you  again.  Matt.  x.  13. 

Rom.  i.  7.  Grace  to  you  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
lCor.i.3.  2  Cor.  i.  2.  Gal.i.  3.  Eph.i.2,&c. 


xv.  13.  The  God  of  hope  fill  you  with  joy 
and  peace  in  believing. 

Gal.  vi.  16.  As  many  as  walk  according  to 
this  rule,  peace  be  upon  them  and  mercy,  and 
upon  the  Israel  of  God. 

Eph.  vi.  23.  Peace  be  to  the  brethren,  and 
love  with  faith,  from  God  the  Father,  and  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Phil.  jv.  6,  7.  In  every  thing  by  prayer  and 
supplication,  with  thanksgiving,  let  your  re- 
quests be  made  known  unto  God.  And  the 
peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all  understand- 
ing, shall  keep  your  hearts  and  minds,  through 
Christ  Jesus. 

2  Thess.  iii.  1 6.  Now  the  Lord  of  peace  him- 
self give  you  peace  always,  by  all  means.  The 
Lord  be  with  you  all. 

1  Pet.  i.  2.  Grace    to   you,  and  peace  be 
multiplied.     2  Pet  i.  2. 

v.  14.  Peace  be  with  all  that  are  in  Christ 
Jesus.  Amen. 

Rev.  i.  4.  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace, 
from  him  which  is,  and  which  was,  and  which 
is  to  come,  and  from  the  seven  Spirits  which 
are  before  his  throne. 

XXVI.  Peace  the  gift  of  God ;  promises 
and  instances  thereof.     Lev.  xxvi.  3.  6.  If  ye 
will  walk  in  my  statutes,  I  will  give  peace  in 
your  land.     Isa.  xlviii.  18. 

2  Kings  xx.  19.  Hezekiah  said  unto  Isaiah, 
Good  is  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  thou  hast 
spoken.     And  he  said,  Is  it  not  good,  if  peace 
and  truth  be  in  my  days  ? 

1  Chron.  xxii.  9.  The  Lord  said,  I  will  give 
peace  and  quietness  unto  Israel  in  Solomon's 
days. 

Job  v.  23.  The  beasts  of  the  field  shall  be 
at  peace  with  thee. —  Ver.  24.  Thou  shalt 
know  that  thy  tabernacle  shall  be  in  peace. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  11.  The  meek  shall  inherit  the 
earth,  and  shall  delight  themselves  in  abun- 
dance of  peace. 

Iv.  1 8.  He  hath  delivered  my  soul  in  peace 
from  the  battle  that  was  against  me. 

Prov.  xvi.  7.  When  a  man's  ways  please 
the  Lord,  he  maketh  his  enemies  to  be  at  peace 
with  him. 

Isa.  xiv.  7.  I  form  light  and  create  darkness ; 
I  make  peace,  and  create  evil ;  I  the  Lord  do 
all  these  things.  Ch.  Ivii.  19. 

XXVII.  Peace  with  God  is  the  blessed  re- 
ward of  the  righteous  or  good  man.  Job  xxii. 
21.  Acquaint  now  thyself  with  God,  and  be  at 
peace. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  37.  Mark  the  perfect  man  and 
behold  the  upright :  for  the  end  of  that  man 
is  peace. 

cxix.  165.  Great  peace  have  they  that  love 
thy  law. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


UNITY— DESPISING  OTHERS. 


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Prov.  iii.  17.  Wisdom's  ways  are  ways  of 
pleasantness,  and  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

Isa.  xxvi.  3.  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect 
peace,  whose  mind  is  stayed  on  thee,  because 
he  trusteth  in  thee. 

xxvii.  5.  Let  him  take  hold  of  my  strength  ; 
that  he  may  make  peace  with  me,  and  he  shall 
make  peace  with  me. 

.  xxxii.  17.  The  work  of  righteousness  shall 
be  peace,  and  the  effect  of  righteousness  quiet- 
ness and  assurance  for  ever. 

Ivii.  2.  He  shall  enter  into  peace ;  they 
shall  rest  in  their  beds,  each  one  walking  in 
his  uprightness. 

Rom.  ii.  10.  Glory,  honour,  and  peace,  to 
every  one  that  worketh  good. 

viii.  6.  To  be  spiritually  minded  is  life  and 
peace. 

2  Pet.  iii.  14.  Be  diligent,  that  ye  may  be 
found  of  him  in  peace  without  spot  and  blame- 


XXVIII.  Peace  promised  to  the  Church  of 
God.  Ps.  xxix.  11.  The  Lord  will  bless  his 
people  with  peace.  Ps.  Ixxxv.  8.  10. 

Ixxii.  3.  The  mountains  shall  bring  peace  to 
the  people.  Ver.  7. 

cxxv.  5.  Peace  shall  be  upon  Israel.  Ps. 
cxxviii.  6. 

cxlvii.  14.  He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders. 
Job  xxv.  2.  He  maketh  peace  in  his  high 
places.  See  Ps.  xlvi. 

Isa.  ii.  4.  They  shall  beat  their  swords  into 
plough-shares,  and  their  spears  into  pruning 
hooks.  Nation  shall  not  lift  up  sword  against 
nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more. 

xi.  6.  The  wolf  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb, 
and  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the  kid, 
and  the  calf  and  the  young  lion,  and  the  fat- 
ling  together,  and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them. 
— Ver.  9.  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in 
all  my  holy  mountain.  Ver.  7,  8.  13. 

xxvi.  1 2.  Lord,  thou  wilt  ordain  peace  for  us. 

xxxii.  18.  My  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peace- 
able habitation,  and  in  sure  dwellings,  and  in 
quiet  resting-places. 

liv.  10.  The  mountains  shall  depart  and  the 
hills  be  removed,  but  my  kindness  shall  not 
depart  from  thee,  nor  my  covenant  of  peace 
be  removed. — Ver.  13.  All  thy  children  shall 
be  taught  of  God,  and  great  shall  be  the  peace 
of  thy  children. 

lv.  12.  Ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led 
forth  with  peace. 

Ix.  17.  I  will  make  thy  officers  peace,  and 
thine  exactors  righteousness. 

Ixvi.  12.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
extend  peace  to  her  like  a  river. 

Jer.xxxiii.  6.  I  will  reveal  unto  them  abun- 
dance of  peace  and  truth. 

Ezek.  xxxiv.  25.  I  will  make  with  them  a 


covenant  of  peace,  and  they  shall  dwell  safely. 
Ch.  xxxvii.  26. 

Hag.  ii.  9.  In  this  place  will  I  give  peace, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Zech.  vi.  13.  The  council  of  peace  shall  be 
between  them  both. 


UNITY. 

XXIX.  Unity.  Ps.  cxxxiii.  1.  Behold  how 
good  and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to 
dwell  together  in  unity. 

Amos  iii.  3.  Can  two  walk  together  ex- 
cept they  be  agreed  ] 

John  xvii.  20.  Jesus  said,  I  pray  for  those 
that  shall  believe  on  me. — Ver.  21.  That  they 
all  may  be  one.  Ver.  22, 23. 

Acts  iv.  32.  The  multitude  that  believed 
were  of  one  heart. 

Rom.  xv.  5.  Be  like-minded,  one  toward 
another. 

1  Cor.  i.  10.  Be  perfectly  joined  together  in 
the  same  mind,  and  in  the  same  judgment. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  11.  Be  of  one  mind. 

Gal.  v.  15.  If  ye  bite  and  devour  one  an- 
other, take  heed  that  ye  be  not  consumed  one 
of  another. 

Phil.  i.  27.  Let  us  stand  fast  in  one  Spirit. 


HONOUR. 

XXX.  Honouring  one  another.    Lev.  xix. 
32.   Thou  shalt  honour  the  face  of  the  old 
man. 

Ps.  xv.  4.  The  righteous  honoureth  them 
that  fear  the  Lord. 

Rom.  xii.  10.  Be  kindly  affectioned,  in  ho 
nour  preferring  one  another. 

xiii.  7.  Render  honour  to  whom  honour  is 
due. 

Phil.  ii.  3.  In  lowliness  of  mind  let  each  es- 
teem others  better  than  themselves. 

1  Tim.  v.  3.  Honour  widows  that  are  widows 
indeed. 

vi.  1.  Let  servants  count  their  masters  wor- 
thy of  all  honour. 

1  Pet.  ii.  17.  Honour  all  men.  Fear  God. 
Honour  the  king.  See  Luke  xiv.  8. 

DESPISING  OTHERS. 

XXXI.  Despising  others.     Prov.  xi.  12. 
He  that  is  void  of  wisdom  despiseth  his  neigh- 
bour. 

xiv.  21.  He  that  despiseth  his  neighbour  sin- 
neth. 

Luke  xviii.  9.  Jesus  spake  a  parable  to  cer- 
tain that  trusted  in  themselves  that  they  were 
righteous,  and  despised  others. 

1  Tim.  vi.  2.  Servants  that  have  believing 
masters,  let  them  not  despise  them. 


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STRIFE— OFFENCES. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


2  Tim.  iii.  1.  Perilous  times  shall  come. — 
Ver.  2,  3.  Men  shall  be  lovers  of  their  own- 
selves,  and  despisers  of  those  that  are  good. 

James  ii.  5,  6.  Hath  not  God  chosen  the 
poor  of  this  world,  rich  in  faith?  But  ye 
have  despised  the  poor. 

STRIFE. 

XXXII.  Strife  forbidden  to  the  godly,  and 
to  be  avoided  by  them.  Gen.  xiii.  8.  Abra- 
ham said  unto  Lot,  Let  there  be  no  strife,  I 
pray  thee,  between  thee  and  me,  for  we  be 
brethren.  Ver.  9. 

Prov.  ili.  30.  Strive  not  with  a  man  with- 
out cause,  if  he  have  done  thee  no  harm. 

xx.  3.  It  is  an  honour  for  a  man  to  cease 
from  strife,  but  every  fool  will  be  meddling. 

xxii.  10.  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  conten- 
tion shall  go  out;  yea,  strife  and  reproach 
shall  cease. 

xxv.  8.  Go  not  forth  hastily  to  strive,  lest 
thou  know  not  what  to  do  in  the  end  thereof. 

xxvi.  17.  He  that  passeth  by,  and  meddleth 
with  strife  belonging  not  to  him,  is  like  one 
that  taketh  a  dog  by  the  ears. 

Ver.  20.  Where  no  wood  is,  there  the  fire 
goeth  out :  so  where  there  is  no  tale-bearer, 
the  strife  ceaseth. 

Ver.  21.  As  coals  are  to  burning  coals,  and 
wood  to  fire,  so  is  a  contentious  man  to  kindle 
strife. 

Matt.  xii.  19.  My  servant  [Christ]  shall  not 
strive  nor  cry,  neither  shall  any  man  hear  his 
voice  in  the  streets.  Isa.  xlii.  2. 

Rom.  xiii.  13.  Let  us  walk  honestly,  as  in 
the  day — not  in  strife  and  envying, 

1  Cor.  iii.  3,  4.    Whereas  there  is  among 
you  envying  and  strife,  and  divisions,  are  ye 
not  carnal,  and  walk  as  men  ]     While  one 
saith,  I  am  of  Paul ;  and  another,  I  am  of 
Apollos ;  are  ye  not  carnal  1 

2  Cor.  xii.  20.  I  fear  lest  there  be  debates, 
envyinge,  wraths,  strifes,  backbitings,  whisper- 
ings, swellings,  tumults. 

Gal.  v.  20.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are, 
wrath,  strife. 

Phil.  ii.  3.  Let  nothing  be  done  through 
strife  or  vain-glory. 

1  Tim.  vi.  4.  Proud,  knowing  nothing,  but 
doting  about  strifes  of  words,  whereof  cometh 
envy,  strife,  railings,  evil  surmisings,  &c. 

2  Tim.  ii.  23,  24.    Foolish  and  unlearned 

r'stions  avoid ;  they  do  gender  strifes.    And 
servant  of  the  Lord  must  not  strive.    Ver. 
14.    Titus  iii.  9. 

Heb.  vi.  16.  An  oath  for  confirmation  [of 
truth]  is  an  end  of  strife. 

James  iii.  14 — 16.  If  ye  have  bitter  envy- 
ing and  strife  in  your  hearts,  glory  not,  and 
lie  not  against  the  truth.  This  wisdom  is 


earthly,  sensual,  devilish.  For  where  envy- 
ing and  strife  is,  there  is  confusion  and  every 
evil  work. 

FIGHTINGS. 

XXXIII.  Fightings,  quarrels.    Mark  vi 
18,  19.  John  said  to  Herod,  It  is  not  lawful 
for  thee  to  have  thy  brother's  wife.     There- 
fore Herodias  had  a  quarrel  against  him. 

2  Cor.  vii.  5.  Without  were  fightings,  with- 
in were  fears. 

Col.  iii.  13.  If  any  man  have  a  quarrel 
against  any,  even  as  Christ  forgave  you,  so 
do  ye. 

James  iv.  1.  From  whence  come  wars  and 
fightings  among  you  1  Come  they  not  hence, 
even  of  your  lusts,  that  war  in  your  members] 

DIVISIONS. 

XXXIV.  Divisions  forbidden.    Judg.  v. 
15.  For  the  divisions  of  Reuben  there  were 
great    thoughts  of    heart.— Ver.    16.    Great 
searchings  of  heart. 

Matt.  xii.  25.  Every  kingdom  divided 
against  itself  is  brought  to  desolation  ;  and 
every  city  or  house  divided  against  itself  shall 
not  stand. 

Rom.  xvi.  17.  Mark  them  which  cause  di- 
visions, and  avoid  them. 

1  Cor.  i.  10.  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren, 
by  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that 
ye  all  speak  the  same  thing,  and  that  there  be 
no  divisions  among  you  ;  but  that  ye  be  per- 
fectly joined  together  in  the  same  mind  and 
in  the  same  judgment. 

iii.  3.  Whereas  there  is  among  you  envying 
and  strife,  and  divisions,  are  ye  not  carnal, 
and  walk  as  men]  Ch.  xi.  18. 

xii.  25.  There  should  be  no  schism  in  the 
body ;  the  members  should  have  the  same 
care  one  for  another. 

OFFENCES. 

XXXV.  Offences  forbidden.    Isa.  xi.  13. 
Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 

Matt.  xvii.  25 — 27.  Jesus  said  to  Peter,  Of 
whom  do  the  kings  of  the  earth  take  custom 
or  tribute  1  of  their  own  children  or  of 
strangers  ?  Peter  said  unto  him,  Of  strangers. 
Jesus  saith  unto  him,  then  are  the  children 
free.  Notwithstanding,  lest  we  should  offend 
them,  go  thou  to  the  sea,  and  cast  a  hook,  and 
take  up  the  fish  that  first  cometh  up;  and 
when  thou  hast  opened  his  mouth,  thou  shall 
find  a  piece  of  money,  that  take,  and  give 
unto  them  for  me  and  thee. 

Acts  xxiv.  16.  Paul  said,  Herein  do  I  ex- 
ercise myself,  to  have  always  a  conscience 
void  of  offence  toward  God  and  toward  men. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


DOING  GOOD— EVIL— WRONG. 


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Rom.  xiv.  21.  It  is  good  neither  to  eat  flesh, 
nor  to  drink  wine,  nor  any  thing  whereby  thy 
brother  stumbleth,  or  is  offended,  or  is  made 
weak. 

1  Cor.  x.  32.  Give  none  offence,  neither  to 
the  Jews  nor  to  the  Gentiles,  nor  to  the  church 
of  God.  2  Cor.  vi.  3.  Giving  no  offence. 

Ver.  33.  Even  as  I  please  all  men  in  all 
things,  not  seeking  mine  own  profit,  but  the 
profit  of  many.  2  Cor.  xi.  29. 

Gal.  v.  26.  Let  us  not  be  desirous  of  vain- 
glory, provoking  one  another. 

Phil.  i.  10.  I  pray  that  ye  may  be  sincere, 
and  without  offence,  till  the  day  of  Christ. 

1  Thess.  iv.  11,  12.  We  beseech  you  that 
ye  study  to  be  quiet ;  that  ye  may  walk  ho- 
nestly toward  them  that  are  without. 

XXXVI.  Threats  against  offenders.  Matt, 
xiii.  41.  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  forth  his 
angels,  and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his  king- 
dom all  things  that  offend,  and  them  which  do 
iniquity,  and  cast  them  into  a  furnace  of  fire, 
&c.  Ver.  42. 

xviii.  6.  Whoso  shall  offend  one  of  these 
little  ones  which  believe  in  me,  it  were  better 
for  him  that  a  millstone  were  hanged  about  his 
neck,  and  that  he  were  drowned  in  the  depth 
of  the  sea. 

Ver.  7.  Woe  to  that  man  by  whom  the 
offence  cometh. 


DOING  GOOD. 

XXXVII.  Doing  good  to  others.  Ps. 
xxxvii.  3.  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good ; 
so  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily 
thou  shalt  be  fed. 

Eccl.  iii.  12.  Rejoice,  and  do  good. 

Amos  v.  15.  Hate  evil,  and  love  the  good. 

Mic.  iii.  2.  The  wicked  hate  the  good  and 
love  the  evil. 

Luke  vi.  31.  As  ye  would  that  men  should 
do  to  you,  do  ye  also  to  them  likewise. — Ver. 
33.  If  ye  do  good  to  them  which  do  good  to 
you,  what  thanks  have  ye  1  For  sinners  also 
do  even  the  same. 

Ver.  35.  Do  good  and  lend,  hoping  for 
nothing  again ;  and  your  reward  shall  be 
great,  and  ye  shall  be  the  children  of  the 
Highest;  for  he  is  kind  unto  the  unthankful 
and  the  evil. 

Gal.  vi.  9, 10.  Let  us  not  be  weary  in  well- 
doing. As  we  have  opportunity  let  us  do 
good  unto  all  men,  especially  to  them  who  are 
of  the  household  of  faith. 

Eph.  vi.  9.  Whatsoever  good  thing  any 
man  doeth,  the  same  shall  he  receive  of  the 
Lord,  whether  he  be  bond  or  free.  Col.  iii.  24. 

1  Thess.  v.  15.  See  that  none  render  evil 
for  evil  unto  any  man ;  but  ever  follow  that 


which  is  good,  both  among  yourselves  and  to 
all  men. 

1  Tim.  vi.  17,  18.  Charge  them  that  are 
rich,  that  they  do  good ;  that  they  be  rich  in 
good  works. 

Heb.  xiii.  16.  To  do  good  and  communi- 
cate forget  not,  for  with  such  sacrifices  God  is 
well-pleased. 

1  Pet.  iii.  13.    Who  is  he  that  will  harm 
you,  if  ye  be  followers  of  that  which  is  good  ] 

DOING  EVIL. 

XXXVIII.  Doing  evil.     2  Sam.   iii.  39. 
The  Lord  shall  reward  the  doer  of  evil  ac- 
cording to  his  wickedness. 

Job  viii.  20.  God  will  not  help  evil-doers. 

Ps.  xxvi.  5.  I  have  hated  the  congregation 
of  evil-doers. 

xxxiv.  14.  Depart  from  evil.  Isa.  i.  4.  16. 
1  Pet.  iii.  11. 

Ver.  16.  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against 
them  that  do  evil. 

Prov.  xxiv.  8.  He  that  deviseth  to  do  evil 
shall  be  called  a  mischievous  person. 

Isa.  xiv.  20.  The  seed  of  evil-doers  shall 
never  be  renowned. 

xxxi.  2.  The  Lord  will  arise  against  the 
house  of  evil-doers. 

John  iii.  20,  21.  Every  one  that  doeth  evil 
hateth  the  light.  He  that  doeth  truth  cometh 
to  the  light. 

Rom.  xiii.  4.  If  thou  do  that  which  is  evil, 
be  afraid  of  the  power.  1  Pet.  fi.  12.  14. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  7.  I  pray  to  God  that  ye  do  no 
evil. 

Phil.  iii.  2.  Beware  of  evil- workers. 

1  Thess.  v.  22.  Abstain  from  all  appearance 
of  evil. 

1  Pet.  iii.  12.  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against 
them  that  do  evil. 

iv.  15.  Let  none  of  you  suffer  as  an  evil- 
doer. 

3  John  11.  Follow  not  that  which  is  evil, 
but  that  which  is  good :  he  that  doeth  good  is 
of  God,  but  he  that  doeth  evil  hath  not  seen 
God. 

DOING  WRONG. 

XXXIX.  Doing  wrong.     Acts  vii.  26,  27. 
He  that  did  the  wrong,  thrust  Moses  away, 
saying,  Who  made  thee  a  ruler  and  a  judge 
over  us?     Exod.  ii.  13. 

1  Cor.  vi.  7,  8.  There  is  utterly  a  fault 
among  you,  because  ye  go  to  law  one  with 
another.  Why  do  ye  not  rather  take  wrong  ? 
why  do  ye  not  rather  suffer  yourselves  to  be 
defrauded  1  Nay,  ye  do  wrong,  and  defraud, 
and  that  your  brethren. 

Col.  iii.  25.  He  that  doeth  wrong  shall  re- 


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DOING  MISCHIEF— MERCY. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


BLAMELESS. 

XLII.  Blameless.  1  Cor.  i.  8.  God  shall 
confirm  you  unto  the  end,  that  ye  may  be 
blameless  in  the  day  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Eph.  i.  4.  God  hath  chosen  us  in  Christ, 
that  we  should  be  holy  and  without  blame  be- 
fore him  in  love. 

1  Thess.  v.  23.  The  very  God  of  peace 
sanctify  you  wholly:  and  I  pray  God  that 
your  whole  spirit,  and  soul,  and  body,  be  pre- 
served blameless  unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

1  Tim.  v.  7.  These  things  give  in  charge, 
that  they  may  be  blameless. 

2  Pet.  iii.  14.   Be  diligent,  that  ye  may  be 
found  of  him  without  spot,  and  blameless.  See 
Luke  i.  6. 


ceiye  for  the  wrong  that  he  doeth.     See  Jer.  I  sons  of  God  without  rebuke,  in  the  midst  of  a 
xxii.  3.  13.     2  Cor.  vii.  2.     1  Pet.  ii.  19.          j  crooked  and  perverse  nation,  among  whom  ye 

shine  as  lights  in  the  world. 

DOING  MISCHIEF. 

XL.  Doing  mischief,  the  character  of  the 
wicked.  Exod.  xxxii.  22.  Aaron  said,  The 
people  are  set  on  mischief. 

Job  xv.  35.  They  conceive  mischief,  and 
bring  forth  vanity. 

Ps.  xxvi.  10.  In  their  hands  is  mischief. 

xxviii.  3.  They  speak  peace  to  their  neigh- 
bours, but  mischief  is  in  their  hearts. 

xxxvi.4.  The  wicked  deviseth  mischief  upon 
his  bed :  he  setteth  himself  in  a  way  that  is 
not  good,  he  abhorreth  not  evil. 

xxxviii.  12.  They  that  seek  my  hurt,  speak 
mischievous  things,  and  imagine  deceits  all  the 
day  long. 

Iv.  10.  Mischief  and  sorrow  are  in  the  midst 
of  the  wicked. 

Prov.  iv.  16.  The  wicked  sleep  not,  except 
they  have  done  mischief. 

vi.  14.  A  wicked  man  deviseth  mischief 
continually. 

x.  23.  It  is  as  sport  to  a  fool  to  do  mischief. 

xvii.  20.  He  that  hath  &  perverse  tongue 
falleth  into  mischief.  Ch.  xiii.  17.— xxiv.  2. 
8.  16. — xxviii.  14. 

Eccl.  x.  13.  The  end  of  a  fool's  talk,  is  mis- 
chievous madness. 

Isa.  lix.  4.  They  conceive  mischief,  and 
bring  forth  iniquity.  See  Ezek.  xi.  2.  Dan. 
xi.  27.  Mic.  vii.  3.  Acts  xiii.  10. 

Threats.  Ps.  vii.  14.  The  wicked  hath 
conceived  mischief,  and  brought  forth  false- 
hood.— Ver.  16.  His  mischief  shall  return 
upon  his  own  head. 

x.  14.  Thou  beholdest  mischief  and  spite  to 
requite  it 

xxi.  11,  12.  They  imagined  a  mischievous 
device  against  me :  Therefore  shall  thou  make 
them  turn  their  back. 

ML  2.  Thy  tongue  deviseth  mischief:  God 
shall  destroy  thee.  Ver.  5.  Ps.  Ixii.  3. 

xciv.  20.  Shall  the  throne  of  iniquity  have 
fellowship  with  thee,  which  frameth  mischief 
by  a  law  ] 

cxl.  1,2.  Deliver  me  from  the  evil  man; 
which  imagine  mischief  in  their  heart.  Ver.  9. 
Let  the  mischief  of  their  own  lips  cover  them. 

Prov.xi.  27.  He  that  diligently  seeketh  good 
procureth  favour:  but  he  that  seeketh  mis- 
chief it  shall  come  unto  him. 


HARMLESS. 

XLI.  Of  being  harmless.  Mattx.  16.  Be 
wise  as  serpents,  and  harmless  as  doves.  Rom. 
xvi.  19. 

Phil.  ii.  15.  Be  blameless  and  harmless,  the 


MERCY. 

XLIII.  Promises  to  the  merciful  Ps. 
xviii.  25.  With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  merciful. 

xxxvii.  21.  The  righteous  sheweth  mercy. 
Ver.  26.  He  is  ever  merciful. 

Prov.  iii.  3.  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  forsake 
thee ;  bind  them  about  thy  neck,  write  them 
upon  the  table  of  thine  heart. 

xi.  17.  The  merciful  man  doth  good  to  his 
own  soul ;  but  he  that  is  cruel  troubleth  his 
own  flesh. 

xvi.  6.  By  mercy  and  truth  iniquity  is 
purged. 

xxi.  21.  He  that  followeth  after  righteous- 
ness and  mercy,  findeth  life,  righteousness  and 
honour. 

Dan.  iv.  27.  Break  off  thy  sins  by  right- 
eousness, and  thine  iniquities  by  shewing 
mercy. 

Hos.  vi.  6.  I  desired  mercy  and  not  sacri- 
fice, and  the  knowledge  of  God  more  than 
burnt  offerings.  Matt.  ix.  13. — xii.  7. 

xii.  6.  Keep  mercy  and  judgment. 

Mic.  vi.  8.  What  doth  the  Lord  require  of 
thee,  but  to  do  justly  and  love  mercy,  and  to 
walk  humbly  with  thy  God  ? 

Zech.  vii.  9.  Thus  spake  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
saying,  Execute  true  judgment,  and  shew 
mercy  and  compassions  every  one  to  his  brother. 

Matt.  v.  7.  Blessed  are  the  merciful,  for 
they  shall  obtain  mercy. 

Luke  vi.  36.  Be  ye  merciful,  as  your  Father 
is  merciful. 

Rom.  xii.  8.  He  that  sheweth  mercy  let 
him  do  it  with  cheerfulness. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


UNMERCIFUL — WICKED. 


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Phil.  ii.  1.  If  there  are  any  bowels  and 
mercies,  fulfil  ye  my  joy.  Ver.  2. 

Col.  iii.  12.  Put  on  (as  the  elect  of  God, 
holy  and  beloved)  bowels  of  mercies. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  that  is  from 
above  is  full  of  mercy. 

UNMERCIFUL. 

XLIV.  Unmerciful.  Threats.  Ps.  cix. 
12.  Let  there  be  none  to  extend  mercy  unto 
him. — Ver.  16.  Because  he  remembered  not 
to  shew  mercy. 

Hos.  iv.  1.  The  Lord  hath  a  controversy 
with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  because  there 
is  no  truth,  nor  mercy,  nor  knowledge  of  God 
in  the  land. 

Matt,  xxiii.  23.  Woe  to  you,  ye  have  omitted 
the  weightier  matters  of  the  law,  judgment, 
mercy,  and  faith. 

Rom.  i.  28,  29.  The  reprobate  mind  is  filled 
with  all  unrighteousness,  implacable,  unmerci- 
ful. Ver.  31. 

James  ii.  13.  He  shall  have  judgment  with- 
out mercy,  that  shewed  no  mercy.  Matt.  vii.  2. 

COMPASSION  AND  PITY. 

XLV.  Compassion  and  pity.  Zech.  vii.  9. 
Thus  spake  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying,  Execute 
true  judgment,  and  shew  mercy  and  compas- 
sions every  man  to  his  brother. 

Matt,  xviii.  33.  Shouldest  thou  not  have  had 
compassion  on  thy  fellow-servant,  even  as  I 
had  pity  on  thee. 

Luke  x.  33.  A  Samaritan  had  compassion 
on  him  that  fell  among  thieves. — Ver.  37. 
Jesus  said,  Go  thou  and  do  likewise. 

1  Pet  iii.  8.  Brethren,  be  all  of  one  mind, 
having  compassion  one  of  another. 

1  John  iii.  17.  Whoso  hath  this  world's 
good ;  and  seeth  his  brother  have  need,  and 
shutteth  up  his  bowels  of  compassion  from 
him,  how  dwelleth  the  love  of  God  in  him  ? 
See  Heb.  xiii.  3.— x.  32,  33,  34.  Phil.  iv.  14. 
Job  xxx.  25.  Ps.  xxxv.  13,  14. 

Rom.  xii.  15.  Rejoice  with  them  that  do 
rejoice,  and  weep  with  them  that  weep. 

Gal.  vi.  2.  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens, 
and  so  fulfil  the  law  of  Christ. 

Job  vi.  14.  To  the  afflicted  pity  should  be 
shewed. 

xix.  21.  Have  pity  upon  me,  0  ye  my 
friends,  for  the  hand  of  God  hath  touched  rne. 

1  Pet.  iii.  8.  Be  pitiful,  be  courteous.  Eph. 
iv.  32. 

Matt.  xxv.  34  to  46.  See  Christ's  sentences, 
at  the  last  day,  to  the  compassionate  and  un- 
com passionate.  Amos  i.  11. 

See  persons  not  to  be  pitied,  Deut.  vii.  16. 
—xiii.  S.— xix.  13.  21.     Ezek.  ix.  5,  6. 
31 


CRUELTY  OF  THE  WICKED. 

XL  VI.  Cruelly  of  the  wicked.  Gen.  xlix. 
5.  Instruments  of  cruelty  are  in  their  habita- 
tions. Ver.  7. 

Deut.  xx xii.  33.  Their  wine  is  the  poison  of 
dragons,  and  the  cruel  venom  of  asps. 

Prov.  xii.  10.  The  tender  mercies  of  the 
wicked  are  cruel. 

Ps.  Ixxiv.  20.  Earth's  dark  places  are  full 
of  the  habitations  of  cruelty. 

Lam.  iv.  3.  The  daughter  of  my  people  is 
become  cruel. 

Prayers.  Ps.  Ixxi.  4.  Deliver  me,  O  my 
God,  out  of  the  hand  of  the  wicked,  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  unrighteous  and  cruel  man.  Ps. 
xxv.  19. — xx  vii.  12. 

Threats.  Zech.  i.  15.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
I  am  very  sore  displeased  with  the  heathen, 
that  are  at  ease,  for  I  was  but  a  little  displeased, 
and  they  helped  forward  the  affliction.  Amos 
i.  11.  Obad.  i.  15.  Gen.  xiii.  21.  Amos  vi. 
1.  3.  6.  Isa.  xlvii.  6.  Judg.  ix.  24.  Ezek. 
xviii.  18. — xxxiv.  4. 


FORGIVENESS. 

XLVII.  Forgiveness.  Matt.  vi.  9.  After 
this  manner  pray  ye  :  Our  Father  which  art 
in  heaven. — Ver.  12.  Forgive  us  our  debts, 
as  we  forgive  our  debtors. 

Ver.  14,  15.  If  ye  forgive  men  their  tres- 
passes, your  heavenly  Father  will  also  forgive 
you.  But  if  ye  forgive  not  men  their  tres- 
passes, neither  will  your  Father  forgive  you 
your  trespasses. 

xviii.  15.  If  thy  brother  shall  trespass  against 
thee,  go  and  tell  him  his  fault  between  thee 
and  him  alone ;  if  he  shall  hear  thee,  thou 
hast  gained  thy  brother. 

Ver.  21,  22.  Peter  said,  How  oft  shall  my 
brother  offend  and  I  forgive  him  ]  till  seven 
times  1  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  say  not  unto 
thee,  till  seven  times,  but  until  seventy  times 
seven. 

Ver.  27.  The  Lord  of  that  servant  [who 
could  not  pay]  forgave  him  the  debt. 

Ver.  35.  So  likewise  shall  my  heavenly  Fa- 
ther do  also  to  you,  if  ye  from  your  hearts  for- 
give not  every  one  his  brother  their  trespasses. 

Mark  xi.  25,  26.  When  ye  stand  praying, 
forgive,  if  ye  have  aught  against  any,  that 
your  Father  also  which  is  in  heaven  may  for 
give  you  your  trespasses.  But  if  ye  do  not 
forgive,  neither  will  your  Father  which  is  in 
heaven  forgive  your  trespasses. 

Luke  vi.  37,  38.  Forgive  and  ye  shall  be 
forgiven.  For  with  what  measure  ye  mete,  it 
shall  be  measured  to  you  again. 

xvii.  3, 4.  Take  heed  to  yourselves  :  If  thy 
brother  trespass  against  thee,  rebuke  him  j  and 


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REVENGE — GOOD  COUNSEL. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


if  he  repent,  forgive  him.  And  if  he  trespass 
against  thee  seven  times  in  a  day,  and  seven 
times  in  a  day  turn  again  to  thee,  saying,  I  re- 
pent, thou  shalt  forgive  him. 

Eph.  iv.  32.  Be  ye  kind  one  to  another,  ten- 
der-hearted, forgiving  one  another;  even  as 
God  for  Christ's  sake  hath  forgiven  you. 

Col.  iii.  12, 13.  Put  on  (as  the  elect  of  God, 
holy  and  beloved)  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness, 
humbleness  of  mind,  meekness,  long-suffering; 
forbearing  one  another,  and  forgiving  one  an- 
other, if  any  man  have  a  quarrel  against  any ; 
even  as  Christ  forgave  you,  so  do  ye.  See 
2  Cor.  ii.  7.  10.  Gal.  vi.  1. 

REVENGE. 

XL VIII.  Revenge.  Lev.  xix.  18.  Thou 
shall  not  avenge  nor  bear  any  grudge  against 
the  children  of  thy  people. 

Prov.  xx.  22.  Say  not  thou,  I  will  recom- 
pense evil. 

xxiv.  29.  Say  not,  I  will  do  to  him  as  he 
hath  done  to  me ;  I  will  render  to  the  man 
according  to  his  work.  1  Thess.  v.  15.  1  Pet. 
iii.  9. 

xii.  20.  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them  that 
imagine  evil. 

Zech.  vii.  10.  Let  none  of  you  imagine  evil 
against  his  brother  in  your  heart.  Ch.  viii.  17. 

Rom.  xii.  19,  20.  Dearly  beloved,  avenge 
not  yourselves,  but  rather  give  place  to  wrath ; 
for  it  is  written,  Vengeance  is  mine,  I  will  re- 
pay, saith  the  Lord.  Therefore,  if  thine  enemy 
hunger,  feed  him ;  if  he  thirst,  give  him  drink  ; 
for  in  so  doing,  thou  shalt  heap  coals  of  fire  on 
his  head. 

Ver.  21.  Be  not  overcome  of  evil,  but  over- 
come evil  with  good. 

Prayers  and  complaints.  Ps.  cxl.  1,2.  De- 
liver me,  O  Lord,  from  the  evil  men,  which 
imagine  mischief  in  their  heart.  Hos.  vii.  15. 
Lam.  iii.  60.  Ps.  x.  2. — xxi.  10,  11.  See 
revenge  punished,  Ezek.  xxv.  12  to  17. 

GOOD  COUNSEL. 

XLIX.  The  duty  of  giving  and  receiving 
good  counsel.  Ps.  Iv.  14.  We  took  sweet 
counsel  together,  and  walked  to  the  house  of 
God  in  company. 

Prov.  i.  5.  A  wise  man  will  hear  and  will 
increase  learning ;  and  a  man  of  understand- 
ing will  attain  unto  wise  counsels. 

xi.  14.  Where  no  counsel  is,  the  people  fall ; 
but  in  the  multitude  of  counsellors  there  is 
safety.  Ch.  xv.  22. — xx.  18. — xxiv.  6. 

xii.  5.  He  that  hearkeneth  to  counsel  is 
wise. 

xiii.  10.  With  the  well-advised  is  wisdom. 

xix.  20.  Hear  counsel  and  receive  instruc- 


tion, that  thou  mayest  be  wise  in  thy  latter 
end. 

xxvii.  9.  Ointment  and  perfume  rejoice  the 
heart ;  so  doth  the  sweetness  of  a  man's  friend 
by  hearty  counsel. 

Instances  of  good  counsel  received.  By  Mo- 
ses, Exod.  xviii.  19. — By  Bathsheba,  1  Kings 

1.  12. — By  the  king  of  Israel,  2  Kings  vi.  9, 10. 
— By  the  king  of  Judah,  2  Chron.  xxx.  2,  23. 
— By  the  princes  of  Judah,  Ezra  x.  3.  8. 

L.  Rejecting  evil  counsel ,-  the  duty  and 
safety  thereof.  Ps.  i.  1.  Blessed  is  the  man 
that  walketh  not  in  the  counsel  of  the  ungodly. 
Job  xxi.  16.— xxii.  18. 

Prov.  i.  10.  If  sinners  entice  thee,  consent 
thou  not. 

xii.  5.  The  counsels  of  the  wicked  are  de- 
ceit 

xix.  27.  Cease  to  hear  the  instruction  that 
causeth  to  err  from  the  words  of  knowledge. 

Followers  of  evil  counsel  punished.  In- 
stances thereof.  Those  who  followed  the 
counsel  of  Balaam,  Numb.  xxxi.  16. — Reho- 
boam  for  following  the  counsel  of  the  young 
men,  1  Kings  xii.  8,  14. — Ahaziah  for  follow- 
ing the  evil  counsel  of  his  mother,  2  Chron. 
xxii.  3,  4,  5. 

LI.  Mutual  obligations  to  giving  and  re- 
ceiving instruction  from  one  another.  Prov. 
iv.  13.  Take  fast  hold  of  instruction;  let  her 
not  go  :  keep  her,  for  she  is  thy  life.  Ch.  i. 

2,  3,— v.  1.— vi.  23. 

viii.  10.  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not 
silver ;  and  knowledge  rather  than  choice  gold. 
— Ver.  33.  Hear  instruction  and  be  wise,  and 
refuse  it  not. 

ix.  9.  Give  instruction  to  a  wise  man,  and 
he  will  be  yet  wiser ;  teach  a  just  man,  and 
he  will  increase  in  learning. 

x.  17.  He  is  in  the  way  of  life  that  keepeth 
instruction ;  but  he  that  refuseth  reproof  erreth. 

xii.  1.  Whoso  loveth  instruction  loveth 
knowledge;  but  he  that  hateth  reproof  is 
brutish. 

xv.  32.  He  that  refuseth  instruction  de- 
spiseth  his  own  soul;  but  he  that  heareth 
reproof  getteth  understanding. 

xix.  20.  Hear  counsel  and  receive  instruc- 
tion, that  thou  mayest  be  wise  in  thy  latter  end. 

Ver.  27.  Cease,  my  son,  to  hear  the  instruc- 
tion that  causeth  to  err  from  the  words  of 
knowledge. 

xxi.  11.  When  a  scorner  is  punished  the 
simple  is  made  wise,  but  when  the  wise  is  in- 
structed he  receiveth  knowledge. 

xxiii.  12.  Apply  thy  heart  unto  instruction, 
and  thine  ears  to  the  words  of  knowledge. — 
Ver.  23.  Buy  the  truth  and  sell  it  not;  also, 
wisdom,  and  instruction,  and  understanding. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


GOOD  COUNSEL. 


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Job  iv.  3.  Thou  hast  instructed  many,  and 
hast  strengthened  the  weak  hands. 

Dan.  xi.  33.  They  that  understand  among 
the  people  shall  instruct  many.  See  Prov.  i. 
2,3. 

LII.  Of  refusing  instruction.  Prov.  i.  7. 
Fools  despise  wisdom  and  instruction.  Ch. 
xv.  5. 

v.  23.  The  wicked  shall  die  without  in- 
struction, and  in  the  greatness  of  his  folly  he 
shall  go  astray.  Ver.  12,  13. 

xiii.  18.  Poverty  and  shame  shall  be  to  him 
that  refuseth  instruction,  but  he  that  regardeth 
reproof  shall  be  honoured. 

xvi.  22.  Understanding  is  a  well-spring  of 
life  to  him  that  hath  it,  but  the  instruction  of 
fools  is  folly.  See  Heb.  v.  12. 

LIII.  To  edify  one  another.  Rom.  xiv.  19. 
Let  us  follow  after  the  things  which  make  for 
peace,  and  things  wherewith  one  may  edify 
another. 

xv.  2.  Let  every  one  please  his  neighbour 
for  his  good  to  edification. 

1  Cor.  viii.  1.     Charity  edifieth. 

xiv.  26.  Let  all  things  be  done  to  edifying. 

Eph.  iv.  29.  Let  no  corrupt  communication 
proceed  out  of  your  mouth,  but  that  which  is 
good  to  the  use  of  edifying,  that  it  may  minis- 
ter grace  to  the  hearers. 

1  Thess.  v.  1 1.  Comfort  yourselves  together, 
and  edify  one  another.  See  Eph.  iv.  16.  1 
Cor.  x.  23.— xiv.  3,  12. 

LIV.  To  exhort  one  another.  Heb.  iii.  13. 
Exhort  one  another  daily,  while  it  is  called 
To-day,  lest  any  of  you  be  hardened  through 
the  deceitfulness  of  sin. 

x.  24.  Let  us  consider  one  another,  to  pro- 
voke to  love  and  to  good  works. — Ver.  25. 
Exhorting  one  another. 

LV.  To  warn  one  another.  I  Thess.  v.  14. 
Warn  them  that  are  unruly,  comfort  the  feeble- 
minded, support  the  weak,  be  patient  toward 
all  men. 

LVI.  To  admonish  one  another.  Eccl.  iv. 
13.  Better  is  a  poor  and  wise  child,  than  an 
old  and  foolish  king,  that  will  no  more  be  ad- 
monished. 

xii.  11,  12.  The  words  of  the  wise  are  as 
goads,  and  as  nails  fixed  by  the  masters  of 
assemblies.  By  these,  my  son,  be  thou  ad- 
monished. 

Rom.  xv.  14.  I  myself  am  persuaded  of 
you,  my  brethren,  that  ye  are  full  of  goodness, 
filled  with  all  knowledge,  able  also  to  ad- 
monish one  another. 

Col.  iii.  16.  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell 
in  you,  in  all  wisdom,  teaching  and  admonish- 
ing one  another. 


2  Thess.  iii.  14,  lo.  If  any  man  obey  not  our 
word  by  this  epistle,  note  that  man,  and  have 
no  company  with  him,  that  he  may  be 
ashamed.  Yet  count  him  not  as  an  enemy, 
but  admonish  him  as  a  brother. 

LVII.  To  rebuke  one  another,  and  to 
hearken  to  rebuke.  Lev.  xix.  17.  Thou  shall 
in  any  wise  rebuke  thy  neighbour,  and  not 
suffer  sin  upon  him. 

Prov.  xxviii.  23.  He  that  rebuketh  a  man, 
afterwards  shall  find  more  favour  than  he  that 
flattereth  with  the  tongue.  Ch.  xxvii.  5. 

xxiv.  25.  To  them  that  rebuke  the  wicked 
shall  be  delight,  and  a  good  blessing  shall 
come  upon  them. 

Mark  viii.  33.  Jesus  rebuked  Peter.  Luke 
xxiii.  40.  One  of  the  malefactors  rebuked  the 
other. 

1  Tim.  v.  20.  Them  that  sin  rebuke  before 
all,  that  others  may  fear. 

LVIII.  Of  not  giving  and  receiving  re- 
buke. Prov.  ix.  7,  8.  He  that  reproveth  a 
scorner  getteth  to  himself  shame,  and  he  that 
rebuketh  a  wicked  man  getteth  to  himself  a 
blot.  Reprove  not  a  scorner,  lest  he  hate  thee ; 
rebuke  a  wise  man,  and  he  will  love  thee. 

xiii.  1.  A  scorner  heareth  not  rebuke. 

Amos  v.  10.  The  wicked  hate  him  that  re- 
buketh in  the  gate,  and  they  abhor  him  that 
speakelh  uprightly. 

Matt.  vii.  6.  Give  not  that  which  is  holy 
unto  the  dogs,  neither  cast  ye  your  pearls  be- 
fore swine ;  lest  they  trample  them  under  their 
feet,  and  turn  again  and  rend  you. 

1  Tim.  v.  1.  Rebuke  not  an  elder,  but  en- 
treat him  as  a  father. 

LIX.  To  reprove  one  another.  Ps.  cxli.  5 
Let  the  righteous  smite  me,  it  shall  be  a  kind- 
ness ;  and  let  him  reprove  me,  it  shall  be  an 
excellent  oil,  which  shall  not  break  my  head. 
Prov.  xxvii.  6. 

Prov.  vi.  23.  Reproofs  of  instruction  are 
the  way  of  life. 

xiii.  18.  He  that  regardeth  reproof  shall  be 
honoured. 

xv.  5.  He  that  regardeth  reproof  is  prudent. 

Ver.  31,  32.  The  ear  that  heareth  the  re- 
proof of  life,  abideth  among  the  w^e.  He 
that  heareth  reproof  getteth  understanding. 

xvii.  10.  A  reproof  entereth  more  into  a 
wise  man,  than  a  hundred  stripes  into  a  fool. 

xix.  25.  Reprove  one  that  hath  understand- 
ing, and  he  will  understand  knowledge. 

xxv.  12.  As  an  ear-ring  of  gold,  and  an  or- 
nament of  fine  gold,  so  is  a  wise  reprover  on 
an  obedient  ear. 

Eph.  v.  11.  Have  no  fellowship  with  the 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  but  rather  re- 


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CHAP.  XVI. 


prove  them. — Ver.  13.  All  things  that  are  re- 
proved, are  made  manifest  by  the  light. 

LX.  Of  not  hearkening  to  reproof  .  Prov. 
x.  17.  He  is  in  the  way  of  life  that  keepeth 
instruction,  but  he  that  refuseth  reproof  erreth. 

xii.  1.  Whoso  loveth  instruction  loveth 
knowledge,  but  he  that  hateth  reproof  is 
brutish. 

xv.  10.  Correction  is  grievous  to  him  that 
forsaketh  the  way,  and  he  that  hateth  reproof 
shall  die. — Ver.  12.  A  scorner  loveth  not  one 
that  reproveth  him,  neither  will  he  go  unto 
the  wise. 

xxix.  1.  He  that  being  often  reproved, 
hardeneth  his  neck,  shall  suddenly  be  destroy- 
ed, and  that  without  remedy. 

Isa.  xxix.  20, 21.  The  terrible  one  is  brought 
to  naught,  and  the  scorner  is  consumed,  and 
all  that  watch  for  iniquity  are  cut  off:  that 
make  a  man  an  offender  for  a  word,  and  lay  a 
snare  for  him  that  reproveth  in  the  gate,  and 
turn  aside  the  just  for  a  thing  of  naught. 

Hos.  iv.  4.  Let  no  man  strive,  nor  reprove 
another ;  for  thy  people  are  as  they  that  strive 
with  the  priest. 

Luke  iii.  19,  20.  Herod  being  reproved  by 
John,  for  Herodias'  sake,  his  brother  Philip's 
wife,  and  for  all  the  evils  he  had  done,  shut 
up  John  in  prison. 

John  iii.  20.  Every  one  that  doeth  evil 
hateth  the  light ;  neither  cometh  to  the  light, 
lest  his  deeds  should  be  reproved. 

LXI.  Gentleness,  Gal.  v.  22.  The  fruit  of 
the  Spirit  is  gentleness,  goodness. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  from  above  is 
pure,  peaceable,  gentle,  &c. 

Examples.  Isa.  xl.  11.  Christ  will  gently 
lead  those  that  are  with  young. 

2  Cor.  x.  1.  I  beseech  you  by  the  gentle- 
ness of  Christ. 

1  Thess.  ii.  7.    We   [the  apostles]   were 
gentle  among  you. 

2  Tim.  ii.  24.    The  servant  of  the   Lord 
must  be  gentle.    Tit.  iii.  2. 

KINDNESS. 

LXII.  To  show  kindness  commanded. 
Rom.  xii.  10.  Be  kindly  affectioned  one  to 
another. 

1  Cdt.  xiii.  4.   Charity  suffereth  long,  am 
n  kind. 

2  Cor.  vi.  4.    Approving  ourselves  as  the 
Blisters  of  God. — Ver.  6.  By  pureness,  by 
kindness,  &c. 

Eph.  iv.  32.  Be  ye  kind  one  to  another 
tender-hearted. 

Col.  iii.  12.  Put  on,  as  the  elect  of  God 
holy  and  beloved,  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness 
humbleness  of  mind,  meekness,  &c. 


2  Pet.  i.  7.  Add  to  godliness  brotherly  kind- 
ess. 

LXIII.  To  give  comfort.  Job  xxix.  25. 
ob  said,  I  sat  as  one  that  comforteth  the 
mourners. 

Isa.  xl.  1.  Comfort  ye,  comfort  ye,  my  peo- 
)le,  saith  your  God. 

2  Cor.  i.  4.  God  comforteth  us,  that  we 
may  be  able  to  comfort  them  that  are  in 
rouble. 

ii.  7.  Ye  ought  to  forgive  and  comfort  him, 
the*  offender,]  lest  perhaps  such  a  one  should 
>e  swallowed  up  of  too  much  sorrow. 

1  Thess.  iv.  18.  Comfort  one  another. 

v.  11.  Comfort  yourselves  together. 

Ver.  14.  Comfort  the  feeble-minded. 

Instances  of  comfort.  Shewn  by  Joseph, 
Gen.  1.  21. — By  Job's  friends,  Job  ii.  11  — 
xlii.  11. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

LXIV.  Friendship,  and  faithfulness  there- 
in. Job  xix.  21.  Have  pity  upon  me,  O  ye 
my  friends,  for  the  hand  of  God  hath  touched 
me.  Ch.  vi.  14. 

Prov.  vi.  3.  Make  sure  thy  friend. 

xvii.  17.  A  friend  loveth  at  all  times;  and 
a  brother  is  born  for  adversity. 

xviii.  24.  A  man  that  hath  friends,  must  shew 
himself  friendly;  and  there  is  a  friend  that 
sticketh  closer  than  a  brother. 

xx.  6.  Most  men  will  proclaim  every  one 
his  own  goodness ;  but  a  faithful  man  who 
can  find  ? 

xxvii.  9.  Ointment  and  perfume  rejoice  the 
heart ;  so  doth  the  sweetness  of  a  man's 
friend,  by  hearty  counsel. 

Ver.  10.  Thine  own  friend  and  thy  father's 
friend  forsake  not,  neither  go  into  thy  brother's 
house  in  the  day  of  thy  calamity ;  for  better 
is  a  neighbour  that  is  near,  than  a  brother 
far  off. 

Ver.  17.  Iron  sharpeneth  iron ;  so  a  man 
sharpeneth  the  countenance  of  his  friend. 

John  xv.  13.  Greater  love  hath  no  man 
than  this,  that  a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  his 
friends.  1  John  iii.  16.  Acts  xv.  26. 

LXV.  Unfaithfulness  in  friend-ship.  Job 
vi.  14.  To  him  that  is  afflicted,  pity  should  be 
shewed  from  his  friend  ;  but  he  forsaketh  the 
fear  of  the  Almighty. — Ver.  27.  Yea,  ye 
overwhelm  the  fatherless,  and  ye  dig  a  pit  for 
your  friend.  Ch.  xvi.  2. — xxi.  34. 

xvi.  20.  My  friends  scorn  me,  but  mine  eye 
poureth  out  tears  unto  God. 

xvii.  5.  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  his 
friends,  even  the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

xix.  14.  My  kinsfolk  have  failed,  and  my 
familiar  friends  have  forgotten  me. — Ver.  19. 


CHAP.  XVI. 


FORBEARANCE. 


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All  my  friends  abhorred  me,  and  they  whom 
I  loved  are  turned  against  me. 

Ps.  xxxviii.  11.  My  lovers  and  my  friends 
stand  aloof  from  my  sore,  and  my  kinsmen 
stand  afar  off. 

xli.  9.  Mine  own  familiar  friend  in  whom  I 
trusted,  which  did  eat  of  my  bread,  hath  lifted 
up  his  heel  against  me. 

Iv.  12 — 14.  If  it  was  an  enemy  that  re- 
proached me,  then  I  could  have  borne  it.  But 
it  was  thou,  a  man,  mine  equal,  my  guide  and 
mine  aojuaintance.  We  took  sweet  counsel 
together,  and  walked  to  the  house  of  God  in 
company. 

Ixix.  20.  I  looked  for  comforters,  but  I  found 
none. 

Ixxxviii.  18.  Lover  and  friend  thou  hast  put 
far  from  me. 

Prov.  xiv.  20.  The  poor  is  hated  even  of 
his  own  neighbour,  but  the  rich  hath  many 
friends. 

xix.  4.  Wealth  maketh  many  friends,  but 
the  poor  is  separated  from  his  neighbour. 
Ver.  6,  7. 

xxii.  24.  Make  no  friendship  with  an  angry 
man. 

xxv.  19.  Confidence  in  an  unfaithful  man 
in  time  of  trouble,  is  like  a  broken  tooth  and 
a  foot  out  of  joint. 

xxvii.  14.  He  that  hlesseth  his  friend  with 
a  loud  voice,  rising  early  in  the  morning,  it 
shall  be  counted  a  curse  to  him. 

Lam.  i.  2.  All  her  friends  have  dealt  trea- 
cherously with  her. 

Mic.  vii.  5.  Trust  ye  not  in  a  friend,  put  ye 
not  confidence  in  a  guide. 

Zech.  xiii.  6.  I  was  wounded  in  the  house 
of  my  friends. 

Of  bearing  with  one  another's  weaknesses 
in  matters  of  religion.  Rom.  xiv.  1.  Him 
that  is  weak  in  the  faith  receive  ye,  but  not  to 
doubtful  disputations. 

xv.  1 .  We  then  that  are  strong  ought  to  bear 
the  infirmities  of  the  weak,  and  not  to  please 
ourselves. 

1  Cor.  xiii.  7.  Charity  beareth  all  things, 
endureth  all  things. 

Gal.  vi.  1,  2.  Brethren,  if  a  man  be  over- 
taken in  a  fault,  ye  which  are  spiritual,  restore 
such  a  one  in  the  spirit  of  meekness ;  con- 
sidering thyself,  lest  thou  also  be  tempted. 
Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfil 
the  law  of  Christ. 

FORBEARANCE. 

LXVI.  Forbearance.  Forbearing  to  judge 
one  another  on  account  of  differences.  Isa.  Ixv. 
2.  5.  A  rebellious  people,  which  walketh  in  a 
way  not  good,  after  their  own  thoughts ;  which 
say,  Stand  by  thyself,  come  not  near  to  me,  for 


I  am  holier  than  thou :  these  are  a  smoke  i$ 
my  nose. 

Ixvi.  5.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye 
that  tremble  at  his  word.  Your  brethren  that 
hated  you,  that  cast  you  out  for  my  name's  sake, 
said,  Let  the  Lord  be  glorified ;  but  he  shall 
appear  to  your  joy,  and  they  shall  be  ashamed. 
Compare  Matt.  v.  11.  Luke  vi.  22,  23. 

Matt.  vii.  1,  2.  Judge  not,  and  ye  shall  not 
be  judged.  (Luke  vi.  37.)  For  with  what 
judgment  ye  judge,  ye  shall  be  judged  ;  and 
with  what  measure  ye  mete,  it  shall  be  mea- 
sured to  you  again. 

Ver.  3 — 5.  And  why  beholdest  thou  the 
mote  that  is  in  thy  brother's  eye,  but  consider- 
est  not  the  beam  that  is  in  thine  own  eye  1 
Or  how  wilt  thou  say  to  thy  brother,  Let  me 
pull  out  the  mote  out  of  thine  eye ;  and  be- 
hold, a  beam  is  in  thine  own  eye  !  Thou 
hypocrite,  first  cast  out  the  beam  out  of  thine 
own  eye,  and  then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to 
cast  out  the  mote  out  of  thy  brother's  eye. 

John  viii.  7.  Jesus  said,  He  that  is  without 
sin  among  you,  let  him  first  cast  a  stone. 

Rom.  ii.  1 — 3.  Thou  art  inexcusable,  O 
man,  whosoever  thou  art  that  judgest,  for 
wherein  thou  judgest  another  thou  condemn- 
est  thyself,  for  thou  that  judgest  dost  the  same 
things.  We  are  sure  that  the  judgment  of 
God  is  according  to  truth,  against  them  that 
commit  such  things.  Thinkest  thou,  O  man, 
which  judgest  them  which  do  such  things,  and 
doest  the  same,  that  thou  shalt  escape  the 
judgment  of  God  1 

xiv.  2 — 4.  One  believeth  that  he  may  eat 
all  things ;  another  who  is  weak,  eateth  herbs. 
Let  not  him  that  eateth  despise  him  that  eat- 
eth not ;  and  let  not  him  which  eateth  not, 
judge  him  that  eateth.  Who  art  thou  that 
judgest  another  man's  servant1?  to  his  own 
master  he  standeth  or  falleth. 

Ver.  5.  One  man  esteemeth  one  day  ahove 
another ;  another  esteemeth  every  day  alike : 
let  every  man  be  fully  persuaded  in  his  own 
mind. 

Ver.  10.  Why  dost  thou  judge  thy  bro- 
ther! or  why  dost  thou  set  at  naught  thy 
brother?  for  we  shall  all  stand  before  the 
judgment-seat  of  Christ. — Ver.  12,  13.  Every 
one  of  us  shall  give  an  account  of  himself  to 
God.  Let  us  not  therefore  judge  one  another 
any  more.  Gal.  vi.  5.  Every  man  shall  bear 
his  own  burden. 

1  Cor.  iv.  5.  Judge  nothing  before  the  time, 
until  the  Lord  come. 

James  iv.  11,  12.  He  that  judgeth  his  bro- 
ther judgeth  the  law  :  but  if  thou  judge  the 
law,  thou  art  not  a  doer  of  the  law  but  a  judge. 
There  is  one  Lawgiver,  who  is  able  to  save 
and  to  destroy ;  who  art  thou  that  judgest 
another!  See  1  Cor.  v.  10.  13. 
x  2 


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TEMPERANCE. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


See  those  that  despised  Christ,  Luke  xvi.  15. 
See  also  the  proud  Pharisee.  Ch.  xviii.  11. 

GOOD  EXAMPLES. 

LXVIT.  Setting  good  example.  Matt.  v.  16. 
Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that  they 
may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

Col.  iv.  5.  Walk  in  wisdom  toward  them 
that  are  without.  1  Thess.  iv.  12.  Neh.  v.  9. 

1  Tim.  iv.  12.  Be  thou  an  example  of  be- 
lievers. 

OF  ENTICING  OTHERS. 

LXVIII.  Of  enticing  others,  and  being 
enticed  to  sin.  Jer.  xx.  10,  11.  My  familiars 
watched  for  my  halting,  saying,  Peradventure 
he  will  be  enticed,  and  we  will  prevail  against 
him,  and  we  will  take  our  revenge  on  him. 
But  the  Lord  is  with  me ;  therefore  they  shall 
not  prevail 

Prov.  i.  10.  If  sinners  entice  thee,  consent 
thou  not.  (Ver.  11  to  14.)  Ver.  15.  Walk 
not  thou  in  the  way  with  them ;  refrain  thy 
foot  from  their  path. 

xxviii.  10.  Whoso  causeth  the  righteous  to 
go  astray  in  an  evil  way,  he  shall  fall  himself 
into  his  own  pit. 

Hab.  ii.  15.  Woe  to  him  that  giveth  his 
neighbour  drink,  and  maketh  him  drunken,  &c. 

Rom.  xiv.  13.  Let  no  man  put  a  stumbling- 
block,  or  an  occasion  to  fall  in  his  brother's 
way.  Ver.  21.  1  Cor.  viii.  9.  12,  13.  2  Cor. 
xi.  29. 

1  Tim.  v.  22.  Be  not  partaker  of  other  men's 
sins  :  keep  thyself  pure. 

Rev.  ii.  14.  I  have  a  few  things  against  thee, 
because  thou  hast  there  them  that  hold  the  doc- 


trine of  Balaam,  who  taught  Balak  to  cast  a 
stumbling-block  before  the  children  of  Israel, 
to  eat  things  sacrificed  unto  idols,  and  to  com- 
mit fornication.  Numb.  xxv.  1.  See  False 
Teachers  deceive  the  people  :  Commandment 
Fifth.  Instance,  Neh.  vi.  13. 

OF  GRATITUDE. 

LXIX.  Of  gratitude,  or  returns  of  friend- 
ship. Instances  thereof.  Exod.  ii.  20.  Reuel 
to  Moses. 

1  Sam.  xv.  6.  Saul  to  the  Kenites. 

2  Sam.  x.  2.  David  to  Hanun. 

ix.  1.  7.  David  to  Jonathan's  family. 
xix.  32  to  38.  David  to  Barzillai.     1  Kings 
ii.  7. 

OF  INGRATITUDE. 

LXX.  Ingratitude.  Instances.  Gen.  xl.  23. 
Yet  did  not  the  chief  butler  remember  Joseph, 
but  forgat  him. 

Judg.  viii.  35.  The  children  of  Israel  did 
not  shew  kindness  to  the  house  of  Gideon, 
according  to  all  the  goodness  which  he  had 
shewed  unto  Israel. 

Ps.  xxxv.  1 2.  They  rewarded  me  evil  for 
good,  to  the  spoiling  of  my  soul.  (Ps.  xxxviii. 
20. — cix.  5.)  Ver.  13.  But  as  for  me,  when 
they  were  sick,  my  clothing  was  sackcloth. 

Ver.  13,  14,  15.  I  humbled  my  soul  with 
fasting,  I  behaved  myself  as  though  he  had 
been  my  friend  or  brother ;  I  bowed  down  hea- 
vily, as  one  that  mourneth  for  his  mother.  But 
in  my  adversity  they  rejoiced.  Ps.  cix.  4,  5. 

Prov.  xvii.  13.  Whoso  rewardeth  evil  for 
good,  evil  shall  not  depart  from  his  house. 
See  1  Sam.  xxiii.  5.  12. — xxv.  21.  Jer.  xviii. 
20,  21.  Eccl.  ix.  14,  15. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


DUTIES  TOWARD  OURSELVES. 


TEMPERANCE. 

I.  THE  temperate  use  of  meat  and  drink 
allowed.  Eccl.  ii.  24.  There  is  nothing  better 
for  a  man,  than  that  he  should  eat  and  drink, 
and  that  he  should  make  his  soul  enjoy  good 
in  His  labour.  Ch.  iii.  13.— v.  18,  19,  20. 

1  Tim.  iv.  3 — 5.  Meats  God  hath  created  to 
be  received  with  thanksgiving,  of  them  which 
believe  and  know  the  truth.  For  every  crea- 
ture of  God  is  good,  and  nothing  to  be  refused 


if  it  be  received  with  thanksgiving.     For  it  is 
sanctified  by  the  word  of  God  and  prayer. 

v.  23.  Use  a  little  wine  for  thy  stomach's 
sake,  and  thine  often  infirmities. 

II.  Intemperance  in  meat  and  drink  for- 
bidden. Deut.  xxi.  20,  21.  If  the  parents 
shall  say  to  the  elders  of  the  city,  This  our  son 
is  stubborn  and  rebellious,  he  is  a  glutton  and 
a  drunkard ;  all  the  men  of  the  city  shall  stone 
him  with  stones  that  he  die. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


TEMPERANCE. 


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Prov.  xxi.  17.  He  thatloveth  pleasure  shall 
be  a  poor  man  ;  he  that  loveth  wine  and  oil, 
shall  not  be  rich. 

xxiii.  1 — 3.  When  thou  sittest  to  eat  with 
a  ruler,  consider  diligently  what  is  before 
thee ;  and  put  a  knife  ,to  thy  throat,  if  thou  be 
a  man  given  to  appetite.  Be  not  desirous  of 
his  dainties,  for  they  are  deceitful  meat. 

Ver.  20,  21.  Be  not  amongst  winebibbers, 
amongst  riotous  eaters  of  flesh.  For  the 
drunkard  and  the  glutton  shall  come  to  poverty. 

xxviii.  7.  He  that  is  a  companion  of  riotous 
men  shameth  his  father. 

xxx.  22.  The  earth  cannot  bear  a  fool  when 
he  is  full  of  meat. 

Matt.xxiv.48 — 51.  If  the  evil  servant  shall 
say  in  his  heart,  My  Lord  delayeth  his  coming; 
and  shall  begin  to  smite  his  fellow-servants, 
and  to  eat  and  drink  with  the  drunken ;  the 
Lord  of  that  servant  shall  come  in  a  day  when 
he  looketh  not  for  hirri,  and  in  an  hour  that  he 
is  not  aware  of,  and  shall  cut  him  asunder, 
and  appoint  him  his  portion  with  hypocrites : 
there  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

Luke  vi.  25.  Woe  unto  you  that  are  full, 
for  ye  shall  hunger. 

xxi.  34.  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  lest  at  any 
time  your  hearts  be  overcharged  with  surfeit- 
ing and  drunkenness,  and  cares  of  this  life, 
and  so  that  day  come  upon  you  unawares. 

Rom.  xiii.  13,  14.  Let  us  walk  honestly,  as 
in  the  day ;  riot  in  rioting  and  drunkenness, 
not  in  chambering  and  wantonness  :  But  put 
ye  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  make  not 
provision  for  the  flesh,  to  fulfil  the  lusts  thereof. 

1  Cor.  vii.  31.  Use  this  world  as  not  abus- 
ing it. 

ix.  25.  Every  man  that  striveth  for  the  mas- 
tery is  temperate  in  all  things. — Ver.  27.  I 
keep  under  my  body,  and  bring  it  into  subjec- 
tion, lest  that  by  any  means  when  I  have 
preached  to  others,  I  myself  should  be  a  cast- 
away. 

Phil.  iii.  19.  Whose  end  is  destruction, 
whose  god  is  their  belly,  whose  glory  is  in 
their  shame  ;  who  mind  earthly  things. 

1  Thess.  v.  7,  8.  They  that  sleep,  sleep  in 
the  night,  and  they  that  be  drunken,  are 
drunken  in  the  night.  But  let  us  who  are  of 
the  day,  be  sober.  Tit.  ii.  12.  Live  soberly,  &c. 

1  Pet.  iv.  4.    The  wicked  think  it  strange 
that  ye  run  not  to  the  same  excess  of  riot. 

2  Pet.  i.  6.  Add  to  knowledge  temperance. 

ii.  13.  They  shall  receive  the  reward  of  un- 
righteousness that  count  it  pleasure  to  riot  in 
the  day-time ;  spots  they  are,  and  blemishes, 
sporting  themselves  with  their  own  deceivings. 

Jude  12.  Feeding  themselves  without  fear. 
See  Amos  vi.  6. 

IH    Drunkenness ;  the  evils  thereof.   Prov. 


xx.  1.  Wine  is  a  mocker,  strong  drink  is 
raging ;  and  whosoever  is  deceived  thereby  is 
not  wise. 

xxiii.  29,  30.  Who  hath  woe  1  who  hath 
sorrow1?  who  hath  contentions?  who  hath 
babbling  ]  who  hath  wounds  without  cause  1 
who  hath  redness  of  eyes  ?  They  that  tarry 
long  at  the  wine,  they  that  go  to  seek  mixed 
wine. 

Ver.  31 — 33.  Look  not  on  the  wine  when 
it  is  red,  when  it  giveth  his  colour  in  the  cup, 
when  it  moveth  itself  aright ;  at  the  last  it 
biteih  like  a  serpent,  and  stingeth  like  an  ad- 
der. Thine  eyes  shall  behold  strange  women, 
and  thy  heart  shall  utter  perverse  things. 
Ver.  34,  35. 

Isa.  v.  1 1.  Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early 
in  the  morning,  that  they  may  follow  strong 
drink ;  that  continue  until  night,  till  wine  in- 
flame them. — Ver.  22.  Woe  unto  them  that 
are  mighty  to  drink  wine,  and  men  of  strength 
to  mingle  strong  drink.  Ch.  Ivi.  12.  Come 
ye,  say  they,  I  will  fetch  wine,  and  we  will  fill 
ourselves  with  strong  drink,  and  to-morrow 
shall  be  as  this  day,  and  much  more  abundant. 

1  Cor.  v.  11.  I  have  written  to  you,  If  any 
one  that  is  called  a  brother,  be  a  drunkard, 
with  such  a  one  not  to  keep  company,  nor  to 
eat  with  him. 

vi.  10.  Drunkards  shall  not  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

Gal.  v.  19.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are  these, 
adultery,  &c. — Ver.  21.  Drunkenness,  revel- 
lings,  and  such  like :  they  that  do  such  things 
shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God.  Ver.  23. 

Eph.  v.  18.  Be  not  drunk  with  wine,  where- 
in is  excess,  but  be  filled  with'  the  Spirit. 

IV.  Of  .making  others  drunk.  Esther  i. 
3.  5.  King  Ahasuerus  made  a  feast  unt.o  the 
nobles  and  princes,  and  to  all  the  people  that 
were  present. — Ver.  7.  And  gave  them  drink, 
&c. — Ver.  8.  The  drinking  was  according  to 
law,  none  did  compel ;  for  so  the  king  had  ap- 
pointed to  all  the  officers  of  his  house,  that 
they  should  do  according  to  every  man's  plea- 
sure. 

Hab.  ii.  15.  Woe  unto  him  that  giveth  his 
neighbour  drink,  that  puttest  thy  bottle  to  him, 
and  makest  him  drunken  also,  that  thou  mayest 
look  on  their  nakedness ! — Ver.  1 6.  Thou  art 
filled  with  shame  for  glory :  drink  thou  also, 
and  let  thy  foreskin  be  uncovered,  the  cup  of 
the  Lord's  right  hand  shall  be  turned  unto 
thee,  and  shameful  spewing  shall  be  on  thy 
glory.  See  2  Sam.  xi.  13.  Isa.  Ivi.  12. 

Unhappy  instances  of  drunkenness. — In 
Noah,  Gen.  ix.  21. — In  Lot,  Gen.  xix.  32. — 
Nabal,  1  Sam.  xxv.  36. — Elah,  1  Kings  xvi.  9, 
10.— Benhadad,  1  Kings  xx.  16  to  22. 

See  Wicked  ministers,  their  drunkenness. 


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SLEEPS-LABOUR— THE   SLUGGARD.        CHAP.  XVII. 


Also,     Magistrates    perverting    judgment 
through  drunkenness. 

SLEEP. 

V.  Sleep.  Prov.  vi.  9 — 11.  How  long  wilt 
thou  sleep,  O  sluggard  1  when  wilt  thou  arise 
out  of  sleep  ?  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slum- 
ber, a  little  folding  of  the  hands  to  sleep :  so 
shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one  that  travelleth, 
and  thy  want  as  an  armed  man. 

xx.  13.  Love  not  sleep,  lest  thou  come  to 
poverty ;  open  thine  eyes,  and  thou  shall  be 
satisfied  with  bread. 

xxiii.  21.  Drowsiness  shall  clothe  a  man 
with  rags. 

xxvi.  14.  As  the  door  turneth  upon  his 
hinges,  so  doth  the  slothful  upon  his  bed. 

LABOUR  COMMANDED. 

VI.  Labour  commanded,  and  promises  to 
the  laborious,  the  diligent  and  industrious. 
Gen.  iii.  19.  In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt 
thou  eat  bread,  till  thou  return  unto  the 
ground. 

Exod.  xx.  9.  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour  and 
do  all  thy  work. 

Prov.  x.  4.  He  becometh  poor  that  dealeth 
with  a  slack  hand,  but  the  hand  of  the  diligent 
maketh  rich. 

xii.  11.  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  have 
plenty  of  bread ;  but  he  that  followeth  vain 
persons  is  void  of  understanding.  Ch.  xxviii.  19. 

Ver.  24.  The  hand  of  the  diligent  shall  bear 
rule ;  but  the  slothful  shall  be  under  tribute. 
Ver.  27.  The  slothful  roasteth  not  that  which 
he  took  in  hunting ;  but  the  substance  of  a 
diligent  man  is  precious. 

xiii.  4.  The  soul  of  the  sluggard  desireth 
and  hath  nothing  ;  but  the  soul  of  the  diligent 
shall  be  made  fat. 

Ver.  11.  Wealth  gotten  by  vanity  shall  be 
diminished ;  but  he  that  gathereth  by  labour 
shall  increase. 

xiv.  23.  In  all  labour  there  is  profit;  but 
the  talk  of  the  lips  tendeth  only  to  penury. 

xxi.  5.  The  thoughts  of  the  diligent  tend 
only  to  plentcousness ;  but  of  every  one  that 
is  hasty,  only  to  want. 

xxii.  29.  Seest  thou  a  man  diligent  in  his 
business,  he  shall  stand  before  kings,  he  shall 
not  stand  before  mean  men. 

xxxi.  27.  A  good  wife  eateth  not  the  bread 
of  idleness. 

Eccl.  v.  12.  The  sleep  of  a  labouring  man 
is  sweet. 

xi.  6.  In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed,  and  in 
the  evening  withhold  not  thy  hand. 

Rom.  xii.  11.  Be  not  slothful  in  business, 

Eph.  iv.  28.  Let  him  that  stole  steal  no 


more,  but  rather  let  him  labour,  working  with 
his  hands  the  thing  which  is  good,  that  he  may 
have  to  give  to  him  that  needeth. 

1  Thess.  iv.  1 1,  12.  We  beseech  you,  that 
ye  study  to  be  quiet,  and  to  do  your  own  busi- 
ness, and  to  work  with  your  own  hands  :  That 
ye  may  walk  honestly  towards  them  that  are 
without,  and  that  ye  may  have  lack  of  nothing. 

2  Thess.  iii.  10 — 12.  We  commanded  you, 
That  if  any  would  not  work,  neither  should  he 
eat.     For  we  hear  that  there  are  some  which 
walk  among  you  disorderly,  working  not  at 
all,  but  are  busy-bodies.     Now  them  that  are 
such,  we  command  and  exhort,  by  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  that  with  quietness  they  work 
and  eat  their  own  bread.     Ver.  14.  And  if  any 
man  obey  not  our  word  by  this  epistle,  note 
that  man,  and  have  no  company  with  him, 
that  he  may  be  ashamed.     1  Tim.  v.  13. 

OF  THE  SLUGGARD. 

VII.  Of  the  sluggard,  the  slothful  and 
idle.  See  several  of  the  foregoing  texts,  where 
these  persons  are  compared  with  the  diligent, 
<5fc.  Prov.  vi.  6 — 8.  Go  to  the  ant,  thou 
sluggard,  consider  her  ways  and  be  wise : 
which  having  no  guide,  overseer  or  ruler,  pro- 
videth  her  meat  in  the  summer,  and  gathereth 
her  food  in  the  harvest 

x.  26.  As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  smoke 
to  the  eyes,  so  is  the  sluggard  to  them  that 
send  him. 

xv.  19.  The  way  of  the  slothful  man  is  as 
a  hedge  of  thorns,  but  the  way  of  the  right- 
eous is  made  plain. 

xviii.  9.  He  that  is  slothful  in  his  work,  is 
arother  to  him  that  is  a  great  waster. 

xix.  15.  Slothfulness  casteth  into  a  deep 
sleep,  and  an  idle  soul  shall  suffer  hunger. — 
Ver.  24.  A  slothful  man  hideth  his  hand  in 
lis  bosom,  and  will  not  so  much  as  bring  it  to 
lis  mouth.  Ch.  xxvi.  15. 

xx.  4.  The  sluggard  will  not  plough  by 
reason  of  the  cold  ;  therefore  shall  he  beg  in 
larvest,  and  have  nothing. 

xxi.  25.  The  desire  of  the  slothful  killeth 
lira,  for  his  hands  refuse  to  labour.  Ch.xiii.4. 

xxii.  13.  The  slothful  man  saith,  There  is 
a  lion  without,  I  shall  be  slain  in  the  streets. 

h.  xxvi.  13.  There  is  a  lion  in  the  way,  a 
ion  is  in  the  streets. 

xxiv.  30 — 32.  I  went  by  the  field  of  the 
slothful,  and  by  the  vineyard  of  the  man  void 
of  understanding ;  and  lo !  it  was  all  grown 
over  with  thorns,  and  nettles  had  covered  the 
ace  thereof,  and  the  stone  wall  thereof  was 
Droken  down.  Then  I  saw  and  considered  it 
well,  and  looked  upon  it  and  received  instruc- 
tion. 

Eccl.  x.   18.    By  much  slothfulness    the 


CHAP.  XVII. 


WISDOM. 


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building  decay eth,  and  through  idleness  of  the  j      iv.  13.  Better  is  a  poor  and  wise  child,  than 
hands  the  house  droppeth  through.  ,  an  old  and  foolish  king. 

Ezek.  xvi.  49.  This  was  the  iniquity  of 
Sodom,  Pride,  fulness  of  bread,  and  abun- 
dance of  idleness. 


and    apply  thy   heart    to   my 


WISDOM. 

VIII.  TJie  study  and  pursuit  of  wisdom 
recommended.     Job  xxxii.    7.    Days  should 
speak,  and  multitude  of  years  should  teach 
wisdom. 

Prov.  i.  2.  Know  wisdom  and  instruction, 
and  perceive  the  words  of  understanding. 

Ver.  20.  Wisdom  crieth  without,  in  the 
chief  places  of  concourse.  Ver.  21.  23,  Ch. 
viii.  1  to  12.  14.  33. 

ii.  2.  Incline  thine  ear  to  wisdom,  and  apply 
thy  heart  to  understanding.  Ver.  3,  4,  5. 

iii.  21.  Keep  sound  wisdom  and  discretion. 
Ver.  21. 

iv.  5.  Get  wisdom,  get  understanding. 

v.  1.  My  son,  attend  to  my  wisdom.    Ver.  7. 

vii.  4.  Say  unto  wisdom,  Thou  art  my 
father;  and  call  understanding  thy  kinswo- 
man. Ver.  5. 

xviii.  1.  Through  desire  a  man  having 
separated  himself,  seeketh  and  intermeddleth 
with  all  wisdom.  Eccl.  i.  13.  16,  17.— ii.  3. 
9.  12. — vii.  23.  25. — viii.  16. — ix.  13. 

xxii.  17.  Bow  down  thine  ear  to  the  words 
of    the  wise 
knowledge. 

xxiii.  23.  Buy  the  truth  and  sell  it  not ; 
also  wisdom,  and  instruction,  and  understand- 
ing. 

xxvii.  11.  My  son,  be  wise,  and  make  my 
heart  glad.  Ch.  xxix.  3. 

Matt.  x.  16.  Be  wise  as  serpents,  and  harm- 
less as  doves. 

James  iii.  13.  Who  is  a  wise  man  among 
you  ]  let  him  shew,  out  of  a  good  conversa- 
tion, his  works  with  meekness  of  wisdom. 

IX.  The  excellency  of  wisdom  above  all 
other    endowments.      Job   xxviii.    13.    Man 
knoweth  not  the  price  of  wisdom. — Ver.  15. 
It  cannot  be  gotten  for  gold,  neither  shall  silver 
be  weighed  for  the  price  thereof.     See  ver.  16 
to  20. 

Prov.  iii.  14,  15.  The  merchandise  of  wis- 
dom is  better  than  the  merchandise  of  silver, 
and  the  gain  thereof  than  fine  gold.  (Ch. 
xvi.  16.)  She  is  more  precious  than  rubies, 
and  all  the  things  thou  canst  desire  are  not  to 
be  compared  unto  her 

iv.  7.  Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing :  there- 
fore get  wisdom ;  and  with  all  thy  getting,  get 
understanding. 

Eccl.  ii.  13.  Wisdom  excelleth  folly,  as  far 
as  light  excelleth  darkness. 
32 


ix.  16.  Wisdom  is  better  than  strength. 
Prov.  iii.  21,  22,  23. 

Ver.  18.  Wisdom  is  better  than  weapons 
of  war. 

X.  Wisdom  is  profitabk,  pleasant,  and 
honourable.  Job  xxii.  2.  He  that  is  wise 
may  be  profitable  unto  himself. 

Prov.ii.  10,  11,  12.  When  wisdom  entereth 
into  thy  heart,  and  knowledge  is  pleasant 
unto  thy  soul ;  discretion  shall  preserve  thee, 
understanding  shall  keep  thee,  to  deliver  thee 
from  the  way  of  the  evil  man. 

iii.  13.  Happy  is  the  man  that  findeth  wis- 
dom, and  the  man  that  getteth  understanding. 
— Ver.  16,  17.  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right 
hand,  and  in  her  left  hand,  riches  and  honour. 
Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all 
her  paths  are  peace.  Ch.  xxiv.  13,  14. 

Ver.  18.  Wisdom  is  a  tree  of  life,  to  every 
one  that  findeth  her ;  and  happy  is  every  one 
that  retaineth  her. — Ver.  35.  The  wise  shall 
inherit  glory. 

iv.  8,  9.  Exalt  wisdom,  and  she  shall  pro- 
mote thee ;  she  shalhbring  thee  to  honour 
when  thou  dost  embrace  her.  She  shall  give 
to  thy  head  an  ornament  of  grace ;  a  crown 
of  glory  shall  she  deliver  to  thee. 

ix.  1.  Wisdom  hath  builded  her  house. 
Ch.  xxiv.  3,  4.— xiv.  1. 

Ver.  12.  If  thou  be  wise,  thou  shalt  be  wise 
for  thyself. 

xi.  29.  The  fool  shall  be  servant  to  the  wise 
in  heart. 

xii.  8.  A  man  shall  be  commended  accord- 
ing to  his  wisdom. 

xvi.  20,  21.  He  that  handleth  a  matter 
wisely,  shall  find  good.  The  wise  in  heart 
shall  be  called  prudent. 

xviii.  4.  The  well-spring  of  wisdom  is  a 
flowing  brook. 

Eccl.  vii.  11.  Wisdom  is  good,  with  an  in- 
heritance :  and  by  it  there  is  profit  to  them 
that  see  the  sun. 

Ver.  12.  Wisdom  is  a  defence,  and  money 
is  a  defence ;  but  the  excellency  of  knowledge 
is,  that  wisdom  giveth  life. — Ver.  19.  Wis- 
dom strengtheneth  the  wise  more  than  ten 
mighty  men  that  are  in  the  city.  Ch.  ix.  15, 
16.  18.  Prov.  iii.  21. 

viii.  1.  A  man's  wisdom  maketh  his  face  to 
shine. 

Ver.  5.  A  wise  man's  heart  discerneth  both 
time  and  judgment. 

x.  10.  Wisdom  is  profitable  to  direct, 
xii.  1 1.  The  words  of  the  wise  are  as  goads 
and  nails. 

XI.  Wisdom  is  the  gift  of  God.  Exod. 
xxxi.  6.  In  the  heart  of  all  that  are  wise- 


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hearted,  I  have  put  wisdom,  saith  the  Lord. 
Ver.  3.' 

Job  xxviii.  12.  Where  shall  wisdom  be 
found  1  and  where  is  the  place  of  understand- 
ing '{ — Ver.  23.  The  Lord  knoweth  the  place 
thereof,  and  the  way  thereof. — Ver.  20. 

Ps,  li.  6.  In  the  hidden  part  thou  shall 
make  me  to  know  wisdom.  Ps.  cxix.  98, 
99,  100. 

Prov.  ii.  6,  7.  The  Lord  giveth  wisdom ; 
out  of  his  mouth  cometh  knowledge  and  un- 
derstanding. He  layeth  up  sound  wisdom 
for  the  righteous. 

Eccl.  ii.  26.  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is 
good  in  his  sight,  wisdom,  and  knowledge, 
and  joy. 

ix.  1.  The  righteous  and  the  wise,  and  their 
works,  are  in  the  hand  of  God. 

Dan.  ii.  21.  God  giveth  wisdom  unto  the 
wise,  and  knowledge  to  them  that  know  un- 
derstanding. Ver.  23.  See  Acts  vii.  10. 

Luke  xxi.  15.  I  will  give  you  a  mouth  and 
wisdom.  2  Pet.  iii.  15. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  from  above  is 
pure,  &c.  Ver.  13. 

XII.  Wisdom  prayed  for.     1  Chron.  xxii. 
12.  For  Solomon,  David  prayed  thus:  The 
Lord   give  thee  wisdom,   that   thou  mayest 
keep  the  law  of  the  Lord.     Ps.  Ixxii.  1 . 

1  Kings  iii.  9.  Solomon  prayed  thus  :  Lord, 
give  thy  servant  an  understanding  heart,  that 
he  may  judge  thy  people,  and  that  he  may 
discern  between  good  and  bad. — Ver.  11 — 13. 
And  God  said,  Because  thou  hast  asked  this 
thing,  and  hast  not  asked  for  thyself  long  life, 
neither  hast  asked  riches  for  thyself,  nor  the 
life  of  thine  enemies,  but  hast  asked  for  thy- 
self understanding  to  discern  judgment,  be- 
hold I  have  done  according  to  thy  words,  I 
have  given  thee  a  wise  and  an  understanding 
heart.  I  have  also  given  thee  that  which 
thou  hast  not  asked,  both  riches  and  honour. 
Ver.  28.  Ch.  iv.  29.— v.  12.  2  Chron.  i.  10. 

Ps.  xc.  1 2.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days 
that  we  may  apply  our  hearts  to  wisdom. 

Col.  i.  9.  I  pray  that  you  may  be  filled  with 
the  knowledge  of  his  will  in  all  wisdom. 

James  i.  5.  If  any  man  lack  wisdom,  let 
him  ask  of  God,  that  giveth  to  all  men  liberally 
and  upbraideth  not ;  and  it  shall  be  given  him. 
Ver.  17. 

XIII.  Wisdom  and  religion    the    same. 
Deut'iv.  5,  6.  I  have  taught  you  statutes  and 
judgments.     Keep  and  do  them,  for  this  is 
your  wisdom  and  understanding. 

xxxii.  29.  0  that  they  were  wise,  that  they 
understood  this  ;  that  they  would  consider 
their  latter  end. 

Job  xxviii.  28.  Behold,  the  fear  of  the  Lord, 


that  is  wisdom  ;  and  to  depart  from  evil  is  un- 
derstanding. Ps.  cxi.  10.  Prov.  i.  7. 

Ps.  ii.  10,  11.  Be  wise,  O  ye  kings;  be  in- 
structed, ye  judges  of  the  earth. — Serve  the 
Lord  with  fear,  and  rejoice  with  trembling. 

xxxvii.  30.  The  mouth  of  the  righteous 
speaketh  wisdom,  and  his  tongue  talketh  of 
judgment.  Prov.  viii.  8. 

Ixiv.  9.  They  shall  wisely  consider  the 
Lord's  doings. 

ci.  2.  I  will  behave  myself  wisely  in  a  per- 
fect way. 

cvii.  43.  Whoso  is  wise,  and  will  observe 
these  things,  even  they  shall  understand  the 
loving-kindness  of  the  Lord.  Hos.  xiv.  9. 

Prov.  x.  8.  The  wise  in  heart  will  receive 
commandments. 

xv.  24.  The  way  of  life  is  above  to  the  wise, 
that  he  may  depart  from  hell  beneath.  Ch. 
xiii.  14. 

xix.  8.  He  that  getteth  wisdom  loveth  his 
own  soul,  and  he  that  hath  understanding 
shall  find  good.  Ch.  viii.  36.  He  that  sinneth 
against  me  [Wisdom]  wrongeth  his  own  soul: 
all  they  that  hate  me  love  death. 

xxi.  12.  The  righteous  wisely  considereth 
the  house  of  the  wicked. 

Dan.  xii.  3.  They  that  be  wise  shall  shine 
as  the  brightness  of  the  firmament. 

Ver.  10.  The  wise  shall  understand. 

Mic.  vi.  9.  The  Lord's  voice  crieth  unto  the 
city,  and  the  man  of  wisdom  shall  see  thy 
name. 

Matt.  vii.  24.  He  that  heareth  Christ's  say- 
ings, and  doeth  them,  shall  be  likened  unto  a 
wise  man.  See  the  parable  of  the  ten  virgins, 
Matt.  xxv.  1  to  13. 

Rom.  xvi.  19.  I  would  have  you  wise  unto 
that  which  is  good,  and  simple  concerning  evil. 

Eph.  v.  15, 16.  Walk  circumspectly,  not  as 
fools,  but  as  wise ;  redeeming  the  time,  be- 
cause the  days  are  evil. 

Col.  iii.  16.  Let  the  word  of  God  dwell  in 
you  richly,  in  all  wisdom. 

iv.  5.  Walk  in  wisdom  toward  them  that 
are  without,  redeeming  the  time. 

2  Tim.  iii.  15.  The  holy  Scriptures  are  able 
to  make  thee  wise  to  salvation.  See  Prov. 
xxviii.  26.  Luke  xii.  42. 


FOLLY. 

XIV.  A  fooVs  vain  pretences  to  wisdom  ,• 
he  is  wise  in  his  own  conceit.  Job  xi.  12. 
Vain  man  would  be  wise. 

xii.  2.  Ye  are  the  people,  and  wisdom  shall 
die  with  you. 

xv.  8.  Dost  thou  restrain  wisdom  to  thy- 
self? Prov.  xxiii.  4.  Cease  from  thine  own 
wisdom. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


FOLLY. 


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xxxii.  9.  Great  men  are  not  always  wise 
neither  do  the  aged  understand  judgment. 

Prov.  iii.  7.  Be  not  wise  in  thine  own  eyes 

xii.  15.  The  way  of  a  fool  is  right  in  his  own 
eyes. 

xiv.  12.  There  is  a  way  that  seemeth  righ 
unto  a  man,  but  the  end  thereof  are  the  ways 
of  death. 

xxvi.  12.  Seest  thou  a  man  wise  in  his  own 
conceit ;  there  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than  of 
him. — Ver.  1 6.  The  sluggard  is  wiser  in  his 
own  conceit,  than  seven  men  that  can  render 
a  reason. 

xxviii.  11.  The  rich  man  is  wise  in  his  own 
conceit. 

Ver.  26.  He  that  trusteth  in  his  own  heart 
is  a  fool. 

Isa.  v,  21.  Woe  to  them  that  are  wise  in 
their  own  eyes,  and  prudent  in  their  own 
sight. 

Jer.  via.  8.  How  do  ye  say,  We  are  wise, 
and  the  law  of  the  Lord  is  with  us  1 

Rom.  i.  22, 23.  Professing  themselves  to  be 
wise,  they  became  fools ;  and  changed  the 
glory  of  the  uncorruptible  God  into  an  image. 

xi.  25.  I  would  not  have  you  ignorant,  &c. 
lest  ye  be  wise  in  your  own  conceit. 

xii.  16.  Be  not  wise  in  your  own  conceits. 
See  Isa.  x.  12,  13.— xix.  11.  1  Cor.  iii.  18. 
2  Cor.  x.  12.  Col.  ii.  23. 

XV.  A  fool   receiveth    not   instruction. 
Prov.  i.  7.  Fools  despise  wisdom  and  instruc- 
tion.    Ch.  v.  12,  13. 

xvii.  1 6.  He  hath  no  heart  to  get  wisdom. 
Ch.  i.  7.  22. 

xviii.  2.  He  hath  no  delight  in  understand- 
ing. Ch.  xxiv.  7. 

xvii.  10.  A  reproof  entereth  more  into  a 
wise  man,  than  a  hundred  stripes  into  a  fool. 

xxvii.  22.  Though  thou  shouldst  bray  a  fool 
in  a  mortar,  yet  will  not  his  foolishness  depart 
from  him. 

x.  21.  Foci's  die  for  want  of  wisdom. 

XVI.  He  discovereth  his  folly.    Prov.  xiii. 
16.  A  fool  layeth  open  his  folly. 

xxvi.  11.  As  a  dog  returneth  to  his  vomit, 
so  a  fool  returneth  to  his  folly. 

Eccl.  x.  2.  A  wise  man's  heart  is  at  his 
right  hand,  but  a  fool's  heart  is  at  his  left. 

Ver.  3.  When  a  fool  walketh  by  the  way, 
his  wisdom  faileth  him,  and  he  saith  to  every 
one  that  he  is  a  fool. 

XVII.  Toward  his  parents.     Prov.  x.  1. 
A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father ;  but  a  foolish 
son  is  the  heaviness  of  his  mother. — Ch.  xv. 
20.  He  despiseth  his  mother. 

xv.  5.  A  fool  despiseth  his  father's  instruc- 
tions. 

xvii.  21.  He  that  begetteth  a  fool,  doeth  it 


to  his  sorrow ;  and  the  father  of  a  fool  hath  no 
joy. — Ver.  25.  A  foolish  son  is  a  grief  to  his 
father,  and  bitterness  to  her  that  bare  him. 

xix.  13.  A  foolish  son  is  the  calamity  of  his 
father.  See  Disobedient  and  undutiful 
children  ,•  Commandment  Fifth. 

XVIII.  A  fool  is  mischievous.     Prov.  x.  23. 
It  is  sport  to  a  fool  to  do  mischief. 

xiii.  19.  It  is  abomination  to  fools  to  depart 
from  mischief. 

xvii.  12.  Let  a  bear  robbed  of  her  whelps 
meet  a  man,  rather  than  a  fool  in  his  folly. 

XIX.  Wrathful.    Job  v.  2.  Wrath  killeth 
a  foolish  man. 

Prov.  xii.  16.  A  fool's  wrath  is  presently 
known. 

xiv.  16.  A  fool  rageth  and  is  confident. 

xxvii.  3.  A  fool's  wrath  is  heavier  than  both 
the  sand  and  a  stone. 

xxix.  9.  If  a  wise  man  contend  with  a  fool- 
ish man,  whether  he  rage  or  laugh,  there  is  no 
rest. 

Eccl.  vii.  9.  Anger  resteth  in  the  bosom  of 
fools.  See  Anger,  Wrath. 

XX.  Contentions.    Prov.  xviii.  6.  A  fool's 
lips  enter  into  contention. 

xx.  3.  It  is  an  honour  for  a  man  to  cease 
from  strife ;  but  every  fool  will  be  meddling. 
See  Contention,  Strife. 

XXI.  His  words.    Prov.  xv.  2.  The  mouth 
of  fools  poureth  out  foolishness.     Ver.  28. 

r  xviii.  6,  7.  The  fool's  lips  enter  into  con- 
tention, and  his  mouth  calleth  for  strokes.  A 
fool's  mouth  is  his  destruction,  and  his  lips 
are  the  snare  of  his  soul.  Ch.  x.  14. — xii.  13. 
— xiii.  3. 

xxix.  11.  A  fool  uttereth  all  his  mind. 

Eccl.  v.  3.  A  fool's  voice  is  known  by  mul- 
titude of  words. 

x.  12,  13.  The  lips  of  a  fool  will  swallow 
up  himself.  The  beginning  of  his  words  is 
foolishness,  and  the  end  of  his  talk  is  mis- 
chievous madness. 

Ver.  14.  A  fool  is  full  of  words.  See  Talka- 
tiveness, Rashness.  See  Prov.  xvii.  7. — xxvi.  7. 

XXII.  His  folly  is  his  pleasure.     Prov.  xv. 
21.   Folly  is  joy  to  him  that  is  destitute  of 
wisdom,  &c. 

xvii.  24.  His  eyes  are  in  the  ends  of  the 
earth. 

xxx.  22.  The  earth  is  disquieted,  and  can- 
not bear  a  fool  when  he  is  filled  with  meat. 

Eccl.  vii.  6.  His  laughter  is  like  the  crack- 
ing of  thorns  under  a  pot. 

vii.  4.  His  heart  is  in  the  house  of  mirth. 

XXIII.  Treatment  for  fools.     Prov.iiv.  7. 
Go  from  the  presence  of  a  foolish  man,  when 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


thou  perceivest  not  in  him  the  lips  of  know- 
ledge. 

xxiii.  9.  Speak  not  in  the  ears  of  a  fool,  for 
he  will  despise  the  wisdom  of  thy  words. 
Matt.  vii.  6.  Cast  not  your  pearls  before  swine. 

xxvi.  1.  Honour  is  not  seemly  for  a  fool. 

Ver.  3.  A  rod  for  the  fool's  back.  Ch.  x. 
13.— xix.  29.— xxix.  15. 

Ver.  4.  Answer  not  a  fool  according  to  his 
follji,  lest  thou  be  also  like  unto  him. — Ver.  5. 
Lest  he  be  wise  in  his  own  conceit.  See 
Eccl.  x.  5,  6,  7. 

XXIV.  Folly  and  wickedness  the  same. 
Deut.  xxxii.  6.  Do  ye  thus  requite  the  Lord, 
O  foolish  people  and  unwise  1 

Job  v.  3.  I  have  seen  the  foolish  taking 
root,  but  suddenly  I  cursed  his  habitation.  Ps. 
Ixxiii.  3.  9.  11.  17,  18. 

Ps.  v.  5.  The  foolish  shall  not  stand  in  thy 
sight :  thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

xiv.  1.  The  fool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  There 
is  no  God.  Ps.  liii.  1. 

xxxvi.  3.  The  wicked  hath  left  off  to  be 
wise,  and  to  do  good. 

xxxviii.  5.  My  wounds  stink,  and  are  cor- 
rupt, because  of  my  foolishness. 

Ixix.  5.  O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolish- 
ness, and  my  sins  are  not  hid  from  thee. 

Ixxiv.  18.  O  Lord,  the  foolish  people  have 
blasphemed  thy  name.  Ver.  22. 

Ixxv.  4.  I  said  unto  the  fools,  Deal  not  fool- 
ishly ;  and  to  the  wicked,  Lift  not  up  the  horn. 

Ixxxv.  8.  The  Lord  will  speak  peace  to  his 
people,  and  to  his  saints;  but  let  them  not 
turn  again  to  folly. 

xciv.  7 — 10.  They  commit  wickedness,  and 
say,  The  Lord  shall  not  see,  neither  shall  the 
God  of  Jacob  regard  it.  Understand,  ye  bru- 
tish among  the  people;  and,  ye  fools,  when 
will  ye  be  wise  1  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall 
he  not  hear  1  he  that  formed  the  eye,  shall  he 
not  see  ]  he  that  chastiseth  the  heathen,  shall 
not  he  correct  ]  he  that  teacheth  man  know- 
ledge, shall  not  he  know  1  Ps.  ix.  5. 

cvii.  17.  Fools,  because  of  their  transgres- 
sions and  iniquities,  are  afflicted. 

Prov.  i.  7.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the 
beginning  of  knowledge ;  but  fools  despise 
wisdom  and  instruction. 

Ver.  32.  The  prosperity  of  fools  shall  de- 
stroy them. 

ix.  6.  Forsake  the  foolish  and  live ;  and  go 
in  the  way  of  understanding. 

xiv.  9.  Fools  make  a  mock  at  sin. 

xv.  21.  Folly  is  joy  to  him  that  is  destitute 
of  wisdom ;  but  a  man  of  understanding  walk- 
eth  uprightly. 

xix.  3.  The  foolishness  of  man  perverteth 
las  way,  and  his  heart  fretteth  against  the 
Lord. 


xxi.  30.  There  is  no  wisdom  nor  understand- 
ing, nor  counsel  against  the  Lord. 

xxiv.  9.  The  thought  of  foolishness  is  sin. 

xxvi.  10.  The  great  God,  that  formed  all 
things,  rewardeth  the  fool  and  transgressors. 

xxx.  2,  3.  I  am  more  brutish  than  any  man, 
and  have  not  the  understanding  of  a  man.  I 
neither  learned  wisdom,  nor  have  the  know- 
ledge of  the  holy. 

Eccl.  v.  1.  In  the  house  of  God,  be  more 
ready  to  hear  than  to  offer  the  sacrifice  of  fools. 

Ver.  4.  God  hath  no  pleasure  in  fools. 

vii.  25.  I  applied  mine  heart  to  know  the 
wickedness  of  folly. 

Jer.  iv.  22.  My  people  is  foolish ;  they  have 
not  known  me :  they  are  wise  to  do  evil,  but 
to  do  good  they  have  no  knowledge.  Ch.  v. 
4.  21.— x.  8. 

viii.  9.  They  have  rejected  the  word  of  the 
Lord;  and  what  wisdom  is  in  them?  Ch. 
xxiii.  13. 

Matt.  vii.  26.  He  that  doeth  not  Christ's 
sayings,  is  like  unto  a  foolish  man.  * 

xxv.  3.  See  the  parable  of  the  foolish  vir- 
gins. 

Luke  xii.  20.  God  said,  Thou  fool,  this 
night  thy  soul  shall  be  required  of  thee. 

Ver.  21.  So  is  he  that  layeth  up  treasure  for 
himself,  and  is  not  rich  toward  God.  See 
Numb.  xii.  11.  1  Sam.  xiii.  13.  2  Sam. 
xxiv.  10.  Matt,  xxiii.  17.  19.  Mark  vii.  22. 
Luke  xi.  40. — xxiv.  25.  Rom.  i.  21.  Gal. 
Hi.  1,  3.  1  Pet.  ii.  15. 

PATIENCE. 

XXV.  Patience  toward  God.  Ps.  xxxvii. 
7.  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  patiently  for 
him ;  fret  not  thyself  because  of  him  who  pros- 
pereth  in  his  way,  because  of  the  man  who 
bringeth  wicked  devices  to  pass. 

xl.  1.  I  waited  patiently  for  the  Lord,  and 
he  heard  me. 

Luke  viii.  15.  The  seed  sown  on  the  good 
ground,  are  they  which  in  an  honest  and  good 
heart,  having  heard  the  word,  keep  it,  and 
bring  forth  fruit  with  patience. 

xxi.  19.  In  your  patience  possess  your  souls. 

Rom.  ii.  7.  To  them  who  by  patient  continu- 
ing in  well-doing,  seek  for  glory,  honour,  and 
immortality,  God  will  give  eternal  life. 

v.  3,  4.  We  glory  in  tribulations  ;  knowing 
that  tribulation  worketh  patience ;  and  patience, 
experience;  and  experience, hope.  Ch.  xii.  12. 

viii.  25.  If  we  hope  for  that  we  see  not,  then 
do  we  with  patience  wait  for  it. 

xii.  12.  Rejoicing  in  hope ;  patient  in  tribu- 
lation ;  continuing  instant  in  prayer. 

xv.  4.  Whatsoever  things  were  written 
aforetime  were  written  for  our  learning,  that 
we  through  patience  and  comfort  of  the  Scrip- 
tures might  have  hope. 


CHAP.  XVII, 


CONTENTMENT — GRUDGING. 


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2  Cor.  vi.  4.  In  all  things  approving  our- 
selves as  the  ministers  of  God,  in  much 
patience,  in  afflictions,  in  necessities,  in  dis- 
tresses. 

xii.  12.  The  signs  of  an  apostle  were  wrought 
among  you  in  all  patience,  in  signs,  and  won- 
ders, and  mighty  deeds. 

Col.  i.  11.  Strengthened  with  all  might,  ac- 
cording to  his  glorious  power,  unto  all  pa- 
tience and  long-suffering  with  joyfulness. 

1  Thess.  i.  2,  3.    We  give  thanks,  remem- 
bering your  work  of  faith,  and  labour  of  love, 
and  patience  of  hope  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
in  the  sight  of  God  our  Father. 

2  Thess.  i.  4.  We  glory  in  you  for  your  pa- 
tience and  faith,  in  all  your  persecutions  and 
tribulations. 

iii.  5.  The  Lord  direct  your  hearts  into  the 
love  of  God,  and  into  the  patient  waiting  for 
Christ. 

Heb.  vi.  12.  Be  ye  followers  of  them,  who 
through  faith  and  patience  inherit  the  promises. 
— Ver.  15.  Abraham,  after  he  had  patiently 
endured,  obtained  the  promise. 

x.  36.  Ye  have  need  of  patience,  that  after 
ye  have  done  the  will  of  God  ye  might  re- 
ceive the  promise. 

xii.  I.  Let  us  run  with  patience  the  race  set 
before  us,  &c. 

James  i.  3,  4.  The  trying  of  your  faith 
worketh  patience.  Let  patience  have  her  per 
feet  work,  that  ye  may  be  entire,  wanting 
nothing. 

v.  7,  8.  Be  patient  unto  the  coming  of  the 
Lord.  The  husbandman  hath  long  patience. 
Be  ye  also  patient,  stablish  your  hearts ;  for 
the  coming  of  the  Lord  draweth  nigh. 

Ver.  10,  11.  Take  the  prophets,  who  have 
spoken  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  for  an  exam- 
ple of  suffering  affliction  with  patience.  Ye 
have  heard  of  the  patience  of  Job,  and  have 
seen  the  end  of  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  is  very 
pitiful  and  of  tender  mercy. 

1  Pet.  ii.  20.  If  when  ye  do  well  and  suffer 
for  it,  ye  take  it  patiently,  this  is  accepted  with 
God. 

Rev.  i.  9.  I  John  am  your  brother  and  com- 
panion in  tribulation,  and  in  the  kingdom  ant 
patience  of  Jesus  Christ. 

ii.  2,  3.  I  know  thy  works,  and  thy  labour 
and  thy  patience,  and  how  thou  hast  borne 
and  hast  patience  for  my  name's  sake,  ant 
hast  laboured,  and  hast  not  fainted. 

Ver.  19.  I  know  thy  works,  and  charity,  ant 
service,  and  faith,  and  patience. 

iii.  10.  Because  thou  hast  kept  the  word  oi 
my  patience,  I  also  will  keep  thee  from  th 
hour  of  temptation. 

xiii.  10.  Here  is  the  patience  and  faith  of  the 
saints. 

xiv.  12.  Here  is  the  patience  of  the  saints 
Y 


iere  are  they  that  keep  the  commandments  of 
Jod,  and  the  faith  of  Jesus. 

XXVI.  Patience  toward  men.  Eccl.  vii.  8. 
The  patient  in  spirit  is  better  than  the  proud 
n  spirit. 

1  Thess.  v.  14.   Be  patient  toward  all  men. 

1  Tim.  iii.  2,  3.  A  bishop  must  be  blameless, 
patient. 

vi.  1 1.  O  man  of  God,  follow  after  righteous- 
ness, godliness,  faith,  love,  patience,  meekness. 

2  Tim.  ii.  24.  The  servant  of  the  Lord  must 
>e  gentle  to  all  men,  apt  to  teach,  patient. 

iii.  10,  11.  Thou  hast  fully  known  my  doc- 
;rine,  manner  of  life,  purpose,  faith,  long-suffer- 
ing, charity,  patience,  persecutions,  afflictions. 

Tit.  ii.  1,  2.  Speak  thou  the  things  that  be- 
come sound  doctrine,  that  the  aged  men  be 
sober,  grave,  temperate,  sound  in  faith,  in 
charity,  in  patience. 

2  Pet.  i.  5—7.  Add  to  your  faith,  virtue, 
inowledge,  temperance,  patience,  godliness, 
brotherly  kindness,  and  charity. 

CONTENTMENT. 

XXVII.  Contentment.  Luke  iii.  14.  John 
Baptist  said  to  the  soldiers,  Be  content  with 
your  wages. 

Phil.  iv.  11.  Paul  said,  I  have  learned  in 
whatsoever  state  I  am,  therewith  to  be  content. 

I  Tim.  vi.  6.  Godliness  with  contentment  is 
great  gain. — Ver.  8.  Having  food  and  raiment, 
let  us  therewith  be  content. 

Heb.  xiii.  5.  Let  your  conversation  be  with- 
out covetousness,  and  be  content  with  such 
things  as  ye  have;  for  he  hath  said,  I  will 
never  leave  thee  nor  forsake  thee. 

DISCONTENT,  MURMURING. 

XXVIII.  Discontent,  murmuring.    Lam. 
iii.  39.  Wherefore  doth  a  living  man  complain, 
a  man  for  the  punishment  of  his  sins  1 

1  Cor.  x.  10.  Neither  murmur  ye  as  some 
of  the  Jews  murmured,  and  were  destroyed. 
See  the  murmurings  of  the  Jews  and  their 
punishments :  Exod.  xv.  24.  For  drink.  Ch. 
xvi.  2  to  12.  For  bread.  Numb.  xiv.  2.  27. 29. 
36.  When  they  heard  an  evil  report  of  the 
promised  land.  Ch.  xvi.  11.41.  Korah  and 
his  company  about  the  priesthood. 

Phil.  ii.  14.  Do  all  things  without  murmur- 
ings  and  dispu tings. 

Jude  16.  Murmurers,  complainers,  walking 
after  their  own  lusts. 

GRUDGING. 

XXIX.  Grudging.    Lev.  xix.  18.  Thou 
shall  not  avenge  nor  bear  any  grudge  against 
the  children  of  thy  people. 


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MEEKNESS — HUMILITY. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


2  Cor.  ix.  7.  Give  to  the  poor,  not  grudg- 
ingly. 

James  v.  9.  Grudge  not  one  against  another, 
lest  ye  be  condemned. 

1  Pet  iv.  9.  Use  hospitality  one  to  another, 
without  grudging. 

MEEKNESS 

XXX.  The  exercise  of  meekness  required. 
Gal.  vi.  1.  If  a  man  be  overtaken  in  a  fault,  ye 
which  are  spiritual  restore  such  a  one  in  the 
spirit  of  meekness. 

Eph.  iv.  1,  2.  Walk  worthy  of  the  vocation 
wherewith  ye  are  called ;  with  all  lowliness 
and  meekness,  and  long-suffering. 

1  Tim.  vi.  11.   Follow  after  righteousness, 
godliness,  faith,  love,  patience,  meekness. 

2  Tim.  ii.  25.  In  meekness  instructing  those 
that  oppose  themselves. 

Tit.  iii.  2.  Shewing  all  meekness  to  all  men. 

James  iii.  13.  Who  is  a  wise  man  and  en- 
dued with  wisdom  among  you  ?  let  him  shew 
out  of  a  good  conversation  his  works,  with 
meekness  of  wisdom. 

1  Pet.  iii.  15.  Be  ready  always  to  give  an 
answer  to  every  man  that  asketh  you  a  reason 
of  the  hope  that  is  in  you,  with  meekness  and 
fear. 

XXXI.  How  produced.  Gal.  v.  22,  23.  The 
fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suf- 
fering, gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness, 
temperance. 

XXXII.  Examples  of  meekness.    Numb, 
xii.  3.  Moses  was  very  meek. 

Matt.  xxi.  5.  Behold  thy  King  [Jesus] 
cometh  unto  thee,  meek,  and  sitting  upon  an 
ass.  Isa.  Ixii.  11.  Zech.  ix.  9. 

2  Cor.  x.  1.  I  beseech  you  by  the  meekness 
and  gentleness  of  Christ,  &c. 

Col.  iii.  12.  Put  on  (as  the  elect  of  God) 
bowels  of  mercies,  kindness,  humbleness  of 
mind,  meekness,  long-suffering. 

XXXIII.  Promises  to  the  meek.   Ps.  xxii. 
26.  The  meek  shall  eat  and  be  satisfied. 

xxv.  9.  The  meek  will  he  guide  in  judg- 
ment, and  the  meek  will  he  teach  his  way. 

xxxvii.  1 1.  The  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth, 
and  shall  delight  themselves  in  abundance  of 
peace. 

xlv.  4.  In  thy  majesty  ride  prosperously,  be- 
cause of  truth  and  meekness,  and  righteous- 
ness. 

Ixxvi.  9.  God  arose  to  judgment,  to  save  all 
the  meek  of  the  earth. 

cxlvii.  6.  The  Lord  lifteth  up  the  meek,  and 
casteth  the  wicked  down  to  the  ground. 

cxlix.  4.  The  Lord  will  beautify  the  meek 
with  salvation. 


Isa.  xi.  4.  With  righteousness  shall  he  judge 
the  poor,  and  reprove  with  equity,  for  the  meek 
of  the  earth. 

xxix.  1 9.  The  meek  shall  increase  their  joy 
in  the  Lord. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Lord  hath  anointed  me  to  preach 
glad  tidings  to  the  meek. 

Zeph.  ii.  3.  Seek  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of 
the  earth,  which  have  wrought  his  judgments ; 
seek  righteousness,  seek  meekness,  it  may  be 
ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger. 

Matt.  v.  5.  Blessed  are  the  meek,  for  they 
shall  inherit  the  earth. 

1  Pet.  iii.  4.  The  ornament  of  a  meek  and 
quiet  spirit  is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great 
price. 

HUMILITY. 

XXXIV.  Humility  toward  God.  Deut.  viii. 

2,  3.  The  Lord  thy  God  led  thee  forty  years 
in  the  wilderness  to  humble  thee.     He  hum- 
bled thee,  and  suffered  thee  to  hunger,  and  fed 
thee  with  manna.  . 

Mic.  vi.  8.  What  doth  the  Lord  thy  God 
require  of  thee,  but  to  do  justly,  and  to  love 
mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God  1 

James  iv.  10.  Humble  yourselves  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  exalt  you. 
1  Pet.  v.  6. 

1  XXXV.   Humility  toward  men.   Prov.  vi. 

3.  Humble  thyself,  make  sure  thy  friend. 
xxv.  6,  7.  Put  not  forth  thyself  in  the  pre- 
sence of  the  king,  and  stand  not  in  the  place 
of  great  men.     For  better  it  is  that  it  be  said 
unto  thee",   Come  up  hither,  than  that  thou 
shouldst  be  put  lower.     Luke  xiv.  8.  10. 

Jer.  xlv.  5.  Seekest  thou  great  things  for 
thyself]  Seek  them  not. 

Matt.  xx.  26 — 28.  Whosoever  will  be  great 
among  you,  let  him  be  your  minister.  Who- 
soever will  be  chief  among  you  let  him  be 
your  servant.  Even  as  the  Son  of  man  came 
not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  minister. 

Rom.  xii.  3.  I  say,  through  the  grace  given 
unto  me,  to  every  man  that  is  among  you,  not 
to  think  of  himself  more  highly  than  he  ought 
to  think ;  but  to  think  soberly,  according  as 
God  hath  dealt  to  every  man  the  measure  of 
faith. — Ver.  16.  Mind  not  high  things,  but 
condescend  to  men  of  low  estate. 

Eph.  v.  21.  Submit  yourselves  one  to  an- 
other, in  the  fear  of  God. 

1  Pet.  v.  5.  All  of  you  be  subject  one  to 
another ;  and  be  ye  clothed  with  humility. 

Phil.  ii.  3.  In  lowliness  of  mind  let  each 
esteem  other  better  than  themselves. 

XXXVI.  Promises  to  the  humble.  Jobxxii. 
29.  God  shall  save  the  humble  person. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


HUMILITY. 


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Ps.  ix.  12.  God  forgetteth  not  the  cry  of  the 
humble. 

x.  17.  0  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  of 
the  humble ;  thou  wilt  prepare  their  heart,  thou 
wilt  cause  thine  ear  to  hear. 

cxxxviii.  6.  Though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet 
hath  he  respect  to  the  lowly. 

Prov.  xv.  33.  Before  honour  is  humility.  Ch. 
xviii.  12. 

xvi.  19.  Better  is  it  to  be  of  an  humble 
spirit  with  the  lowly,  than  to  divide  the  spoil 
with  the  proud. 

xxii.  4.  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  are  riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

xxix.  23.  Honour  shall  uphold  the  humble 
in  spirit. 

Isa.lvii.  15.  The  Lord  saith,  I  dwell  with 
him  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit. 
Ch.  Ixvi.  2. 

Matt.  v.  3.  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit ; 
for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

xviii.  4.  Whosoever  shall  humble  himself 
as  this  little  child,  the  same  shall  be  greatest  in 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

xxiii.  12.  Whosoever  humbleth  himself  shall 
be  exalted.  Luke  xiv.  11. 

James  iv.  6.  God  resisteth  the  proud,  but 
giveth  grace  to  the  humble.  Prov.  iii.  34. 

XXXVII.  Promises  to  humbled  sinners. 
Lev.  xxvi.  41, 42.  If  their  uncircumcised  hearts 
be  humbled,  and  they  accept  of  the  punish- 
ment of  their  iniquities,  then  will  I  remember 
my  covenant.     2  Chron.  vii.  14. 

2  Kings  xxii.  19,  20.  Because  thy  heart 
[Josiah]  was  tender,  and  thou  hast  humbled  thy- 
self before  the  Lord,  and  hast  rent  thy  clothes, 
and  wept  before  me,  I  also  have  heard  thee, 
saith  the  Lord.  Behold,  therefore,  I  will  gather 
thee  unto  thy  fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be  gather- 
ed into  thy  grave  in  peace ;  and  thine  eyes 
shall  not  see  all  the  evil  which  I  will  bring 
upon  this  place. 

2  Chron.  xxxii.  25.  Hezekiah  rendered  not 
again  according  to  the  benefit  done  unto  him, 
for  his  heart  was  lifted  up ;  therefore  there  was 
wrath  upon  him. — Ver.  26.  Hezekiah  hum- 
bled himself  for  the  pride  of  his  heart ;  so  the 
wrath  of  the  Lord  came  not  upon  him.  See 
Ahab,  1  Kings  xxi.  29.— Rehoboam,  2  Chron. 
xii.  6,  7.  12. — Manasseh,  2  Chron.  xxxiii.  12. 
19. — Nebuchadnezzar,  Dan.  iv.  30  to  37. 

XXXVIII.  Examples  of  humility.   Jesus 
Christ.     Matt.  xi.  29.  Jesus  said,  Take  my 
yoke  upon  you,  and  learn  of  me ;  for  I  am 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart:  and  ye  shall  find 
rest  unto  your  souls. 

xx.  28.  The  Son  of  man  came  not  to  be 
ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,  and  to  give 
his  life  a  ransom  for  many. 

John  xiii.  5.   Jesus  poured  water  into  a 


bason,  and  began  to  wash  the  disciples'  feet. — 
Ver.  12 — 15.  After  he  had  washed  their  feet, 
he  said  unto  them,  Know  ye  what  I  have 
done  unto  you?  Ye  call  me  Master  and  Lord, 
and  ye  say  well,  for  so  I  am :  If  I  then,  your 
Lord  and  Master,  have  washed  your  feet,  ye 
also  ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet.  For  I 
have  given  you  an  example,  that  ye  should  do 
as  I  have  done  to  you. 

Phil.  ii.  5 — 8.  Let  this  mind  be  in  you 
which  was  also  in  Christ  Jesus:  who,  being 
in  the  form  of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to 
be  equal  with  God  :  yet  made  himself  of  no 
reputation,  and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a 
servant,  and  was  made  in  the  likeness  of  men ; 
and  being  found  in  fashion  as  a  man,  he  hum- 
bled himself,  &c. 

XXXIX.  The  Elect.  Col.  iii.  12.  Put  on,  as 
the  elect  of  God,  holy  and  beloved,  bowels  of 
mercies,  kindness,  humbleness  of  mind,  meek- 
ness, long-suffering,  forbearing  one  another  in 
love.  Eph.  iv.  2. 

XL.  Humbled  saints:  their  expressions. 
Gen.  xviii.  27.  Abraham  said,  Behold,  now  I 
have  taken  upon  me  to  speak  unto  the  Lord, 
who  am  but  dust  and  ashes. 

xxxii.  9,  10.  Jacob  said,  0  God,  I  am  not 
worthy  of  the  least  of  thy  mercies,  and  of  all 
the  truth,  which  thou  hast  shewed  unto  thy 
servant. 

xli.  1 6.  Joseph  said,  It  is  not  in  me  to  give 
an  answer ;  God  shall  give  an  answer  of  peace. 
Dan.  ii.  30. 

Exod.  iii.  1 1.  Moses  said  unto  God,  Who  am 
I,  that  I  should  go  unto  Pharaoh,  and  that  I 
should  bring  forth  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Egypt] 

1  Chron.  xxix.  14.  David  said,  Who  am  I, 
and  what  is  my  people,  that  we  should  be  able 
to  offer  so  willingly  after  this  sort  1  All  things 
come  of  thee,  and  of  thine  own  have  we  given 
thee.  See  2  Sam.  vii.  19.  Thou  hast  spoken 
of  thy  servant's  house  for  a  great  while  to 
come,  &c. 

Job  vii.  17.  Job  said,  What  is  man  that  thou 
shouldest  magnify  him,  and  that  thou  shouldest 
set  thy  heart  upon  him  1 

viii.  9.  We  are  but  of  yesterday,  and  know 
nothing.  Ch.  iv.  19.  Crushed  before  the 
moth. 

xl.  4.  Behold  I  am  vile ;  I  will  lay  my  hand 
upon  my  mouth. 

xlii.  5,  6.  Mine  eye  seeth  thee :  wherefore 
I  abhor  myself,  and  repent  in  dust  and  ashes. 

Ps.  viii.  3, 4.  When  I  consider  thy  heavens, 
the  work  of  thy  fingers,  the  moon  and  stars 
which  thou  hast  made,  I  say,  What  is  man, 
that  thou  art  mindful  of  him  ]  and  the  son  of 
man,  that  thou  visitest  him  1 

xxxv.  13.  I  humbled  my  soul  with  fasting. 


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PRIDE. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


cxv.  1.  Not  unto  us,  0  Lord,  not  unto  us, 
but  unto  thy  name  give  glory  ;  for  thy  mercy, 
and  for  thy  truth's  sake. 

cxliv.  3,  4.  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou 
takest  knowledge  of  him  1  or  the  son  of  man, 
that  thou  makest  account  of  him?  Man  is 
like  to  vanity. 

Matt.  viii.  8.  The  centurion  said  to  Jesus, 
I  am  not  worthy  that  thou  shouidest  come 
under  my  roof. 

Luke  v.  8.  Simon  Peter  said  to  Jesus,  De- 
part from  me,  for  I  am  a  sinful  man,  O  Lord. 

xviii.  13,  14.  The  publican,  standing  afar 
off,  would  not  so  much  as  lift  up  his  eyes  unto 
heaven,  but  smote  upon  his  breast,  saying, 
God  be  merciful  to  me  a  sinner.  This  man 
went  down  to  his  house  justified  rather  than 
the  other. 

Acts  iii.  12.  The  apostles  said,  Why  look 
ye  on  us,  as  though  by  our  own  power  or  ho- 
liness we  had  made  this  man  to  walk  ] — Ver. 
16.  The  name  of  Jesus,  through  faith  in  his 
name,  hath  made  this  man  strong. 

xx.  19.  Serving  the  Lord  with  all  humility 
of  mind. 

Rom.  vii.  18.  I  know  that  in  me  (that  is, 
in  my  flesh)  dwelleth  no  good  thing. 

1  Cor.  xv.  9.  I  am  the  least  of  the  apostles, 
and  am  not  worthy  to  be  called  an  apostle. 
Eph.  iii.  8.  To  me,  who  am  less  than  the  least 
of  all  the  saints,  is  this  grace  given. 

2  Cor.  iii.  5.  Not  that  we  are  sufficient  of 
ourselves  to  think  any  thing  as  of  ourselves, 
but  our  sufficiency  is  of  God. 

xii.  10.  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong. 

Gal.  ii.  20.  I  live ;  yet  not  I,  but  Christ 
Hveth  in  me. 

Phil.  iii.  12—14,  Not  as  though  I  had  al- 
ready attained,  either  were  already  perfect  I 
count  not  myself  to  have  apprehended,  I  press 
toward  the  mark,  for  the  prize  of  the  high 
calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 

PRIDE. 

XLI.  Pride  against  God.  Exod.  xviii.  11. 
The  Lord  is  greater  than  all  gods :  for  in  the 
thing  wherein  they  dealt  proudly,  he  was 
above  them.  Compare  Exod.  ix.  17. 

Ps.  x.  4.  The  wicked  through  the  pride  of 
his  countenance  will  not  seek  after  God  :  God 
is  not  in  all  his  thoughts.  See  Jer.  xliii.  2. 

Ixxiii.  6.  The  pride  of  the  wicked  com- 
passeth  them  about  as  a  chain. — Ver.  9. 
They  set  their  mouths  against  the  heavens, 
and  their  tongue  walketh  through  the  earth. — 
Yer.  11.  They  say,  How  doth  God  know  1 
and  is  there  knowledge  in  the  Most  High  1 — 
Ver.  18.  Thou  castedst  them  down. 

cxix.21.  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud  that 
are  cursed,  which  do  err  from  thy  command- 


ments.    Isa.  xiv.  4  to  24.     See  the  pride  and 
fall  of  Babylon. 

XLII.  Pride  against  men.  Ps.  x.  2.  The 
wicked  in  his  pride  doth  persecute  the  poor. 

xvii.  10.  With  their  mouth  they  speak 
proudly. 

Ver.  11.  They  have  compassed  us  in  our 
steps. 

Ixxxvi.  14.  0  God,  the  proud  are  risen 
against  me.  Ver.  17. 

cxix.  51.  The  proud  have  had  me  greatly 
in  derision. — Ver.  69.  They  forged  a  lie 
against  me.  (Ver.  78. 122.)  Ver.  85.  They 
have  digged  pits  for  me.  Ps.  cxl.  5. 

cxxiii.  4.  Our  soul  is  filled  with  the  con- 
tempt of  the  proud. 

Prov.  xxi.  24.  He  dealeth  in  proud  wrath. 

xxviii.  25.  The  proud  in  heart  stirreth  up 
strife.  Ch.  xiii.  10. 

XLIII.  Spiritual  pride — Such  seem  to  be 
righteous.  Deut  ix.  4.  Speak  not  in  thy 
heart,  saying,  For  my  righteousness  the  Lord 
brought  me  in  to  possess  this  land. 

2  Kings  x.  16.  Come,  see  my  zeal  for  the 
Lord,  said  Jehu. 

Isa.  Ixv.  3.  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to 
anger  continually. — Ver.  5.  Say,  Stand  by 
thyself,  come  not  near  to  me,  for  I  am  holier 
than  thou :  these  are  a  smoke  in  my  nose,  a 
fire  that  burneth  all  the  day. 

Luke  xviii.  9.  They  trust  in  themselves  that 
they  are  righteous,  and  despise  others. — Ver. 
11,  12.  The  Pharisee  said,  God,  I  thank  thee 
that  I  am  not  as  other  men  are,  extortioners, 
unjust,  adulterers ;  or  even  as  this  publican : 
I  fast  twice  in  the  week,  I  pay  tithes  of  all 
that  I  possess,  &c. 

Rom.  x.  3.  Being  ignorant  of  God's  right- 
eousness, they  go  about  to  establish  their  own 
righteousness. 

1  Cor.  x.  12.  They  think  they  stand,  but 
should  take  heed  lest  they  fall. 

XLIV.  They  are  proud  of  their  supposea 
wisdom  and  knowledge.  Job  xii.  2.  No 
doubt  ye  are  the  people,  and  wisdom  shall  die 
with  you. 

xv.  8.  Dost  thou  restrain  wisdom  to  thyselfl 
Jer.  viii.  8.  How  say  ye,  We  are  wise,  and 
the  law  of  God  is  with  us  1 

1  Cor.  iii.  18.    They   deceive  themselves; 
they  seem  to  be  wise. 

iv.  6.  They  are  puffed  up. — Ver.  8.  They 
are  full,  they  are  rich,  they  reign  as  kings 
without  instructors. 

viii.  1 .  Their  knowledge  puffeth  them  up. — 
Ver.  2.  If  they  think  they  know  any  thing, 
they  know  nothing  as  they  ought  to  know. 

2  Cor.  x.  12,  13.   They  commend  them- 


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selves  but  they,  measuring  themselves  by 
themselves,  and  comparing  themselves  among 
themselves,  are  not  wise.  They  boast  of 
things  without  their  measure. 

1  Tim.  vi.  4,  5.  Proud,  knowing  nothing ; 
doting  about  questions,  &c.  2  Tim.  iii.  2. 

Rev.  iii.  17.  They  know  not  that  they  are 
poor,  and  miserable,  and  wretched,  and  blind, 
and  naked.  See  Korah  and  his  company, 
Numb.  xvi.  3. 

XLV.  The  proud  seek  honour  front  men. 
Prov.  xxv.  6,  7.  They  put  themselves  in  the 
place  of  great  men. 

Matt,  xxiii.  6.  They  choose  the  uppermost 
rooms  at  feasts,  and  the  chief  seats  in  the 
synagogues.  Luke  xiv.  7. 

Ver.  7.  They  love  to  be  called  of  men, 
Rabbi,  Rabbi. 

John  v.  44.  They  seek  honour  of  men,  and 
not  the  honour  that  cometh  from  God  only. 

xii.  43.  They  love  the  praise  of  men  more 
than  the  praise  of  God.  See  instances :  Ha- 
man,  Esther  iii.  5. — v.  5,  &c.  And  Naaman 
the  Syrian,  2  Kings  v.  1.1  to  15. 

XL  VI.  Threats  and  prayers  against  the 
proud.  1  Sam.  ii.  3.  Talk  no  more  so  ex- 
ceeding proudly :  let  not  arrogancy  come  out 
of  your  mouth :  for  the  Lord  is  a  God  of 
knowledge,  and  by  him  actions  are  weighed. 

Job  ix.  13.  If  God  will  not  withdraw  his 
anger,  the  proud  helpers  do  stoop  under  him. 

xxvi.  12.  By  his  understanding  he  smiteth 
through  the  proud. 

Ps.  xii.  3.  The  Lord  shall  cut  off  the  tongue 
that  speaketh  proud  things.  Ps.  xxxi.  18. — 
xl.  4. — xvii.  10. 

xxxi.  23.  The  Lord  plentifully  rewardeth  the 
proud  doer. 

xxxvi.  11.  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come 
against  me. 

lix.  12.  Let  them  be  taken  in  their  pride. 

xciv.  2.  Lift  up  thyself,  thou  judge  of  the 
earth ;  render  a  reward  to  the  proud.  Luke 
i.  51. 

cxxxviii.  6.  The  proud  the  Lord  knoweth 
afar  off. 

Prov.  viii.  13.  Wisdom  saith,  Pride  and 
arrogancy  do  I  hate.  Ch.  vi.  16,  17. 

xvi.  5.  Every  one  that  is  proud  is  an  abo- 
mination to  the  Lord. — Ver.  18.  Pride  goeth 
before  destruction ;  and  a  haughty  spirit  be- 
fore a  fall.  Ch.  xi.  2.  When  pride  cometh, 
then  cometh  shame;  but  with  the  lowly  is 
wisdom. 

xxi.  4.  A  high  look,  a  proud  heart,  and  the 
ploughing  of  the  wicked  is  sin. 

xxix.  23.  A  man's  pride  shall  bring  him 
low. 

Isa.  ii.  11,  12.  The  lofty  looks  of  man  shall 
be  humbled,  and  the  haughtiness  of  men  shall 
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be  bowed  down  ;  and  the  Lord  alone  shall  be 
exalted  in  that  day.  For  the  day  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  shall  be  upon  every  one  that  is  proud 
and  lofty,  and  upon  every  one  that  is  lifted 
up;  and  he  shall  be  brought  low.  Ch.  v.  15, 
16. — xxvi.  5. 

xiii.  11.  I  will  cause  the  arrogancy  of  the 
proud  to  cease,  and  will  lay  low  the  haughti- 
ness of  the  terrible. 

xxiii.  9.  The  Lord  hath  purposed  it,  to 
stain  the  pride  of  all  glory. 

xxv.  1 1 .  He  shall  bring  down  their  pride. 

xxviii.  1.  Woe  to  the  crown  of  pride. 

Jer.  xiii.  15, 16.  Hear  ye ;  and  give  ear  ;  be 
not  proud ;  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken :  Give 
glory  to  the  Lord  your  God,  before  he  cause 
darkness,  and  before  your  feet  stumble  on  the 
dark  mountains.  Ver.  18. 

Dan.  iv.  37.  Those  that  walk  in  pride,  he  is 
able  to  abase. 

Zeph.  ii.  10,  11.  This  shall  they  have  for 
their  pride :  The  Lord  will  be  terrible  unto 
them. 

Mark  vii.  22.  Out  of  the  heart  proceed  pride, 
foolishness ;  and  these  defile  the  man.  Ver.  23. 

Rom.  i.  28 — 30.  God  gave  them  over  to  a 
reprobate  mind  who  did  not  like  to  retain  God 
in  their  knowledge :  Being  filled  with  all  un- 
righteousness ;  proud,  boasters,  &c. 

1  John  ii.  16.  The  lust  of  the  flesh,  the  lust 
of  the  eyes  and  the  pride  of  life,  is  not  of  the 
Father,  but  is  of  the  world. 

ARROGANCY. 

XLVII.  Arrogancy.  1  Sam.  ii.  3.  Let  not 
arrogancy  come  out  of  your  mouth. 

Prov.  viii.  13.  Pride  and  arrogancy,  and  the 
evil  way,  do  I  hate,  saith  Wisdom. 

Isa.  xiii.  11.  I  will  cause  the  arrogancy  of 
the  proud  to  cease,  saith  the  Lord. 

LOFTINESS. 

XLVIII.  Loftiness.  Ps.  Ixxiii.  8.  The 
wicked  speak  loftily.  (Prov.  xxx.  13.)  Ver. 
18.  Thou  castedst  them  down  to  destruction. 

cxxxi.  1.  Lord,  my  heart  is  not  haughty 
nor  mine  eyes  lofty. 

HAUGHTY. 

XLIX.  Haughty.  2  Sam.  xxii.  28.  Thm«s 
eyes  are  upon  the  haughty,  that  thou  mayesi 
bring  them  down.  Ezek.  xvi.  50. 

Prov.  xviii.  12.  Before  destruction  the  heart 
of  man  is  haughty.  Ch.  xvi.  18. 

Isa.  iii.  16,  17.  Because  the  daughters  of 
Zion  are  haughty,  and  walk  with  stretched 
forth  necks,  the  Lord  will  smite  them  with  a 
scab,  &c. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


xiii.  11.  I  will  lay  low  the  haughtiness  of 
the  terrible. 

Zeph.  ill  1 1.  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  haughty. 
Mic.  ii.  3. 

L.  Exalting  one's  self.  Ps.  Ixvi.  7.  Let 
not  the  rebellious  exalt  themselves.  Ps.  cxl.  8. 

Prov.  xvii.  19.  He  that  exalteth  his  gate, 
seeketh  destruction. 

Matt,  xxiii.  12.  Whosoever  exalteth  him- 
self shall  be  abased.  Luke  xiv.  11. 

2  Thess.  ii.  4.  The  man  of  sin  and  son  of 
perdition  opposeth  and  exalteth  himself  above 
all  that  is  called  God,  or  is  worshipped. — Ver. 
8.  Whom  the  Lord  will  consume  with  the 
spirit  of  his  mouth,  and  shall  destroy  with  the 
brightness  of  his  coming. 

LI.  Lifting  up  one's  self.  Deut.  viii.  11. 
14.  Beware  that  thy  heart  be  not  lifted  up, 
and  thou  forget  the  Lord  thy  God.  Ver.  11, 
12.  17. 

xvii.  18 — 20.  The  king  shall  write  him  a 
copy  of  the  law.  He  shall  read  therein,  that 
he  may  learn  to  fear  the  Lord  his  God,  that 
his  heart  be  not  lifted  up  above  his  brethren. 

2  Chron.  xxvi.  16.  When  Uzziah  was 
strong,  his  heart  was  lifted  up  to  his  destruc- 
tion ;  for  he  transgressed  against  the  Lord  his 
God.  Ch.  xxv.  19,  20. 

Ps.  Ixxxiii.  2.  They  that  hate  thee  have 
lifted  up  the  head. 

1  Tim.  iii.  6.  A  bishop  must  not  be  a  no- 
vice, lest  being  lifted  up  with  pride,  he  fall  into 
the  condemnation  of  the  devil.  See  Prov. 
xxx.  32. 

LII.  Magnifying  one's  self.  Ps.  xxxv.  26. 
Let  them  be  clothed  with  shame  that  magnify 
themselves.  Ps.  xxxviii.  16. — Iv.  12.  Lam.i.  9. 

LIII.  Glorying.  Jer.  xlix.  4,  5.  Wherefore 
gloriest  thou,  0  backsliding  daughter,  that 
trusted  in  her  treasures  1  Behold  I  will  bring 
a  fear  upon  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  from 
all  that  are  about  thee. 

Prov.  xxv.  27.  For  men  to  search  their  own 
glory,  is  not  glory. 

1  Cor.  i.  27—29.   God    hath   chosen   the 
foolish  things  of  the  world  to  confound  the 
wise ;  and  weak  things  to  confound  the  mighty ; 
and  base  things,  and  things  that  are  despised, 
and  things  that  are  not,  hath  God  chosen  to 
bring  to  naught  things  that  are ;  that  no  flesh 
should  glory  in  his  presence. 

iii.  21,  Let  no  man  glory  in  men.  Ch.  v.  2.  6. 

iv.  7.  Who  maketh  thee  to  differ  1  and  what 
hast  thou,  that  thou  didst  not  receive  ]  Now 
if  thou  didst  receive  it,  why  dost  thou  glory 
9S  if  thou  hadst  not  received  it  ? 

2  Cor.  v.  1 2.  Some  glory  in  appearance, 
xi.  18.  Many  glory  after  the  flesh. 


xii.  5.  Of  myself  will  I  not  glory,  but  in 
mine  infirmities. 

Gal.  v.  26.  Let  us  not  be  desirous  of  vain- 
glory. 

Phil.  ii.  3.  Let  nothing  be  done  through 
strife  or  vain-glory. 

iii.  19.  Some  glory  in  their  shame. 

James  iii.  14.  Glory  not,  and  lie  not  against 
the  truth. 

Prov.  xxvii.  2.  Let  another  man  praise  thee, 
and. not  thine  own  mouth  ;  a  stranger,  and  not 
thine  own  lips.  Ch.  xxv.  27.  2  Cor.  xii.  5. 

BOASTING. 

LIV.  Boasting.  1  Kings  xx.  11.  Let  not 
him  that  girdeth  on  his  armour  boast  himself 
as  he  that  putteth  it  off. 

Ps.  x.  3.  The  wicked  boasteth  of  his  heart's 
desire.  James  iii.  5. 

xlix.  6.  They  boast  themselves  of  the  mul- 
titude of  their  riches.  Luke  xii.  16  to  20. 

Iii.  1.  They  boast  of  mischief.     Ps.  xciv.  4 

Prov.  xxvii.  1.  Boast  not  thyself  of  to-mor- 
row. James  iv.  14,  15,  16. 

Rom.  i.  30.  The  wicked  are  proud,  boast- 
ers, &c. 

iii.  27.  Boasting  [against  God]  is  excluded 
by  the  law  of  faith. 

Eph.  ii.  8,  9.  Ye  are  saved  through  faith, 
not  of  works,  lest  any  man  should  boast. 

SCORNING 

LV.  Scorning.  Ps.  i.  1.  Blessed  is  he  that 
sitteth  not  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful. 

cxxiii.  4.  Our  soul  is  filled  with  the  scorn- 
ing of  those  that  are  at  ease. 

Prov.  i.  22.  How  long,  ye  simple  ones,  will 
ye  love  simplicity  1  and  the  scorners  delight  in 
their  scorning,  and  fools  hate  knowledge  ? 

iii.  34.  The  Lord  scorneth  the  scorners; 
but  he  giveth  grace  to  the  lowly. 

ix.  7.  He  that  reproveth  a  scorner  getteth 
to  himself  shame. — Ver.  8.  Reprove  not  a 
scorner,  lest  he  hate  thee. — Ver.  12.  If  thou 
scornest,  thou  alone  shalt  bear  it. 

xiii.  1.  A  scorner  heareth  not  rebuke. 

xiv.  6.  A  scorner  seeketh  wisdom,  and 
findeth  it  not. 

xv.  12.  A  scorner  loveth  not  one  that  re- 
proveth him. 

xix.  25.  Smite  a  scorner  and  the  simple  will 
beware. 

Ver.  29.  Judgments  are  prepared  for 
scorners. 

xxi.  1 1 .  When  the  scorner  is  punished,  the 
simple  is  made  wise. 

Ver.  24.  Proud  and  haughty  scorner  is  bis 
name,  that  dealeth  in  proud  wrath. 

xxii.  10.  Cast'  out  the  scorner,  and  conten- 


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OF   MARRIAGE. 


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tion  shall  go  out ;  yea,  strife  and  reproach  shall 
cease. 

xxiv.  9.  The  scorner  is  an  abomination  to 
men. 

xxix,  8.  Scornful  men  bring  a  city  into  a 
snare. 

Isa.  xxviii.  14.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
ye  scornful  men,  that  rule  this  people.  Ver. 
15,  16. 

Hos.  vii.  5.  The  king  stretched  out  his  hand 
with  scorners. 

LVI.  Threats  against  kings  and  nations, 
for  their  pride,  haughtiness,  $c.  Pharaoh, 
Exod.  ix.  17.  Ch.  x.  IV.  14.  27.  Neh.  ix. 
10,  11.  Ezek.  xxix.  15.  Isa.  xix.  11. 

Assyria,  2  Kings  xix.  22  to  36.  Compare 
Isa.  xxxvii.  23. — x.  5  to  17. — xiv.  4  to  24. 
Jer.  1.  29.  31.  Ezek.  xxxi.  3  to  18.  Dan. 
iv.  30,  31,  32.— v.  20.  Hab.  ii.  4  to  1 2.  Zech. 
x.  11. 

Israel,  Neh.  ix.  1 6,  1 7.  27.  29.  Isa.  ix.  8  to 
10.  Hos.  v.  5.  14.— vi.  7. 

Judah,  Jer.  xiii.  9  to  27. 

Tyre,  Isa.  xxiii.  8, 9.  Ezek.  xxviii.  2  to  18. 
Zech.  ix.  3,  4. 

Moab,  Isa.  xvi.  6  to  14.  Jer.  xlviii.  26  to 
42.  Zeph.  ii.  8  to  15. 

Ammon,  Jer.  xlix.  16. 

Edom,  Ezek.  xxxv.  13—15.  Obad.4. 12. 15. 


OF  MARRIAGE. 

LVII.  Of  marriage.  Gen.  i.  27.  God 
created  man,  male  and  female.  Matt.  xix.  4,  5. 

ii.  18,  The  Lord  said,  It  is  not  good  that  the 
man  should  be  alone ;  I  will  make  him  a  help- 
mate for  him. 

Ver.  23,  24.  Adam  said  of  the  woman,  This 
is  bone  of  my  bone,  and  flesh  of  my  flesh. 
Therefore  shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
mother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his  wife ;  and 
they  shall  be  one  flesh.  1  Cor.  xi.  12. 

John  ii.  1,  2.  There  was  a  marriage  in  Cana 
of  Galilee.  Jesus  was  called,  and  his  disci- 
ples, to  the  marriage. 

1  Cor.  vii.  2.  To  avoid  fornication,  let  every 
man  have  his  own  wife,  and  every  woman  her 
own  husband.  See  ver.  9.  28.  36. 

ix.  5.  Have  we  not  power  to  lead  about  a 
wife  as  well  as  other  apostles,  and  as  the  bre- 
thren of  the  Lord,  and  Cephas  1 

1  Tim.  iv.  1.  In  the  latter  times  some  shall 
depart  from  the  faith. — Ver.  3.  Forbidding  to 
marry. 

v.  14.  I  will  therefore  that  the  younger  wo- 
men marrv,  bear  children,  &c. 

Heb.  xiii.  4.  Marriage  is  honourable  in  all, 
and  the  bed  undefiled  ;  but  whoremongers,  and 
adulterers,  God  will  judge. 


LVIII.  Divorce  was  permitted  by  the  law 
of  Moses.  Deut.  xxiv.  1  to  4. 

LIX.  Divorce  was  disapproved.  Mai.  ii.  15. 

LX.  Divorce  is  expressly  forbidden  in  the 
New  Testament.  Matt.  xix.  4 — 6.  Jesus  said, 
He  which  made  them  at  the  beginning,  made 
them  male  and  female :  For  this  cause  shall 
a  man  leave  father  and  mother,  and  cleave 
unto  his  wife,  and  they  shall  be  one  flesh. 
(Gen.  ii.  24.  1  Cor.  vi.  16.  Eph.  v.  31.) 
What  therefore  God  hath  joined  together,  let 
not  man  put  asunder. 

Ver.  8,  9.  Moses,  because  of  the  hardness 
of  your  hearts,  suffered  you  to  put  away  your 
wives ;  but  from  the  beginning  it  was  not  so. 
I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his 
wife,  except  it  be  for  fornication,  and  shall 
marry  another,  committeth  adultery.  And 
whoso  marrieth  her  that  is  put  away,  doth 
commit  adultery.  Ch.  v.  32.  Whosoever  shall 
put  away  his  wife,  saving  for  the  cause  of  for- 
nication, causeth  her  to  commit  adultery. 

Rom.  vii.  2,  3.  The  woman  which  hath  a 
husband,  is  bound  by  the  law  to  her  husband, 
so  long  as  he  liveth.  If  while  her  husband 
liveth  she  be  married  to  another  man,  she 
shall,  be  called  an  adulteress ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  no  adulteress,  though  she 
be  married  to  another  man.  9 

1  Cor.  vii.  10,  11.  Let  not  the  wife  depart 
from  her  husband :  or  if  she  depart,  let  her  re- 
main unmarried,  or  let  her  be  reconciled  to  her 
husband  :  And  let  not  the  husband  put  away 
his  wife.  Ver.  34. 

LXI.  Of  marriage  with  unbelievers.  2  Cor. 
vi.  14,  15.  Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together 
with  unbelievers.  For  what  part  hath  he  that 
believeth  with  an  infidel? — Ver.  17.  Where- 
fore come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye 
separate,  saith  the  Lord. 

LXII.  The  Jews  were  forbidden  to  make 
marriages  with  the  heathen  inhabitants  of 
Canaan,  lest  they  should  be  thereby  enticed 
to  idolatry.  Exod.  xxxiv.  16.  Take  heed, 
lest  thou  take  of  their  daughters  unto  thy  sons, 
and  their  daughters  make  thy  sons  go  a-whor- 
ing  after  their  gods. 

Deut.  vii.  3,  4.  Thy  daughter  thou  shall  not 
give  unto  his  son,  nor  his  daughter  shall  thou 
take  unto  thy  son.  For  ihey  will  turn  away 
thy  son  from  following  me.  Josh,  xxiii.  12, 
13.  See  instances  of  such  unhappy  marriages, 
Judg.  iii.  5  to  8.  1  Kings  xi.  1  to  12.  Ezra 
ix.  2.  12. 

This  sin  reformed.  Neh.  xiii.  23  to  27. 
Ezrax.  2,  3.  11. 

did 
with 


LXIII.  The  embracing  of  Christianity 
not  dissolve  marriage  already  contracted  u 


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DUTIES   TOWARDS  CHILDREN. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


unbelievers.  1  Cor.  vii.  12,  13.  If  any  bro- 
ther hath  a  wife  that  believeth  not,  and  she  be 
pleased  to  dwell  with  him,  let  him  not  put  her 
away.  The  woman  that  hath  a  husband  that 
believeth  not,  if  he  be  pleased  to  dwell  with 
her,  let  her  not  leave  him.  See  to  ver.  17. 

LXIV.  The  husband,  his  duties.  Prov.  v. 
18,  19.  Rejoice  with  the  wife  of  thy  youth. 
(Eccl.  ix.  9.)  Be  thou  ravished  always  with 
her  love,  Ch.  xix.  1 4. — xviii.  22. 

1  Cor.  vii.  3 — 5.  Let  the  husband  render 
to  the  wife  due  benevolence;  likewise  also 
the  wife  to  the  husband.  The  wife  hath  not 
power  over  her  own  body,  but  the  husband  ; 
likewise  also  the  husband  hath  not  power  over 
his  own  body,  but  the  wife.  Defraud  not  one 
another. 

Eph.  v.  23.  The  husband  is  the  head  of  the 
wife,  even  as  Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church. 
— Ver.  25.  Husbands,  love  your  wives,  even  as 
Christ  loved  the  church. 

Ver.  28.  So  ought  men  to  love  their  wives, 
even  as  their  own  bodies. — Ver.  33.  Let  every 
one  of  you  love  his  wife,  even  as  himself. 

Col.  iii.  19.  Husbands,  love  your  wives,  and 
be  not  bitter  against  them. 

1  Pet.  iii.  7.  Husbands,  dwell  with  your 
wives  according  to  knowledge,  giving  honour 
unto  the  wife  as  the  weaker  vessel,  and  being 
h*s  together  of  the  grace  of  life :  that  your 
prayers  be  not  hindered.  Ver.  9. 

LXV.  The  wife,  her  duties.  Prov.  xi.  16. 
A  gracious  woman  retaineth  honour. 

xii.  4.  A  virtuous  woman  is  a  crown  to  her 
husband ;  but  she  that  maketh  ashamed  is  as 
rottenness  in  his  bones. 

xiv.  1.  Every  wise  woman  buildeth  her 
house,  but  the  foolish  plucketh  it  down  with 
her  hands. 

xix.  14.  A  prudent  wife  is  from  the  Lord. 

xxxi.  10 — 12.  Who  can  find  a  virtuous 
woman  ?  for  her  price  is  far  above  rubies.  The 
heart  of  her  husband  doth  safely  trust  in  her. 
She  will  do  him  good,  and  not  evil,  all  the 
days  of  her  life.  See  to  the  end  of  this 
chapter. 

1  Cor.  vii.  34.  She  that  is  married  careth  for 
the  things  of  the  world,  how  she  may  please 
her  husband. 

Eph.  v.  22—24.  Wives,  submit  yourselves 
unto  your  own  husbands,  as  unto  the  Lord. 
(Col.  iii.  18.)  For  the  husband  is  the  head  of 
the  wife,  even  as  Christ  is  the  head  of  the 
church.  As  the  church  is  subject  to  Christ, 
so  let  the  wives  be  unto  their  own  husbands  in 
every  thing. 

Ver.  33.  Let  the  wife  see  that  she  reverence 
her  husband. 

1  Tim.  ii.  11 — 13.  Let  the  woman  learn  in 
silence  with  all  subjection.  I  suffer  not  a  wo- 


man to  teach,  nor  to  usurp  authority  over  the 
man,  but  to  be  in  silence.  For  Adam  was 
first  formed,  then  Eve. 

v.  14.  I  will  that  the  younger  women  mar- 
ry, bear  children,  guide  the  house,  give  none 
occasion  to  the  adversary  to  speak  reproach- 
fully. 

Tit.  ii.  4,  5.  That  the  aged  women  teach 
the  young  women  to  be  sober,  to  love  their 
husbands,  to  love  their  children  ;  to  be  discreet, 
chaste,  keepers  at  home,  good,  obedient  to  their 
own  husbands ;  that  the  word  of  God  be  not 
blasphemed. 

1  Pet.  iii.  1.  Wives,  be  in  subjection  to  your 
own  husbands. — Ver.  6.  Even  as  Sarah  obey- 
ed Abraham,  calling  him  lord. 

Concerning  woman's  apparel.  See  1  Tim. 
ii.  9.  1  PeU  iii.  3,  4. 


DUTIES  TOWARDS  CHILDREN. 

LXVI.  To  provide  for  their  support.  Gen. 
xxx.  30.  Jacob  said,  And  now  when  shall  I 
provide  for  mine  own  house  also  1 

Prov.  xiii.  22.  A  good  man  leaveth  an  in- 
heritance to  his  children's  children.  1  Chron. 
xxviii.  8. 

2  Cor.  xii.  14.  The  parents  ought  to  lay  up 
for  their  children. 

1  Tim.  v.  8.  If  a  man  provide  not  for  his 
own,  specially  for  those  of  his  own  house,  he 
hath  denied  the  faith,  and  is  worse  than  an  in- 
fidel. 

LXVII.  To  defend  them.  Neh.  iv.  14. 
Fight  for  your  sons  and  your  daughters,  your 
wives  and  your  houses.  See  Numb.  xi.  12. 

LXVIII.  To  pray  for  them.  Instances. 
Gen.  xvii.  18.  Abraham  prays  for  Ishmael. 
Ver.  20. 

2  Sam.  xii.  16.  David  for  his  child.  Ver.  21. 
Job  i.  5.  Job  for  his  sons. 

LXIX.  To  instruct  them.  Gen.  xviii.  19. 
I  know  Abraham,  that  he  will  command  his 
children  and  his  household  after  him,  and  they 
shall  keep  the  way  of  the  Lord,  to  do  justice 
and  judgment ;  that  the  Lord  may  bring  upon 
Abraham  that  which  he  hath  spoken  of  him. 

Exod.  x.  2.  Tell  in  the  ears  of  thy  son,  and 
of  thy  son's  son,  what  things  I  have  wrought 
in  Egypt,  that  ye  may  know  how  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

Deut.  vi.  6,  7.  These  words  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day  shall  be  in  thy  heart :  And 
thou  shalt  teach  them  diligently  unto  thy 
children,  and  talk  of  them  when  thou  sittest 
in  thy  house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the 
way,  and  when  thou  liest  down,  and  when 
thou  risest  up.  Ver.  8.  20,  2 1 .  Ch.  xi.  1 8, 1 9. 


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xxxii.  46.  Ye  shall  command  your  children 
to  do  all  the  words  of  this  law. 

Prov.  xxii.  6.  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way 
he  should  go,  &c. 

Isa.  xxxviii.  1 9.  The  father  to  the  children 
shall  make  known  thy  truth.  Ps.  Ixxviii.  4,  7 

Joel  i.  2,  3.  Give  ear,  all  ye  inhabitants  o 
the  land.  Tell  ye  your  children  of  it,  and  lei 
your  children  tell  their  children,  and  theii 
children  another  generation. 

Eph.  vi.  4.  Fathers,  provoke  not  your  child- 
ren, but  bring  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  ad- 
monition of  the  Lord.  Col.  iii.  21.  See  also 
Deut.  iv.  9,  10.— xxxi.  12,  13. 

LXX.  Particular  heads  of  instruction. 
Exod.  xii.  26,  27.  When  your  children  shall 
ask,  What  mean  ye  by  this  service!  Ye 
shall  say,  It  is  the  sacrifice  of  the  Lord's  pass- 
over,  who  passed  over  the  houses  of  the  child- 
ren of  Israel  in  Egypt,  when  he  smote  the 
Egyptians. 

xiii.  8.  Thou  shalt  shew  thy  son,  saying, 
This  is  done  because  of  that  which  the  Lord 
did  to  me  when  I  came  out  of  Egypt.  Ver.  14. 

Josh.  iv.  20 — 23.  Those  twelve  stones 
which  they  took  out  of  Jordan,  did  Joshua 
pitch  in  Gilgal ;  saying,  W7hen  your  children 
shall  ask  their  fathers,  What  mean  these 
stones  1  then  ye  shall  let  your  children  know, 
saying,  The  Lord  your  God  dried  up  the  wa- 
ters of  Jordan  before  you. — Ver.  24.  That  all 
the  people  of  the  earth  might  know  the  hand 
of  the  Lord,  that  it  is  mighty. 

LXXI,  Parents  careful  to  instruct  children, 
were.-  Gen.  xviii.  19.  Abraham.  1  Chron. 
xxviii.  9.  Prov.  iv.  3.  David.  Prov.  xxxi.  1. 
Lemuel's  mother.  2  Tim.  i.  5.  Timothy's 
mother  and  grandmother. 

LXXII.  Correcting  children,  Prov.  xiii. 
24.  He  that  spareth  the  rod  hateth  his  son, 
but  he  that  loveth  him  chasteneth  him  betimes. 

xix.  18.  Chasten  thy  son  while  there  is 
hope,  and  let  not  thy  soul  spare  for  his  crying. 

xxii.  15.  Foolishness  is  bound  in  the  heart 
of  a  child,  but  the  rod  of  correction  shall  drive 
it  far  from  him. 

xxiii.  13,  14.  Withhold  not  correction  from 
the  child.  Thou  shalt  beat  him  with  a  rod, 
and  shalt  deliver  his  soul  from  hell. 

xxix.  15.  The  rod  and  reproof  give  wisdom; 
but  a  child  left  to  himself  bringeth  his  mother 
to  shame. — V.er.  17.  Correct  thy  son  and  he 
shall  give  thee  rest ;  yea,  he  shall  give  delight 
unto  thy  soul.  See  Deut.  viii.  5.  1  Tim.  iii.  4. 

This  duty  neglected  by  David,  1  Kings  i.  6. 
By  Eli,  1  Sam.  ii.  22,  &c. 

LXXIII.  Parents  careful  to  marry  their 
children  into  religious  families.  Gen.  xxiv. 
2,  3.  Abraham  said  to  his  servant,  Swear  by 


the  God  of  heaven  and  earth,  that  thou  shalt 
not  take  a  wife  to  my  son  of  the  daughters 
of  the  Canaanites,  &c.  Ver.  4.  38. 

See  also,  Ch.  xxvii.  46. — xxviii.  1.  6. — 
xxxviii.  6.  Transgressed  by  Esau,  Gen.  xxvi. 
34,  35.— xxviii.  8,  9. 

Marriage  with  the  heathen  inhabitants  of 
Canaan  forbidden,  for  the  ill  consequences  of 
such  marriages:  Ex.  xxxiv.  16.  Deut.  vii.  3. 
Josh,  xxiii.  12,  13.  Judg.  iii.  5, 6, 7.  1  Kings 
xi.  1  to  12.  Ezra  ix.  2.  12.  Neh.  xiii.  23 
to  27. 

LXXIV.  Portions  given  to  children  by 
parents.  Gen.  xxv.  5,  6.  Abraham  gave  all 
that  he  had  to  Isaac.  But  unto  the  sons  of 
the  concubines  which  Abraham  had,  Abraham 
gave  gifts,  and  sent  them  away  from  Isaac. 

xlviii.  21,  22.  Israel  said  to  Joseph,  I  have 
given  thee  one  portion  above  thy  brethren. 

The  oldest  son,  by  the  law  of  Moses,  was 
to  have  a  double  portion,  Deut.xxi.  15, 16, 17. 

CHILDREN  AMONG  THE  PROMISED 
BLESSINGS. 

LXX  V.  Children  are  among  the  promised 
blessings  of  God  to  mankind.  Gen.  i.  28. 
God  blessed  Adam  and  Eve,  and  said  unto 
them,  Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  replenish 
the  earth. 

viii.  15—17.  God  spake  unto  Noah,  say- 
ng,  Go  forth  of  the  ark,  thou  and  thy  wife, 
and  thy  sons  and  thy  sons'  wives  with  thee ; 
and  be  fruitful  and  multiply  upon  the  earth. 
~.  ix.  1.  7. 

xiii.  14.  16.  The  Lord  said  unto  Abram,  I 
will  make  thy  seed  as  the  dust  of  the  earth ; 
so  that  if  a  man  can  number  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  then  shall  thy  seed  also  be  numbered. 
~h.  xxii.  16,  17. 

xv.  5.  The  Lord  said  to  Abram,  Look  to- 
ward heaven,  and  tell  the  stars  if  thou  be  able 
o  number  them :  and  he  said  unto  him,  So 
hall  thy  seed  be. 

xvii.  1.  5,  6.  The  Lord  appeared  unto 
Abrarri,  and  said  unto  him,  Thy  name  shall 
)e  called  Abraham ;  for  a  father  of  many  na- 
ions  have  I  made  thee.  I  will  make  thee  ex- 
.eedirig  fruitful,  and  will  make  nations  of  thee, 
nd  kings  shall  come  out  of  thee.  See  Hagar, 
"h.  xvi.  10. — xvii.  20.— xxi.  13. 

xxvi.  2.  4.  The  Lord  appeared  unto  Isaac, 
nd  said,  I  will  make  thy  seed  to  multiply  as 
tie  stars  of  heaven. 

xxviii.  14.  The  Lord  said  unto  Jacob,  Thy 
eed  shall  be  as  the  dust  of  the  earth ;  and 
hou  shalt  spread  abroad  to  the  west,  and  to 
tie  east,  and  to  the  north  and  to  the  south. 
See  Ch.  xxxv.  9.  11. — xxxii.  12. — xlviii.  3,4. 

xxxiii.  5.  Jacob  said,  These  are  the  children 


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CHILDREN  A  PROMISED  BLESSING.       CHAP.  XVII. 


that  God  hath  graciously  given  thy  servant. 
Isa.  viii.  18. 

LXXVI.  Children  promised.  Gen.  xlviii. 
19.  Jacob  said,  Ephraim's  seed  shall  become  a 
multitude  of  nations. 

xlix.  22.  Joseph  is  a  fruitful  bough. — Ver. 
25.  iThe  Almighty  shall  bless  thee,  with  the 
blessings  of  the  breasts  and  of  the  womb. 

Lev.  xxvi.  9.  I  will  make  you  fruitful,  and 
will  multiply  you. 

Numb.  xxiv.  7.  It  is  said  of  Jacob,  His 
seed  shall  be  upon  many  waters. 

Deut.  vii.  13,  14.  The  Lord  thy  God  will 
love  thee,  and  bless  thee,  and  multiply  thee. 
Thou  shall  be  blessed  above  all  people  ;  there 
shall  not  be  male  nor  female  barren  among 
you.  Ex.  xxiii.  26. 

xx viii.  4.  Blessed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy 
body.  Ver.  11. 

Josh.  xxiv.  3.  I  took  your  father  Abraham, 
and  multiplied  his  seed. 

Neh.  ix.  23.  Their  children  thou  multi- 
pliedst  as  the  stars  of  heaven. 

Job  v.  25.  Thine  offspring  shall  be  as  the 
grass  of  the  earth.  Isa.  xlviii.  18,  19. — 
xlix.  20. 

Ps.  cxiii.  9.  He  maketh  the  barren  woman 
to  be  a  joyful  mother  of  children. 

cxv.  14.  The  Lord  shall  increase  you  more 
and  more,  you  and  your  children. 

cxxvii.  3.  Children  are  a  heritage  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  fruit  of  the  womb  is  his  reward. 

cxxviii,  3.  Thy  wife  shall  be  as  a  fruitful  vine 
by  the  sides  of  thy  house ;  thy  children  like 
olive  plants  round  about  thy  table. — Ver.  6. 
Yea,  thou  shalt  see  thy  children's  children. 

cxliv.  12.  That  our  sons  may  be  as  olive 
plants,  our  daughters  like  corner-stones. 

See  also,  Deut.  i.  10. — x.  22. — xiii.  17. — 
xxviii.  62,  63.  Josh.  xxiv.  3.  Job  xlii.  12, 
13.  Ps.  cvii.  38.  Prov.  xiv.  28.  Jer.  iii. 
16. — xxx.  19. — xxxiii.  22.  Ezek.  xvi.  7. — 
xxxvi.  10,  11. — xxxvii.  26. 

LXXVII.  A  desire  of  having  children  is 
natural  to  mankind.  Instances.  Prov.  xxx. 
16.  The  grave  and  the  barren  womb  are  not 
satisfied. 

Gen.  xi.  30.  Sarah,  Abram's  wife,  was  bar- 
ren. Ch.  xvi.  1,  2,  3.  She  gave  her  hand- 
maid to  Abram,  and  said,  It  may  be  that  I 
may  obtain  children  by  her. 

xv.  2,  3.  Abram  said,  Lord,  what  wilt  thou 
give  me,  seeing  I  go  childless  1  To  me  thou 
hast  given  no  seed.  Ch.  xviii.  10.  12.  The 
angel  said,  Sarah  shall  have  a  son.  (Ch.  xvii. 
19.)  Sarah  heard  it  and  laughed. 

xxiv.  60.  They  blessed  Rebekah,  and  said, 
Be  thou  the  mother  of  thousands  of  millions. 

xxv.  21.  Isaac  entreated  the  Lord  for  his 
wife,  because  she  was  barren ;  and  the  Lord 


was  entreated  of  him,  and  Rebekah  his  wife 
conceived.' 

xxviii.  1.  3.  Isaac  blessed  Jacob,  and  said, 
God  Almighty  bless  thee,  and  make  thee  fruit- 
ful, and  multiply  thee. 

xxx.  13.  Leah  said,  Happy  am  I,  for  the 
daughters  will  call  me  blessed. — Ver.  20.  I 
have  borne  six  sons. 

xxix.  31.  Rachel  was  barren.     Ch.  xxx.  I. 

23.  She  envied  her  sister,  and  said  unto  Ja- 
cob, Give  me  children,  or  else  I  die.     Rachel 
conceived  and  bare  a  son.  and  said,  God  hath 
taken  away  my  reproach. 

1  Sam.  i.  2.  Hannah  had  no  children. — 
Ver.  10.  19.  She  was  in  bitterness  of  soul, 
and  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  wept  sore; 
and  the  Lord  remembered  her. — Ver.  20.  She 
conceived  and  bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name 
Samuel,  saying,  Because  I  have  asked  him  of 
the  Lord.— Ver.  27.  For  this  child  I  prayed, 
and  the  Lord  hath  given  me  my  petition. 

Luke  i.  7.  Elisabeth  was  barren. — Ver.  13. 
The  angel  said  unto  Zacharias,  Thy  prayer  is 
heard,  thy  wife  shall  bear  thee  a  son. — Ver. 

24.  Elisabeth  conceived,  and  said,  Thus  hath 
the  Lord  dealt  with  me,  to  take  away  my  re- 
proach.    Ver.  25. 

LXXVIII.  God's  care  of  mothers.  Gen. 
iii.  16.  Unto  the  woman  the  Lord  said,  I  will 
greatly  multiply  thy  sorrow  and  thy  concep- 
tion ;  in  sorrow  shalt  thou  bring  forth  children. 
1  Tim.  ii.  1 5.  Nevertheless  she  shall  be  saved 
in  child-bearing,  if  they  continue  in  faith  and 
holiness,  with  sobriety. 

xlix.  25.  The  Almighty  shall  bless  thee 
with  the  blessings  of  the  breasts  and  of  the 
womb. 

Deut.  vii.  1 3.  He  will  bless  the  fruit  of  thy 
Womb.  See  Exod.  xxi.  22.  Hurt  not  a  wo- 
man with  child. 

LXXIX.  God's  care  of  children.  Exod. 
i.  17.  The  mid  wives  saved  the  men-children 
alive. — Ver.  21.  And  God  made  them  houses. 

Ps.  xxii.  9,  10.  Thou  art  he  that  took  me 
out  of  the  womb,  and  didst,  make  me  hope 
when  I  was  upon  my  mother's  breasts.  I  was 
cast  upon  thee  from  the  womb :  thou  art  my 
God  from  my  mother's  belly.  Ps.  Ixxi.  6. 

Jonah  iv.  11.  God  said,  Should  not  I  spare 
Nineveh,  that  great  city,  wherein  are  more 
than  six  score  thousand  persons  that  cannot 
discern  between  their  right  hand  and  their  left .' 

Mark  x.  14.  Jesus  said,  Suffer  little  children 
to  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not ;  for  of 
such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. — Ver.  16. 
And  he  took  them  in  his  arms,  and  blessed 
them. 

LXXX.  The  grief  of  parents  at  parting 
with  their  children.  Gen.  xliii.  14.  Jacob 


CHAP.  XVII.  THE  WICKED  PUNISHED  IN  THEIR  CHILDREN.  263 


said,  If  I  am  bereaved  of  my  children,  I  am 
bereaved.     Ch.  xiii.  38.— xliv.  29.  31. 

Job  xxix.  2.  5.  Job  said,  0  that  I  were  a 
in  months  past ;  when  the  Almighty  was  ye 
with  me,  when  my  children  were  about  me. 

LXXXI.  Godly  parents  blessed  in  the  hap- 
piness of  their  children.  Deut.  iv.  40.  Thou 
shall  keep  his  statutes,  that  it  may  be  well  with 
thee,  and  with  thy  children  after  thee.  See 
ch.  v.  29.— xii.  25.  28. 

Ps.  xxv.  12,  13.  He  that  feareth  the  Lord 
his  seed  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

xxxvii.  25,  26.  Yet  have  I  not  seen  the 
righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  begging  bread. 
His  seed  is  blessed. 

cii.  28.  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall 
continue,  and  their  seed  shall  be  established 
before  thee. 

cxlvii.  13.  He  hath  blessed  thy  children 
with  thee. 

Isa.  xliv.  3.  I  will  pour  my  blessing  upon 
thine  offspring.  See  ch.  Ixi.  9. — Ixv.  23. 

Jer.  xxxii.  39.  I  will  give  them  one  heart 
and  one  way,  that  they  may  fear  me  for  ever ; 
for  the  good  of  them  and  of  their  children  after 
them. 


THE  WICKED  PUNISHED  IN  THEIR 
CHILDREN. 

LXXXII.  The  wicked  punished  in  the  ca- 
lamities of  their  children.  Exod.  xx.  5.  I 
am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniquities  of  the 
fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the  third  and 
fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me.  Ch. 
xxxiv.  7.  Numb.  xiv.  18.  Deut.  v.  9. 

Numb.  xiv.  33.  Your  children  shall  wander 
in  this  wilderness  forty  years,  and  bear  your 
whoredoms. 

Job  xxi.  19.  God  layeth  up  the  iniquity  of 
the  wicked  for  his  children.  Isa.  xiv.  21. 

Jer.  ii.  9.  With  your  children's  children 
will  I  plead,  saith  the  Lord. 

xxxii.  18.  Thou  recompensest  the  iniquity 
of  the  fathers  into  the  bosom  of  their  children 
after  them.  See  an  instance,  2  Sam.  xii.  14, 15. 

LXXXIII.  Particular  calamities  threatened 
against  the  children  of  the  wicked.  Captivity. 
Deut.  xxviii.  32.  Thy  sons  and  thy  daughters 
shall  be  given  to  another  people,  and  thine 
eyes  shall  look  and  fail  for  them  all  the  day. 

2  Chron.  xxix.  6.  Our  fathers  turned  away 
their  faces  from  the  habitation  of  the  Lord.-^- 
Ver.  9.  Our  sons  and  our  daughters,  and  our 
wives,  are  in  captivity  for  this. 

Jer.  xlviii.  46.  Woe  be  unto  thee,  thy  sons 
and  thy  daughters  are  taken  captives. 

Lam.  i.  5.  For  the  multitude  of  her  trans- 
gressions her  children  are  gone  into  captivity. 

Joel  iii.  8.  I  will  sell  your  sons  and  your 


daughters  into  the  hand  of  the  children  of  Ju- 
dah.  Ch.  ii.  16.  See  also  Jer.  x.  20. — 
xxxviii.  23. — xlvii.  3.  Lam.  v.  13.  Ezek. 
xxx.  18.  Mic.  i.  16. 

LXXXIV.  To  be  slain  by  an  enemy.  Isa. 
xiii.  16.  Their  children  shall  be  dashed  in 
pieces  before  their  eyes.  Ps.  cxxxvii.  9.  Hos. 
xiii.  16. 

Jer.  xvi.  3,  4.  Their  children  shall  die  of 
grievous  deaths. 

xviii.  21.  Deliver  up  their  children  to  the 
famine,  and  pour  out  their  blood  by  the  force 
of  the  sword.  Ps.  cix.  10. 

xliv.  7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Wherefore 
commit  ye  this  great  evil  against  your  souls, 
to  cut  off  from  you  man  and  woman,  child  and 
suckling  1 

Ezek.  xxiii.  47.  The  enemy  shall  slay  their 
sons  and  their  daughters. 

xxiv.  21.  Your  sons  and  your  daughters 
shall  fall  by  the  sword.  Ch.  xxv.  Amos 
vii.  17. 

See  also  Lev.  xxvi.  22.  1  Sam.  xv.  33. 
2  Kings  xxv.  7.  2  Chron.  xxi.  14.  Job  xxvii. 
13,  14.  Isa.  xlvii.  9. — Ii.  18.  Jer.  xiv.  16. — 
xv.  7.  Ezek.  ix.  6.  1  Kings  xxi.  19.  21,  22. 
compared  with  2  Kings  ix.  25,  26. 

LXXXV.  That  they  shall  su/er  by  famine. 
Jer.  v.  15.  I  will  bring  a  nation  upon  you,  and 
they  shall  eat  up  thy  harvest,  and  thy  bread 
which  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  should  eat. 
Ver.  17.  Job  v.  5. 

xi.  22.  Their  sons  and  their  daughters  shall 
die  by  famine. 

Hos.  iv.  6.  Thou  hast  forgotten  the  law  of 
thy  God ;  I  also  will  forget  thy  children. — Ver. 
10.  They  shall  eat  and  not  have  enough.  See 
Ps.  cix.  9, 10.  12.  Jer.  xviii.  21.  Lam.  iv.  4. 

LXXXVI.  Other  evils  upon  the  children 
of  the  ivicked.  Job  v.  4,  5.  His  children  are 
far  from  safety,  and  they  are  crushed  in  the 
gate,  neither  is  there  any  to  deliver  them. 
The  robber  swalloweth  up  their  substance. 

xvii.  5.  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  his 
friends,  even  the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

xx.  10.  His  children  shall  seek  to  please  the 
poor,  and  his  hands  shall  restore  their  goods. 

LXXXVII.  Erroneous  principles  in  reli- 
gion have  destroyed  the  natural  affection  of 
parents  toward  their  children.  2  Kings  xvi. 
3.  Ahaz  made  his  son  to  pass  through  the  fire. 

2  Chron.  xxviii.  3.  Ahaz  burnt  his  children 
n  the  fire.  See  also,  2  Kings  xvii.  17.  31. — 
xxi.  6.  Jer.  xxxii.  35.  Ezek.  xvi.  21. — xx. 
26.  Matt.  x.  21.  Forbidden,  Lev.  xviii.  21. — 
xx.  2,  3,  4.  Deut.  xviii.  10. 

LXXXVIII.  Calamities  upon  wicked  pa- 
rents and  children.  Lev.  xxvi.  29.  Ye  shall 
eat  the  flesh  of  your  sons  and  of  your  daugh- 


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COMMANDMENT  FIFTH. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


ters.      See  Deut.   xxviii.   53.      Jer.  xix.  9. 
2  Kings  vi.  29.     Lam.  ii.  20.— iv.  10. 

LXXXIX.  Want  of  children  to  the  wicked. 

Hos.  ix.  14.  Give  them  a  miscarrying  womb 
and  dry  breasts.  2  Sam.  vi.  23.  Lev.  xx.  20. 
Jer.  xxii.  30. 

XC.  Promises  to  the  godly  who  are  child- 
less. Ps.  Ixviii.  6.  Yet  setteth  he  the  solitary 
in  families. 

cxiii.  9.  He  maketh  the  barren  woman  to 
keep  house,  and  to  be  a  joyful  mother  of 
children. 

Isa.  Ivi.  4.  To  the  eunuchs,  &c.  will  I  give  a 
name,  and  a  place  within  my  walls,  &c. 


COMMANDMENT  FIFTH. 

XCI.  Duties  of  children  towards  parents. 
Exod.  xx.  12.  Honour  thy  father  and  thy 
mother,  that  thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the 
land.  Deut.  v.l  6.  Matt.  xv.  4.  Eph.  vi.  2. 

Lev.  xix.  3.  Ye  shall  fear  every  man  his 
mother  and  his  father. 

Prov.  i.  8,  9.  My  son,  hear  the  instruction 
of  thy  father,  and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy 
mother.  They  shall  be  an  ornament  of  grace 
unto  thy  head,  and  chains  about  thy  neck. 

iii.  1,  2.  My  son,  forget  not  my  law,  but  let 
thy  heart  keep  my  commandments :  for 
length  of  days,  and  long  life,  and  peace,  shall 
they  add  to  thee. 

v.  1.  My  son,  attend  unto  my  wisdom,  and 
bow  thine  ear  to  my  understanding. 

vi.  20,  21.  Keep  thy  father's  commandment, 
and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother.  Bind 
them  continually  upon  thy  heart,  and  tie  them 
about  thy  neck.  Ver.  22. 

x.  1.  A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father,  but 
a  foolish  son  is  the  heaviness  of  his  mother. 

xiii.  1.  A  wise  son  heareth  his  father's  in- 
structions, but  a  scorner  heareth  not  rebuke. 

xv.  20.  A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father, 
but  a  foolish  son  despiseth  his  mother. 

xxiii.  22.  Hearken  to  the  father  that  begat 
thee,  and  despise  not  thy  mother  when  she  is 
old. 

xx  ix.  3.  Whoso  loveth  wisdom  rejoiceth  his 
father. 

Mai.  i.  6.  A  son  honoureth  his  father.  Ch. 
iii.  17. 

Matt.  xix.  19.  Jesus  said,  Honour  thy  fa- 
ther and  thy  mother. 

Eph.  vi.  1.  Children,  obey  your  parents  in 
the  Lord,  for  this  is  right.  Col.  iii.  20. 

Ver.  2,  3.  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mo- 
ther, (which  is  the  first  commandment  with 
promise,)  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and 
thou  mayest  live  long  on  the  earth.  Exod. 
xx.  12. 


1  Tim.  iii.  4.  Having  his  children  in  sub- 
jection. 

v.  4.  Let  them  learn  to  show  piety  at  home, 
and  to  requite  their  parents. 

XCII.  Instances  of  dutiful  children  blessed. 
Gen.  ix.  23.  Shem  and  Japheth.  Ver.  26,  27. 
~ Ch.  xxviii.  3,4.  Jacob.  Ch.  xlvii.  12. — 
xlix.  26.— 1.  10.  Joseph.— Ruth  i.  15,  16,  17. 
Ruth.  Luke  ii.  51.  Jesus.  Jer.  xxxv.  8. 18, 
19.  The  sons  of  Jonadab. 

XCIII.  Disobedient  and  undutiful  child- 
ren: threats  against  them.  Exod.  xxi.  15. 
He  that  smiteth  his  father  or  mother,  shall  be 
surely  put  to  death. 

xxi.  17.  He  that  curseth  his  father  or  his 
mother  shall  surely  be  put  to  death.  Lev. 
xxiv.  15. — xx.  9.  Matt.  xv.  4,  5,  6.  Prov. 
xx.  20. 

Deut.  xxi.  18.  21.  If  a  man  have  a  stub- 
born and  rebellious  son,  that  will  not  obey  the 
voice  of  his  father  or  the  voice  of  his  mother, 
all  the  men  of  his  city  shall  stone  him  with 
stones  that  he  die. 

xxvii.  16.  Cursed  be  he  that  setteth  light 
by  his  father  or  his  mother :  and  all  the  people 
shall  say,  Amen.  Ezek.  xxii.  7. 14. 

Prov.  xv.  5.  A  fool  despiseth  his  father's 
instruction.  Ver.  20. 

xvii.  21.  He  that  begetteth  a  fool  doeth  it 
to  his  sorrow ;  and  the  father  of  a  fool  hath  no 
joy. — Ver.  25.  A  foolish  son  is  a  grief  to  his 
father,  and  bitterness  to  her  that  bare  him. 
Ch.  x.  1. 

xix.  13.  A  foolish  son  is  a  calamity  to  his 
father. 

Ver.  26.  He  that  wasteth  his  father,  and 
chaseth  away  his  mother,  is  a  son  that  causeth 
shame,  and  bringeth  reproach. 

xxviii.  7.  He  that  is  a  companion  of  riotous 
men,  shameth  his  father. 

Ver.  24.  Whoso  robbeth  his  father  or  his 
mother,  and  saith,  It  is  no  transgression ;  the 
same  is  the  companion  of  a  destroyer. 

xxx.  11.  There  is  a  generation  that  curseth 
their  father,  and  doth  not  bless  their  mother. — 
Ver.  17.  The  eye  that  mocketh  at  his  father 
and  despiseth  to  obey  his  mother,  the  ravens  of 
the  valley  shall  pluck  it  out,  and  the  young 
eagles  shall  eat  it. 

Isa.  xlv.  10.  Woe  unto  him  that  saith 
unto  his  father,  What  begettest  thou  ]  and  to 
the  woman,  What  hast  thou  brought  forth  ? 

Mic.  vii.  6.  The  son  dishonoureth-  the 
father,  and  the  daughter  riseth  up  against  her 
mother.  Luke  xii.  53. 

2  Tim.  iii.  1,  2.  Perilous  times  shall  come  ; 
men  shall  be  disobedient  to  parents,  &c. 

XCIV.  Particular  instances  of  undutiful 
disobedient  children  cursed.  Gen.  ix.  22.  25. 
Ham  is  cursed  of  his  father. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


DUTIES   OF   MASTERS,  ETC, 


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1  Sam.  ii.  25.  The  sons  of  Eli  are  punished. 
Ver.  31  to  36. 


DUTIES  OF  MASTERS. 

XCV.  Duties  of  masters  towards  servants. 
Lev.  xix.  1 3.  The  wages  of  him  that  is  hired 
shall  not  abide  with  thee  all  night  until  the 
morning.  See  Deut.  xxiv.  15.  Jer.  xxii.  13. 
Mai.  iii.  5.  Jam.  v.  4.  Luke  x.  7.  ^ 

xxv.  43.  Thou  shall  not  rule  over  him  with 
rigour.  Ver.  46.  53. 

Deut.  xxiv,  14.  Thou  shalt  not  oppress  a 
hired  servant  that  is  poor  and  needy,  whether 
he  be  of  thy  brethren  or  of  strangers. 

Job  xxxi.  13 — 15.  If  I  did  despise  the 
cause  of  my  man-servant  or  of  my  maid-ser- 
vant, when  they  contended  with  me ;  what 
shall  I  do  when  God  riseth  up  1  and  when  he 
visiteth,  what  shall  I  answer  him  ?  Did  not 
he  that  made  me  in  the  womb  make  them  1  did 
not  one  fashion  us  both  1 

Matt.  viii.  6.  The  centurion  besought  Jesus 
to  heal  his  servant. 

Eph.  vi.  9.  Ye  masters,  do  the  same  things 
unto  your  servants;  forbearing  threatening; 
knowing  that  your  Master  also  is  in  heaven ; 
neither  is  there  respect  of  persons  with  him. 
Col.  iv.  1. 

Prov.  xxx.  10.  Accuse  not  a  servant  to  his 
master. 

Exod.  xxi.  20.  26.  Beating  servants — the 
law  thereof. 

xxi.  2.  A  Hebrew  servant,  when  to  go 
free.  Lev.  xxv.  39,  40,  41.  54.  Jer.  xxxiv.  14. 

Lev.  xxv.  44 — 46.  Concerning  slaves. 

Deut.  xxiii.  15,  16.  The  fugitive  servant. 

DUTIES  OF  SERVANTS. 

XCVI.  Duties  of  servants.  Prov.  xiv.  35. 
The  king's  favour  is  toward  a  wise  servant. 

xvii.  2.  A  wise  servant  shall  have  rule  over 
a  son  that  causeth  shame. 

xxvii.  18.  He  that  waiteth  on  his  master 
shall  be  honoured. 

Mai.  i.  6.  A  servant  honoureth  his  master. 

Matt.  x.  24.  Neither  is  the  servant  above 
his  master.  Ver.  25. 

Prov.  xix.  10.  For  a  servant  to  haye  rule 
over  princes  is  not  seemly. 

Luke  iii.  14.  Be  content  with  your  wages. 

xvii.  7,  8.  Who  of  you  having  a  servant 
ploughing  or  feeding  cattle,  will  say  to  him  by 
and  by  when  he  is  come  from  the  field,  Go  sit 
down  to  meat  1  And  will  not  rather  say  unto 
him,  Make  ready  wherewith  I  may  sup,  and 
afterward  thou  shalt  eat  and  drink  ] 

1  Cor.  vii.  21,  22.  Art  thou  called,  being  a 
servant  ?  care  not  for  it :  but  if  thou  mayest 
be  made  free,  use  it  rather.  He  that  is  called 
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in  the  Lord,  being  a  servant,  is  the  Lord's 
freeman. 

Eph.  vi.  5 — 8.  Servants,  be  obedient  to  them 
that  are  your  masters  according  to  the  flesh : 
not  with  eye-service,  as  men-pleasers ;  but  as 
the  servants  of  Christ,  doing  the  will  of  God 
from  the  heart ;  with  good  will,  doing  service 
as  unto  the  Lord,  and  not  to  men  ;  Knowing 
that  whatsoever  good  thing  any  man  doeth, 
the  same  shall  he  receive  of  the  Lord,  whether 
he  be  bond  or  free. 

Col.  iii.  22.  Servants,  obey  in  all  things 
your  masters  according  to  the  flesh ;  not  with 
eye-service  as  men-pleasers,  but  in  singleness 
of  heart,  fearing  God.  See  ver.  23,  24,  25. 

1  Tim.  vi.  1.  Let  as  many  servants  as  are 
under  the  yoke  count  their  masters  worthy  of 
all  honour ;  that  the  name  of  God  and  his  doc- 
trine be  not  blasphemed.  Ver.  2. 

Tit.  ii.  9,  10.  Exhort  servants  to  be  obe- 
dient to  their  masters,  and  to  please  them  well 
in  all  things,  not  answering  again.  Not  pur- 
loining, but  showing  all  good  fidelity ;  that 
they  may  adorn  the  doctrine  of  God  our  Saviour 
in  all  things. 

1  Pet.  ii.  18..  Servants,  be  subject  to  your 
masters  with  all  fear ;  not  only  to  the  good  and 
gentle,  but  also  to  the  froward.  Ver.  19, 20,  21. 

Servants  are  called  faithful.  Matt.  xxiv.  45. 
— xxv.  21.  Instances.-  Abraham's  servant, 
Gen.  xxiv. — Jacob,  Gen.  xxxi.  6.  See  Ps. 
cxxxii.  2. 

Servants  are  wicked,  slothful,  unprofitable, 
Matt.  xxv.  26.  30.  Who  knew  his  Lord's  will 
and  did  it  not,  Luke  xii.  47. 

MAGISTRATES. 

XC  VII.  Duties  of  the  civil  magistrate,  to 
administer  justice  impartially.  Deut.  i.  16. 
Judge  righteously  between  every  man  and  his 
brother,  and  the  stranger  that  is  with  him. 
John  vii.  24. 

xvi.  18.  Judge  the  people  with  just  judg- 
ment. Ezek.  xviii.  8. 

xix.  18.  Make  diligent  inquisition.  Job 
xxix.  16,  17.  Prov.  xxi.  3. 

xxv.  1 .  Justify  the  righteous,  and  condemn 
the  wicked. 

Ps.  Ixxxii.  3,  4.  Defend  the  poor  and 
fatherless ;  do  justice  to  the  afflicted  and  needy. 
(Ps.  Ixxii.  2.)  Deliver  the  poor  and  needy  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

Prov.  xx.   8.    A   king  that  sitteth  in  the 
throne   of  judgment  scattereth  away  all  ^evil          ^ 
with  his  eyes. — Ver.  26.    A  wise  king  scatter- 
eth the  wicked,  and  bringeth  the  wheel  over 
them.     Ps.  ci.  4. 

Ver.  28.  Mercy  and  truth  preserve  the  king ; 
and  his  throne  is  upholden  by  mercy.  Ch.  xvi. 
12.  Is  established  by  righteousness. 
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MAGISTRATES. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


xxi.  3.  To  do  justice  and  judgment  is  more  j 
acceptable  to  the  Lord  than  sacrifice. 

xxix.  14.  The  king  that  faithfully  judgeth  the 
poor,  his  throne  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

Isa.  i.  17.  Seek  judgment,  relieve  the  op- 
pressed, judge  the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  wi- 
dow. Ver.  18.  Though  your  sins  be  as  scar- 
let, they  shall  be  as  snow  or  as  wool. 

Ivi.  1,  2.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Keep  judg- 
ment and  do  justice.  Blessed  is  the  man  that 
doeth  this. 

Iviii,  6.  8.  Loose  the  bands  of  wickedness, 
undo  the  heavy  burdens ;  let  the  oppressed  go 
free,  break  every  yoke.  Then  shall  thy  light 
break  forth  as  the  morning. 

Ixi.  8.  I  the  Lord  love  judgment ;  I  hate 
robbery. 

Jer.  xxii.  3,  4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Exe- 
cute judgment  and  righteousness,  and  deliver 
the  spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the  oppressor, 
and  do  no  wrong:  do  no  violence  to  the  stranger, 
to  the  fatherless,  nor  to  the  widow ;  neither  shed 
innocent  blood  in  this  place.  (Ch.  xxi.  12.) 
Then  shall  there  enter  in  by  the  gates  of  this 
house,  kings  sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David, 
&c. 

Ver.  16.  He  judged  the  cause  of  the  poor 
and  needy  ;  then  it  was  well  with  him. 

Ezek.  xlv.  9.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Remove  violence  and  spoil,  and  execute  judg- 
ment and  justice ;  take  away  your  exactions 
from  my  people,  saith  the  Lord. 

Hos.  xii.  6.  Keep  mercy  and  judgment: 
wait  on  thy  God  continually.  Isa.  xvi.  5.  In 
mercy  shall  the  throne  be  established. 

Amos  v.  24.  Let  judgment  run  down  as 
waters,  and  righteousness  as  a  mighty  stream. 

Zech.  viii.  16.  Execute  the  judgment  of 
truth  and  peace  in  your  gates.  Ch.  vii.  9. 
Exod.  xviii.  16. — xxiii.  6,  7,  8.  Deut.  xvi. 
19.  See  Lev.  xix.  15.  Amos  v.  15. 

XC  VIII.  Qualifications  of  the  civil  magis- 
trate. Exod.  xviii.  21.  Thou  shall  provide 
out  of  all  the  people  able  men,  such  as  fear 
God,  men  of  truth,  hating  covetousness ;  and 
place  such  to  be  rulers. 

Deut.  i.  13.  Take  you  wise  men,  and  un- 
derstanding, and  known  among  your  tribes, 
and  I  will  make  them  rulers  over  you.  Ver.  15. 

xvii.  18,  19.  The  king  shall  write  him  a 
copy  of  this  law  in  a  book.  He  shall  read 
therein  all  the  days  of  his  life,  that  he  may 
learn  to  fear  the  Lord  his  God,  and  to  keep 
all  the  words  of  this  law,  and  these  statutes, 
to  do  them.  Ver.  15,  16,  17.  20.  Josh.  i.  8. 

2  Sam.  xxiii.  3.  He  that  ruleth  over  men 
must  be  just,  ruling  in  the  fear  of  God. 
2  Chron.  xix.  6,  7.  9. 

Neh.v.  9,  Ought  ye  not  to  walk  in  the  fear 
of  God  ? 


Ps.  ii.  10,  11.  Be  wise,  ye  kings:  be  in- 
structed, ye  judges  of  the  earth.  Serve  the 
Lord  with  fear. 

Prov.  xxix.  2.  When  the  righteous  are  in 
authority  the  people  rejoice. 

Examples.  Jehoshaphat,  2  Chron.  xx.  3. 
Nehemiah,  Neh.  v.  15. 

XCIX.  TJte  magistrate's  concern  with  re- 
ligion. Numb.  xiv.  17.  Moses  the  chief  ma- 
gistrate prayeth  for  the  people.  Deut.  ix.  26. 
He  inquireth  of  God  for  the  people.  Exod. 
xviii.  15. 

Josh.  vii.  6.  Joshua  prayeth  for  the  people. 
Ver.  7. 

xxiv.  1  to  28.  His  religious  exhortation  to 
the  people. 

2  Sam.  vi.  2.  David's  care  of  the  ark  of  God. 
1  Chron.  xxiii.  6.  He  divides  the  priests  into 
courses. 

vii.  2.  He  resolves  to  build  a  house  for  the 
worship  of  God.  Ver.  7,  8.  1  Kings  viii.  18. 

1  Chron.  xxii.  3.    He  prepares  materials 
for  building  the  temple. 

2  Sam.  vi.  18.  He  blesses  the  people  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

xxiv.  17.  He  prayeth  for  the  people.  Ver.  25. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  19.  He  prayeth  for  Solomon. 

2  Sam.  iii.  1.    David  waxed  stronger  and 
stronger.     Ch.  v.  10.  He  grew  great,  and  the 
Lord  established  him.     Ver.  12. 

viii.  14.  The  Lord  preserved  him  whither- 
soever he  went. 

1  Kings  iii.  3.  Solomon  loved  the  Lord. — 
Ver.  9.  He  prayed  to  God  for  qualifications  to 
govern  the  people. — Ver.  11.  His  prayer  was 
answered.  Ch.  iv.  29. 

vi.  14.  He  built  the  house  of  God. 

viii.  23.  His  prayer  and  exhortation  at  the 
dedication  of  the  temple.  2  Chron.  viii.  14. 
He  appoints  the  courses  of  the  priests. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  25.    The  Lord  magnified 
Solomon  exceedingly. 

2  Kings  xiii.  4,  5.    Jehoahaz  besought  the 
Lord,  and  the  Lord  hearkened  unto  him,  and 
gave  Israel  a  saviour. 

2  Chron.  xiv.  2.  4.  Asa  reforms  abuses  in 
religion. — Ver.  11.  He  prayeth  against  the 
Ethiopian  army. — Ver.  12.  The  Lord  smote 
the  Ethiopians  before  Asa. 

xv.  8.  He  farther  reforms  the  nation,  and 
takes  an  oath  of  the  people  to  reform,  and  to 
seek  the  Lord.  Ver.  12,  13,  14. 

xvii.  7, 8, 9.  Jehoshaphat  enjoins  the  princes 
and  the  Levites  to  teach  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

xix.  4.  He  reforms  abuses  and  gives  a  reli- 
gious charge  to  the  judges.  See  to  ver.  1 1. 

xx.  3.  He  appoints  a  fast,  prays  against  the 
enemies  of  the  nation,  and  is  heard.  See  to 
ver.  24. 

xxx.  2.  Hezekiah  took  counsel  with  the 


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princes  to  celebrate  the  passover,  which  had 
been  long  neglected. 

Ver.  5,  6,  7.  He  writes  letters,  and  makes 
proclamation  to  assemble  the  people. — Ver. 
18.  He  prays  for  the  people. 

xxxi.  2.  He  appoints  the  courses  of  the 
priests. 

xxxii.  20,  21.  He  prayed  to  God  against 
the  Assyrian  army ;  and  the  Lord  sent  an 
angel  which  cut  off  all  the  mighty  men  of 
valour,  and  the  leaders  and  captains  in  the 
camp  of  the  king  of  Assyria.  2  Kings  xix. 
15.  20.  Isa.  xxxvi.  1. 

Ver.  22,  23.  God  saved  Hezekiah ;  and  he 
was  magnified  in  the  sight  of  all  nations. 

2  Kings  xxii.  3.  Josiah's  care  for  the  house 
of  God. — Ver.  13.  He  sends  to  inquire  of  the 
Lord. 

xxiii.  2,  3.  He  reads  the  law  to  the  people, 
and  takes  an  oath  of  the  people  to  keep  it ; 
and  reforms  abuses  in  religion.  Jer.  xxii.  15. 
God  was  with  him. 

Ezra  ix.  6.  Ezra  prays  and  reforms  abuses 
in  religion.  Ch.  viii.  21. 

x.  1.5.  He  takes  an  oath  of  the  people  to 
reform. 

Neh.  i.  4  to  11.  Nehemiah's  prayer  and 
confession  ;  on  which  deliverance  is  obtained. 
See  chapters  2d,  3d,  4th. 

v.  6  to  9.  He  reforms  abuses  in  religion. 
Ch.  xiii.  10  to  31. 

viii.  9.  He  teacheth  the  people. 

ix.  1,  &c.  A  remarkable  fast  is  kept,  with 
acknowledgment  of  mercies,  humiliation  and 
confession  of  sins. 

x.  29.  The  people  enter  into  a  curse  and 
into  an  oath,  to  walk  in  God  s  law. 

Jonah  iii.  7.  The  king  of  Nineveh  appoints 
a  fast. — Ver.  9,  10.  God  approves  thereof,  and 
is  entreated,  and  averts  the  evil  which  he  had 
threatened  against  Nineveh. 

C.  Good  magistrates,  a  blessing  promised 
to  God's  people.  Isa.  i.  26,  27.  I  will  restore 
thy  judges  as  at  the  first,  and  thy  counsellors 
as  at  the  beginning.  Zion  shall  be  redeemed 
with  judgment,  and  her  converts  with  right- 
eousness. 

xxviii.  6.  The  Lord  shall  be  for  a  spirit  of 
judgment  to  them  that  sit  in  judgment. 

xxxii.  16.  Judgment  shall  dwell  in  the  wil- 
derness, and 'righteousness  in  the  fruitful  field. 

xxxiii.  5.  The  Lord  hath  filled  Zion  with 
judgment  and  righteousness. 

xlix.  23.  Kings  shall  be  thy  nursing  fathers, 
and  queens  thy  nursing  mothers. 

Ix.  16,  17.  Thou  shall  suck  the  breast  of 
kings.  I  will  make  thine  officers  peace,  and 
thine  exactors  righteousness. 

Jer.  xxx.  20,  21.  I  will  punish  all  that  op- 
press niy  people.  Their  nobles  shall  be  of 


themselves,  and  their  governor  shall  proceed 
from  the  midst  of  them  ;  and  I  will  cause  him 
to  draw  near,  and  he  shall  approach  unto  me : 
for  who  is  this  that  engaged  his  heart  to  ap- 
proach unto  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

Ezek.  xlv.  8.  Princes  shall  no  more  oppress 
my  people. 

Zech.  ix.  8.  No  oppressor  shall  pass  through 
them  any  more. 

CI.  Magistracy  is  of  divine  appointment. 
Deut.  xvi.  18.  Judges  and  officers  shalt  thou 
make  in  all  thy  gates,  and  they  shall  judge  the 
people.  Ch.  xvii.  5.  Numb.  xi.  16,  17. 

Prov.  viii.  15.  By  me  kings  reign  and 
princes  decree  justice. 

Rom.  xiii.  1.  There  is  no  power  but  of 
God  ;  the  powers  that  be  are  ordained  of  God. 
—Ver.  2.  The  ordinance  of  God.— Ver.  4. 
The  magistrate  is  the  minister  of  God. 

CII.  Sins  of  Magistrates.  Perverting  of 
judgment,  respect  of  persons,  partiality,  &c. 
Exod.  xxiii.  6.  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  judg- 
ment of  thy  poor  in  his  cause.  Ver.  2. 

Ver.  7.  The  innocent  and  righteous  slay 
thou  not ;  for  I  will  not  justify  the  wicked. 

Lev.  xix.  1 5.  Thou  shalt  do  no  unrighteous- 
ness in  judgment,  thou  shalt  not  respect  the 
person  of  the  poor,  nor  honour  the  person  of 
the  mighty.  Prov.  xxiv.  23. 

Deut.  i.  17.  Ye  shall  not  respect  persons  in 
judgment ;  ye  shall  not  be  afraid  of  the  face 
of  man ;  for  the  judgment  is  God's.  2  Chron. 
xix.  6.  The  Lord  is  with  you  in  judgment. 
Ver.  7.  Rom.  ii.  11.  There  is  no  respect  of 
persons  with  God.  Eph.  vi.  9.  Col.  iii.  25. 

Prov.  xvi.  1 2.  It  is  an  abomination  to  kings 
to  commit  wickedness. 

Zech.  vii.  10.  Oppress  not  the  widow  nor 
the  fatherless,  the  stranger  nor  the  poor.  Job 
xxxi.  21. 

Isa.  x.  1,  2.  Woe  unto  them  that  decree 
unrighteous  decrees,  and  that  write  grievous- 
ness  which  they  have  prescribed ;  to  turn  aside 
the  needy  from  judgment,  and  to  take  away 
the  right  from  the  poor  of  my  people,  that 
widows  may  be  their  prey,  and  that  they  may 
rob  the  fatherless.  Jer.  xxii.  3.  5. 

Ver.  3.  What  will  ye  do  in  the  day  of  visi- 
tation !  See  Deut.  xix.  15.  Job  xxxii.  21. 
Ps.  xciv.  20.  Eccl.  v.  8.  Isa.  i.  10.— iii.  12 
to  15.— xxviii.  14  to  18.  Mic.  m.  1  to  4. 
Acts  xxiii.  3. 

CIII.  Perverting  of  judgment  through 
covefousness,  taking  gifts,  fyc. 

Exod.  xxiii.  8.  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  gift ; 
for  a  gift  blindeth  the  wise  and  perverteth  the 
words  of  the  righteous.  Deut.  xvi.  19. 

Prov.  xxix.  4.  He  that  receiveth  gifts,  over- 
throweth  the  land. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


xvii.  23.  A  wicked  man  taketh  a  gift  out 
of  the  bosom,  to  pervert  the  ways  of  judgment. 
See  persons  threatened  for  this  sin :  1  Sam. 
viii.  3.  Isa.  i.  23,  24. — v.  22,  23.  Jer.  xxii. 
17,  18,  19.  Ezek.  xxii.  27.  31.  Hos.  iv.  18. 
Amos  v.  12.  Mic.  iii.  11,  12.— vii.  3, 4.  See 
persons  free  from  it :  1  Sam.  xii.  3.  Neh.  v. 
14,  15.  Promises  to  such.  Isa.  xxxiii.  15. 
Ezek.  xviii.  17. 

CIV.  Perverting  of  judgment  through 
drunkenness.  Prov.  xxxi.  4.  It  is  not  for 
kings  to  drink  wine,  nor  for  princes  strong 
drink,  lest  they  drink  and  forget  the  law,  and 
pervert  the  judgment  of  any  of  the  afflicted. 

Isa.  xxviii.  1.  Woe  to  the  drunkards  of 
Ephraim.  Ver.  3.  They  shall  be  trodden 
under  foot. 

Ver.  7.  They  have  erred  through  wine,  and 
through  strong  drink  are  out  of  the  way. 
Ver.  8. 

v.  22.  Woe  to  them  that  are  mighty  to 
drink  wine,  and  men  of  strength  to  mingle 
strong  drink.  See  Eccl.  x.  16,  17. 

CV.  The  misery  of  being  governed  by 
weak  or  wicked  rulers.  Ps.  xii.  8.  The 
wicked  walk  on  every  side  when  the  vilest 
men  are  exalted.  Eccl.  x.  5,  6. 

xciv.  20.  Shall  the  throne  of  iniquity  have 
fellowship  with  thee,  which  frameth  mischief 
by  a  law  ? 

Prov.  xxviii.  15.  As  a  roaring  lion,  and  a 
raging  bear,  so  is  a  wicked  ruler  over  the  poor 
people. 

Ver.  16.  The  prince  that  wanteth  under- 
standing is  a  great  oppressor. 

xxix.  2.  When  the  wicked  beareth  rule,  the 
people  mourn. 

Ver.  12.  If  a  ruler  hearken  to  lies,  all  his 
servants  are  wicked. 

Eccl.  iii.  16.1  saw  the  place  of  judgment,  that 
wickedness  was  there,  and  the  place  of  right- 
eousness that  iniquity  was  there.  Mic.  vii.  3, 4. 

x.  16.  Woe  unto  thee,  O  land,  when  thy 
king  is  a  child. 

iv.  13.  Better  is  a  poor  and  wise  child,  than 
an  old  and  foolish  king,  that  will  no  more  be 
admonished. 

Isa.  lix.  14.  Judgment  is  turned  away  back- 
ward, and  justice  standeth  afar  off,  for  truth 
is  fallen  in  the  street,  and  equity  cannot  enter. 

Amos  vi.  12.  Ye  have  turned  judgment 
into  gall,  and  the  fruit  of  righteousness  into 
hemlock.  Hos.  x.  4. 

CVI.  Such  set  over  a  people,  as  a  punish- 
ment for  sin.  Neh.  ix.  37.  The  kings  whom 
thou  hast  set  over  us  for  our  sins  have  domi- 
nion over  our  bodies,  &c. 

Ps.  cvi.  41.  They  that  hated  them,  ruled 
over  them. 


Prov.  xxviii.  2.  For  the  transgressions  of  a 
land  many  are  the  princes  thereof. 

Isa.  iii.  4.  I  will  give  children  to  their 
princes,  and  babes  shall  rule  over  them. 

Ver.  5.  The  child  shall  behave  himself 
proudly  against  the  ancients,  &c. 

Ver.  12.  Children  are  their  oppressors,  wo- 
men rule  over  them.  Ver.  13,  14. 

Jer.  li.  46.  There  shall  come  ruler  against 
ruler. 

Lam.  v.  8.  Servants  have  ruled  over  us. 
Neh.  v.  15. 

Hos.  xiii.  11.  I  gave  thee  a  king  in  mine 
anger,  and  took  him  away  in  my  wrath. 

Joel  ii.  17.  Give  not  thy  heritage  to  the 
heathen,  that  they  should  rule  over  them. 

Ezra  ix.  7.  For  our  iniquities  have  we,  our 
kings  and  our  priests,  been  delivered  into  the 
hand  of  the  kings  of  the  land,  to  the  sword, 
captivity,  spoil  and  confusion  of  face.  Neh. 
ix.  24.  See  1  Sam.  viii.  11  to  19. 

CVII.  Wicked  rulers  enemies  to  religion. 
Ps.  ii.  2.  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  them- 
selves, and  the  rulers  lake  counsel  against  the 
Lord,  and  against  his  anointed.  Ver.  9.  Acts 
iv.  26. 

Luke  xxiii.  35.  They  derided  Christ.  John 
vii.  48.  Acts  iv.  26. — xiii.  27.  See  also  Ezra 
ix.  2.  Neh.  v.  7. — xiii.  11.  Rev.  xvi.  14. 

CVIII.  God's  providence  over  kings  and 
rulers,  exalting  or  abasing  them.  Job  xii. 
17.  He  leadeth  counsellors  away  spoiled,  and 
maketh  the  judges  fools.  Isa.  xliv.  25. 

Ver.  18.  He  looseth  the  bond  of  kings  and 
girdeth  their  loins  with  a  girdle. 

Ver.  2 1.  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes. 
Ps.  cvii.  40. 

xxxiv.  19.  He  accepteth  not  the  persons  of 
princes,  nor  regardeth  the  rich  more  than  the 
poor. 

Ver.  24.  He  shall  break  in  pieces  mighty 
men  without  number,  and  set  others  in  their 
stead. 

Ps.  Ixxv.  7.  He  putteth  down  one  and 
setteth  up  another.  Ps.  Ixx viii.  70.  Dan.  ii.  2 1 . 

Ixxvi.  12.  He  shall  cut  off  the  spirit  of 
princes,  he  shall  be  terrible  to  the  kings  of 
the  earth. 

Ixxxii.  1.  God  standeth  in  the  congregation 
of  the  mighty,  he  judgeth  among  the  gods. 

cxxxv.  10.  Who  smote  great  nations,  and 
slew  mighty  kings. 

Isa.  xl.  23.  He  bringeth  the  princes  to 
nothing. 

CIX.  Particular  instances  of  God's  provi- 
dence in  exalting  w  debasing  rulers.  Acts 
xiii.  20.  God  gave  them  judges  until  Samuel 
the  prophet. 

Ver.  21.  Afterward  he  gave  them  Saul. 


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269 


Ver.  22.  When  he  had  removed  him,  he 
raised  up  unto  them  David.  1  Sam.  xx.  30. 
Ps.  Ixxviii.  70.— Ixxxix.  19,  20. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  1.  Solomon  whom  alone 
God  hath  chosen. 

Isa.  xix.  13.  The  princes  of  Zoan  are  be- 
come fools.  Ver.  14.  The  Lord  hath  mingled 
a  perverse  spirit  in  the  midst  of  Egypt. 

xxii.  3.  All  thy  rulers  are  fled  together.  Ver. 
5.  for  it  is  a  day  of  trouble  and  of  treading 
down,  and  of  perplexity  from  the  Lord. 

xxix.  10.  The  Lord  hath  poured  upon  you 
the  spirit  of  deep  sleep,  and  hath  closed  your 
eyes,  your  rulers  hath  he  covered. 

Ver.  14.  The  wisdom  of  their  wise  men 
shall  perish,  and  the  understanding  of  their 
prudent  men  shall  be  hid. 

xlv.  1.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  his  anoint- 
ed, to  Cyrus,  whose  right  hand  I  have  holden 
to  subdue  nations  before  him.  Ch.  xliv.  28. 
2  Chron.  xxxvi.  22.  Ezra  i.  1  to  7. 

Jer.  xxi.  7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  de- 
liver Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  and  the  people 
into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar.  Ver.  5,  6. 

xxvii.  6.  I  have  given  all  these  lands  into 
the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Ba- 
bylon my  servant. 

Ver.  7.  All  nations  shall  serve  him,  and  his 
son,  and  his  son's  son.  Jer.  xxviii.  14.  See 
further,  concerning  Nebuchadnezzar.  Dan.  ii. 
37.— iv.  17.  30  to  33.— v.  18, 19. 23.  28.  Isa. 
xiv.  12. 

Ezek.  xxviii.  2.  Say  unto  the  prince  of 
Tyrus,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  thy 
heart  is  lifted  up,  and  thou  hast  said,  I  am 
a  god. 

Ver.  7.  I  will  bring  strangers  upon  thee, 
ver.  8,  and  they  shall  bring  thee  down  to 
the  pit. 

CX.  Duties  toward  governors;  praying  for 
them.  Ps.  Ixxii.  15.  Prayer  shall  be  made 
for  him  continually. 

1  Tim.  ii.  1.  I  exhort,  that  supplications, 
prayers,  intercessions,  and  giving  of  thanks 
be  made  for  all  men. 

Ver.  2.  For  kings,  and  for  all  that  are  in 
authority,  &c. 

Ver.  3.  This  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the 
sight  of  God. 

CXI.  Honour  and  respect  to  be  shown  to 
their  persons  in  words  and  actions.  Exod. 
xxii.  28.  Thou  shall  not  revile  the  gods,  nor 
curse  the  ruler  of  thy  people.  Acts  xxiii.  5. 

1  Sam.  xxvi.  9.  David  said,  destroy  not 
Saul,  the  Lord's  anointed.  Ver.  11.  Ch. 
xxiv.  6,  7,  8. 

Prov.  xx.  2.  The  fear  of  a  king  is  as  the 
roaring  of  a  lion. 

xxiv.  21.  Fear  thou  the  Lord  and  the  king, 


and  meddle  not  with  them  that  are  given  tr» 
change. 

Eccl.  x.  20.  Curse  not  the  king,  no,  not  in 
thy  thought. 

1  Pet.  ii.  17.  Fear  God,  honour  the  king. 

2  Pet.  ii.  9*  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  re- 
serve the  unjust  to  the  day  of  judgment,  to  be 
punished. 

Ver.  10.  But  chiefly  them  that  despise 
government,  and  are  not  afraid  to  speak  evil 
of  dignities. 

Jude  ver.  8.  These  filthy  dreamers  despise 
dominion,  and  speak  evil  of  dignities.  Ver. 
11.  See  Prov.  xxv.  6,  7.  15.  Eccl.  viii.  4. 
— x.4. 

See  the  respectful  behaviour  of  Nathan  to 
David.  1  Kings  i.  23,  24.  Of  Daniel  to 
Darius.  Dan.  vi.  21.  And  of  Paul  to 
Agrippa.  Acts  xxvi.  1,  2,  3.  Miriam  and 
Aaron,  their  disrespectful  language  to  Moses, 
Numb.  xii.  1,  2.  Their  punishment.  Ver.  9. 
10,  11. 

CXII.  Obedience  to  magistrates.  Eccl. 
viii.  2.  Keep  the  king's  commandment,  and 
that  in  regard  of  the  oath  of  God.  See  Ezek. 
xvii.  12  to  20. 

Ver.  5.  He  who  keepeth  the  command- 
ment shall  feel  no  evil  thing. 

Matt.  xvii.  26.  Jesus  said,  Then  are  the 
children  free. 

Ver.  27.  Notwithstanding,  lest  we  offend, 
give  that  piece  of  money  for  me  and  thee. 

xxii.  21.  Render  unto  Cesar  the  things 
which  are  Cesar's. 

Rom.  xiii.  1.  Let  every  soul  be  subject  to 
the  higher  powers. 

Ver.  5.  Be  subject  not  only  for  wrath,  but 
also  for  conscience'  sake. 

Ver.  7.  Render  to  all  their  dues,  tribute  to 
whom  tribute  is  due,  &c. 

Tit.  iii.  1.  Put  them  in  mind  to  be  subject 
to  principalities  and  powers,  to  obey  magis- 
trates. 

1  Pet.  ii.  13,  14.  Submit  yourselves  to  every 
ordinanceof  man  for  the  Lord's  sake,  whether 
it  be  to  the  king  as  supreme,  or  unto  go- 
vernors that  are  sent  by  him,  for  the  punish- 
ment of  evil  doers,  and  for  the  praise  of  them 
that  do  well.  See  Deut.  xvii.  11.  Matt. 
xxiii.  2,  3.  Prov.  xxv.  15.  Eccl.  x.  4. 

CXIII.  Rebellion  against  magistrates  in 
lawful  authority,  the  sin  and  punishment 
thereof.  Deut.  xvii.  12.  The  man  that  will 
not  hearken  unto  the  priest,  or  unto  the  judge 
shall  die. 

Josh.  i.  18.  Whosoever  will  not  hearken 
unto  thy  words,  he  shall  be  put  to  death. 

Judg.  ii.  17.  They  would  not  hearken  to 
their  judges. 

Ezra  vii.  26.   Whosoever  will  not  do  the 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


law  of  God  and  of  the  king,  let  judgment  he 
executed  speedily  upon  him,  whether  it  be 
unto  death,  or  to  banishment,  or  to  confiscation 
of  goods,  or  to  imprisonment.  Ch.  x.  6,  7, 8. 

Rom.  xiii.  2.  Whosoever  resisteth,  resist- 
eth  the  ordinance  of  God ;  and  they  that  re- 
sist shall  receive  to  themselves  damnation. 

See  the  rebellion  of  Korah  and  his  company, 
Numb.  xvi.  1,  &c. — Of  the  Jews,  Ezek.  xvii. 
12  to  20.  See  also  Prov.  xvi.  14,  15. — xix. 
12.— xx.  2. 

CXI V.  Disobedience  to  magistrates  a  duty, 
wlien  they  abuse  their  power,  by  commanding 
things  contrary  to  God's  law.  Instances. 
Exod.  i.  15  to  20.  The  midwives  in  Egypt. 

1  Sam.  xiv.  45.  Saul's  army.     Ch.  xxii.  17. 
Saul's  footmen. 

2  Chron.  xi.  16.  Those  who  refused  to  wor- 
ship Jeroboam's  calves. 

Esther  iii.  1,  2,  3.— Ch.  v.  9.  Mordecai. 

Dan.  iii.  15  to  18.  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and 
Abednego. 

vi.  7  to  10.  The  prophet  Daniel. 

Acts  iv.  18,  19,  20.— Ch.  v.  27,  28,  29. 
The  Apostles.  Heb.  xi.  27.  Moses. 

Obeying  in  such  cases  a  sin :  See  1  Sam. 
xxii.  17.  2  Kings  xvii.  7,  8.19.  1  Kings 
xii.  28. 

MINISTERS  OF  CHRIST. 

CXV.  Ministers  of  Christ,  their  duties. 
The  commission  given  to  the  apostles.  Matt, 
v.  1.  Jesus's  disciples  came  unto  him. — Ver. 
13.  He  said,  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth,  the 
light  of  the  world.  Ver.  14. 

ix.  38.  Pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  that 
he  will  send  forth  labourers. 

x.  5.  7,  8.  These  twelve  Jesus  sent  forth ; 
and  commanded  them,  saying,  Go  preach; 
heal  the  sick,  cleanse  the  lepers,  raise  the  dead, 
cast  out  devils. — Ver.  14,  15.  Whosoever  shall 
not  receive  you,  nor  hear  your  words,  when  ye 
depart  out  of  that  house  or  city,  shake  off  the 
dust  of  your  feet.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  it 
shall  be  more  tolerable  for  the  land  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  in  the  day  of  judgment,  than 
for  that  city.  Ver.  40. 

xxviii.  18 — 20.  Jesus  said,  All  power  is 
given  unto  me  in  heaven  and  in  earth.  Go 
ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost ;  teaching  them 
to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have  com- 
manded you  :  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  always, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world.  Amen. 

Mark  iii.  14,  15.  Jesus  ordained  twelve 
apostles,  that  they  should  be  with  him.  And 
that  he  might  send  them  forth  to  preach,  and  to 
have  power  to  heal  sickness,  and  to  cast  out 


devils.  Ch.  vi.  8.  See  Luke  vi.  13. — ix.  1. 
6.— x.  1.16.— xxi.  15. 

John  xiii.  20.  He  that  receiveth  whomsoever 
I  send,  receiveth  me. 

xvii.  18.  As  thou  hast  sent  me  into  the 
world,  even  so  have  I  also  sent  them  into  the 
world.  Ver.  6,  7,  8.  14.  26. 

xx.  21.  As  my  Father  hath  sent  me,  so  send 

1  you. 

Acts  i.  24.  For  filling  Judas's  place,  the 
apostles  prayed,  and  said,  Thou,  Lord,  which 
knowest  the  hearts  of  all  men,  shew  whethert 
of  these  two  thou  hast  chosen,  that  he  may 
take  part  of  this  ministry,  &c.  Ver.  25. 

ix.  15.  The  Lord  said  of  Paul,  He  is  a 
chosen  vessel  unto  me,  to  bear  my  name  be- 
fore the  Gentiles,  and  kings,  and  the  children 
of  Israel.  Ver.  17. 

xiii.  2.  The  Holy  Ghost  said,  Separate  me 
Barnabas  and  Saul,  for  the  work  whereunto  I 
have  called  them. 

xxii.  21.  Paul  said,  Jesus  said  unto  me,  I 
will  send  thee  far  hence,  unto  the  Gentiles. 

xxvi.  16 — 18.  Jesus  said  to  Paul,  I  have 
appeared  unto  thee  for  this  purpose,  to  make 
thee  a  minister  and  a  witness,  both  of  these 
things  which  thou  hast  seen,  and  of  those 
things  in  the  which  I  will  appear  unto  thee, 
delivering  thee  from  the  people,  and  from  the 
Gentiles ;  to  whom  I  now  send  thee,  to  open 
their  eyes,  and  to  turn  them  from  darkness 
unto  light,  and  from  the  power  of  Satan  unto 
God. 

Rom.  i.  1.  Paul,  called  to  be  an  apostle,  se- 
parated unto  the  gospel  of  God. 

x.  14,  15.  How  shall  they  hear  without  a 
preacher  1  and  how  shall  they  preach  except 
they  be  sent  1 

xv.  15,  16.  I  have  written  the  more  boldly 
unto  you,  putting  you  in  mind,  because  of 
the  grace  that  is  given  to  me  of  God,  that  I 
should  be  the  minister  of  Jesus  Christ  to  the 
Gentiles,  ministering  the  gospel  of  God,  &c. 

2  Tim.  i.  11.— iv.  17. 

1  Cor.  i.  17.    Paul  said,  Christ  sent  me  to 
preach  the  gospel.     Ver.  27. 

iv.  1,  2.  Let  a  man  so  account  of  us,  as  of 
the  ministers  of  Christ,  and  stewards  of  the 
mysteries  of  God.  Moreover  it  is  required  in 
stewards,  that  a  man  be  found  faithful. 

ix.  17.  A  dispensation  of  the  gospel  is  com- 
mitted unto  me. 

xi.  23.  Paul  said,  I  have  received  of  the 
Lord  that  which  I  delivered  unto  you. 

xv.  3.  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  which  I 
received,  how  that  Christ  died  for  our  sins,  ac- 
cording to  the  Scriptures. 

2  Cor.  iii.  5,  6.  Our  sufficiency  is  of  God , 
(1  Tim.  i.  12 ;)  who  hath  made  us  able  minis 
ters  of  the  New  Testament. 

iv.  7.   We  have  this  treasure  in   earthen 


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vessels,  that  the  excellency  of  the  power  may 
be  of  God  and  not  of  us.  Ver.  1. 

v.  18.  God  hath  given  to  us  the  ministry  of 
reconciliation. — Ver.  20.  We  are  ambassadors 
for  Christ,  as  though  God  did  beseech  you  by 
us :  we  pray  you  in  Christ's  stead  be  ye  re- 
conciled to  God. 

xii.  1.  I  will  come  to  visions  and  revelations 
of  the  Lord. 

Gal.  i.  1.  Paul,  an  apostle,  (not  of  men, 
neither  by  man,  but  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  God 
the  Father.)  1  Tim.  i.  1. 

Ver.  15,  16.  It  pleased  God,  who  separated 
me  from  my  mother's  womb,  and  called  me 
by  his  grace,  to  reveal  his  Son  in  me,  that  I 
might  preach  him  among  the  heathen. 

Eph.  Hi.  7.  I  was  made  a  minister  of  the 
gospel,  according  to  the  gift  of  the  grace  of 
God  given  unto  me,  by  the  effectual  working 
of  his  power.  (Col.  i.  23.  25.)  Gal.  i.  11, 12. 
Neither  was  I  taught  the  gospel  but  by  the 
revelation  of  Jesus  Christ. 

iv.  11,12.  He  gave  some  apostles,  and  some 
prophets,  and  some  evangelists,  and  some  pas- 
tors and  teachers ;  for  the  perfecting  of  the 
saints,  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  for  the 
edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ.  1  Cor.  xii.  28. 

Heb.  xiii.  7.  Remember  them  which  have 
the  rule  over  you,  who  have  spoken  unto  you 
the  word  of  God.  Phil.  ii.  12. 

Rev.  i.  1 1.  What  thou  seest  write  in  a  book, 
and  send  it  to  the  seven  churches.  See  The 
Spirit's  influence  upon  the  Apostles. 

CXVI.  Power  committed  to  the  apostles. 
Matt,  xviii.  18.  Whatsoever  ye  shall  bind  on 
earth,  shall  be  bound  in  heaven  ;  and  whatso- 
ever ye  shall  loose  on  earth,  shall  be  loosed  in 
heaven.  Ch.  xvi.  19. 

John  xx.  23.  Whose  soever  sins  ye  remit, 
they  are  remitted ;  and  whose  soever  sins  ye 
retain,  they  are  retained. 

1  Cor.  ix.  18.  I  abuse  not  my  power  in  the 
gospel. 

2  Cor.  i.  24.   Not  that  we  have  dominion 
over  your  faith,  but  are  helpers  of  your  joy. 

x.  8.  Our  authority  the  Lord  hath  given  us 
for  edification,  and  not  for  destruction. 

1  Pet.  v.  3.  Neither  as  being  lords  over 
God's  heritage ;  but  being  ensamples  to  the 
flock. 

CXVII.  Excommunication.  Matt,  xviii. 
15 — 17.  If  thy  brother  trespass  against  thee,  go 
tell  him  his  fault  between  thee  and  him  alone  : 
If  he  shall  hear  thee,  thou  hast  gained  thy 
brother.  If  he  will  not  hear  thee,  then  take 
with  thee  one  or  two  more :  and  if  he  neglect 
to  hear  them,  tell  it  unto  the  church ;  but  if  he 
neglect  to  hear  the  church,  let  him  be  unto  thee 
as  a  heathen  man  and  a  publican. 

Rom.  xvi.  17.  Mark  them  which  cause  divi- 


sions, contrary  to  the  doctrine  which  ye  have 
learned,  and  avoid  them. 

1  Cor.  v.  1 — 5.  It  is  reported  that  there  is 
fornication  among  you,  and   such  fornication 
as  is  not  so  much  as  named  among  the  Gen- 
tiles, &c.     I  have  judged  concerning  him  that 
hath  done  this  deed.     In  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  when  ye  are  gathered  together, 
and  my  spirit,  with  the  power  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  to  deliver  such  a  one   unto  Sa- 
tan, for  the  destruction  of  the  flesh,  that  the 
spirit  may  be  saved  in  the  day  of  the  Lord. 

Ver.  11. 13.  I  have  written  to  you  not  to 
keep  company,  if  any  man  that  is  called  a  bro- 
ther, be  a  fornicator,  or  covetous,  or  an  idola- 
ter, or  a  railer,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  extortioner, 
with  such  a  one,  no,  not  to  eat.  Therefore 
put  away  from  amt>ng  yourselves  that  wicked 
person. 

2  Cor.  ii.  6.  Sufficient  to  such  a  man  is  the 
punishment  inflicted  of  many.     Jude  22. 

2  Thess.  iii.  6.  Withdraw  yourselves  from 
every  brother  that  walketh  disorderly. 

Ver.  14.  If  any  man  obey  not  our  word  by 
this  epistle,  note  that  man,  and  have  no  com- 
pany with  him,  that  he  may  be  ashamed. 

2  John  10.  If  there  come  any  unto  you,  and 
bring  not  this  doctrine  [of  Christ]  receive  him 
not  into  your  house,  neither  bid  him  God  speed. 
See  Lev.  x.  10.  Put  a  difference  between  the 
holy  and  profane.  See  Deut.  xvii.  12.  Ezek. 
xxii.  26. — xliv.  23. 

For  persons  unjustly  excommunicated  and 
hated,  see  Suffering  for  religion,  and  Sup- 
ports of  ministers,  and  others,  under  suffer- 
ings for  religion. 

CXVIII.  None  may  intrude  into  the  minis- 
terial office.  Numb,  xviii.  7.  The  Lord  said, 
I  have  given  your  priest's  office  unto  you,  as  a 
service  of  gift. — Ver.  22.  Neither  must  the 
children  of  Israel  henceforth  come  nigh  the  ta- 
bernacle of  the  congregation,  lest  they  bear 
sin  and  die. 

Deut.  x.  8.  The  Lord  separated  the  tribe  of 
Levi  to  bear  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord,  and  to  stand  before  the  Lord,  and  to 
minister  unto  him,  and  to  bless  in  his  name. 
Ch.  xxi.  5. 

Jer.  xxiii.  21.  I  have  not  sent  these  pro- 
phets, yet  they  ran.  Ver.  30.  I  am  against 
the  prophets,  saith  the  Lord. 

xxix.  31,  32.  I  sent  him  not,  and  he  caused 
you  to  trust  in  a  lie ;  therefore  I  will  punish,  &c. 

John  x.  1.  He  that  cometh  not  in  by  the 
door  is  a  thief  and  a  robber. 

Rom.  x.  1 5.  How  shall  they  preach  except 
they  be  sent? 

Phil.  i.  15.  Some  preach  Christ  even  of  envy. 

Heb.  v.  4.  No  man  taketh  this  honour  to 
himself,  but  he  that  is  called  of  God  as  was 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


Aaron.  See  the  punishment  of  intrusion  into 
the  priest's  office  upon  Korah  and  his  com- 
pany, Numb.  xvi.  1  to  36. — Upon  king  Saul, 
1  Sam.  xiii.  13  to  16. — Upon  Uzziah,  2  Chron. 
xxvi.  16  to  22. 

CXIX.  Teaching  truth,  the  duty  of  mi- 
nisters. Exod.  xviii.  20.  Thou  shalt  teach 
them  ordinances  and  laws,  and  shalt  shew  them 
the  way  wherein  they  must  walk,  and  the 
work  they  must  do.' 

xxiv.  12.  The  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  I  will 
give  thee  a  law  and  commandments,  which  I 
have  written,  that  thou  mayest  teach  them. 

Lev.  x..  10,  11.  Take  heed  that  ye  put  a 
difference  between  the  holy  and  unholy,  and 
between  the  clean  and  the  unclean.  (Ezek. 
xliv.  23.)  And  teach  the  children  of  Israel  the 
statutes  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  unto 
them.  Deut.  iv.  14. — v.  31. — vi.  1. — xxxi.  19. 

Deut.  xxxiii.  10.  The  children  of  Levi  shall 
teach  Jacob  thy  judgments,  and  Israel  thy  law. 
2  Kings  xvii.  28.  2  Chron.  xxx.  22. — xvii.  9. 
Ezra  vii.  10. 

1  Sam.  xii.  23.  Samuel  said,  I  will  teach 
you  the  good  and  the  right  way. 

Neh.  viii.  8.  The  Levites  read  in  the  book 
of  the  law  of  God  distinctly,  and  gave  the 
sense,  and  caused  them  to  understand  the 
reading.  See  ver.  5,  6. 

Isa.  viii.  20.  To  the  law  and  to  the  testi- 
mony, &c. 

xxviii.  10.  Precept  must  be  upon  precept, 
line  upon  line,  here  a  little  and  there  a  little. 

1.  4.  The  Lord  God  hath  given  me  the 
tongue  of  the  learned,  that  I  should  know  how 
to  speak  a  word  to  him  that  is  weary. 

li.  1 6.  I  have  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth, 
and  have  covered  thee  in  the  hollow  of  my 
hand,  that  I  may  plant  the  heavens  and  lay  the 
foundations  of  the  earth,  and  say  unto  Zion, 
Thou  art  my  people.  Jer.  i.  9. 

Iviii.  1.  Cry  aloud,  spare  not:  lift  up  thy 
voice  like  a  trumpet,  shew  my  people  their 
transgressions,  and  the  house  of  Jacob  their 
sins.  Ezek.  xvi.  2.  Cause  Jerusalem  to  know 
her  abominations.  Ch.  xx.  4.  Cause  them  to 
know  the  abominations  of  their  fathers. 

Jer.  iii.  15.  I  will  give  you  pastors  accord- 
ing to  my  heart,  that  shall  feed  you  with 
knowledge  and  understanding. 

xxiii.  28,  29.  The  prophet  that  hath  a 
dream,  let  him  tell  a  dream ;  and  he  that  hath 
my  word,  let  him  speak  my  word  faithfully : 
what  is  the  chaff  to  the  wheat?  saith  the  Lord. 
Is  not  my  word  like  as  a  fire,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  like  a  hammer  that  breaketh  the  rock  in 
pieces  1  Ch.  xx.  9. 

Ezek.  ii.  7.  Thou  shalt  speak  my  words 
unto  them,  whether  they  will  hear  or  whether 
they  will  forbear. 


iii.  17 — 19.  I  have  made  thee  a  watchman 
unto  the  house  of  Israel ;  therefore  hear  the 
word  at  my  mouth,  and  give  them  warning. 
When  I  say  unto  the  wicked,  Thou  shalt 
surely  die,  and  thou  givest  him  not  warning, 
nor  speakest  to  warn  the  wicked  from  his 
wicked  way,  to  save  his  life,  he  shall  die  in 
his  iniquity,  but  his  blood  will  I  require  at  thy 
hand.  If  thou  warn  the  wicked,  and  he  turn 
not  from  his  wickedness,  he  shall  die  in  his 
iniquity,  but  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 
Hab.  ii.  1. 

xvi.  2.  Cause  Jerusalem  to  know  her  abo- 
minations. 

Hos.  viii.  1.  Set  the  trumpet  to  thy  mouth. 

Mic,  iii.  8.  I  am  full  of  power  by  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord,  and  of  judgment,  and  of  might,  to 
declare  unto  Jacob  his  transgression,  and  to 
Israel  his  sin. 

Mai.  ii.  7.  The  priest's  lips  should  preserve 
knowledge,  and  the  people  should  ask  the  law 
at  his  mouth ;  for  he  is  the  messenger  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

Matt.  xiii.  52.  Every  scribe  instructed  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven,  is  like  a  householder, 
that  bringeth  forth  out  of  his  treasure  things 
new  and  old. 

xxviii.  19,  20.  Go  ye,  and  teach  all  nations  ; 
teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
I  have  commanded  you ;  and,  lo,  I  am  with 
you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world. 

John  xxi.  15,  16.  Jesus  said  to  Peter,  Feed 
my  lambs,  Feed  my  sheep. 

Acts  v.  42.  Daily  in  the  temple,  and  in  every 
house,  the  apostles  ceased  not  to  teach  and 
to  preach  Jesus  Christ. 

vi.  4.  The  apostles  said,  We  will  give  our- 
selves continually  to  prayer,  and  to  the  ministry 
of  the  word.  • 

xiv.  21,  22.  When  they  had  preached  the 
gospel,  and  taught  many,  they  returned  again, 
confirming  the  souls  of  the  disciples,  and  ex- 
horting them  to  continue  in  the  faith. 

xvi.  40.  Paul  and  Silas  comforted  the  bre- 
thren and  departed. 

xviii.  6.  Paul  said,  I  am  free  from  the  blood 
of  all  men. 

xx.  17 — 20.  Paul  called  the  elders  of  the 
church  of  Ephesus,  and  said,  Ye  know  after 
what  manner  I  have  been  with  you  at  all  sea- 
sons ;  serving  the  Lord  with  all  humility.  I 
kept  back  nothing  that  was  profitable  unto 
you. — Ver.  24..  I  have  testified  the  gospel  of 
the  grace  of  God. — Ver.  26,  27.  I  take  you  to 
record  that  I  am  pure  from  the  blood  of  all 
men.  (Ch.  xviii.  6.  Ezek.  iii.  18.)  I  have 
not  shunned  to  declare  unto  you  all  the  counsel 
of  God. 

Ver.  28.  Take  heed,  therefore,  unto  your- 
selves, and  to  all  the  flock,  over  the  which  the 
Holy  Ghost  hath  made  you  overseers,  to  feed 


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the  church  of  God. — Ver.  31.  Watch,  and  re- 
member that  I  ceased  not  to  warn  every  one, 
night  and  day,  with  tears. 

xxviii.  31'.  Paul  continued  preaching  the 
kingdom  of  God,  and  teaching  those  things 
that  concern  the  Lord  Jesus,  with  all  confi- 
dence. 

Rom.  xii.  7,  8.  Let  us  wait  on  ministering, 
on  teaching,  on  exhortation. 

xv.  16.  Ministering  the  gospel  of  God. 

xvi.  12.  Tryphena,  and  Tryphosa,  and 
Persis,  laboured  much  in  the  Lord. 

1  Cor.  iii.  9 — 11.  We  are  labourers  together 
with  God.  According  to  the  grace  of  God, 
given  unto  me,  as  a  wise  master-builder  I  have 
laid  the  foundation.  Other  foundation  can  no 
man  lay  than  that  is  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ. 
See  to  ver.  15. 

iv.  1,  2.  Let  a  man  so  account  of  us  as  of 
the  ministers  of  Christ,  and  stewards  of  the 
mysteries  of  God.  Moreover,  it  is  required  in 
stewards,  that  a  man  be  found  faithful.  Ver. 
4.  1  Pet.  iv.  10. 

Ver.  14.  As  my  beloved  sons  I  warn  you. 

ix.  16.  Though  I  preach  the  gospel,  I  have 
nothing  to  glory  of,  for  necessity  is  laid  upon 
me  ;  yea,  woe  is  unto  me,  if  I  preach  not  the 


xiv.  3.  He  that  prophesieth,  (i.  e.  preacheth,) 
speaketh  unto  men  to  edification,  and  exhorta- 
tion, and  comfort. 

xv.  10.  I  laboured  more  abundantly  than 
they  all ;  yet  not  I,  but  the  grace  of  God  which 
was  with  me. 

xvi.  10.  Timotheus  worketh  the  work  of 
the  Lord,  as  I  also  do.  2Cor.vi.  1.  We  then, 
as  workers  together  with  God,  beseech  you, 
that  ye  receive  not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. 

2  Cor.  ii.  17.  We  are  not  as  many  which 
corrupt  the  word  of  God,  but  as  of  sincerity, 
but  as  of  God,  in  the  sight  of  God  speak  we  in 
Christ. 

iv.  2.  We  have  renounced  the  hidden  things 
of  dishonesty,  not  walking  in  craftiness,  nor 
handling  the  word  of  God  deceitfully  ;  but  by 
manifestation  of  the  truth  commending  our- 
selves to  every  man's  conscience  in  the  sight 
of  God. 

v.  19,  20.  God  hath  committed  to  us  the 
word  of  reconciliation.  Now  then  we  are 
ambassadors  for  Christ ;  as  though  God  did 
beseech  you  by  us,  we  pray  you  in  Christ's 
stead,  be  ye  reconciled  to  God. 

Eph.  vi.  21.  Tychicus,  a  beloved  brother, 
and  faithful  minister  in  the  Lord.  Col.  iv.  7. 

Phil.  ii.  16.  Holding  forth  the  word  of  life, 
&c. 

Col.  i.  28.  Christ,  whom  we  preach,  warn- 
ing every  man,  and  teaching  every  man  in  all 
wisdom,  that  we  may  present  every  man  per- 
fect in  Christ  Jesus. 

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iv.  17.  Take  heed  to  the  ministry  which 
thou  hast  received  in  the  Lord,  that  thou 
fulfil  it. 

1  Thess.  ii.  3.  Our  exhortation  was  not  of 
deceit,  nor  of  uncleanness,  nor  in  guile. 

Ver.  9.  Labouring  night  and  day,  because 
we  would  not  be  chargeable  unto  you,  we 
preached  the  gospel  of  God. 

Ver.  11.  Ye  know  how  we  exhorted,  and 
comforted,  and  charged  every  one  of  you  as  a 
father  doth  his  children. 

iv.  1.  We  beseech  and  exhort  you  by  the 
Lord  Jesus,  that  as  ye  have  received  of  us 
how  ye  ought  to  walk,  and  please  God,  so  ye 
would  abound  more  and  more. 

2  Thess.  iii.  12.  We  command  and  exhort 
by  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  with  quietness 
they  work,  and  eat  their  own  bread. 

1  Tim.  i.  3,  4.  Charge  some  that  they  teach 
none  other  doctrine.     Neither  give  heed  to 
fables,  and  endless  genealogies,  which  minister 
questions  rather  than  godly  edifying,  which  is 
in  faith.     Ch.  vi.  4,  5.     2  Tim.  ii.  14.  16.  Ch. 
iv.  4.     Tit.  i.  14.— iii.  9. 

ii.  7.  I  am  ordained  a  preacher,  and  an 
apostle ;  a  teacher  of  the  Gentiles  in  faith  arid 
verity.  2  Tim.  i.  11. 

iv.  6.  If  thou  put  the  brethren  in  remem- 
brance of  these  things,  thou  shall  be  a  good 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  nourished  up  in  the 
words  of  faith  and  of  good  doctrine. — Ver.  11. 
These  things  command  and  teach. — Ver.  16. 
Take  heed  unto  thyself  and  to  the  doctrine. 
Ver.  13. 

v.  17.  Labour  in  the  word  and  doctrine. 

Ver.  20—22.  Them  that  sin,  rebuke  before 
all,  that  others  may  fear.  Observe  these 
things  without  preferring  one  before  another, 
doing  nothing  by  partiality.  Lay  hands  sud- 
denly on  no  man.  Ch.  iii.  2  to  10.  Tit.  i. 

to  10. 

vi.  2.  These  things  teach  and  exhort. 

Ver.  3,  4.  If  any  man  teach  otherwise,  and 
consent  not  to  wholesome  words,  even  the 
words  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  to  the 
doctrine  which  is  according  to  godliness,  he 
is  proud,  knowing  nothing,  but  doting  about 
questions,  &c. 

2  Tim.  ii.  2.  The  things  which  thou  hast 
heard  of  me  among  many  witnesses,  the  same 
commit  thou   to  faithful  men,  who  shall  be 
able  to  teach  others  also. 

Ver.  15.  Study  to  shew  thyself  approved 
unto  God,  a  workman  that  needeth  not  to  be 
ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word  of  truth. — 
Ver.  25.  In  meekness  instructing  those  that 
oppose  themselves. 

iv.  2.  Preach  the  word,  be  instant  in  season, 
and  out  of  season,  reprove,  rebuke,  exhort 
with  all  long-suffering  and  doctrine.  Tit.  i.  13. 

Ver.  5.  Watch  in  all  things,  endure  afflic- 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


lions,  do  the  work  of  an  evangelist,  make  full 
proof  of  thy  ministry. 

Tit  i.  9.  By  sound  doctrine  convince  gain- 
sayers. 

ii.  1.  Speak  the  things  that  become  sound 
doctrine. 

Ver.  7,  8.  In  doctrine  shewing  uncorrupt- 
ness,  gravity,  sincerity,  sound  speech  that  can- 
not be  condemned. — Ver.  15.  These  things 
speak  and  exhort,  and  rebuke  with  all  au- 
thority. 

Heb.  x.  11.  Every  priest  standeth  daily 
ministering. 

xiii.  17.  Ministers  watch  for  souls,  as  they 
that  must  give  account. 

1  Pet.  v.  2.  Feed  the  flock  of  God  ;  taking 
the  oversight  thereof,  not  by  constraint,  but 
willingly  ;  not  for  filthy  lucre,  but  of  a  ready 
mind. 

iv.  11.  If  any  man  speak,  let  him  speak  as 
the  oracles  of  God  ;  if  any  man  minister,  let 
him  do  it  as  of  the  ability  which  God  giveth ; 
that  God  in  all  things  may  be  glorified  through 
Jesus  Christ. 

2  Pet.  i.  12.  I  will  not  be  negligent  to  put 
you  always  in  remembrance  of  these  things, 
though  ye  know  them,  and  be  established  in 
the  present  truth. — Ver.  13.    I  think  it  my 
duty  to  stir  up  your  pure  minds  by  way  of  re- 
membrance.    (Ch.  iii.  1.)     Ver.  15.     I  will 
endeavour,  that  after  my  decease,  ye  may  have 
these  things  always  in  remembrance.     Phil. 
in.  1. 

1  John  i.  3.  That  which  we  have  seen  and 
heard  declare  we  unto  you. 

Jude  3.  It  was  needful  that  I  should  write 
to  you  and  exhort  you. 

CXX.  The  good  effects  of  preaching.  Matt, 
xii.  41.  The  men  of  Nineveh  repented  at  the 
preaching  of  Jonas.  Jonah  iii.  2.  5. 

Acts  ii.  41.  At  Peter's  sermon  there  were 
added  to  the  church  about  three  thousand 
souls. 

xxi.  19,  20.  Paul  declared  what  things  God 
had  wrought  by  his  ministry  among  the  Gen- 
tiles. And  the  brethren  glorified  the  Lord. 

1  Cor.  i.  21.  It  pleased  God  by  the  foolish- 
ness of  preaching  to  save  them  that  believe. 

iii.  5.  Who  is  Paul,  or  who  is  Apollos  but 
ministers  by  whom  ye  believed,  even  as  the 
Lord  gave  to  every  man  ? 

CXXI.  A  good  ministry  promised.  1  Sam. 
ii.  35.  I  will  raise  me  up  a  faithful  priest,  that 
shall  do  according  to  that  which  is  in  my 
heart,  and  in  my  mind. 

Isa.  xxx.  20,  21.  Though  the  Lord  give  you 
the  bread  of  adversity,  and  the  water  of  afflic- 
tion, yet  shall  not  thy  teachers  be  removed 
into  a  corner  any  more,  but  thine  eyes  shall 
see  thy  teachers.  And  thine  ears  shall  hear 


a  word  behind  thee,  saying,  this  is  the  way, 
walk  ye  in  it. 

Jer.  iii.  15.  I  will  give  you  pastors  accord- 
ing to  my  heart,  that  shall  feed  you  with 
knowledge  and  understanding. 

xxiii.  4.  I  will  set  up  shepherds  over  them, 
which  shall  feed  them  ;  and  they  shall  fear  no 
more,  nor  be  dismayed,  neither  shall  they  be 
lacking,  saith  the  Lord.  Isa.  Ixii.  6. 

CXXII.  A  faithful  ministry.  Promises 
to  them,  and  prayers  for  them.  Deut.  xxxiii. 
8.  Let  thy  Urim  and  thy  Thummim  be  with 
thy  holy  one. 

Ver.  11.  Of  Levi— Bless,  Lord,  his  sub- 
stance, and  accept  the  work  of  his  hands  : 
smite  through  the  loins  of  them  that  rise 
against  him. 

Ps.  cxv.  12.  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful 
of  us;  he  will  bless  the  house  of  Israel,  he 
will  bless  the  house  of  Aaron.  Ps.  cxxxv.  19. 

cxxxii.  13. 16.  The  Lord  hath  chosen  Zion. 
I  will  clothe  her  priests  with  salvation,  &c. 

Isa.  xlix.  4.  I  said,  I  have  laboured  in  vaip, 
I  have  spent  my  strength  for  naught,  and  in 
vain;  yet  surely  my  judgment  is  with  the 
Lord,  and  my  work  with  my  God. 

Jer.  xv.  19.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  If  thou 
take  forth  the  precious  from  the  vile,  thou 
shall  be  as  my  mouth :  let  them  return  unto 
thee,  but  relurn  not  thou  unto  them. 

xxxi.  14.  I  will  satiate  the  soul  of  the 
priests  with  fatness,  and  my  people  shall  be 
satisfied  with  my  goodness,  saith  the  Lord. 

xxxiii.  20,  21.  If  ye  can  break  my  cove- 
nant of  the  day  and  of  the  night,  then  may 
also  my  covenant  be  broken  with  the  Levites, 
the  priests,  my  ministers. 

Ezek.  xliv.  15.  The  priests  that  kept  my 
charge  when  the  children  of  Israel  went  astray 
from  me,  they  shall  come  unto  me,  and  minis- 
ter unto  me. 

Dan.  xii.  3.  They  thai  be  wise  shall  shine 
as  Ihe  brighlness  of  Ihe  firmament,  and  they 
that  turn  many  to  righteousness  as  the  stars 
for  ever  and  ever.  Prov.  xi.  30.  James  v.  20. 

Matt.  v.  19.  Whosoever  shall  do  and  teach 
these  commandments,  the  same  shall  be  called 
great  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Luke  xii.  42, 43.  Who  then  is  that  faithful 
and  wise  steward,  whom  his  Lord  shall  make 
ruler  over  his  household,  to  give  them  their 
portion  of  meat  in  due  season  1  Blessed  is 
that  servant  whom  his  Lord,  when  he  cometh, 
shall  find  so  doing. 

xxii.  29.  Jesus  said,  I  appoint  unto  you  a 
kingdom.  Matt.  xix.  28. 

John  iv.  36.  He  that  reapeth  receiveth 
wages,  and  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal. 
See  2  Tim.  iv.  7,  8.  Rev.  ii.  10. 

CXXIII.   Holy  and  unblameable  in  life 


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and  conversation.  Lev.  xxi.  6.  The  priests 
shall  be  holy  unto  their  God.  Ezek.  xliv.  24. 

Lam.  iv.  7.  Her  Nazarites  were  purer  than 
snow,  &c. 

Isa.  Hi.  11.  Be  ye  clean  that  bear  the  ves- 
sels of  the  Lord. 

Matt.  v.  13.  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth. — 
Ver.  14.  The  light  of  the  world.— Ver.  16. 
Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that  -they 
may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

x.  16.  Be  wise  as  serpents,  and  harmless  as 
doves. 

Acts  xx.  28.  Take  heed  unto  yourselves. 

Rom.  ii.  21.  Thou  that  teachest  another, 
teachest  thou  not  thyself? 

1  Cor.  ix.  27.  Paul  said,  I  keep  under  my 
body,   and  bring  it  into  subjection :   lest  by 
any  means,  when  I  have  preached  to  others,  I 
myself  should  be  a  cast-away.     Matt.  vii.  22. 

2  Cor.  vi.  3.    Giving  no  offence,  that  the 
ministry  be  not  blamed. 

Ver.  4.  In  all  things  approving  ourselves  as 
the  ministers  of  God,  in  much  patience,  &c. — 
Ver.  6,  7.  By  pureness,  by  knowledge,  by  long 
suffering,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  by  love  unfeign- 
ed, by  the  word  of  truth,  by  the  power  of  God, 
by  the  armour  of  righteousness  on  the  right 
hand  and  on  the  left. 

viii.  20.  Avoiding  this,  that  no  man  should 
blame  us. 

xi.  12.  I  cut  off  occasion  from  them  that 
seek  occasion. 

Phil.  iii.  1 7.  Ye  have  us  for  an  example. 

iv.  9.  Those  things  which  thou  hast  heard 
and  seen  in  me,  do,  &c. 

1  Thess.  ii.  10.  Ye  are  witnesses,  and  God 
also,  how  holily  and  justly,  arid  unblameably 
we  behaved  ourselves  among  you. 

2  Thess.  iii.  7.   We  behaved  not  ourselves 
disorderly  among  you. — Ver.  9.  To  make  our- 
selves an  ensample  to  you  to  follow  us. 

1  Tim.  iii.  1 — 6.  If  a  man  desire  the  office 
of  a  bishop  he  desireth  a  good  work.  A  bishop 
must  be  blameless,  vigilant,  sober,  of  good  be- 
haviour, given  to  hospitality.  Not  given  to 
wine,  no  striker,  not  greedy  of  filthy  lucre,  but 
patient,  not  a  brawler,  not  covetous :  one  that 
ruleth  well  his  own  house.  Not  a  novice,  lest, 
being  lifted  up  with  pride,  he  fall  into  the  con- 
demnation of  the  devil. — Ver.  7.  He  must  have 
a  good  report  of  them  that  are  without,  lest  he 
fall  into  reproach. 

Tit.  i.  7,  8,  9.  A  bishop  must  be  blameless  as 
the  steward  of  God,  not  self-willed,  not  soon 
angry,  not  given  to  wine,  no  striker,  not  given 
to  filthy  lucre ;  but  a  lover  of  hospitality,  a 
lover  of  good  men,  sober,  just,  holy,  temperate  ; 
holding  fast  the  faithful  word,  that  he  may  be 
able,  by  sound  doctrine,  both  to  exhort  and 
convince  gainsayers. 


Ver.  8.  Likewise  must  the  deacons  be  grave, 
&c.  See  to  ver.  14. 

iv.  12 — 16.  Let  no  man  despise  thy  youth, 
but  be  thou  an  example  of  the  believers,  in 
word,  in  conversation,  in  charity,  in  spirit,  in 
faith,  in  purity.  (Tit.  ii.  15.)  Give  attend- 
ance to  reading,  &c.  Neglect  not  the  gift  that 
is  in  thee.  Meditate  on  these  things,  give  thy- 
self wholly  to  them.  Take  heed  unto  thyself 
and  to  the  doctrine;  continue  in  them  ;  for  in 
doing  this  thou  shall  both  save  thyself,  and 
them  that  hear  thee. 

v.  22.  Keep  thyself  pure. 

vi.  11.  Thou,  O  man  of  God,  follow  after 
righteousness,  godliness,  faith,  love,  patience, 
meekness. — Ver.  12.  Fight  the  good  fight  of 
faith. — Ver.  14.  Keep  this  commandment  with- 
out spot,  unrebukeable. — Ver.  20.  Keep  that 
which  is  committed  to  thy  trust.  2  Tim.  i.  14. 

2  Tim.  i.  13.  Hold  fast  the  form  of  sound 
words,  in  faith  and  love  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

ii.  22.  Flee  youthful  lusts  ;  but  follow  right- 
eousness, faith,  charity,  peace,  with  them  that 
call  on  the  Lord  out  of  a  pure  heart. 

Ver.  24,  25.  The  servant  of  the  Lord  must 
not  strive,  but  be  gentle  unto  all  men,  apt  to 
teach,  patient ;  in  meekness  instructing  those 
that  oppose  themselves. 

iii.  10.  Thou  hast  fully  known  my  doctrine, 
manner  of  life,  purpose,  faith,  long-suffering, 
charity,  patience. — Ver.  14.  Continue  in  the 
things  which  thou  hast  learned,  and  hast  been 
assured  of. 

Tit.  ii.  7.  In  all  things  shewing  thyself  a 
pattern  of  good  works. 

1  Pet.  v.  3.  Being  ensamples  to  the  flock. 
See  Instances:  Acts  vi.  3.  The  seven  dea- 
cons.— Ch.  xvi.  2.  Timotheus. — Ch.  xxii. 
12.  Ananias. — Heb.  xi.  2.  The  elders. — 3  John 
12.  Demetrius. 

CXXIV.  Their  humility,  self-denial,  and 
condescension  for  the  good  of  mankind,  in 
their  office.  Rom.  i.  1 1 .  I  long  for  you,  that  I 
may  impart  some  spiritual  gift  unto  you. 

xi.  13.  I  magnify  my  office. 

1  Cor.  ix.  12.  We  suffer  all  things,  lest  we 
should  hinder  the  gospel. 

Ver.  19.  I  made  myself  servant  of  all,  that 
I  might  gain  the  more. — Ver.  22,  23.  I  am 
made  all  things  to  all  men,  that  I  might  by  all 
means  save  some.  This  I  do  for  the  gospel's 
sake. 

x.  33.  I  please  all  men  in  aM  things,  not 
seeking  my  own  profit,  but  tho  profit  of  many, 
that  they  may  be  saved. 

2  Cor.  i.  24    We  are  helpers  of  your  joy. 
Acts  xvi.  40, 

ii.  4.  The  love  I  have  for  you  ^l. 
v.  20.  We  pray  you,  be   ye  rccv>nciled  to 
God. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


vi.  1.  We  beseech  you,  that  ye  receive 
not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. — Ver.  13.  I 
speak  as  to  my  children. 

vii.  4.  Great  is  my  glorying  of  you  ;  I  am 
comforted.  (Acts  xi.  23.)  Ver.  13.  We  were 
comforted  in 'your  comfort. 

xi.  2,  3.  I  am  jealous  over  you  with  a  godly 
jealousy.  I  fear  lest  your  minds  should  be 
corrupted  from  the  simplicity  that  is  in  Christ. 
(See  ver.  23  to  29.)  Ver.  11.  Wherefore]  be- 
cause I  love  you  not  1  God  knoweth. 

xii.  15.  I  will  very  gladly  spend  and  be 
spent  for  you,  though  the  more  I  love  you,  the 
less  I  be  loved.— Ver.  19.  We  do  all  things, 
dearly  beloved,  for  your  edifying. — ch.  xi.  29. 
Who  is  weak  and  I  am  not  weak  1  who  is  of- 
fended and  I  burn  not  1 

Gal.  iv.  1 1.  I  am  afraid  lest  I  have  bestowed 
iiSour  on  you  in  vain. — Ver.  19.  My  little 
children,  of  whom  I  travail  in  birth  till  Christ 
be  formed  in  you. 

Phil.  i.  8.  God  is  my  record,  how  greatly  I 
long  after  you  in  the  bowels  of  Jesus  Christ. 

ii.  17.  If  I  am  offered  upon  the  sacrifice  and 
service  of  your  faith,  I  joy  and  rejoice  with 
you  all. 

Ver.  20.  Timotheus  will  naturally  care  for 
your  state. 

iv.  1.  Dearly  beloved  and  longed  for,  my 
joy  and  crown ;  stand  fast  in  the  Lord,  my 
dearly  beloved. 

Col.  i.  24.  I  rejoice  in  my  sufferings  for 
you,  and  fill  up  that  which  is  behind  of  the 
afflictions  of  Christ  in  my  flesh,  for  his  body's 
sake  which  is  the  church. 

ii.  1,2.  I  would  that  ye  knew  what  great 
conflict  I  have  for  you,  and  for  them  of  Laodi- 
cea,  and  for  as  many  as  have  not  seen  my  face  in 
the  flesh ;  that  their  hearts  might  be  knit  together 
in  love,  and  unto  all  riches  of  the  full  assur- 
ance of  understanding,  &c. — Ver.  5.  Though 
I  be  absent  in  the  flesh,  yet  I  am  with  you  in 
the  spirit,  joying  and  beholding  your  order,  and 
the  steadfastness  of  your  faith  in  Christ. 

iv.  8.  I  sent  Timotheus  to  comfort  your 
hearts.  1  Cor.  iv.  17.  1  Thess.  iii.  2. 

1  Thess.  ii.  7,  8.  We  were  gentle  among 
you,  even  as  a  nurse  cherisheth  her  children. 
Being  affectionately  desirous  of  you,  we  were 
willing  to  have  imparted  to  you,  not  the  gos- 
pel of  God  only,  but  also  our  own  souls,  be- 
cause ye  were  dear  unto  us. 

Ver.  9.  Labouring  night  and  day,  we  preach- 
ed the  gospel  unto  you. — Ver.  11.  We  exhort- 
ed and  comforted,  and  cherished  every  one  of 
you,  as  a  father  doth  his  children. — Ver.  19. 
For  what  is  our  hope,  or  joy,  or  crown  of  re- 
joicing 1  are  not  even  ye  in  the  presence  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  ] 

iii.  7,  8.  Brethren,  we  were  comforted  over 
you  in  all  our  affliction  and  distress,  by  your 


faith.     For  now  we  live,  if  ye  stand  fast  in  the 
Lord. 

Ver.  9.  What  thanks  can  we  render  to  God 
lor  you,  for  all  the  joy  wherewith  we  joy  for 
your  sakes  before  our  God  ? — Ver.  10,  11. 

2  Tim.  ii.  10.  I  endure   all  things  for  the 
leet's  sake,  that  they  may  obtain  the  salvation 

which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  with  eternal  glory. 

3  John  4.  I  have  no  greater  joy  than  to  hear 
that  my  children  walk  in  the  truth.     2  John  4. 

CXXV.  They  seek  nqt  applause  from 
men  ,•  they  flatter  not  men  in  their  vices  and 
prejudices.  1  Thess.  ii.  4 — 6.  We  speak  not 
as  pleasing  men,  but  God,  which  trieth  our 
hearts. — Neither  used  we  flattering  words. — 
Nor  of  men  sought  we  glory. 

Gal.i.  10.  If  I  yet  pleased  men  I  should  not 
be  the  servant  of  Christ. 

CXXVI.  They  seek  not  riches  of  men ; 
neither  are  covetous.  2  Cor.  xii.  14.  Paul 
said,  I  seek  not  yours,  but  you. 

1  Tim.  iii.  3.  A  bishop  must  not  be  greedy 
of  filthy  lucre.  Ver.  8.  Tit.  i.  7. 

1  Pet.  v.  2.  Feek  the  flock  of  God,  taking 
the  oversight,  not  for  filthy  lucre's  sake.  See 
Luke  ix.  62.  2  Tim.  ii.  4.  See  instances  : 
Samuel,  1  Sam.  xii.  1,  2,  3.— Paul,  1  Cor.  ix. 
14,  15.  2  Cor.  vii.  2.— ix.  11.— xii.  13.17, 
18.  1  Thess.  ii.  5.  Phil.  iv.  11,  12. 

CXXVII.  Their  duty  and  encouragement 
to  speak  boldly  the  truths  of  religion  with- 
out fear.  Isa.  1.  4.  The  Lord  God  hath  given 
me  the  tongue  of  the  learned,  that  I  should 
know  how  to  speak  a  word  in  season  to  him 
that  is  weary. 

Jer.  i.  7,  8.  The  Lord  said  to  me,  Say  not, 
I  am  a  child :  for  thou  shalt  go  to  all  that  I 
send  thee,  and  whatsoever  I  shall  command 
thee,  that  thou  shalt  speak.  Be  not  afraid  of 
their  faces,  for  I  am  with  thee  to  deliver  thee, 
saith  the  Lord.  (Ver.  5.  9.)  Ver.  17.  Be 
not  afraid  of  their  faces,  lest  I  confound  thee 
before  them.  Ch.  vi.  27.— xv.  20,  21.— xx. 
11.  Ezek.  ii.  6,  7. 

Ezek.  iii.  8.  I  have  made  thy  face  strong 
against  their  faces.  Ver.  9. 

Matt.  x.  28.  Fear  not  them  which  kill  the 
body.  Ver.  26.  31. 

Acts  iv.  29.  Lord,  grant  unto  thy  servants, 
that  with  all  boldness  they  may  speak  thy 
word. 

xviii.  9,  10.  Then  spake  the  Lord  to  Paul 
in  the  night  by  a  vision,  Be  not  afraid,  but 
speak  and  hold  not  thy  peace.  For  I  am  with 
thee,  and  no  man  shall  set  on  thee  to  hurt 
thee;  for  I  have  much  people  in  this  city. 
Ver.  11. 

xxviii.  31.  Paul  taught  those  things  that 
concern  the  Lord  Jesus,  with  all  confidence. 


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MINISTERS  OF   CHRIST. 


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Eph.  vi.  19,  20.  Paul  said,  Pray  for  me, 
that  utterance  may  be  given  me,  that  I  may 
open  my  mouth  boldly,  to  make  known  the 
mystery  of  the  gospel;  that  I  may  speak 
boldly  as  I  ought  to  speak.  Prov.  xxix.  25. 
The  fear  of  man  bringeth  a  snare. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  The  fearful  and  unbelieving 
shall  have  their  portion  in  the  lake  that  burneth 
with  fire  and  brimstone,  which  is  the  second 
death.  See  Moses's  excuse,  and  God's  reply 
to  him,  Exod.  iv.  10  to  13. 

CXXVIII.  Instances  of  becoming  boldness 
in  reproving  sinners,  and  declaring  the 
truths  of  religion.  1  Sam.  xiii.  13.  Samuel 
said  to  Saul,  Thou  hast  done  foolishly,  thou 
hast  not  kept  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
thy  God.  2  Chron.  xvi.  7.  9. 

2  Sam.  xii.  7.  Nathan  said  to  David,  Thou 
art  the  man  [that  hast  done  wickedly]. — Ver. 
9.  Wherefore  hast  thou  despised  the  Lord,  to 
do  evil  in  his  sight  1 

1  Kings  xxi.  20.  Elijah  said  to  Ahab,  Thou 
hast  sold  thyself  to  work  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord.  See  more  instances  :  In  a  prophet, 
2  Chron.  xxv.  16. — Daniel,  Dan.  iv.  27. — v. 
22,  23. — John  Baptist,  Matt.  xiv.  4. — Peter 
and  John,  Acts  iv.  13.  18, 19,20.— Paul,  Acts 
ix.  29. — xix.  8.  2  Cor.  x.  1, 2. — xi.  21.  Rom. 
xv.  15.  1  Thess.  ii.  2.— Barnabas  and  Paul, 
Acts  xiii.  46. — xiv.  3. — Apollos,  Acts  xviii. 
25,  26.— Many  brethren,  Phil.  i.  14. 

CXXIX.  The  sufferings  of  the  apostles,  $c. 
for  religion.  Acts  v.  41.  The  apostles  de- 
parted from  the  presence  of  the  council,  rejoic- 
ing that  they  were  counted  worthy  to  suffer 
shame  for  the  name  of  Christ. 

ix.  16.  The  Lord  said  of  Paul,  I  will  shew 
him  how  great  things  he  must  suffer  for  my 
name's  sake. 

xx.  23,  24.  Paul  said,  The  Holy  Ghost 
witnesseth  in  every  city,  saying,  That  bonds 
and  afflictions  abide  me.  But  none  of  these 
things  move  me ;  neither  count  I  my  life  dear 
unto  myself,  so  that  I  might  finish  my  course 
with  joy,  and  the  ministry  which  I  have  re- 
ceived of  the  Lord  Jesus,  to  testify  the  gospel 
of  the  grace  of  God. 

1  Cor.  ii.  3.  I  was  with  you  in  weakness 
and  in  fear,  &c. 

iv.  9,  10.  God  hath  set  forth  us  the  apostles 
last,  as  it  were  appointed  to  death ;  for  we  are 
made  a  spectacle  unto  the  world,  to  angels  and 
to  men.  We  are  fools,  we  are  weak,  we  are 
despised. 

Ver.  11 — 13.  We  hunger  and  thirst,  are 
naked,  buffeted,  and  have  no  certain  dwelling- 
place  :  being  reviled,  we  bless ;  being  perse- 
cuted, we  suffer  it;  being  defamed,  we  entreat: 
we  are  made  as  the  filth  of  the  world,  and  are 
the  offscouring  of  all  things  unto  this  day. 


2  Cor.  i.  5.  The  sufferings  of  Christ  abound 
in  us. 

Ver.  8,  9.  In  Asia,  we  were  pressed  out  of 
measure,  above  strength,  insomuch  that  we 
despaired  even  of  life.  We  had  the  sentence 
of  death  within  ourselves. — Ver.  10.  God  de- 
livered us. 

vi.  4,  5.  In  all  things  approving  ourselves  as 
the  ministers  of  God,  in  much  patience,  in  af- 
flictions, in  necessities,  in  distresses,  in  stripes, 
in  imprisonments,  in  tumults,  in  labours,  in 
watchings,  in  fastings. — Ver.  8 — 10.  By  ho- 
nour and  dishonour ;  by  evil  report,  and  good 
report ;  as  deceivers,  and  yet  true ;  as  unknown, 
and  yet  well  known  ;  as  dying,  and  behold  we 
live  ;  as  chastened,  and  not  killed  ;  as  sorrow- 
ful, yet  always  rejoicing ;  as  poor,  yet  making 
many  rich ;  as  having  nothing,  yet  possessing 
all  things. 

xi.  23.  In  labours  abundant,  in  stripes  above 
measure,  in  prisons  frequent,  in  deaths  oft. 
Ver.  25,  26. 

Ver.  27.  In  weariness  and  painfulness,  in 
watchings  often,  in  hunger  and  thirst,  in  fast- 
ings often,  in  cold  and  nakedness. 

Eph.  vi.  20.  For  the  gospel  I  am  an  ambas- 
sador in  bonds. 

1  Tim.  iv.  10.    We  labour  and    suffer  re- 
proach. 

2  Tim.  ii.  3.   Endure   hardness  as  a  good 
soldier  of  Jesus  Christ.     Ch.  iv.  5. 

iii.  11,  12.  Thou  hast  known  what  persecu- 
tions I  endured.  All  that  will  live  godly  in 
Christ  Jesus  shall  suffer  persecution.  Acts 
xiv.  22. 

Heb.  xi.  25.  Moses  chose  rather  to  suffer 
affliction  with  the  people  of  God,  than  to  enjoy 
the  pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season.  Ver.  26. 
Ch.  xiii.  13. 

Ver.  36,  37.  Others  had  trial  of  cruel  mock- 
ings,  and  scourgings.  They  were  stoned,  they 
were  sawn  asunder,  &c.  Ver.  38. 

Rev.  xvi.  6.  They  shed  the  blood  of  saints 
and  prophets,  and  thou  hast  given  them  blood 
to  drink,  for  they  are  worthy. 

xi.  7.  The  beast  that  ascendeth  out  of  the 
bottomless  pit,  shall  make  war  against  the 
witnesses,  and  shall  overcome  them,  and  shall 
kill  them.  Ch.  xvii.  6.  I  saw  the  woman 
[Babylon,  the  mother  of  harlots,]  drunken  with 
the  blood  of  the  saints,  and  with  the  blood  of 
the  martyrs  of  Jesus. 

xii.  6.  The  woman  [the  church]  fled  into 
the  wilderness.  Ver.  14. 

CXXX.  Their  temperance.  Lev.  x.  8,  9. 
The  Lord  spake  unto  Aaron,  saying,  Do  not 
j  drink  wine,  nor  strong  drink,  thou  nor  thy 
sons  with  thee,  when  ye  go  into  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  lest  ye  die.  Ezek.  xliv. 
21.  Luke  i.  15. 

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CHAP.  XVII. 


Luke  xxi.  34.  Jesus  said  unto  his  disciples, 
Take  heed  to  yourselves,  lest  at  any  time  your 
hearts  be  overcharged  with  surfeiting  and 
drunkenness,  and  cares  of  this  life. 

1  Cor.  ix.  27.  Paul  said,  I  keep  my  body 
under.  Jer.  xxxv.  6. 

1  Tim.  iii.  3.  A  bishop  must  not  be  given 
to  wine.  Tit.  i.  7.  See  wine  forbidden  to 
Nazarites,  Numb.  vi.  3.  Amos  ii.  12. 

CXXXI.  They  pray  for  the  people.  Numb, 
vi.  23 — 26.  On  this  wise  ye  shall  bless  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying  unto  them,  the  Lord 
bless  thee,  and  keep  thee  :  the  Lord  make  his 
face  shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto 
thee :  the  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon 
thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 

Joel  ii.  1 7.  Let  the  priests,  the  ministers  of 
the  Lord,  weep  between  the  porch  and  the 
altar,  and  let  them  say,  Spare  thy  people,  O 
Lord,  and  give  not  thy  heritage  to  reproach. 

Rom.  i.  9.  Without  ceasing,  I  make  men- 
tion of  you  always  in  my  prayers. 

x.  1.  My  heart's  desire  and  prayer  to  God 
for  Israel  is,  that  they  might  be  saved. 

xv.  13.  Now  the  God  of  hope  fill  you  with 
all  joy  and  peace  in  believing ;  that  ye  may 
abound  in  hope,  through  the  power  of  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

1  Cor.  i.  4.  I  thank  my  God  always  on  your 
behalf,  for  the  grace  of  God  which  is  given  you 
by  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  7.  I  pray  to  God  that  ye  do  no 
evil. 

Eph.  i.  16,  17.  I  cease  not  to  give  thanks 
for  you,  making  mention  of  you  in  my  prayers ; 
that  the  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the 
Father  of  glory,  may  give  unto  you  the  Spirit 
of  wisdom  and  revelation  in  the  knowledge  of 
him,  &c.  Ver.  18,  19. 

Phil.  i.  3 — 6.  I  thank  my  God  on  every  re- 
membrance of  you,  always  in  every  prayer  of 
mine,  for  you  all,  making  request,  that  he  that 
hath  begun  a  good  work  in  you,  will  perform 
it  until  the  day  of  Christ. 

Ver.  9 — 11.  This  I  pray,  that  your  love 
may  abound  yet  more  and  more;  in  know- 
ledge, and  in  all  judgment ;  that  ye  may  ap- 
prove the  things  that  are  excellent ;  and  that 
ye  may  be  sincere  .and  without  offence  until 
the  day  of  Christ ;  being  filled  with  the  fruits 
of  righteousness,  which  are  by  Jesus  Christ 
unto  the  glory  and  praise  of  God. 

Col.  i.  9 — 11.  We  cease  not  to  pray  for  you, 
and  to  desire  that  ye  might  be  filled  with  the 
knowledge  of  his  will,  in  all  wisdom  and  spi- 
ritual understanding  ;  that  ye  might  walk 
worthy  of  the  Lord  unto  all  pleasing,  being 
fruitful  in  every  good  work,  increasing  in  the 
knowledge  of  God  ;  strengthened  with  all 
might,  according  to  his  glorious  power,  unto 


|  all    patience  and    long-suffering  with  joyful- 
ness. 

iv.  12.  Labouring  fervently  for  you  in 
prayers,  that  ye  may  stand  perfect  and  com- 
plete in  all  the  will  of  God. 

1  Thess.  iii.  12,  13.  The  Lord  make  you  to 
increase  and  abound  in  love,  one  toward  an- 
other, and  toward  all  men :  To  the  end  that 
he  may  establish  your  hearts  unblameable  in 
holiness  before  God,  even  our  Father,  at  the 
coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his 
saints. 

v.  23.  The  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you 
wholly  ;  and  I  pray  God  your  whole  spirit,  and 
soul,  and  body,  be  preserved  blameless  unto 
the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Thess.  i.  11,  12.    We   pray  always  for 
you,  that  our  God  would  count  you  worthy 
of  this  calling,  and  fulfil  all  the  good  pleasure 
of  his  goodness,  and  the  work  of  faith  with 
power;    that  the   name   of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  may  be  glorified  in  you,  and  ye  in  him, 
according  to  the  grace  of  our  God  and  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

.  ii.  16, 17.  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  him- 
self, and  God  even  our  Father,  which  hath 
loved  us,  and  given  us  everlasting  consolation, 
and  good  hope  through  grace,  comfort  your 
hearts,  and  establish  you  in  every  good  word 
and  work. 

James  v.  14.  Is  any  sick  among  you  *  let 
him  call  for  the  elders  of  the  church,  and  let 
them  pray  over  him.  Ver.  15. 

See  more  instances  of  such  prayers  .• 
Exod.  xxxii.  11.  Moses  for  the  Israelites, 
when  they  offended  in  making  the  golden 
calf.  Deut.  ix.  20. 

Numb.  xi.  2.  For  the  people,  when  a  fire 
from  the  Lord  consumed  many  of  them. 

xiv.  13 — 20.  For  the  people,  when  they 
murmured. 

xxi.  6,  7,  8.  For  the  people,  when  bitten 
with  fiery  serpents. 

1  Sam.  xii.  19.  23.  Samuel  for  the  people, 
offending  by  asking  a  king. 

Neh.  ix.  6.  The  priests  for  the  people,  to 
ver.  37.  Ch.  x.  28  to  39.  On  which  a  refor- 
mation ensues.  Ch.  xii.  43. 

Dan.  ix.  4  to  20.  Daniel  for  the  people. 

Amos  vii.  2  to  7.  Amos  for  the  people. 

Hab.  iii.  2  to  17.  Habakkuk  for  the  people. 
Ver.  17,  18,  19.— Christ  for  the  disciples, 
John  xiv.  16.— xvi.  26.— xvii.  9.  15.  20.  For 
Peter,  Luke  xxii.  32.  For  children,  Matt. 
xix.  13. 

CXXXII.  The  supports  of  Christians  in 
general,  and  of  the  Lord's  ministers  in  parti- 
cular under  sufferings  for  religion.  Isa.  Ixvi. 
5.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  that  trem- 
ble at  his  word,  Your  brethren  that  hated  you, 


CHAP.  XVII. 


WICKED   MINISTERS. 


279 


that  cast  you  out  for  my  name's  sake,  said, 
Let  the  Lord  be  glorified :  but  he  shall  appear 
to  your  joy,  and  they  shall  be  ashamed.  Luke 
vi.  22,  23. 

Matt.  v.  10.  Blessed  are  they  which  are 
persecuted  for  righteousness'  sake,  for  theirs 
is  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Ver.  1 1 . 

x.  39.  He  that  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake 
shall  find  it. 

xix.  29.  Every  one  that  hath  forsaken 
houses,  or  brethren,  or  sisters,  or  father,  or 
mother,  or  wife,  or  children,  or  lands,  for  my 
name's  sake,  shall  receive  a  hundred  fold,  and 
shall  inherit  everlasting  life. 

Rom.  v.  3 — 5.  We  glory  in  tribulations  : 
knowing  that  tribulation  worketh  patience; 
and  patience,  experience ;  and  experience, 
hope  :  and  hope  maketh  not  ashamed.  James 
i.  2. 

viii.  17,  18.  If  so  be  that  we  suffer  for 
Christ,  that  we  may  be  also  glorified  together. 
The  sufferings  of  this  present  time  are  not 
worthy  to  be  compared  with  the  glory  that 
shall  be  revealed  in  us. 

Ver.  35 — 37.  Who  shall  separate  us  from 
the  love  of  Christ  1  shall  tribulation,  or  dis- 
tress, or  persecution,  or  famine,  or  nakedness, 
or  peril,  or  sword  1  (As  it  is  written,  For 
thy  sake  we  are  killed  all  the  day  long ;  we 
are  accounted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter.)  In 
all  these  things  we  are  more  than  conquerors, 
through  him  that  loved  us. 

2  Cor.  iv.  9.  We  are  persecuted,  but  not 
forsaken.  Ch.  vi.  8,  9,  10. 

xii.  10.  I  take  pleasure  in  infirmities,  in  re- 
proaches, in  necessities,  in  persecutions,  in 
distresses  for  Christ's  sake :  for  when  I  am 
weak,  then  am  I  strong. — Ver.  9.  He  said 
unto  me,  My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee  ;  for 
my  strength  is  made  perfect  in  weakness. 
Most  gladly  therefore  will  I  rather  glory  in 
my  infirmities,  that  the  power  of  Christ  may 
rest  upon  me. 

1  Tim.  iv.  10.  We  labour  and  suffer  re- 
proach, because  we  trust  in  the  living  God. 

Heb.  x.  34.  Ye  took  joyfully  the  spoiling 
of  your  goods,  knowing  that  in  heaven  ye 
have  a  better  and  an  enduring  substance. 

xi.  26,  27.  Moses  had  respect  to  the  re- 
compense of  reward.  He  endured  as  seeing 
him  who  is  invisible. 

Ver.  35.  Others  were  tortured,  not  accept- 
ing deliverance,  that  they  might  obtain  a  bet 
ter  resurrection. 

xii.  1,  2.  Seeing  we  are  compassed  about 
with  so  great  a  cloud  of  witnesses,  let  us  run 
with  patience  the  race  set  before  us :  Looking 
unto  Jesus,  the  author  and  finisher  of  our 
faith ;  who  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before 
him  endured  the  cross,  despising  the  shame, 
and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand  of  the 


throne  of  God.  Ch.  ii.  9. — xiii.  13.  Matt.  x. 
24.  James  v.  10.  1  Pet.  ii.  21.— iv.  1.  13, 
14.  16.  19.  Rev.  ii.  10. 


WICKED  MINISTERS. 

CXXXIII.  Wicked  ministers,  their  sin 
and  punishment.  Lev.  x.  1,2.  Nadab  and 
Abihu  offered  strange  fire  before  the  Lord, 
which  he  commanded  them  not.  And  there 
went  out  fire  from  the  Lord  and  devoured 
them. 

1  Sam.  ii.  12.  The  sons  of  Eli  were  sons  of 
Belial ;  they  knew  not  the  Lord :  see  to  ver. 
17.  Their  covetousness. — Ver.  22.  Their 
uncleanness,  and  the  punishment  of  Eli's 
house,  ver.  27,  to  the  end. 

Isa.  xliii.  27,  28.  Thy  teachers  have  trans- 
gressed against  me.  Therefore  I  have  pro- 
faned the  princes  of  the  sanctuary ;  I  have 
given  Jacob  to  the  curse,  and  Israel  to  re- 
proaches. 

Jer.  ii.  8,  9.  The  priests  said  not,  Where 
is  the  Lord  ?  and  they  that  handle  the  law 
knew  me  not:  the  pastors  also  transgressed 
against  me,  &c.  Wherefore  I  will  yet  plead 
with  you,  saith  the  Lord,  and  with  your 
children's  children. 

x.  21.  The  pastors  are  become  brutish,  and 
have  not  sought  the  Lord ;  therefore  they 
shall  not  prosper,  and  all  their  flocks  shall  be 
scattered. 

xxiii.  11,  12.  Both  prophet  and  priest  are 
profane,  &c.  Wherefore  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  them,  even  the  year  of  their  visitation, 
saith  the  Lord. 

Ver.  14,  15.  They  commit  adultery,  and 
walk  in  lies;  they  strengthen  the  hands  of 
evil-doers,  that  none  doth  return  from  his 
wickedness;  they  are  all  of  them  to  me  as 
Sodom.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  feed 
them  with  wormwood,  and  make  them  drink 
the  water  of  gall ;  for  from  the  priests  is  pro- 
fan  eness  gone  forth  to  all  the  land. 

Ver.  22.  If  they  had  stood  in  my  counsel, 
and  had  caused  my  people  to  hear  my  words, 
then  they  should  have  turned  them  from  the 
evil  of  their  doings. — Ver.  27.  They  cause 
my  people  to  forget  my  name  by  their  dreams. 
— Ver.  30.  Therefore  I  am  against  the  pro- 
phets, saith  the  Lord. 

Ezek.  xxii.  26.  Her  priests  have  violated 
my  law,  and  have  profaned  my  holy  things. — 
Ver.  31.  Therefore  I  poured  out  my  indigna- 
tion upon  them,  their  own  way  have  I  recom- 
pensed upon  their  heads. 

Zeph.  iii.  4,  5.  Her  prophets  are  light  and 

treacherous  persons,  her  priests  have  polluted 

the  sanctuary,  they  have  done  violence  to  the 

law.  The  just  Lord  is  in  the  midst  thereof,  &c. 

Mai.  i.  6 — 9.  O  ye  priests  that  despise  my 


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name ;  ye  offer  polluted  bread  upon  my  altar. 
If  ye  offer  the  blind,  and  the  lame,  and  the 
sick,  is  it  not  evil  1  Will  he  regard  your 
persons,  saith  the  Lord  1 

ii.  8,  9.  O  ye  priests,  ye  have  departed  out 
of  the  way,  ye  have  caused  many  to  stumble 
at  the  law.  Therefore  have  I  made  you  con- 
temptible before  all  the  people,  according  as 
ye  have  not  kept  my  ways. 

Matt.  vii.  22,  23.  Many  will  say  to  me  in 
that  day,  Lord,  Lord,  have  we  not  prophesied 
in  thy  name,  and  in  thy  name  cast  out  devils, 
and  in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful  works  ? 
Then  will  I  profess  unto  them,  I  never  knew 
you;  depart  from  me,  ye  that  work  iniquity. 
Ch.  xxv.  44,  45. 

2  Tim.  iii.  5.  Having  a  form  of  godliness, 
but  denying  the  power  thereof;  from  such 
turn  away.  Ver.  13. 

CXXXIV.  Their  covetousness.  Isa.  Ivi. 
11.  Her  watchmen  are  all  greedy  dogs,  which 
can  never  have  enough  ;  they  all  look  to  their 
own  way,  every  one  for  his  gain  from  his 
quarter.  See  the  covetousness  of  Eli's  sons, 
1  Sam.  ii.  12  to  17. 

Jer.  viii.  10.  Every  one,  from  the  least  even 
to  the  greatest,  is  given  to  covetousness.  Ch. 
\i.  13. 

Ezek.  xiii.  19.  Will  ye  pollute  my  name 
for  handfuls  of  barley,  and  pieces  of  bread  1 

Hos.  vi.  9.  As  troops  of  robbers  the  priests 
murder  in  the  way,  they  commit  lewdness. 

Mai.  i.  10.  Who  is  there  among  you  that 
would  shut  the  doors  for  naught1?  neither  do 
they  kindle  fire  on  mine  altar  for  naught.  I 
have  no  pleasure  in  you,  neither  will  I  accept 
an  offering  at  your  hands,  saith  the  Lord  of 


Micah  iii.  11, 12.  The  priests  teach  for  hire, 
and  the  prophets  divine  for  money.  There- 
fore shall  Zion  for  your  sakes  be  ploughed  as 
a  field. 

John  x.  12, 13.  He  that  is  a  hireling,  whose 
own  the  sheep  are  not,  seeth  the  wolf  coming, 
and  leaveth  the  sheep  and  fleeth.  The  hire- 
ling fleeth,  because  he  is  a  hireling,  and  careth 
not  for  the  sheep. 

Acts  xx.  29.  After  my  departure  shall  griev- 
ous wolves  enter  in  among  you,  not  sparing 
the  flock. 

1  Tim.  vi.  5.   Men  of  corrupt  minds,  sup- 
posing that  gain  is  godliness. 

2  Tim.  iv.  10.  Demas   hath   forsaken   us, 
having  loved  this  present  world. 

Tit.  i.  11.  Teaching  things  which  they 
ought  not,  for  filthy  lucre's  sake. 

2  Pet.  ii.  3.  Through  covetousness  shall 
they  make  merchandise  of  you. 

Jude  11.  They  ran  greedily  after  the  error 
of  Balaam  for  reward.  2  Pet.  ii.  14, 15. 


CXXXV.  Their  intemperance.  Isa.  xxviii. 
7.  The  priest  and  the  prophet  have  erred 
through  wine,  and  through  strong  drink  they 
are  out  of  the  way. — Ver.  8.  Ch.  Ivi.  12. 

Luke  xii.  45,  46.  If  that  servant  shall  begin 
to  eat,  and  to  drink,  and  to  be  drunken,  the 
Lord  of  that  servant  will  cut  him  in  sunder, 
and  appoint  him  his  portion  with  unbe- 
lievers. 

Rom.  xvi.  18.  Such  serve  not  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  but  their  own  belly. 

Phil.  iii.  19.  Whose  god  is  their  belly, 
whose  glory  is  in  their  shame,  who  mind 
earthly  things. 

2  Pet.  ii.  13.  They  count  it  pleasure  to  riot 
in  the  day-time. 

Jude  12.  19.  Feeding  themselves  without 
fear.  Sensual,  having  not  the  Spirit. 

CXXXVI.  Their  slothfulness.  Isa.  Ivi.  10. 
His  watchmen  are  all  dumb  dogs,  they  can- 
not bark  ;  sleeping,  lying  down,  loving  to 
slumber. 

Jer.  xxiii.  1,  2.  Woe  be  unto  the  pastors 
that  destroy  and  scatter  the  sheep  of  my  pas- 
ture, saith  the  Lord.  Ye  have  scattered  my 
flock,  and  driven  them  away,  and  have  not 
visited  them :  behold,  I  will  visit  upon  you 
the  evil  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 

Ezek.  iii.  18.  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked, 
Thou  shalt  surely  die ;  and  thou  givest  him 
not  warning,  nor  speakest  to  warn  the  wicked 
from  his  wicked  way,  to  save  his  life ;  the 
same  wicked  man  shall  die  in  his  iniquity,  but 
his  blood  will  I  require  at  thy  hand. 

xxxiv.  2.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Woe  be  to 
the  shepherds ;  should  not  the  shepherds  feed 
the  flocks  ?  See  to  ver.  11. 

xliv.  8.  Ye  have  not  kept  the  charge  of  my 
holy  things,  but  ye  have  set  keepers  of  my 
charge  in  my  sanctuary  for  yourselves. — Ver. 
12.  They  shall  bear  their  iniquity. 

Hos.  iv.  6.  My  people  are  destroyed  for  lack 
of  knowledge:  because  thou  hast  rejected 
knowledge,  I  will  also  reject  thee,  that  thou 
shalt  be  no  priest  to  me;  seeing  thou  hast 
forgotten  the  law  of  thy  God,  I  will  also  for- 
get thy  children. — Ver.  9.  There  shall  be.  like 
people  like  priest;  and  I  will  punish  them 
for  their  ways,  and  reward  them  for  their 
doings. 

Luke  xi.  52.  They  have  taken  away  the 
key  of  knowledge. 

Matt,  xxiii.  3,  4.  They  say  and  do  not ; 
they  bind  heavy  burdens  on  men's  shoulders, 
but  they  themselves  will  not  touch  them  with 
one  of  their  fingers. 

xxv.  26.  Thou  wicked  and  slothful  servant, 
&c. 

1  Cor.  ix.  1 6.  Woe  is  unto  me  if  I  preach 
not  the  gospel. 


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OF  FALSE  PROPHETS  AND  FALSE 
TEACHERS. 

CXXXVII.  They  deceive  the  people  with 
flatteries  and  false  doctrine.  Isa.  ix.  14 — 16. 
The  Lord  will  cut  off  from  Israel  head  and 
tail.  The  prophet  that  teacheth  lies,  he  is  the 
tail.  For  the  leaders  of  this  people  cause  them 
to  err.  Ch.  iii.  12. 

Jer.  v.  30,  31.  A  wonderful  thing  is  com- 
mitted in  the  land  ;  the  prophets  prophesy 
falsely,  and  the  priests  bear  rule  by  their 
means ;  and  my  people  love  to  have  it  so. 

xiv.  14.  The  prophets  prophesy  lies  in  my 
name ;  I  sent  them  not,  neither  have  I  com- 
manded them,  neither  spake  unto  them :  they 
prophesy  unto  you  a  false  vision  and  divina- 
tion, and  a  thing  of  nought,  and  the  deceit  of 
their  heart.  (Ch.  xxvii.  9,  10,  &c.)  Ch.  vi. 
14.  They  have  healed  the  hurt  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people  slightly,  saying,  Peace,  peace ; 
when  there  is  no  peace.  Ch.  viii.  11.  Ezek. 
xiii.  10.  18.  Mic.  iii.  5. 

xii.  10.  Many  pastors  have  destroyed  my 
vineyard.  Ver.  11. 

xxiii.  16.  The  prophets  speak  a  vision  of 
their  own  heart,  and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of 
the  Lord. — Ver.  21.  I  have  not  sent  them,  yet 
they  ran. — Ver.  25.  They  say,  I  have  dream- 
ed, I  have  dreamed. — Ver.  27,  28.  Ch.  xxviii. 
9.  15.— xxix.  8,  9.  31,  32.— 1.  6.  Zech.  x.  2. 

Lam.  ii.  14.  Thy  prophets  have  seen  vain 
and  foolish  things  for  thee,  and  have  not  dis- 
covered thy  iniquity. 

Ezefc.  xiii.  10.  Ye  have  seduced  my  people, 
saying,  Peace,  and  there  was  no  peace :  one 
built  the  wall,  and  another  daubed  it  with  un- 
tempered  mortar.  ,(Ch.  xxii.  28  to  31.)  Ver. 
14.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  break  down 
the  wall  which  ye  have  daubed  with  untem- 
pered  mortar ;  it  shall  fall,  and  ye  shall  be 
consumed  in  the  midst  thereof.  Ver.  15. 

xiii.  18.  Woe  unto  them  that  sew  pillows  to 
all  arrn-holes.  See  to  ver.  23.  Ch.  xxii.  28. 

xxii.  26.  They  have  put  no  difference  be- 
tween the  holy  and  profane,  between  the  un- 
clean and  the  clean.  „ 

xxxiv.  4.  The  diseased  have  ye  not  strength- 
ened, neither  have  ye  healed  that  which  was 
sick,  neither  have  ye  bound  up  that  which  was 
broken,  neither  have  ye  brought  again  that 
which  was  driven  away,  neither  have  ye 
sought  that  which  was  lost :  but  with  force 
and  with  cruelty  have  ye  ruled  them. 

xliv.  10.  12.  The  Levites  that  are  gone 
away  far  from  me,  when  Israel  went  astray ; 
because  they  ministered  unto  them  before  their 
idols,  and  caused  the  house  of  Israel  to  fall  into 
iniquity,  therefore  have  I  lifted  up  my  hand 
against  them,  saith  the  Lord  God,  and  they 
shall  bear  their  iniquity.  Ch.  xiv.  9,  1 0. 
36 


Matt.  v.  19.  Whosoever  shall  break  one  of 
these  least  commandments,  and  shall  teach 
men  so,  shall  be  called  least  in  the  kingdom 
of  heaven. 

xv.  9.  In  vain  do  they  worship  me,  teaching 
for  doctrines 'the  commandments  of  men. 

xxiii.  16.  Woe  unto  you,  ye  blind  guides. 
Ch.  xv.  14. 

xxiv.  11.  Many  false  prophets  shall  rise, 
and  shall  deceive  many.— Ver.  24.  If  it  were 
possible,  they  shall  deceive  the  very  elect. 
Mark  xiii.  22. 

Luke  XL.  52.  They  have  taken  away  the  key 
of  knowledge,  &c. 

Acts  xx.  30.  OF  your  ownselves  shall  men 
arise,  speaking  perverse  things,  to  draw  away 
disciples  after  them.  Ch.  xv.  1.  24.  Gal.i.7. 

Rom.  XVL  17,  18.  Mark  them  which  cause 
divisions  and  offences,  contrary  to  the  doctrine 
which  ye  have  learned,  and  avoid  them.  By 
good  words  and  fair  speeches  they  deceive  the 
hearts  of  the  simple. 

2  Cor.  xi.  13.  Such  are  false  apostles,  de- 
ceitful workers,  transforming  themselves  into 
the  apostles  of  Christ.  Ver.  14,  15.  20. 

Gal.  ii.  4,  5.  False  brethren  came  in  privily 
to  spy  out  our  liberty,  that  they  might  bring 
us  into  bondage ;  to  whom  we  gave  place,  by 
subjection,  no,  not  for  an  hour,  that  the  truth 
of  the  gospel  might  continue  with  you. 

Eph.  iv.  14.  They  lie  in  wait  to  deceive. 

v.  6.  Let  no  man  deceive  you.    1  John  iii.  7. 

Phil.  i.  15.  Some  preach  Christ  of  envy. 

iii.  2.  Beware  of  dogs,  beware  of  evil  work- 
ers.— Ver.  18.  They  are  enemies  of  the  cross 
of  Christ. 

Col.  ii.  8.  Beware  lest  any  man  spoil  you, 
through  philosophy  and  vain  deceit ;  after  the 
tradition  of  men,  after  the  rudiments  of  the 
world,  and  not  after  Christ. — Ver.  18.  Let  no 
man  beguile  you  of  your  reward,  in  a  volun- 
tary humility,  and  worshipping  of  angels. — 
Ver.  22.  After  the  commandments  and  doc- 
trines of  men. 

2  Thess.  ii.  3.  Let  no  man  deceive  you  by 
any  means. — Ver.  4.  The  man  of  sin  exalteth 
himself.  Ver.  9,  10.  Whose  coming  is  after 
the  working  of  Satan,  with  all  power  and 
signs,  and  lying  wonders;  and  with  all  de- 
ceivableness  of  unrighteousness. 

1  Tim.  iv.  1 — 3.  Some  shall  depart  from  the 
faith,  giving  heed  to  seducing  spirits,  and  doc- 
trines of  devils;  speaking  lies  in  hypocrisy, 
having  their   conscience  seared   with  a   hot 
iron  ;  forbidding  to  marry,  and  commanding  to 
abstain  from  meats. 

vi.  3.  They  consent  not  to  wholesome 
words,  even  the  words  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  Ver.  4. 

2  Tim.  ii.  18.   Who   concerning  the   truth 
have  erred,  and  overthrow  the  faith  of  some. 

2  A  2 


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lii.  6.  They  creep  into  houses,  and  lead  cap- 
tive silly  women. — Ver.  8.  They  resist  the 
truth. 

Ver.  13.  Evil  men  and  seducers  wax  worse 
and  worse,  deceiving  and  being  deceived. 

Tit.  i.  10, 11.  Unruly  and  vain  talkers  and 
deceivers  subvert  whole  houses,  teaching 
things  which  they  ought  not,  for  filthy  lucre's 
sake. 

Heb.  xiii.  9.  Be  not  carried  about  with 
divers  and  strange  doctrines. 

2  Pet.  ii.  1,  2.  There  were  false  prophets 
among  the  people,  even  as  there  shall  be  false 
teachers  among  you,  who  privily  shall  bring 
in  damnable  heresies,  even  denying  the  Lord 
that  bought  them,  and  bring  upon  themselves 
swift  destruction.  Many  shall  follow  their 
pernicious  ways,  by  reason  of  whom  the  way 
of  truth  shall  be  evil  spoken  of.  Jude  4  to  20. 

1  John  ii.   18,  19.    Even  now   are   there 
many  antichrists.     They  went  out  from  us, 
but  they  were  not  of  us. — Ver.  26.    These 
things  I  have  written  unto  you  concerning 
them  that  seduce  you. 

iv.  1.  Many  false  prophets  have  gone  out 
into  the  world. 

2  John  7,  8.    Many  deceivers  are  entered 
into  the  world  ;  look  to  yourselves.   3  John  10. 

Rev.  ii.  2.  Thou  hast  tried  them  which  say 
they  are  apostles,  and  are  not,  and  hast  found 
them  liars. — Ver.  9.  I  know  the  blasphemy 
of  them  which  say  they  are  Jews,  and  are  not. 

xviii.  23.  By  thy  sorceries  were  all  nations 
deceived.  Ch.  xix.  20.— xx.  10.  Gal.  vi.  13. 

DUTIES  TOWARDS  THE  MINISTRY. 

CXXXVIII.  To  receive  their  instructions. 
Deut.  xvii.  9 — 11.  Thou  shalt  come  unto  the 
priests  the  Levites,  and  inquire  ;  and  thou 
shalt  do  according  to  the  sentence  which  they 
shall  shew  thee.  According  to  the  sentence  of 
the  law  which  they  shall  teach  thee,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  judgment  which  they  shall  tell  thee, 
thou  shalt  do :  thou  shalt  not  decline  from  the 
sentence  which  they  shall  shew  thee,  to  the 
right  hand  nor  to  the  left.  1  Sam.  ix.  9. 

2  Chron.  xx.  20.  Believe  his  prophets,  so 
shall  ye  prosper.  Ch.  xxx.  22. 

Mai.  ii.  7.  The  priest's  lips  should  keep 
knowledge,  and  they  should  seek  the  law  at 
his  mouth:  for  he  is  the  messenger  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

John  viii.  47.  He  that  is  of  God  heareth 
God's  words. 

Matt,  xxiii.  2,  3.  The  scribes  and  Pharisees 
sit  in  Moses'  seat:  all  therefore  whatsoever 
they  bid  you  observe,  that  observe  and  do. 

Luke  x.  16.  He  that  heareth  you  heareth 
me.  Matt.  x.  40.  John  xiii.  20. 

1  Cor.  iv.  6.    Be  not  puffed  up  for  one 


against  another. — Ver.  16.  Be  ye  followers  of 
me.  Phil.  Hi.  17. 

xi.  1.  Be  ye  followers  of  me,  even  as  I  am 
of  Christ 

xvi.  16.  Submit  yourselves  to  such  as  have 
addicted  themselves  to  the  ministry,  and  to 
every  one  that  helpeth  with  us,  and  laboureth. 

Heb.  xiii.  7.  Remember  them  which  have 
the  rule  over  you,  who  have  spoken  unto  you 
the  word  of  God :  whose  faith  follow,  consi- 
dering the  end  of  their  conversation. — Ver.  17. 
Obey  them  which  have  the  rule  over  you,  and 
submit  yourselves:  for  they  watch  for  your 
souls,  as  they  that  must  give  account;  that 
they  may  do  it  with  joy  and  not  with  grief, 
for  that  is  unprofitable  for  you. 

CXXXIX.  To  esteem  and  love  them.  1  Cor. 
iv.  1.  Let  a  man  so  account  of  us  as  of  the 
ministers  of  Christ,  and  stewards  of  the  mys- 
teries of  God. 

xvi.  1 1.  Let  no  man  despise  him,  [Timothy,] 
but  conduct  him  forth  in  peace. 

2  Cor.  viii.  7.  Ye  abound  in  love  to  us. — 
Ver.  24.  Shew  the  proof  of  your  love. 

Gal.  iv.  14.  Ye  received  me  as  an  angel  of 
God.  Phil.  ii.  2.  Fulfil  ye  my  joy. 

1  Thess.  v.  12,  13.  Know  them  which  la- 
bour among  you,  and  are  over  you  in  the 
Lord,  and  admonish  you.  Esteem  them 
highly  in  love  for  their  work's  sake.  Phil, 
ii.  29. 

1  Tim.  v.  17.  Let  the  elders  that  rule  well 
be  counted  worthy  of  double  honour,  especially 
they  who  labour  in  the  word  and  doctrine. 

Tit.  Hi.  15.  Greet  them  who  love  us  in  the 
faith. 

CXL.  To  pray  for  them.  Acts  xii.  5. 
Prayer  was  made  without  ceasing,  of  the 
church  unto  God,  for  Peter  in  the  prison,  and 
he  was  delivered.  Ver.  7. 

Matt.  ix.  38.  Pray  ye  the  Lord  of  the  har- 
vest, that  he  would  send  forth  labourers  into 
the  harvest. 

Rom.  xv.  30.  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  for 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ's  sake,  and  for  the  love 
of  the  Spirit,  that  ye  strive  together  with  me 
in  your  prayers  to  God  for  me.  Ver.  31,  32. 

2  Cor.  i.  10,  11.    God   delivered  us   from 
death ;  you  helping  together  by  prayer  for  us. 
Phil.  i.  19.     Philem.  22. 

1  Thess.  v.  25.  Brethren,  pray  for  us.  Heb. 
xiii.  18. 

2  Thess.  iii.  1,  2.  Brethren,  pray  for  us,  that 
the  word  of  the  Lord  may  have  free  course 
and  be  glorified ;  and  that  we  may  be  deli- 
vered from  unreasonable  and  wicked  men. 

Eph.  vi.  19,  20.  Pray  for  me,  that  utter- 
ance may  be  given  to  me,  that  I  may  open  my 
mouth  boldly,  to  make  known  the  mystery  of 


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the  gospel ;  that  I  may  speak  boldly  as  I  ought 
to  speak.     Col.  iv.  3,  4. 

CXLI.  To  give  them  support.  Deut.  xii. 
19.  Take  heed  that  thou  forsake  not  the  Le- 
vite,  so  long  as  thou  shall  live  upon  the  earth. 
Ch.  xiv.  29— xvi.  17. 

2  Chron.  xxxi.  4.  Hezekiah  commanded  the 
people  to  give  the  portion  of  the  priests  and 
the  Levites,  that  they  might  be  encouraged  in 
the  law  of  the  Lord.  See  Neh.  xiii.  10,  II. 
Ezek.  xliv.  30.  Mai.  iii.  10. 

Matt.  x.  10.  Jesus  said,  The  workman  is 
worthy  of  his  meat. 

1  Cor.  ix.  11.  Paul  said,  If  we  have  sown 
unto  you  spiritual  things,  is  it  a  great  thing  if 
•we  reap  your  carnal  things? — Ver.  13,  14. 
Do  ye  not  know,  that  they  which  wait  at  the 
altar  are  partakers  with  the  altar  1  Even  so 
hath  God  ordained,  that  they  which  preach 
the  gospel,  should  live  of  the  gospel.  See 
ver.  4.  to  9.  Deut.  xxv.  4. 

Gal.  vi.  6.  Let  him  that  is  taught  in  the 
word,  communicate  to  him  that  teacheth,  in 
all  good  things. 

Phil.  iv.  16,  17.  Paul  said,  Ye  sent  once 
and  again  to  my  necessity.  Not  because  I 
desire  a  gift,  but  I  desire  fruit  that  may  abound 
to  your  account.  Ver.  18.  Heb.  x.  34. 

CXLII.  Despising  them,  and  not  hearken- 
ing to  their  instructions ;  Threats. — Deut. 
xvii.  12.  The  man  that  will  do  presumptu- 
ously, and  will  not  hearken  to  the  priest  that 
standeth  to  minister  before  the  Lord,  even  that 
man  shall  die. 

2  Chron.  xxxvi.  15,  16.  The  Lord  sent  by 
his  messengers  the  prophets;  but  they  mocked 
the  messengers  of  God,  and  despised  his  words, 
and  misused  his  prophets,  until  the  wrath  of 
the  Lord  rose  against  his  people,  and  there 
was  no  remedy.  Jer.  vii.  25. — xxv.  3,  4. — 
xxvi.  5. — xxix.  19. — xxxv.  15. 

Isa.  xxx.  9,  10.  This  is  a  rebellious  people, 
which  will  not  hear  the  law  of  the  Lord : 
which  say  to  the  seers,  See  not ;  and  to  the 
prophets,  Prophesy  not  unto  us  right  things ; 
speak  unto  us  smooth  things.  1  Kings  xxii. 
8.  2  Chron.  xxxvi.  15,  16.  Jer.  xi.  21. 
Mic.  ii.  6. 

liii.  1.  Who  hath  believed  our  report  ?  Ch. 
xlix.  4. 

Jer.  ii.  25.  Thou  saidst,  I  have  loved 
strangers,  and  after  them  I  will  go. 

v.  31.  Prophets  prophesy  falsely,  and  the 
people  love  to  have  it  so. 

vi.  10.  The  word  of  the  Lord  is  unto  them 
a  reproach,  they  have  no  delight  in  it. 

Ver.  17.  I  set  watchmen  over  them,  saying, 
Hearken  to  tne  sound  of  the  trumpet;  but 
they  said,  We  will  not  hearken. 

xviii.  18.   They  said,  Come,  let  us  smite 


the  prophet  with  the  tongue,  and  let  us  not 
give  heed  to  any  of  his  words.  See  Ch.  xxvi. 
9.  Lam.  iii.  61,  62. 

Lam.  iv.  1 6.  The  Lord  will  no  more  regard 
them ;  they  respected  not  the  person  of  the 
priests,  they  favoured  not  the  elders. 

Ezek.  iii.  7.  The  house  of  Israel  will  not 
hearken  unto  thee,  for  they  will  not  hearken 
unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

xxxiii.  30.  The  children  of  thy  people  are 
talking  against  thee  by  the  walls,  and  in  the 
doors  of  the  houses. 

Ver.  31,  32.  They  come  unto  thee  as  the 
people  cometh,  and  they  sit  before  thee  as  my 
people ;  they  hear  my  words,  but  they  will 
not  do  them.  Thou  art  to  them  as  a  lovely 
song  of  one  that  hath  a  pleasant  voice,  and 
can  play  well  on  an  instrument :  for  they  hear 
thy  words,  but  do  them  not. — Ver.  33.  They 
shall  know  that  a  prophet  hath  been  among 
them. 

Dan.  ix.  6.  We  have  not  hearkened  to  thy 
servants  the  prophets,  which  spake  in  thy 
name. 

Hos.  iv.  4.  Thy  people  are  as  they  that 
strive  with  the  priest. 

Zech.  vii.  11,  12.  They  refused  to  hearken, 
and  pulled  away  the  shoulder,  and  stopped 
their  ears,  that  they  should  not  hear  the  words 
which  the  Lord  hath  sent  in  his  Spirit  by  the 
prophets ;  therefore  came  wrath  from  the  Lord 
of  hosts. 

Matt,  xviii.  17.  If  one  neglect  to  hear  the 
church,  let  him  be  unto  thee  as  a  heathen  man 
and  a  publican. 

x.  11.  14.  Into  whatsoever  city  ye  enter, 
and  they  receive  you  not,  shake  the  dust  off 
your  feet. — Ver.  15.  It  shall  be  more  tolerable 
for  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  in  the  day  of  judg- 
ment than  for  that  city .T— Luke  x.  16.  He 
that,  despiseth  you  despiseth  me. 

John  i.  11.  Christ  came  to  his  own,  and 
his  own  received  him  not. 

iii.  11.  Jesus  said,  Ye  receive  not  our  wit- 
ness. 

v.  43.  Jesus  said,  I  am  come  in  my  Father's 
name,  and  ye  receive  me  not;  if  another  come 
in  his  own  name,  him  ye  will  receive. 

xii.  48.  Jesus  said,  He  that  rejecteth  me, 
and  receiveth  not  my  words,  hath  one  that 
judgeth  him;  the  word  that  I  have  spoken, 
the  same  shall  judge  him  at  the  last  day. 

Eph.  iv.  14.  Be  no  more  children,  tossed  to 
and  fro  with  every  wind  of  doctrine. 

1  Thess.  iv.  8.  He  that  despiseth,  despiseth 
not  men,  but  God,  who  hath  given  unto  us  his 
Holy  Spirit.  See  Matt,  xxiii.  37.  Luke  xiii.  34. 

2  Tim.  i.  15.  Paul  said,  all  that  are  in  Asia 
be  turned  away  from  me. 

iv.  3,  4.  The  time  will  come  when  they  will 
not  endure  sound  doctrine ;  but  after  their  own 


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Justs  shall  they  heap  to  themselves  teachers, 
having  itching  ears.  And  they  shall  turn  away 
their  ears  from  the  truth,  and  shall  be  turned 
unto  fables. 

1  Cor.  iii.  4.  One  saith,  I  am  of  Paul ;  an- 
other, I  am  of  Apollos,  &c.  Ch.  i.  12. 

Jv.  6.  Puffed  up  for  one  against  another. 

CXLIII.  Not  supporting  them.  Mai.  iii.  9. 
Ye  are  cursed  with  a  curse,  for  ye  have  robbed 
me,  even  this  whole  nation.  Ver.  10.  Neh. 
xiii.  10.  12. 

SIXTH  COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIV.  Of  murder.  Exod.  xx.  13.  Thou 
shall  not  kill.  Matt.  xix.  18.  1  Tim.  i.  9. 

Death  the  punishment  of  murderers.  Gen. 
ix.  6.  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by  man 
shall  his  blood  be  shed.  Ver.  5. 

Exod.  xxi.  12.  He  that  smiteth  a  man,  so 
that  he  die,  shall  surely  be  put  to  death.  Ver. 
13,  14.  Lev.  xxiv.  17. 

Numb.  xxxv.  16.  The  murderer  shall  sure- 
ly be  put  to  death.  Ver.  17,  18.  21.  30. 

Ver.  31.  Ye  shall  take  no  satisfaction  for 
the  life  of  a  murderer  ;  he  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death. — Ver.  33.  Blood  defileth  the  land  ; 
and  the  land  cannot  be  cleansed  of  the  blood 
that  is  shed  therein,  but  by  the  blood  of  him 
that  shed  it. 

Deut.  xix.  1 1.  13.  If  a  man  hate  his  neigh- 
bour, and  lie  in  wait  for  him,  and  smite  him 
mortally  that  he  die  ;  thine  eye  shall  not  pity 
him,  but  thou  shall  put  away  ihe  guill  of  in- 
nocent blood. 

CXLV.  Cases  excepted,  wherein  the  kill- 
ing of  a  man  was  not  to  be  punished  with 
death.  Exod.  xxi.  20.  If  a  man  smite  his  ser- 
vanl  wilh  a  rod  ;  and  he  die  under  his  hand, 
he  shall  be  surely  punished. 

xxii.  2,  3.  If  a  ihief  be  found  breaking  up, 
and  he  be  smillen  lhal  he  die,  there  shall  no 
blood  be  shed  for  him.  But  if  the  sun  be 
risen  upon  him,  there  shall  be  blood  shed  for 
him. 

Deut.  xix.  4.  6.  Whosoever  killeth  his 
neighbour  ignoranlly,  whom  he  haled  not,  he 
is  nol  worthy  of  death.  Numb.  xxxv.  15. 22. 

CXLVI.  Threatenings  against  murderers. 
Ps.  v.  6.  The  Lord  will  abhor  the  bloody  man. 
See  Ps.  li.  14.  Jonah  i.  14. 

Iv.  23.  Bloody  men  shall  not  live  half  iheir 
days. 

cvi.  38.  The  land  was  polluted  with  blood. 
— Ver.  40.  Therefore  the  wralh  of  ihe  Lord 
was  kindled 

cix.  31.  The  Lord  shall  stand  at  the  right 
nand  of  the  poor,  to  save  him  from  those  that 
condemn  his  soul. 


Prov.  vi.  17.  The  Lord  doth  hate  hands  that 
shed  innocent  blood. 

xxviii.  17.  A  man  that  doth  violence  to  the 
blood  of  any  person,  shall  flee  to  the  pit,  let 
no  man  stay.him. 

Isa,  lix.  3.  10.  Your  hands  are  defiled  with 
blood.  (Ver.  7.)  We  are  as  dead  men. 

Jer.  ii.  34.  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  the 
blood  of  the  souls  of  the  poor  innocents. 

v'ii.  9.  15.  WTiIl  ye  steal,  murder,  commit 
adultery,  &c.  1  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my 
sight. — Ver.  1 6.  Pray  not  for  this  people. 

xix.  3,  4.  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  place. 
They  have  filled  it  with  ihe  blood  of  innocents. 
Lam.  iv.  14.  16. 

Ezek.  xxiv.  6.  Woe  to  the  bloody  city.  Ver. 
9.  Nah.  iii.  1. 

xxxv.  6.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I 
will  prepare  thee  unto  blood,  and  blood  shall 
pursue  thee  ;  since  thou  hast  nol  haled 
even  blood  shall  pursue  thee. 

Hab.  ii.  10,  11.  Thou  hast  consulted  shame 
to  thy  house  by  cutting  off  many  people,  and 
hast  sinned  against  thy  soul.  For  the  stone 
shall  cry  out  of  the  wall,  and  the  beam  out  of 
the  limber  shall  answer  it. 

John  viii.  44.  The  devil  was  a  murderer 
from  the  beginning. 

Gal.  v.  21.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are,  mur- 
ders, &c.  James  iv.  1. 

1  John  iii.  15.  No  murderer  hath  eternal 
life  abiding  in  him. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  Murderers  shall  have  their  part 
in  Ihe  lake  that  burneth  with  fire  and  brim- 
stone, which  is  the  second  death. 

xxii.  15.  Withoul  [the  heavenly  Jerusalem] 
are  murderers,  &c.  See  Hos.  iv.  2,  3.  Malt, 
xxiii.  35. 

CXLVII.  Instances  of  the  punishment  of 
murder.  Upon  Cain,  Gen.  iv.  11, 12. — Upon 
Simeon  and  Levi,  Gen.  xlix.  5,  6,  7. — xxxiv. 
25,  26. — Upon  David,  2  Sam.  llth  and  12th 
chapters. — Upon  Ahab,  1  Kings  xxii.  38. — 
Upon  Manasseh,  2  Kings  xxiv.  3,  4. 

CXLVIII.  Striking,  wounding,  maiming / 
how  to  be  punished.  Exod.  xxi.  18  to  25. 
Lev.  xxiv.  1 9.  Deut.  xxvii.  24. 

SEVENTH  COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIX.  Adultery  and  fornication.  Exod. 
xx.  14.  Thou  shall  nol  commit  adultery. 
Markx.  19.  James  ii.  11. 

Deut  xxiii.  17.  There  shall  be  no  whore  of 
the  daughters  of  Israel.  Lev.  xix.  29. 

CL.  Threatenings ;  or  the  evil  consequences 
of  adultery,  fornication,  &c.  Gen.  xii.  17. 
The  Lord  plagued  Pharaoh  and  his  house  with 
great  plagues,  because  of  Sarai,  Abram's  wife, 
who  was  taken  into  Pharaoh's  house.  Ver.  15 


CHAP.  XVII. 


SEVENTH   COMMANDMENT. 


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xx.  2, 3.  Abimelech  took  Sarah,  Abraham's 
wife.  God  said  to  him,  Thou  art  a  dead  man, 
for  she  is  a  man's  wife. — Ver.  7.  If  thou  re- 
store her  not,  thou  shall  surely  die. — Ver.  9. 
Abimelech  said  to  Abraham, Thou  hast  brought 
on  me  and  on  my  kingdom  a  great  sin.  Ch. 
xxvi.  7.  10,  11 

xxxv.  22.  Reuben  lay  with  Bilhah,  his  fa- 
ther's concubine.  Ch.  xlix.  4.  Jacob  said, 
Thou  shall  not  excel,  because  thou  wentest  up 
to  thy  father's  bed,  and  didst  defile  it. 

Exod.  xxii.  16,  17.  If  a  man  entice  a  maid, 
that  is  not  betrothed,  and  lie  with  her,  he  shall 
surely  endow  her  to  be  his  wife.  If  her  father 
refuse  to  give  her  to  him,  he  shall  pay  money 
according  to  the  dowry  of  virgins. 

Lev.  xviii.  20.  Thou  shall  not  lie  carnally 
with  thy  neighbour's  wife,  to  defile  thyself  with 
her. — Ver.  28.  That  the  land  spue  you  not  out. 

xx.  10.  The  man  that  committeth  adullery 
with  another  man's  wife,  the  adulterer  and  the 
adulteress  shall  surely  be  put  to  death.  See 
to  ver.  22. 

xx i.  7.  The  priest  shall  not  take  a  wife  that 
is  a  whore  or  profane. — Ver.  9.  And  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  priest,  if  she  profane  herself  by  play- 
ing the  whore,  she  profanelh  her  father ;  she 
shall  be  burnt. 

JMumb.  v.  12,  13.  19.  If  a  man's  wife  go 
aside,  and  commit  a  trespass  against  him,  and 
a  man  lie  with  her  carnally,  and  it  be  hid  from 
the  eyes  of  her  husband,  and  there  be  no  wit- 
ness against  her ;  the  priest  shall  charge  her 
with  an  oath  of  cursing. — Ver.  27.  And  if 
she  be  defiled,  her  belly  shall  swell  and  her 
thigh  shall  rot 

Deut.  xxii.  22.  If  a  man  be  found  lying 
with  a  woman  married  to  a  husband,  they  shall 
both  of  them  die. 

Ver.  23,  24.  If  a  damsel  that  is  a  virgin,  be 
betrothed  unto  a  husband,  and  a  man  find  her 
in  the  city,  and  lie  wjth  her,  ye  shall  stone 
them  both  with  stones  that  they  die ;  the  dam- 
sel because  she  cried  not,  being  in  the  city ; 
and  the  man  because  he  halh  humbled  his 
neighbour's  wife. — Ver.  25.  But  if  a  man  find 
a  betrothed  damsel  in  the  field  and  force  her 
and  lie  with  her,  then  the  man  only  shall  die. 

Ver.  28,  29.  If  a  man  find  a  damsel  that  is 
a  virgin,  which  is  not  betrothed,  and  lay  hold 
on  her,  and  lie  with  her,  and  they  be  found  ; 
then  the  man  shall  give  unto  the  damsel's  fa- 
ther fifty  shekels  of  silver,  and  she  shall  be  his 
wife, because  he  hath  humbled  her;  he  may 
not  put  her  away  all  her  days. 

xxiii.  2.  A  bastard  shall  not  enter  into  the 
congregation  of  the  Lord,  even  to  his  tenth  ge- 
neration. 

Ver.  18.  Thou  shall  not  bring  the  hire  of 
a  whore,  or  the  price  of  a  dog  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  for  any  vow. 


2  Sam.  xii.  4.  David's  sin  with  the  wife  of 
Uriah. — Ver.  11.  See  the  punishment  thereof. 

Job  xxiv.  15.  The  eye  of  the  adulterer  wait- 
eth  for  the  twilight,  saying,  No  eye  shall  see 
me. — Ver.  17,  18.  The  morning  is  to  them  as 
the  shadow  of  death.  Their  portion  is  cursed 
on  the  earth. 

xxxi.  9 — 12.  If  my  heart  hath  been  deceived 
by  a  woman,  or  if  I  have  laid  wait  at  my 
neighbour's  door ;  then  let  my  wife  grind  to 
another,  and  let  others  bow  down  upon  her. 
For  it  is  a  heinous  crime ;  it  is  an  iniquity  to 
be  punished  by  the  judges.  It  is  a  fire  that 
consumeth  lo  destruction,  and  would  root  out 
all  my  increase. 

Prov.  v.  3 — 6.  The  lips  of  a  strange  wo- 
man drop  as  a  honey-comb,  and  her  mouth  is 
smoother  than  oil :  But  her  end  is  bitter  as 
wormwood,  sharp  as  a  two-edged  sword.  Her 
feet  go  down  to  death ;  her  steps  take  hold  on 
hell.  Lest  thou  shouldst  ponder  the  path  of 
life,  her  ways  are  moveable. — Ver.  8 — 11. 
Remove  thy  way  far  from  her,  come  not  nigh 
the  door  of  her  house.  Lest  thou  give  thine 
honour  to  others,  and  thy  years  unto  the  cruel : 
Lest  strangers  be  filled  with  thy  wealth ;  and 
thy  labours  be  in  the  house  of  a  stranger;  and 
thou  mourn  at  the  last,  when  thy  flesh  and 
thy  body  are  consumed. 

Ver.  20,  21.  Why  wilt  thou  be  ravished 
with  a  strange  woman,  and  embrace  the  bo- 
som of  a  stranger  ?  For  the  ways  of  man  are 
before  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  he  pondereth 
all  his  goings. 

vi.  24.  Keep  thee  from  the  evil  woman, 
from  the  flattery  of  the  tongue  of  a  strange 
woman. 

Ver.  25,  26.  Lust  not  after  her  beauty  in 
thy  heart ;  neither  lei  her  take  thee  with  her 
eyelids.  For  by  means  of  a  whorish  woman 
a  man  is  brought  to  a  piece  of  bread ;  and  the 
adulteress  wilj  hunt  for  the  precious  life. 

Ver.  27 — 29.  Can  a  man  take  fire  in  his 
bosom,  and  not  be  burnt  ?  Can  he  go  upon 
hot  coals,  and  his  feet  not  be  burnt  ?  So  he 
that  goeth  in  to  his  neighbour's  wife  ;  whoso- 
ever toucheth  her  shall  not  be  innocent. 

Ver.  32 — 35.  Whoso  committeth  adultery 
with  a  woman,  lacketh  understanding;  he 
that  doeth  il  destroyeth  his  own  soul.  A 
wound  and  dishonour  shall  he  get;  and  his  re- 
proach shall  nol  be  wiped  away.  For  jealousy 
is  the  rage  of  a  man :  he  will  not  regard  any 
ransom. 

vii.  5  to  26.  See  the  description  of  a 
whorish  woman,  and  the  fool  taken  by  her 
snares. — Ver.  27.  Her  house  is  the  way  to 
hell,  going  down  to  the  chambers  of  death. 

ix.  17,  18.  She  saith,  Stolen  waters  are 
sweet.  But  know  that  the  dead  are  there,  and 
that  her  guests  are  in  the  depths  of  hell. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


xxii.  14.  The  mouth  of  a  strange  woman 
is  a  deep  pit ;  he  that  is  abhorred  of  the  Lord 
shall  fall  therein. 

xxiii.  27,  28.  A  whore  is  a  deep  ditch,  and 
a  strange  woman  is  a  narrow  pit.  She  lieth 
in  wait  as  for  a  prey,  and  increaseth  trans- 
gressors among  men. 

xxx.  20.  An  adulterous  woman  saith,  I  have 
done  no  wickedness. 

xxxi.  3.  Give  not  thy  strength  unto  women, 
nor  thy  ways  to  that  which  destroyeth  kings. 

Eccl.  vii.  26.  I  find  more  bitter  than  death, 
the  woman  whose  heart  is  snares  and  nets, 
and  her  hands  as  bands ;  whoso  pleaseth  God 
shall  escape  from  her,  but  the  sinner  shall  be 
taken  by  her. 

Jer.  vii.  9,  10.  Will  ye  steal,  murder,  and 
commit  adultery,  and  swear  falsely,  &c. ;  and 
come  and  stand  before  me  in  this  house  1 — 
Ver.  1 5.  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight. 

v.  7 — 9.  When  I  fed  them  to  the  full,  they 
then  committed  adultery,  and  assembled  them- 
selves by  troops  in  the  harlots'  houses.  They 
were  as  fed  horses  in  the  morning,  every  one 
neighing  after  his  neighbour's  wife.  (Ch. 
xiii.  27.)  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things  ? 
saith  the  Lord:  and  shall  not  my  soul  be 
avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this  1 

ix.  2.  9.  They  be  all  adulterers.  Shall  not 
my  soul  be  avenged,  &c.  1 

xxiii.  10.  The  land  is  full  of  adulterers. 
The  land  mourneth. 

xxix.  23.  Because  they  have  committed 
adultery  with  their  neighbours'  wives ;  even 
I  know  and  am  a  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 

Ezek.  xxii.  1 1.  One  hath  committed  abo- 
mination with  his  neighbour's  wife,  another 
hath  defiled  his  daughter-in-law,  and  another 
hath  humbled  his  sister. — Ver.  14.  Can  thy 
heart  endure,  or  thy  hands  be  strong  in  the 
day  that  I  will  deal  with  thee  1 

Hos.  iv.  2,  3.  By  swearing  and  lying,  and 
killing  and  stealing,  and  committing  adultery, 
they  break  out.  Therefore  shall  the  land 
mourn. 

Ver.  11.  Whoredom  and  wine  taketh  away 
the  heart. 

Ver.  13,  14.  Your  daughters  shall  commit 
whoredom,  and  your  spouses  shall  commit 
adultery.  I  will  not  punish  your  daughters 
nor  your  spouses;  for  themselves  are  separated 
with  whores. 

vii.  4.  They  are  all  adulterers,  as  an  oven 
heated. — Ver.  7.  There  is  none  among  them 
that  calleth  unto  me. 

Mai.  hi.  5.  I  will  be  a  swift  witness  against 
the  adulterers  and  false  swearers,  &c. 

Rom.  i.  28,  29.  As  they  did  not  like  to  re- 
tain God  in  their  knowledge,  God  gave  them 
over  to  a  reprobate  mind :  Being  filled  with 
all  unrighteousness,  fornication,  &c. 


1  Cor.  iii.  16,  17.  Know  ye  not  that  ye  are 
the  temple  of  God  ?     If  any  man  defile  the 
temple  of  God,  him  shall  God  destroy. 

v.  1.  It  is  reported  that  there  is  fornication 
among  you,  and  such  fornication  as  is  not  so 
much  as  named  among  the  Gentiles. — Ver.  9. 
I  wrote  to  you,  not  to  keep  company  with  for- 
nicators. — Ver.  11.  If  any  man  that  is  called 
a  brother  be  a  fornicator,  with  such  a  one, 
no,  not  to  eat. — Ver.  13.  Put  away  from 
among  you  that  wicked  person. 

vi.  9.  Neither  fornicators  nor  idolaters,  nor 
adulterers,  &c.,  shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God.  Ver.  10. 

Ver.  13.  The  body  is  not  for  fornication, 
but  for  the  Lord. — Ver.  15.  Know  ye  not  that 
your  bodies  are  the  members  of  Christ  1  Shall 
I  make  them  members  of  a  harlot? — Ver.  16. 
He  that  is  joined  to  a  harlot  is  one  body  with 
her. — Ver.  18.  He  that  committeth  fornica- 
tion sinneth  against  his  own  body. 

x.  8.  Neither  let  us  commit  fornication,  as 
some  of  them  did,  and  fell  in  one  day  three 
and  twenty  thousand.  Numb.  xxv.  1.  9. 

2  Cor.xii.  20,  21.  I  fear  lest  I  shall  not  find 
you  such  as  I  would ;  and  that  I  shall  bewail 
many  who  have  sinned,  and  have  not  repented 
of  their  fornication,  lasciviousness,  &c. 

Gal.  v.  19.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are, 
adultery,  fornication,  uncleanness. — Ver.  21. 
They  that  do  such  things  shall  not  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

Eph.  v.  5, 6.  No  whoremonger,  nor  unclean 
person,  hath  any  inheritance  in  the  kingdom 
of  Christ  and  of  God.  Because  of  these 
things  cometh  the  wrath  of  God  upon  the 
children  of  disobedience. 

Col.  iii.  5,  6.  Fornication,  uncleanness,  in- 
ordinate affection,  &c.  For  which  things' 
sake  cometh  the  wrath  of  God  upon  the  child- 
ren of  disobedience. 

1  Tim.  i.  10.  The  law  is  made  for  whore- 
mongers, &c. 

Heb.  xiii.  4.  Whoremongers  and  adulterers 
God  will  judge. 

2  Pet.  ii.  14.  Having  eyes  full  of  adultery, 
cursed  children. 

Jude  7.  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  the 
cities  about  them,  giving  themselves  over  to 
fornication,  and  going  after  strange  flesh,  are 
set  forth  for  an  example,  suffering  the  ven 
geance  of  eternal  fire.  Ver.  8. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  Murderers  and  whoremongers, 
&c.  shall  have  their  part  in  the  lake  that 
burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone,  which  is  the 
second  death. 

xxii.  15.  Without  [the  heavenly  Jerusalem] 
are  dogs,  sorcerers,  whoremongers,  &c. 

Matt.  v.  28.  Whosoever  looketh  on  a  wo- 
man, to  lust  after  her,  hath  committed  adultery 
with  her  already  in  his  heart. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


EIGHTH  COMMANDMENT. 


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xv.  19.  Out  of  the  heart  proceed  evil 
thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  fornications, 
&c. ;  these  defile  a  man.  Ver.  20. 

CLI.  Examples,  exhortations,  promises, 
S(C.  against  adultery  and  fornication.  Gen. 
xxxix.  7 — 9.  His  master's  wife  cast  her  eyes 
upon  Joseph,  and  said,  Lie  with  me.  But  he 
refused ;  and  said,  How  can  I  do  this  great 
wickedness,  and  sin  against  God  1 

Job  xxxi.  1.  I  made  a  covenant  with  mine 
eyes,  why  then  should  I  think  upon  a  maid  ? 

Ezek.  xviii.  5,  6.  If  a  man  be  just,  and  do 
that  which  is  lawful  and  right ;  and  hath  not 
defiled  his  neighbour's  wife,  &c. ;  he  shall 
live.  Ver.  9. 

John  viii.  1 1 .  Jesus  said  to  the  woman  taken 
in  adultery,  Sin  no  more. 

Acts  xv.  20.  Abstain  from  fornication. 
Ver.  29. 

Rom.  xiii.  13,  14.  Let  us  walk  honestly,  as 
in  the  day;  not  in  rioting  and  drunkenness; 
not  in  chambering  and  wantonness.  Make 
not  provision  for  the  flesh,  to  fulfil  the  lusts 
thereof. 

1  Cor.  vi.  15.  Know  ye  not  that  your  bo- 
dies are  the  members  of  Christ! — Ver.  18.  Flee 
fornication. 

vii.  9.  If  they  cannot  contain,  let  them 
marry. 

ix.  27.  I  keep  my  body  under,  lest  I  should 
be  a  cast-away. 

x.  8.  Let  us  not  commit  fornication. 

Eph.  v.  3.  Fornication,  and  all  uncleanness, 
let  it  not  be  once  named  among  you,  as  be- 
cometh  saints.  Ver.  4. 

Col.  iii.  5.  Mortify  your  members  which 
are  upon  the  earth,  fornication,  uncleanness, 
inordinate  affection,  &c. 

1  Thess.  iv.  3.  This  is  the  will  of  God, 
even  your  sanctification,  and  that  ye  abstain 
from  fornication. 

Ver.  4,  5.  Every  one  of  you  should  know 
how  to  possess  his  vessel  in  sanctification  and 
honour.  Not  in  the  lust  of  concupiscence,  as 
the  Gentiles  which  know  not  God. 

Ver.  7.  God  hath  not  called  us  to  unclean- 
ness,  but  unto  holiness. 

1  Tim.  i.  10.  The  law  is  made  for  whore- 
mongers, for  them  that  defile  themselves  with 
mankind. 

2  Tim.  ii.  22.  Flee  youthful  lusts. 

1  Pet.  ii.  11.  Abstain  from  fleshly  lusts, 
which  war  against  the  soul. 


EIGHTH  COMMANDMENT. 

THEFT    FORBIDDE3T. 

CLII.  Precepts  concerning  property  and 
the  use  of  riches  in  society.    Exod.  xx.  15. 


Thou  shalt  not  steal.  Lev.  xix.  11. 13.  Deut. 
v.  19.  Matt.  xix.  18.  Rom.  xiii.  9.  Eph. 
v.  28.  1  Pet,  iv.  15. 

CLIII.  Threatening^  against  theft.  Exod. 
xxi.  16.  He  that  stealeth  a  man,  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death.  Deut.  xxiv.  7.  1  Tim.  i.  10. 

xxii.  1.  If  a  man  steal  an  ox  or  a  sheep  he 
shall  restore  five  oxen  for  an  ox,  and  four 
heep  for  a  sheep. 

Ver.  2.  If  a  thief  be  found  breaking  up,  and 
be  smitten  that  he  die,  there  shall  no  blood  be 
shed  for  him. — Ver.  4.  If  the  theft  be  found  in 
his  hand,  he  shall  restore  double.  Ver.  7. 
Prov.  vi.  30. 

Josh.  vii.  11,  12.  Israel  hath  sinned,  they 
have  stolen  and  dissembled  also.  Therefore 
they  could  not  stand  before  their  enemies,  &c. 

Ps.  1.  18.  When  thou  sawest  a  thief,  thou 
consentedst  with  him. — Ver.  21.  But  I  will 
reprove  thee. 

Prov.  xxix.  24.  Whoso  is  partner  with  a 
thief,  hateth  his  own  soul. 

xxx.  8,  9.  Feed  me  with  food  convenient : 
Lest  I  be  poor,  and  steal,  and  take  the  name 
of  God  in  vain. 

Jer.  vii.  9.  Will  ye  steal,  &c.— Ver.  15.  I 
will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight. 

Hos.  iv.  2,  3.  By  swearing  and  lying,  kill- 
ing and  stealing,  they  break  out.  Therefore 
shall  the  land  mourn. 

Zech.  v.  4.  The  curse  [of  the  Lord]  shall 
enter  into  the  house  of  the  thief,  and  shall  con- 
sume it. 

Luke  xii.  33.  In  the  heavens,  where  no 
thief  approaches. 

1  Cor.  vi.  10.  Neither  thieves,  nor  covetous, 
nor  extortioners,  shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
heaven. 

CLIV.  Robbery  forbidden,  with  threaten- 
ings.  Lev.  xix.  13.  Thou  shalt  not  defraud 
thy  neighbour,  neither  rob  him. 

Ps.  Ixii.  10.  Become  not  vain  in  robbery. 
Ver.  12. 

Prov.  xxi.  7.  The  robbery  of  the  wicked 
shall  destroy  them. 

Isa.  Ixi.  8.  I  the  Lord  hate  robbery.  Ch. 
x.  2. — xvii.  14. 

Ezek.  xxii.  29.  The  people  have  used  rob- 
bery, &c. — Ver.  31.  Therefore  have  I  powred 
out  my  indignation  upon  them,  saith  the  Lord. 
Ch.  xviii.  10.  13. 

Amos  iii.  10,  11.  They  store  up  violence 
and  robbery  in  their  palaces.  Therefore  (saith 
the  Lord)  thy  palaces  shall  be  spoiled. 

Nah.  iii.  1.  Woe  to  the  bloody  city,  it  is  full 
of  robbery. 

CLV.  Fraud  and  cheating  in  commerce 
forbidden.  Lev.  xix.  11.  Ye  shall  not  steal, 
neither  deal  falsely.  Prov.  xx.  14. 


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OPPRESSION  FORBIDDEN. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


Ver.  35,  36.  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness 
in  judgment,  in  meteyard,  in  weight,  or  in 
measure.  Just  balances,  just  weights,  a  just 
ephah,  and  a  just  hin  shall  ye  have. 

xxv.  14.  If  thou  sellest  aught  unto  thy 
neighbour,  or  buyest  aught  of  thy  neighbour's 
hand,  ye  shall  not  oppress  one  another.  Prov. 
xi.  26. 

Deut.  xxv.  13,  14.  Thou  shall  not  have  in 
thy  bags  divers  weights;  a  great  and  a  small. 
Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thy  house  divers  mea- 
sures, a  great  and  a  small. 

Ver.  15,  16.  Thou  shalt  have  a  perfect  and 
just  weight,  a  perfect  and  just  measure  shalt 
thou  have ;  that  thy  days  may  be  lengthened 
in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee.  For  all  they  that  do  unrighteously  are 
an  abomination  to  the  Lord. 

Prov.  xi.  1.  A  false  balance  is  an  abomina- 
tion to  the  Lord,  but  a  just  weight  is  his  de- 
light. See  Prov.  xvi.  11. — xx.  10.  23.  Hos. 
xii.  7,  8.  14.  Amos  viii.  6.  Mic.  vi.  10 — 14. 
Hab.  ii.  6. 

1  Thess.  iv.  6.  This  is  the  will  of  God,  that 
no  man  go  beyond  or  defraud  his  brother  in 
any  matter;  because  that  the  Lord  is  the 
avenger  of  all  such. 

CLVI.  Concerning  property  in  lands.  The 
law  thereof.  Deut.  xix.  14.  Thou  shalt  not 
remove  thy  neighbour's  land-mark. 

xxvii.  17.  Cursed  be  he  that  removeth  his 
neighbour's  land-mark:  and  all  the  people 
shall  say,  Amen.  See  Job  xxiv.  2.  Prov. 
xx  ii.  28. — xxiii.  10,  11. 

Exod.  xxii.  5.  If  a  man  cause  a  field  or  a 
vineyard  to  be  eaten,  and  shall  put  in  his  beast 
into  another  man's  field,  of  the  best  of  his  own 
vineyard  and  of  his  own  field  shall  he  make 
restitution. 

xxii.  6.  If  a  fire  break  out  and  catch  in 
thorns,  so  that  the  stacks  of  corn,  or  the  stand- 
ing corn  of  the  field  be  consumed,  he  that 
kindled  the  fire  shall  make  restitution. 

CLVII.  Concerning  things  found,  lent,  or 
entrusted  with  a  neighbour  to  keep.  The  law 
thereof.  Lev.  vi.  1  to  6. — xxiv.  18.  Exod. 
xxii.  9  to  16. 

OPPRESSION  FORBIDDEN,  &c. 

CLVIII.  Oppression  forbidden,  and  duties 
to  the  oppressed.  See  Duties  of  magistrates. 
— Duties  of  masters. 

Ps.  Ixii.  10.  Trust  not  in  oppression. 

Prov.  iii.  31.  Envy  not  the  oppressor,  and 
choose  none  of  his  ways. 

Isa.  i.  17.  Relieve  the  oppressed. 

xxxiii.  15,  16.  He  that  despiseth  the  gain 
of  oppressions,  &c. :  He  shall  dwell  on  high. 
Ezek.  xviii.  5.  7.  9.  16. 


Iviii.  6.  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen 
to  let  the  oppressed  go  free,  &c.  ? 

Jer.  xxi.  12.  Deliver  him  that  is  spoiled  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  oppressor. 

Luke  iii.  13.  John  said  to  the  publicans, 
Exact  no  more  than  that  which  is  appointed 
you. — Ver.  14.  To  the  soldiers  he  said,  Do 
violence  to  no  man,  and  be  content  with  your 
wages. 

CLIX.  Restitution  to  the  injured  to  be 
made.  Lev.  vi.  5.  1  Sam.  xii.  3.  Luke  xix.  8. 
Ps.  xxxvii.  21.  Gen.  xliii.  12. — xliv.  8. 

CLX.  Threatenings  against  oppressors. 
Job  xxvii.  13,  14.  This  is  the  heritage  of  op- 
pressors, which  they  shall  receive  of  the 
Almighty.  If  his  children  be  multiplied,  it  is 
for  the  sword  :  and  his  offspring  shall  not  be 
satisfied  with  bread.  See  to  ver.  19. 

Prov.  xx.  21.  An  inheritance  may  be  gotten 
hastily  at  the  beginning,  but  the  end  thereof 
shall  not  be  blessed. 

xxii.  16.  He  that  oppresseth  the  poor  to  in- 
crease his  riches,  shall  surely  come  to  want. 

Ver.  22,  23.  Rob  not  the  poor,  neither  op- 
press the  afflicted ;  For  the  Lord  will  plead 
their  cause,  and  spoil  the  soul  of  those  that 
spoiled  them. 

xxviii.  3.  A  poor  man  that  oppresseth  the 
poor,  is  like  a  sweeping  rain  which  leaveth  no 
food. 

Ver.  8.  He  that  by  usury  and  unjust  gain 
increaseth  his  substance,  he  shall  gather  it  for 
him  that  will  pity  the  poor. 

Ver.  20.  22.  He  that  maketh  haste  to  be 
rich,  shall  not  be  innocent.  He  hath  an  evil 
eye,  and  considereth  not  that  poverty  shall 
come  upon  him. 

Isa.  v.  8.  Woe  unto  them  that  join  house  to 
house,  that  lay  field  to  field,  till  there  be  no 
place,  that  they  may  be  placed  alone  in  the 
midst  of  the  earth.  Mic.  ii.  1,  2. 

xvi.  4.  The  oppressors  are  consumed  out  of 
the  land. 

xxx.  12, 13.  Because  ye  trust  in  oppression 
and  perverseness,  &c.  therefore  this  iniquity 
shall  be  to  you  as  a  breach. 

xlix.  26.  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress  you 
with  their  own  flesh,  &c. 

Ii.  23.  I  will  put  the  cup  of  trembling  into 
the  hand  of  them  that  afflict  thee. 

lix.  13.  In  transgressing  and  lying  against 
the  Lord,  in  departing  away  from  our  God  ; 
speaking  oppression  and  revolt. — Ver.  15.  The 
Lord  saw  it  and  it  displeased  him,  &c. 

Jer.  vi.  6.  This  is  the  city  to  be  visited  [by 
an  enemy]  ;  she  is  wholly  oppression. 

xvii.  11.  He  that  getteth  riches,  and  not  by 
right,  shall  leave  them  in  the  midst  of  his  days, 
and  at  his  end  shall  be  a  fool. 

xxii.  17 — 19.    [Speaking  of  Jehoiakim]— 


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Thine  eyes  and  thy  heart  are  not  but  for  co- 
vetousness  and  oppression.  They  shall  not 
lament  for  him :  He  shall  be  buried  with  the 
burial  of  an  ass. 

xxx.  20.  I  will  punish  all  that  oppress  them. 

Ezek.  xviii.  12,  13.  18.  He  hath  oppressed 
the  poor  and  needy,  &c. — hath  given  forth 
upon  usury — hath  spoiled  his  brother  by  vio- 
lence :  he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity. 

Mic.  ii.  2,  3.  They  covet  fields,  and  take 
them  by  violence.  Therefore,  saith  the  Lord, 
Against  this  family  do  I  devise  evil.  Isa.  v.  8. 
See  Eccl.  v.  8.  Also  Isa.  i.  17.  Hos.  xii.  7. 
Amos  iv.  1,  2.  Hab.  ii.  6.  Zeph.i.  9.  Acts 
vii.  26.  1  Cor.  vi.  8. 

CLXI.  Prayers  for  the  oppressed.  Ps. 
xvii.  9.  Keep  me  from  the  wicked  that  op- 
press me. 

xlii.  9.  Why  go  I  mourning,  because  of  the 
oppression  of  the  enemy  1  Ps.  xliii.  2. — Iv.  3. 

xliv.  24.  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face, 
and  forgettest  our  affliction  and  our  oppres- 
sion! 

liv.  2,  3.  Hear  my  prayer,  0  God,  For  op- 
pressors seek  for  my  soul. 

Ixxiv.  21.  O  let  not  the  oppressed  return 
ashamed. 

cxix.  121.  Leave  me  not  to  my  oppressors. 
Ver.  122. 

Ver.  134.  Deliver  me  from  the  oppression 
of  man. 

Isa.  xxxviii.  14.  0  Lord,  I  am  oppressed, 
undertake  for  me. 

CLXII.  Promises  to  the  oppressed.  Ps. 
ix.  9.  The  Lord  will  be  a  refuge  for  the  op- 
pressed. 

x.  18.  Thou  wilt  judge  the  oppressed. 

xii.  5.  For  the  oppression  of  the  poor,  for 
the  sighing  of  the  needy,  will  I  arise,  saith  the 
Lord. 

xxxv.  10.  Lord,  who  is  like  unto  thee,  which 
deliverest  the  poor  from  him  that  is  too  strong 
for  him,  and  from  him  that  spoileth  him  1 

Ixxii.  4.  He  shall  save  the  children  of  the 
needy,  and  shall  break  in  pieces  the  oppressor. 
— Ver.  14.  He  shall  redeem  their  soul  from 
deceit  and  violence,  and  precious  shall  their 
blood  be  in  his  sight. 

ciii.  6.  The  Lord  executeth  judgment  for 
all  that  are  oppressed.  Ps.  cxlvi.  7. 

Isa.  ix.  4.  Thou  hast  broken  the  rod  of  his 
oppressor,  &c. 

xiv.  2.  They  shall  rule  over  their  oppressors. 

xix.  20.  They  shall  cry  to  the  Lord,  because 
of  the  oppressors,  and  he  shall  deliver  them. 

liv.  14.  Thou  shall  be  far  from  oppression 
and  from  terror. 

.Ten  1.  33, 34.  They  were  oppressed.  Their 
Redeemer  will  plead  their  cause.  See  Ezek. 
xiv.  8.  Zech.  ix.  8. 

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See  deliverances  from  national  oppression  : 
Exod.  iii.  9.  Deut.  xxvi.  7.  Judg.  ii.  16.  18. 
— iv.  3. — vi.  9. — Ch.  vii.  and  viii. — x.  8.  12. 
— 2  Kings  xiii.  4.  23.  Isa.  Iii.  4. 

DUTIES    OF    THE    RICH    TOWARD 
THE  POOR. 

CLXIII.  Hospitality.  Rom.  xii.  13.  Given 
to  hospitality.  Ver.  8.  1  Tim.  iii.  2. 

1  Pet.  iv.  9.  Use  hospitality  one  toward 
another,  without  grudging.  Ver.  10. 

Heb.  xiii.  2.  Be  not  forgetful  to  entertain 
strangers. 

1  Tim.  v.  10.  If  she  have  lodged  strangers. 
See  instances  of  hospitality,  Gen.  xviii.  1  to 
19.  Acts  x.  23.— xxviii.  7.  3  John  5,  6. 

CLXIV.  Lending  without  usury.  Exod. 
xxii.  25.  If  thou  lend  to  any  of  my  people  that 
is  poor,  thou  shall  not  be  to  him  as  a  usurer, 
neither  shall  thou  lay  upon  him  usury.  See 
Lev.  xxv.  35,  36,  37.  Deut.  xv.  7  to  11.— 
xxiii.  19,  20.  Ps.  xv.  5.  Prov.  xxviii.  8. 
Ezek.  xviii.  8.  13.  17.— xxii.  12,  13. 

Ver.  26.  If  thou  take  thy  neighbour's 
raiment  to  pledge,  thou  shall  deliver  it  to  him 
by  that  the  sun  goeth  down.  Deut.  xxiv.  6. 
Job  xxxi.  16. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  26.  The  righteous  is  ever  mer- 
ciful and  lendeth ;  his  seed  is  blessed. 

cxii.  5.  A  good  man  sheweth  favour  and 
lendeth. — Ver.  9.  His  righteousness  endureth 
for  ever.  2  Cor.  ix.  9. 

Prov.  iii.  28.  Say  nol  to  thy  neighbour,  Go, 
and  come  again ;  when  thou  hast  it  by  thee. 
Gal.  vi.  10. 

Matt.  v.  42.  Give  to  him  thai  askelh  thee  ; 
and  from  him  that  would  borrow  of  ihee,  turn 
not  Ihou  away. 

Acls  iv.  32.  They  lhal  believed  had  all  things 
common. 

CLXV.  Giving  alms.-  promises.  Ps. 
xxxvii.  21.  The  righteous  sheweth  mercy  and 
giveth. — Ver.  24.  The  Lord  upholdeth  him. 

xii.  1.  Blessed  is  he  thai  considereth  the 
poor.  Ver.  2,  3. 

cxii.  9.  He  hath  dispersed,  he  hath  given  to 
the  poor ;  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 
2  Cor.  ix.  9. 

Prov.  iii.  9.  27.  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy 
substance.  Withhold  not  good  from  them  lo 
whom  il  is  due,  when  il  is  in  the  power  of  thy 
hand  lo  do  il. — Ver.  10.  So  shall  thy  barns  be 
filled  with  plenty,  &c. 

xi.  24.  There  is  thai  scattereth,  and  yet  in- 
creaseth,  &c. — Ver.  25.  The  liberal  soul  shall 
be  made  fat :  and  he  thai  walereth  shall  be 
watered  himself  also. 

xiv.  21.  He  that  hath  mercy  on  the  poor, 
happy  is  he. 

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CHAP.  XVII. 


Ver.  31.  He  that  honoureth  his  Maker,  hath 
mercy  on  the  poor. 

xix.  17.  He  that  hath  pity  on  the  poor, 
lendeth  to  the  Lord  ;  and  that  which  he  hath 
given  will  he  repay  him. 

xxii.  9.  He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall 
be  blessed ;  for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the 
poor. 

xxviii.  27.  He  that  giveth  to  the  poor  shall 
not  lack. 

xxix.  7.  The  righteous  considereth  the  cause 
of  the  poor. 

Eccl.  xi.  1.  Cast  thy  bread  upon  the  waters; 
for  thou  shalt  find  it  after  many  days. 

Isa.  xxxii.  8.  The  liberal  deviseth  liberal 
things,  and  by  liberal  things  shall  he  stand. 

Iviii.  6,  7.  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have 
chosen  1  [saith  the  Lord :]  To  deal  thy  bread 
to  the  hungry,  and  that  thou  bring  the  poor 
that  are  cast  out  to  thy  house]  when  thou 
seest  the  naked,  that  thou  cover  him ;  and  that 
thou  hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own  flesh  ] — 
Ver.  9.  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  will 
answer. 

Ver.  10,  11.  If  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to 
the  hungry,  and  satisfy  the  afflicted  soul ;  then 
shall  thy  light  rise  in  obscurity,  and  thy  dark- 
ness be  as  the  noon-day.  And  the  Lord  shall 
guide  thee  continually,  and  satisfy  thy  soul  in 
drought,  and  make  fat  thy  bones :  and  thou 
shalt  be  like  a  watered  garden,  and  like  a 
spring  whose  waters  fail  not.  Ver.  12.  See 
Job  xxxi.  16  to  20,  and  ver.  32. 

Ezek.  xviii.  7.  Hath  given  his  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  hath  covered  the  naked  with  a 
garment. — Ver.  9.  He  shall  surely  live,  saith 
the  Lord. 

Mark  x.  21.  Jesus  said,  Sell  whatsoever  thou 
hast,  and  give  to  the  poor ;  and  thou  shalt  have 
treasure  in  heaven.  Luke  xii.  33. — xviii.  22. 

xii.  42 — 44.  A  poor  widow  threw  in  two 
mites.  Jesus  said,  This  poor  widow  hath  cast 
in  more  than  they  all. — She  did  cast  in  all 
that  she  had.  2  Cor.  viii.  12. 

Luke  iii.  11.  Jesus  said,  He  that  hath  two 
coats,  let  him  impart  to  him  that  hath  none ; 
and  he  that  hath  meat  let  him  do  likewise. 

vi.  38.  Give,  and  it  shall  be  given  unto  you. 

xi.  41.  Give  alms  of  such  things  as  you  have ; 
and,  behold,  all  things  are  clean  unto  you. 

xiv.  13, 14.  When  thou  makest  a  feast,  call 
the  poor,  the  maimed,  the  lame,  and  the  blind. 
And  thou  shalt  be  blessed ;  for  thou  shalt  be 
recompensed  at  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

xvi.  9.  Make  to  yourselves  friends  of  the 
mammon  of  unrighteousness. 

Acts  x.  2.  Cornelius  gave  much  alms  to  the 
people,  and  prayed  to  God  always. — Ver.  4. 
The  angel  said  unto  him,  Thy  prayers  and 
thine  alms  are  come  up  as  a  memorial  before 
God. 


xx.  35.  Support  the  weak.  It  is  more  blessed 
to  give  than  to  receive. 

Eph.  iv.  28.  Give  to  him  that  needeth. 

1  Tim.  vi.  17 — 19.  Charge  them  that  are 
rich  in  this  world,  that  they  be  rich  in  good 
works,  ready  to  distribute,  willing  to  commu- 
nicate ;  laying  up  in  store  for  themselves  a 
good  foundation  against  the  time  to  come,  that 
they  may  lay  hold  on  eternal  life. 

Heb.  xiii.  16.  To  do  good  and  communi- 
cate forget  not ;  for  with  such  sacrifices  God  is 
well  pleased. 

CLXVI.  Alms  to  be  done  in  secret.  Mattvi. 
1.  Do  not  your  alms  before  men,  to  be  seen  of 
them. 

Ver.  3,  4.  When  thou  doest  thine  alms,  let 
let  not  thy  right  hand  know  what  thy  left  hand 
doeth,  &c. ;  that  thine  alms  may  be  in  secret ; 
and  thy  Father,  which  seeth  in  secret,  shall 
reward  thee  openly. 

Rom.  xii.  8.  He  that  giveth,  let  him  do  it 
with  simplicity. 

CLXVII.  To  be  given  to  the  poor  of  every 
denomination.  Luke  vi.  30.  Give  to  every 
man  that  asketh. 

Ver.  35,  36.  Love  your  enemies,  and  do 
good,  and  ye  shall  be  the  children  of  the  High- 
est ;  for  he  is  kind  to  the  unthankful  and  the 
evil.  Be  ye  therefore  merciful  as  your  Father 
is  merciful.  See  an  instance,  chap.  x.  29  to  38. 

Horn.  xii.  20.  If  thine  enemy  hunger,  feed 
him. 

Gal.  vi.  10.  Let  us  do  good  unto  all  men, 
especially  to  them  who  are  of  the  household 
of  faith. 

CLXVIII.  To  be  given  to  poor  Christians 
especially.  Matt.  x.  42.  Whosoever  shall 
give  to  drink  unto  one  of  these  little  ones,  a 
cup  of  cold  water  only,  in  the  name  of  a  dis- 
ciple, verily  I  say  unto  you,  he  shall  in  no  wise 
lose  his  reward.  Mark  ix.  41.  See  above, 
Gal.  vi.  10. 

Matt.  xxv.  34  to  46.  See  Christ's  remarka- 
ble sentence  at  the  day  of  judgment,  and  the 
reasons  given  for  it. 

Rom.  xii.  13.  Distributing  to  the  necessity 
of  saints. 

1  Cor.  xvi.  2.  Upon  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store, 
as  God  hath  prospered  him.  Mark  iii.  4.  For 
it  is  lawful  to  do  good  on  the  sabbath. 

See  instances  of  such  liberality  to  Saint 
Paul,  and  other  saints  :  Rom.  xvi.  2.  Phil, 
iv.  10.  2  Tim.  i.  16. 18.  Heb.  vi.  10.  3  John 
5,  6. — Collections  made  for  the  saints  at  Jeru- 
salem ;  Rom.  xv.  26.  1  Cor.  xvi.  3.  2  Cor. 
8th  and  9th  chapters. 

GOD'S  CARE  OF  THE  POOR. 
CLXIX.   Promises  to  the  poor.   Job  v.  15, 


CHAP.  XVII.    STRANGER,  WIDOW,  FATHERLESS. 


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16.  He  saveth  the  poor  from  the  sword,  from 
their  mouth,  and  from  the  hand  of  the  mighty. 
So  the  poor  hath  hope,  and  iniquity  stoppeth 
her  mouth. 

xxxvi.  1 5.  He  delivereth  the  poor  in  his  af- 
fliction, and  openeth  their  ears  in  oppression. 

Ps.  ix.  18.  The  needy  shall  not  always  be 
forgotten ;  the  expectation  of  the  poor  shall 
not  perish  for  ever. 

Ixviii.  10.  Thou,  O  God,  hast  prepared  of 
thy  goodness  for  the  poor. 

Ixix.  33.  The  Lord  heareth  the  poor. 

Ixxii.  3.  He  shall  judge  thy  people  with  right- 
eousness, and  thy  poor  with  judgment. — Ver. 
12,  13.  He  shall  deliver  the  needy  when  he 
crieth ;  the  poor  also,  and  him  that  hath  no 
helper.  He  shall  spare  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  shall  save  the  souls  of  the  needy. 

cii.  17.  He  will  regard  the  prayer  of  the 
destitute,  and  not  despise  their  prayer. 

cvii.  41.  He  setteth  the  poor  on  high  from 
affliction,  and  maketh  him  families  like  a  flock. 

cix.  31.  He  shall  stand  at  the  right  hand  of 
the  poor,  to  save  him  from  those  that  condemn 
his  soul. 

cxiii.  7.  He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the 
dust,  and  lifteth  the  needy  out  of  the  dung- 
hill. 

cxxxii.  15.  I  will  satisfy  her  poor  with 
bread. 

cxl.  12.  The  Lord  will  maintain  the  right 
of  the  poor. 

Isa.  xiv.  30.  The  first-born  of  the  poor  shall 
feed,  and  the  needy  shall  lie  down  in  safety. 

Jer.  xx.  13.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  praise  ye 
the  Lord,  for  he  hath  delivered  the  soul  of  the 
poor  from  the  hand  of  evil-doers. 

Luke  xvi.  25.  Abraham  said,  Son,  remem- 
ber, that  thou  in  thy  life-time  receivedst  thy 
good  things,  and  likewise  Lazarus  evil  things ; 
but  now  he  is  comforted,  and  thou  art  tor- 
mented. 

James  i.  9.  Let  the  brother  of  low  degree 
rejoice  in  that  he  is  exalted. 

ii.  5.  Hath  not  God  chosen  the  poor  of 
this  world,  rich  in  faith,  and  heirs  of  the  king- 
dom, which  he  hath  promised  to  them  that 
love  him  I  Ps.  Ixxiv.  21. 

CLXX.  Of  the  uncharitable  to  the  poor. 
Deut.  xv.  9.  Beware  of  hardness  of  heart  to- 
ward thy  poor  brother.  Ch.  xxiv.  15. 

Prov.  xi.  26.  He  that  withholdeth  corn,  the 
people  shall  curse  him. 

xvii.  5.  Whoso  mocketh  the  poor  reproach- 
eth  his  Maker. 

xxi.  13.  Whoso  stoppeth  his  ears  at  the  cry 
of  the  poor,  he  also  shall  cry  himself  and  shall 
not  be  heard.  Ver.  10.  26. 

xxviii.  27.  He  that  hideth  his  eyes  from  the 
poor,  shall  have  many  a  curse. 


Isa.  xxxii.  7.  The  instruments  of  the  churl 
are  evil  to  destroy  the  poor.  Prov.  xxiii.  7. 
Eat,  saith  he,  but  his  heart  is  not  with  thee. 

James  ii.  15,  16.  If  a  brother  or  sister  be 
naked,  and  destitute  of  daily  food,  and  one  of 
you  say  unto  him,  Depart  in  peace,  be  you 
warmed,  and  filled ;  notwithstanding  ye  give 
them  not  those  things  that  be  needful,  what 
doth  it  profit  1 

1  John  iii.  1 7.  Whoso  hath  this  world's 
good,  and  seeth  his  brother  have  need,  and 
shutteth  up  his  bowels  of  compassion  from 
him,  how  dwelleth  the  love  of  God  in  him  ! 

THE  STRANGER,  WIDOW,  AND  FA- 
THERLESS. 

CLXXI.  Duties  toward  them,  and  threat- 
enings  against  those  that  oppress  them.  Exod 
xxii.  21.  Thou  shall  not  vex  a  stranger  nor  op- 
press him ;  for  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land 
of  Egypt.  Ch.  xxiii.  9.  12.  Lev.  xix.  33. 

Exod.  xxii.  22—24.  Ye  shall  not  afflict  any 
widow  or  fatherless  child.  If  thou  afflict  them 
in  any  wise,  and  they  cry  at  all  unto  me,  I  will 
surely  hear  their  cry  ;  and  my  wrath  shall  wax. 
hot,  and  I  will  kill  you  with  the  sword,  and 
your  children  shall  be  fatherless. 

Lev.  xix.  10.  Thou  shalt  not  glean  thy  vine- 
yard, neither  shalt  thou  gather  every  grape  of 
thy  vineyard  ;  thou  shalt  leave  them  for  the 
poor  and  the  stranger.  Deut.  xxiv.  20,  21. — 
xxvii.  12. 

Ver.  34.  The  stranger  that  dwelleth  with 
you,  shall  be  unto  you  as  one  born  among  you, 
and  thou  shalt  love  him  as  thyself. 

xxiii.  22.  When  ye  reap  the  harvest  of  your 
land,  thou  shalt  not  make  clean  riddance  of  the 
corners  of  thy  field,  neither  shalt  thou  gather 
any  gleaning  of  thy  harvest ;  thou  shalt  leave 
them  unto  the  poor,  and  to  the  stranger.  Ch. 
xxv.  6.  Deut.  xxiv.  19.  Ruth  ii.  2,  3. 

Deut.  i.  16.  Judge  righteously  between  every 
man  and  the  stranger. 

x.  19.  Love  the  stranger;  for  ye  were 
strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

xxiv.  17.  Thou  shalt  not  pervert  the  judg- 
ment of  the  stranger,  nor  of  the  fatherless,  nor 
take  a  widow's  raiment  to  pledge.  Ch.  xxvii. 
1 9.  Cursed  be  he  that  perverteth  the  judgment 
of  the  stranger,  of  the  fatherless,  and  widow : 
and  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

Job  xxiv.  3.  9.  The  wicked  drive  away  the 
ass  of  the  fatherless,  and  take  the  widow's  ox 
for  a  pledge.  They  pluck  the  fatherless  from 
the  breast,  and  take  a  pledge  of  the  poor. 
(Ver.  21.)  Ver.  23,  24.  God's  eyes  are  upon 
their  ways  :  They  are  exalted  for  a  little  while, 
but  are  gone  and  brought  low  ;  they  are  taken 
out  of  the  way,  and  cut  off  as  the  tops  of  the 
ears  of  corn. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


xxix.  12,  13.  I  delivered  the  poor  that  cried, 
and  the  fatherless,  and  him  that  had  none  to 
help  him.  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready 
to  perish  came  upon  me ;  I  caused  the  widow's 
heart  to  sing  for  joy. 

xxxi.  16,  17.  21,  22.  If  I  have  withheld 
the  poor  from  their  desire,  or  have  caused  the 
eyes  of  the  widow  to  fail. — If  I  have  eaten  my 
morsel  alone,  and  the  fatherless  hath  not  eaten 
thereof — If  I  have  lifted" up  my  hand  against  the 
fatherless  :  Then  let  my  arm  fall  from  my 
shoulder  blade. — Ver.  32.  The  stranger  did 
not  lodge  in  the  street,  but  I  opened  my  door 
to  the  traveller. 

Ps.  xciv.  6.  The  proud  slay  the  widow  and 
the  stranger,  and  murder  the  fatherless. — Ver. 
10.  He  that  chastiseth  the  nations,  shall  he 
not  correct  you  1 

Prov.  xxiii.  10, 11.  Enter  not  into  the  fields 
of  the  fatherless  :  For  their  Redeemer  is  migh- 
ty ;  he  will  plead  their  cause. 

Isa.  i.  17.  Judge  the  fatherless;  plead  for 
the  widow. — Ver.  23,  24.  They  judge  not  the 
fatherless,  neither  doth  the  cause  of  the  widow 
come  unto  them.  Therefore,  saith  the  Lord,  I 
•will  ease  me  of  mine  adversaries.  Jer.  v.  28, 29. 

x.  1,2.  Woe  unto  them  that  decree  unright- 
eous decrees. — That  widows  may  be  their  prey, 
and  that  they  may  rob  the  fatherless.  Matt, 
xxiii.  14. 

Jer.  vii.  6,  7.  If  ye  oppress  not  the  stranger, 
the  fatherless  and  the  widow ;  then  will  I  cause 
you  to  dwell  in  this  place.  Ch.  xxii.  3.  Zech. 
vii.  10. 

Ezek.  xxii.  7.  In  thee  have  they  dealt  by 
oppression  with  the  stranger,  they  vexed  the 
fatherless  and  widow. — Ver.  15.  I  will  scatter 
them  among  the  heathen.  Ver.  29.  31. 

xlvii.  22.  Give  the  stranger  his  inheritance. 
Ver.  23. 

Mai.  iii.  5.  I  will  be  a  swift  witness  against 
those  that  oppress  the  widow  and  the  father- 
less, and  that  turn  aside  the  stranger  from  his 
right. 

1  Tim.  v.  3.  Honour  widows  that  are  wi- 
dows indeed. 

Ver.  16.  If  they  have  widows,  let  them  re- 
lieve them. 

James  i.  27.  Pure  religion  and  undefiled  be- 
fore God  and  the  Father,  is  this,  To  visit  the 
fatherless  and  widows  in  their  affliction,  and  to 
keep  himself  unspotted  from  the  world.  See 
Luke  iv.  25. 

CLXXII.  Promises  to  the  stranger,  father- 
less and  widow.  Deut.x.  18.  The  Lord  doth 
execute  the  judgment  of  the  fatherless  and 
widow,  and  loveth  the  stranger  in  giving  him 
food  and  raiment. 

Ps.  x.  14.  Thou  art  the  helper  of  the  father- 
less. Ver.  18. 


Ixviii.  5.  A  father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a 
judge  of  the  widow,  is  God  in  his  holy  habi- 
tation. 

cxlvi.  9.  The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers, 
and  relieveth  the  fatherless  and  widow. 

Prov.  xv.  25.  The  Lord  will  establish  the 
border  of  the  widow. 

Ezek.  xi.  16.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Although  I  have  cast  them  far  off  among  the 
heathen,  and  scattered  them  among  the  coun- 
tries, yet  will  I  be  to  them  as  a  little  sanctuary 
in  the  countries  where  they  shall  come. 

Jer.  xlix.  11.  Leave  thy  fatherless  children, 
I  will  preserve  them  alive,  and  let  thy  widows 
trust  in  me. 

Hos.  xiv.  3.  In  thee  the  fatherless  findeth 
mercy. 

Jer.  xxix.  7.  Seek  the  peace  of  the  city, 
whither  I  have  caused  you  to  be  carried  away 
captives ;  and  pray  unto  the  Lord  for  it :  for 
in  the  peace  thereof  shall  ye  have  peace.  Ps. 
xxvii.  10.  See  1  Kings  viii.  43.  2  Chron. 
vi.  33. 


NINTH  COMMANDMENT. 

WITNESS-BEARING. 

CLXXIII.  Of  witness-bearing;  false 
swearing,  $c.  Exod.  xx.  16.  Thou  shalt  not 
bear  false  witness  against  thy  neighbour. 
Deut.  v.  20.  Matt.  xix.  18.  Rom.  xiii.  9. 

Numb.  xxxv.  30.  One  witness  shall  not 
testify  against  any  person  to  cause  him  to  die. 
Deut.  xvii.  6. 

Deut.  xix.  15.  One  witness  shall  not  rise 
up  against  a  man  for  any  iniquity,  or  for  any 
sin  that  he  sinneth ;  out  of  the  mouth  of  two 
witnesses,  or  at  the  mouth  of  three  witnesses, 
shall  the  matter  be  established.  Matt,  xviii. 
16.  2  Cor.  xiii.  1.  1  Tim.  v.  19. 

Ver.  16.  19.  If  a  false  witness  rise  up 
against  any  man,  to  testify  against  him  that 
which  is  wrong;  (Ver.  17,  18.)  Then  shall 
ye  do  unto  him,  as  he  thought  to  have  done 
unto  his  brother ;  so  shalt  thou  put  the  evil 
away  from  among  you. — Ver.  21.  Life  shall 
go  for  life,  eye  for  eye,  &c. 

Lev.  v.  1.  If  a  soul  sin,  and  hear  the  voice 
of  swearing,  and  is  a  witness  whether  he  hath 
seen  or  known  of  it,  if  he  do  not  utter  it,  then 
he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

Prov.  vi.  16.  19.  These  things  doth  the 
Lord  hate:  A  false  witness  that  speaketh 
lies,  &c. 

xiv.  5.  A  faithful  witness  will  not  lie ;  but 
a  false  witness  will  utter  lies. 

Ver.  25.  A  true  witness  delivereth  souls, 
but  a  deceitful  witness  speaketh  lies. 

xix.  5.  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  un- 
punished. Ver.  9. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


NINTH  COMMANDMENT. 


293 


xxi.  28.  A  false  witness  shall  perish. 

xxiv.  28.  Be  not  a  witness  against  thy 
neighbour  without  a  cause.  See  Prov.  xii. 
17. — xix.  28. — xxv.  18.  Matt.  xv.  19. 

Instances :  Of  false  witness  given  against 
Naboth,  I  Kings  xxi.  7,  &c. — Against  David, 
Ps.  xxvii.  12. — xxxv.  11. — Against  Christ, 
Matt.xxvi.  60. — Against  Stephen,  Acts  vi.  13. 

CLXXIV.  Lying  forbidden  ;  truth  com- 
manded. Lev.  xix.  11.  Ye  shall  not  lie  one 
to  another.  Zech.  viii.  16,  17. 

Ps.  xxxiv.  1 3.  Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil, 
and  thy  lips  that  they  speak  no  guile.  1  Pet. 
iii.  10. 

Prov.  iv.  24.  A  froward  mouth  and  perverse 
lips  put  far  from  thee. 

Eph.  iv.  15.  Speaking  the  truth  in  love, 
grow  up  unto  Christ. 

Ver.  25.  Putting  away  lying,  speak  every 
man  truth  with  his  neighbour. 

Col.  iii.  9.  Lie  not  one  to  another,  seeing 
ye  have  put  off  the  old  man.  See  Ps.  xv.  2. 
Isa.  xxxiii.  15.  Prov.  xii.  17.  19. 

CLXXV.  Lying  abhorred  by  God  and 
good  men.  Prov.  vi.  16,  17.  These  things 
doth  the  Lord  hate :  A  lying  tongue,  &c. 

xii.  22.  Lying  lips  are  abomination  to  the 
Lord  ;  but  they  that  deal  truly  are  his  delight. 

Job  xxvii.  4.  Job  said,  My  lips  shall  not 
speak  wickedness,  neither  my  tongue  utter 
deceit. 

Ps.  ci.  7.  David  said,  He  that  telleth  lies 
shall  not  tarry  in  my  sight. 

cxix.  29.  Remove  from  me  the  way  of 
lying. — Ver.  163.  I  hate  and  abhor  lying. 

Prov.  viii.  7.  Wisdom  said,  My  mouth  shall 
speak  truth ;  wickedness  is  an  abomination 
to  my  lips. 

xiii.  5.  A  righteous  man  hateth  lying. 

Isa.  Ixiii.  8.  My  people  (saith  God)  are 
children  that  will  not  lie. 

CLXXVI.  Satan,  and  his  children,  are 
liars.  John  viii.  44.  The  devil  abode  not  in 
the  truth ;  he  is  a  liar,  and  the  father  of  it. 
Ver.  45. 

Acts  v.  3.  Why  hath  Satan  filled  thy  heart 
to  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost  1  See  Isa.  xxviii.  15. 
17. — lix.  3,  4.  Jer.  xxiii.  14. 

CLXXVII.  Threatenings  and  prayers 
against  liars.  Ps.  v.  6.  Thou  shall  destroy 
them  that  speak  leasing. 

xxxi.  18.  Let  lying  lips  be  put  to  silence, 
which  speak  grievous  things,  proudly  and 
contemptuously  against  the  righteous. 

xxx vi.  1.  There  is  no  fear  of  God  before 
his  eyes.— Ver.  3.  The  words  of  his  mouth 
are  iniquity  and  deceit. — Ver.  12.  They  are 
cast  down,  they  shall  not  arise.  Ps.  x.  7. 

I   19.  Thou  givest  thy  mouth  to  evil,  and 


thy  tongue  frameth  deceit.  Ver.  21.  I  will 
reprove  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

Iii.  2 — 4.  Thy  tongue  deviseth  'mischief 
like  a  sharp  razor  working  deceitfully.  Thou 
lovest  evil  more  than  good,  and  lying  rather 
than  to  speak  righteousness.  Thou  lovest  all 
devouring  words,  O  thou  deceitful  tongue. — 
Ver.  5.  God  shall  destroy  thee  for  ever. 

Iv.  21.  The  words  of  his  mouth  were 
smoother  than  butter,  but  war  was  in  his 
heart :  his  words  were  softer  than  oil,  yet  were 
they  drawn  swords.  (Ver.  12,  13.  15.)  Ver. 

23.  Thou,  0  God,  shalt  bring  them  down  into 
the  pit  of  destruction. 

Iviii.  3,  4.  The  wicked  are  estranged  from 
the  womb,  they  go  astray  speaking  lies.  Their 
poison  is  like  the  poison  of  a  serpent.  (Ps. 
cxi.  3.  9.)  Ver.  6,  7.  Break  their  teeth,  O 
God,  in  their  mouth.  Let  them  melt  away 
like  waters. 

lix.  7.  They  belch  out  with  their  mouth ; 
swords  are  in  their  lips. 

Ver.  12,  13.  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth, 
and  the  words  of  their  lips,  let  them  even  be 
taken  in  their  pride;  and  for  cursing  and 
lying  which  they  speak,  consume  them  in 
wrath. 

Ixii.  4.  They  delight  in  lies;  they  bless 
with  their  mouth,  but  they  curse  inwardly. — 
Ver.  3.  Ye  shall  be  slain  all  of  you. 

Ixiii.  1 1.  The  mouth  of  them  that  speak 
lies  shall  be  stopped. 

cix.  2.  They  have  spoken  against  me  with 
a  lying  tongue  :  let  them  be  condemned. 
Ver.  7. 

cxx.  3,  4.  What  shall  be  given  unto  thee  ? 
or  what  shall  be  done  unto  thee,  thou  false 
tongue1?  Sharp  arrows  of  the  mighty  with 
coals  of  juniper. 

Prov.  x.  18.  He  that  hideth  hatred  with 
lying  lips  is  a  fool. 

xii.  13.  The  wicked  is  snared  by  the  trans- 
gression of  his  lips.  Ch.  xvii.  20. 

Ver.  19.  A  lying  tongue  is  but  for  a  mo- 
ment. 

xvii.  7.  Lying  lips  become  not  a  prince. 

xix.  5.  He  that  speaketh  lies  shall  not 
escape ;  he  shall  perish.  Ver.  9. 

Ver.  22.  A  poor  man  is  better  than  a  liar. 
Ver.  1. 

xxi.  6.  Getting  treasures  by  a  lying  tongue, 
is  a  vanity  tossed  to  and  fro  of  them  that  seek 
death. 

xxvi.  18,  19.  As  a  madman  who  casteth 
firebrands,  arrows,  and  death :  so  is  he  that 
deceiveth  his  neighbour,  and  saith,  Am  not  I 
in  sport? 

Ver.  23.  Lying  lips  and  a  wicked  heart  are 
like  a  potsherd  covered  with  silver  dross.  Ver. 

24,  2(»,  26.  28. 

Isa.  Ivii.  11.  Of  whom  hast  thou  been  afraid, 
2  B  2 


294 


TALKATIVENESS. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


that  thou  hast  lied,  and  hast  not  remembered 
me,  saiih  the  Lord  ] 

lix.  2,  3.  Your  iniquities  have  separated 
between  you  and  your  God,  and  your  sins 
have  hid  his  face  from  you.  For  your  hands 
are  defiled  with  blood,  and  your  fingers  with 
iniquity  ;  your  lips  have  spoken  lies,  your 
tongue  hath  muttered  perverseness.  Ver. 
12—15. 

Jer.  ix.  5.  They  will  deceive  every  one  his 
neighbour,  and  will  not  speak  the  truth ;  they 
have  taught  their  tongue  to  speak  lies,  and 
weary  themselves  to  commit  iniquity. — Ver.  7. 
Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Be- 
hold, I  will  melt  them  and  try  them. 

Ver.  8,  9.  Their  tongue  is  as  an  arrow  shot 
out,  and  speaketh  deceit:  one  speaketh  peace- 
ably to  his  neighbour  with  his  mouth,  but  in 
heart  he  layeth  his  wait.  Shall  I  not  visit 
them  for  these  things  1  saith  the  Lord :  Shall 
not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as 
this? 

Hos.  iv.  1,  2.  The  Lord  hath  a  controversy 
with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  because  there 
is  no  truth,  nor  mercy,  nor  knowledge  of  God 
in  the  land.  By  swearing,  and  lying,  and 
killing,  and  stealing,  they  break  out. — Ver.  3. 
Therefore  shall  the  land  mourn. 

1  Tim.  iv.  2.  Seducing  spirits,  speaking  lies 
in  hypocrisy. 

Rev.  xxi.  8.  Liars  shall  have  their  portion 
in  the  lake  that  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone. 

Ver.  27.  There  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into 
heaven  any  thing  that  defile th  or  worketh  abo- 
mination, or  that  maketh  a  lie. 

xxii.  15.  Without  are  dogs,  and  sorcerers, 
and  whosoever  loveth  and  maketh  a  lie. 

See  the  death  of  Ananias  and  Sapphira, 
Acts  v. 

CLXXVIII.  The  words  of  the  wicked,  in- 
jurious and  offensive.  Ps.  v.  9.  There  is  no 
faithfulness  in  their  mouth ;  their  throat  is  an 
open  sepulchre. — Ver.  10.  Destroy  them,  O 
God. 

xxii.  7.  They  shoot  out  the  lip,  they  shake 
the  head. 

lix.  7.  They  belch  out  with  their  mouth, 
swords  are  in  their  lips ;  for  who  (say  they) 
doth  hear  us  1— Ver.  8.  Thou,  0  God,  shalt 
laugh  at  them.  Ps.  Ixiv.  3. — Ixix.  26. 

cxl.  3.  They  have  sharpened  their  tongues 
like  a  serpent ;  adders'  poison  is  under  their 
lips. — Ver.  9.  Let  the  mischief  of  their  own 
lips  cover  them. 

Prov.  xii.  18.  There  is  that  speaketh  like 
the  piercing  of  a  sword;  but  the  tongue  of 
the  wise  is  health. 

xvi.  27.  An  ungodly  man  diggeth  up  evil, 
and  in  his  lips  there  is  as  a  burning  fire. 
Ver.  30. 


xvii.  4.  A  wicked  doer  giveth  heed  to  false 
lips,  and  a  liar  giveth  ear  to  a  naughty  tongue. 
Ver.  7. 

xviii.  6.  A  fool's  lips  enter  into  contention, 
and  his  mouth  calleth  for  strokes. — Ver.  7. 
His  mouth  is  his  destruction,  and  his  lips  are 
the  snare  of  his  soul. 

xxiv.  2.  Their  heart  studieth  destruction, 
and  their  lips  talk  of  mischief. 

Eccl.  x.  12.  The  words  of  a  wise  man's 
mouth  are'  gracious,  but  the  lips  of  a  fool  will 
swallow  up  himself. 

Lam.  iii.  61,  62.  Thou  hast  heard  the  lips 
of  those  that  rise  up  against  me. 

Matt.  xii.  34,  35.  How  can  ye,  being  evil, 
speak  good  things  1  An  evil  man  out  of  the 
evil  treasure  of  his  heart,  bringeth  forth  evil 
things. — Ver.  37.  By  thy  words  thou  shalt  be 
condemned. 

xv.  18.  The  things  that  proceed  out  of  the 
mouth,  come  forth  from  the  heart,  and  defile 
the  man. 

1  Cor.  xv.  33.  Evil  communications  corrupt 
good  manners. 

James  iii.  5,  6.  The  tongue  is  a  little  mem- 
ber, and  boasteth  great  things.  The  tongue 
is  a  fire,  a  world  of  iniquity ;  it  defileth  the 
whole  body.  Ver.  8,  9,  10. 

2  Pet.  ii.  12.  These,  as  natural  brute  beasts, 
speak  evil  of  the  things  they  understand  not. 

CLXXIX.  Words  of  the  wicked  against 
God.  Jude  14,  15.  The  Lord  cometh  with 
ten  thousand  of  his  saints ;  to  execute  judg- 
ment, and  to  convince  all  that  are  ungodly, 
of  their  ungodly  speeches  which  they  have 
ungodly  spoken  against  him. 

CLXXX.  Evil  speaking.  Ps.  xii.  3,  4. 
The  Lord  shall  cut  off  the  tongue  that 
speaketh  proud  things :  who  have  said,  With 
our  tongue  will  we  prevail ;  our  lips  are  our 
own,  who  is  Lord  over  us  ? 

xii.  5.  My  enemies  speak  evil  of  me.  Ver.  6. 

1.  19.  Thou  givest  thy  mouth  to  evil. — Ver. 
21.  I  will  reprove  thee,  saith  God. 

Eph.  iv.  31.  Let  all  bitterness,  and  wrath, 
and  clamour,  and  evil  speaking,  be  put  away 
from  you,  with  all  malice. 

Tit.  iii.  2.  Speak  evil  of  no  man.  Be  not 
brawlers.  1  Pet.  iii.  9. 

James  iv.  1 1.  Speak  not  evil  one  of  another. 

1  Pet.  ii.  1,  2.  Laying  aside  all  malice,  and 
all  guile,  and  hypocrisies,  and  envies,  and  evil 
speaking;  as  new-born  babes  desire  the  sin- 
cere milk  of  the  word. 

iii.  10.  He  that  will  love  life,  and  see  good 
days,  let  him  refrain  his  tongue  from  evil.  Ps. 
xxxiv.  13.  See  Ps.  cxl.  11. 

TALKATIVENESS. 
CLXXXI.   Talkativeness;  rashness  with 


CHAP.  XVII.          FLATTERY,  TALE-BEARING,  ETC. 


295 


the  tongue.  Job  xi.  2.  Should  a  man  of  much 
talk  be  justified  ? 

xlii.  3.  Job  said,  Who  is  he  that  hideth 
counsel  without  knowledge?  therefore  have  I 
uttered  that  I  understood  not;  things  too  won- 
derful for  me,  which  I  knew  not. 

Ps.  cvi.  33.  They  provoked  Moses's  spirit, 
so  that  he  spake  unadvisedly  with  his  lips. 

Prov.  x.  8.  A  prating  fool  shall  fall. — Ver. 
19.  In  the  multitude  of  words  there  wanteth 
not  sin,  but  he  that  refraineth  his  lips  is  wise. 
Job  xiii.  5. 

xiii.  3.  He  that  keepeth  his  mouth  keepeth 
his  life;  but  he  that  openeth  wide  his  lips 
shall  have  destruction. 

xiv.  23.  The  talk  of  the  lips  tendeth  only 
to  penury. 

xvii.  27.  He  that  hath  knowledge  spareth 
his  words.  Job  xiii.  5. 

Ver.  28.  Even  a  fool  when  he  holdeth  his 
peace  is  accounted  wise. 

xviii.  13.  He  that  answereth  a  matter  before 
he  heareth  it,  it  is  folly  and  shame  to  him. 

xxi.  23.  Whoso  keepeth  his  mouth  and  his 
tongue,  keepeth  his  soul  from  troubles. 

xxix.  11.  A  fool  uttereth  all  his  mind:  but 
a  wise  man  keepeth  it  in  till  afterwards. — Ver. 
20.  Seest  thou  a  man  hasty  in  his  words? 
there  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than  of  him. 

Eccl.  iii.  7.  There  is  a  time  to  keep  silence, 
and  a  time  to  speak. 

v.  2,  3.  Be  not  rash  with  thy  mouth.  A 
fool's  voice  is  known  by  multitude  of  words. 

x.  14.  A  fool  is  full  of  words. 

Amos  v.  13.  The  prudent  shall  keep  silence 
in  the  evil  time. 

Mic.  vii.  5.  Keep  the  doors  of  thy  mouth 
from  her  that  lieth  in  thy  bosom. 

James  i.  19.  Let  every  man  be  swift  to 
hear,  slow  to  speak. 

Ver.  26.  If  any  man  among  you  seemeth 
to  be  religious,  and  bridleth  not  his  tongue, 
that  man's  religion  is  vain. 

FLATTERY. 

CLXXXII.  Flattery.  Job  xvii.  5.  He 
that  speaketh  flattery  to  his  friends,  even  the 
eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

xxxii.  21, 22.  Let  me  not  accept  any  man's 
person,  neither  give  flattering  titles  to  men. 
(1  Thesis,  ii.  5.)  In  so  doing  my  Maker 
would  soon  take  me  away. 

Ps.  v.  9.  They  flatter  with  their  tongues. — 
Ver.  10.  Destroy  them,  O  God.  Ps.  xli.  6. 

xii.  2.  With  flattering  lips  and  a  double 
heart  they  do  speak. — Ver.  3.  The  Lord  shall 
cut  off  all  flattering  lips. 

Ixxviii.  36,  37.  They  did  flatter  God  with 
their  mouth,  and  lied  unto  him.  For  their 
heart  was  not  right  with  him.  Isa.  xxix.  13. 


Prov.  xx.  19.  Meddle  not  with  him  that 
flattereth  with  his  lips. 

xxvi.  28.  A  flattering  mouth  worketh  ruin. 

xxix.  5.  A  man  that  flattereth  his  neigh- 
bour spreadeth  a  net  for  his  feet.  See  Prov. 
ii.  16.— vi.  24.— vii.  21.— xxviii.  23.  Ezek. 
xii.  24.  Dan.  xi.  21.  32.  34. 


TALE-BEARING. 

CLXXXm.  Tale-bearing.  Lev.  xix.  16 
Thou  shall  not  go  up  and  down  as  a  tale- 
bearer among  t\iy  people. 

Prov.  xi.  13.  A  tale-bearer  revealeth  secrets, 
but  he  that  is  of  a  faithful  spirit  concealeth  the 
matter. 

xvii.  9.  He  that  covereth  a  transgression 
seeketh  love,  but  he  that  repeateth  a  matter 
separateth  very  friends. 

xviii.  8.  The  words  of  a  tale-bearer  are  as 
wounds,  they  go  down  into  the  innermost 
parts  of  the  belly.  Ch.  xxvi.  22. 

xx.  1 9.  He  that  goeth  about  as  a  tale-bearer 
revealeth  secrets ;  therefore  meddle  not  with 
him  that  flattereth  with  his  lips. 

xxvi.  20.  Where  there  is  no  tale-bearer  the 
strife  ceaseth. 


WHISPERING. 

CLXXXIV.  Whispering.  Ps.  xli.  7.  All 
that  hate  me,  whisper  together  against  me. 

Prov.  xvi.  28.  A  whisperer  separateth  chief 
friends. 

Rom.  i.  29.  They  [the  wicked]  are  full  of 
envy,  murder,  debate  ;  whisperers. 

2  Cor.  xii.  20.  I  fear  lest  there  be  among 
you  whisperings,  swellings,  &c. 

BACKBITING. 

CLXXXV.  Backbiting.  Ps.  xv.  1.  Lord, 
who  shall  abide  in  thy  tabernacle  ?  who  shall 
dwell  in  thy  holy  hill? — Ver.  3.  He  that 
backbiteth  not  with  his  tongue. 

Prov.  xxv.  23.  An  angry  countenance 
driveth  away  a  backbiting  tongue. 

Rom.  i.  28.  The  wicked  have  a  reprobate 
mind. — Ver.  29.  Filled  with  all  unrighteous- 
ness.— Ver.  30.  Backbiters,  &c.  See  2  Cor. 
xii.  20. 

SLANDERING,  &c. 

CLXXXVI.  Slandering,  #c.  Ps.  ci.  5. 
Whoso  privily  slandereth  his  neighbour,  him 
will  I  cut  off. 

Prov.  x.  1 8.  He  that  uttereth  a  slander  is  a 
fool. 

Ps.  xxxi.  13.  I  have  heard  the  slander  o 
many,  while  they  took  counsel  against  me. 


REPROACH — REVILING. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


1. 20, 21.  Thou  slanderest  thy  own  mother's 
son.  I  will  reprove  thee,  saith  God. 

Jer.  vi.  28.  Grievous  revellers,  walking  with 
slanders. 

ix.  4.  Every  neighbour  will  walk  with 
slanders.  Ver.  7. 

1  Tim.  iii.  11.  Deacons'  wives  must  not  be 
slanderers.  See  Ps.  xxxi.  13.  Rom.  iii.  8. 

REPROACH. 

CLXXXVII.  Prayers  and  complaints 
against  it.  Neh.  iv.  4.  Hear,  O  our  God,  for 
we  are  despised;  turn  their  reproach  upon 
their  own  head,  and  give  them  for  a  prey. 

Job  xvi.  10.  They  have  smitten  me  re- 
proachfully. 

Ps.  xxii.  6.  I  am  a  reproach  of  men,  and 
despised  of  the  people. 

xxxi.  11.  I  was  a  reproach  among  all  my 
enemies,  and  especially  among  my  neighbours. 

xxxix.  8.  Deliver  me  from  all  my  enemies ; 
make  me  not  the  reproach  of  the  foolish. 

xlii.  10.  As  with  a  sword  in  my  bones  my 
enemies  reproach  me. 

xliv.  1 3.  Thou  makest  us  a  reproach  to  our 
neighbours,  a  scorn,  and  a  derision  to  them 
that  are  round  about  us. 

Iv.  12.  It  was  not  an  enemy  that  reproached 
me,  then  I  could  have  borne  it. — Ver.  15.  Let 
death  seize  upon  them. 

Ixix.  7.  For  thy  sake,  I  have  borne  re- 
proach, &c. 

Ver.  9,  10.  The  reproaches  of  them  that 
reproached  thee  are  fallen  upon  me.  (Rom. 
xv.  3.)  When  I  wept  and  chastened  my  soul 
with  fasting  that  was  to  my  reproach. 

Ver.  19.  Thou  hast  known  my  reproach, 
my  shame  and  dishonour. — Ver.  23.  Let  their 
eyes  be  darkened. 

Ixxiv.  1 0.  O  God,  how  long  shall  the  adver- 
sary reproach  1 — Ver.  18.  Remember  that  the 
enemy  hath  reproached,  O  Lord. 

Ixxix.  4.  We  are  become  a  reproach  to  our 
neighbours,  a  scorn  and  derision  to  them  that 
are  round  about  us. — Ver.  12.  Render  unto 
our  neighbours  seven-fold  into  their  bosom 
their  reproach. 

Ixxxix.  41.  He  is  a  reproach  to  his  neigh- 
bours. 

Ver.  50,  51.  Remember,  O  Lord,  the  re- 
proach of  thy  servants,  wherewith  thy  enemies 
have  reproached. 

cii.  8.  My  enemies  reproach  me  all  the  day. 

cix.  25,  26.  I  became  also  a  reproach  unto 
them.  Help  me,  O  Lord  my  God. 

cxix.  22.  Remove  from  me  reproach  and 
contempt. 

Ver.  39.  Turn  away  my  reproach  which  I 
fear. 

Lam.  iii.  61.  Thou  hast  heard  their  reproach, 


0  Lord,  and  all  their  imaginations  against  me. 
— Ver.  64.  Render  unto  them  a  recompense, 
0  Lord. 

Joel  ii.  1 7.  Spare  thy  people,  O  Lord,  and 
give  not  thy  heritage  to  reproach. 

CLXXXVIII.  Reproach.  God  will  bring 
it  upon  the  wicked.  Jer.  xxiv.  9.  I  will  deli- 
ver them  to  be  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  earth,  for  their  hurt ;  to  be  a  reproach 
and  a  proverb,  a  taunt  and  a  curse,  in  all 
places  whither  I  shall  drive  them.  Ch.  xxix. 
18.— xlii.  18.— xliv.  12.  Ezek.  v.  14,  15.— 
xxii.  4. 

Isa.  xliii.  27,  28.  Thy  first  father  hath  sin- 
ned, and  thy  teachers  have  transgressed  against 
me.  Therefore  have  I  profaned  the  princes 
of  the  sanctuary,  and  have  given  Jacob  to  the 
curse,  and  Israel  to  reproaches. 

Dan.  ix.  16.  For  the  iniquities  of  our  fathers, 
Jerusalem  and  thy  people  are  become  a  re- 
proach to  all  that  are  about  us. 

CLXXXIX.  Promises  against  reproach. 
Ps.  Ivii.  3.  He  shall  save  me  from  the  reproach 
of  him  that  would  swallow  me  up. 

Isa.  li.  7.  Fear  ye  not  the  reproach  of  men, 
neither  be  afraid  of  their  revilings;  for  the 
moth  shall  eat  them,  &c.  Ver.  8. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  3.  Ye  are  taken  up  in  the  lips 
of  talkers,  and  are  an  infamy  of  the  people. — 
Ver.  7.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  heathen 
that  are  about  you  shall  bear  their  shame. 

Joel  ii.  19.  I  will  no  more  make  you  a  re- 
proach. 

Zeph.  ii.  8,  9.  I  have  heard  the  reproach  of 
Moab,  and  the  revilings  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
surely  Moab  shall  be  as  Sodom,  and  the  child- 
ren of  Ammon  as  Gomorrah.  Ver.  10,  11. 

Luke  vi.  22.  Blessed  are  ye,  saith  Christ, 
when  men  shall  reproach  you  for  my  sake. 

2  Cor.  xii.  10.  I  take  pleasure  in  reproaches 
for  Christ.  Heb.  x.  33. 

1  Pet.  iv.  14.  If  ye  be  reproached  for  the 
name  of  Christ,  happy  are  ye.  See  Job  v.  21. 
Ps.  xxxi.  20.— cxx.  2. 

REVILING. 

CXC.  Reviling  practised  by  the  wiclced, 
and  endured  by  the  godly^  Exod.  xxii.  28. 
Thou  shalt  not  revile  the  gods,  nor  curse  the 
ruler  of  thy  people.  Acts  xxiii.  4,  5. 

Matt.  v.  11.  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall 
revile  you,  &c. 

xxvii.  39.  They  that  passed  by  reviled 
Christ. 

Mark  xv.  32.  They  that  were  crucified  with 
him  reviled  him. 

John  ix.  28.  The  Pharisees  reviled  him 
whose  eyes  Christ  opened. 


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1  Cor.  iv.  12.  Being  reviled  we  bless. 

vi.  10.  Neither  thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor 
drunkards,  nor  revilers,  &c.  shall  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

1  Pet.  ii.  23.  Christ,  when  he  was  reviled 
reviled  not  again.  See  Isa.  li.  7.  Zeph.  ii.  8, 
in  the  foregoing  section. 

RAILING. 

CXCI.  Railing.  1  Cor.  v.  11.  Keep  not 
company  with  a  railer. 

1  Tim.  vi.  4.  Strifes  of  words,  whereof 
cometh  envy,  strife,  railings,  &c. 

1  Pet.  iii.  9.  Love  as  brethren,  not  rendering 
railing  for  railing. 

2  Pet.  ii.  1 1.  Angels  bring  not  a  railing  ac- 
cusation against  the  wicked. 

Jude  9.  The  angel  durst  not  bring  a  railing 
accusation  against  the  devil. — Ver.  13. 

Instances  of  the  wicked's  railing.  Sen- 
nacherib, 2  Chron.  xxxii.  17. — Nabal,  1  Sam. 
xxv.  14. — Persons  at  Christ's  crucifixion, 
Mark  xv.  29. — A  malefactor,  Luke  xxiii.  39. 

EVIL  COMMUNICATIONS. 

CXCII.  Evil  communications.  Isa.  ix.  17. 
Every  mouth  speaketh  folly.  God's  anger  is 
not  turned  away,  &c. 

1  Cor.  xv.  33.    Be  not  deceived,  evil  com- 
munications corrupt  good  manners. 

Eph.iv.  29.  Let  no  corrupt  communication 
proceed  out  of  your  mouth,  but  that  which  is 
good  to  the  use  of  edifying,  that  it  may  minister 
grace  unto  the  hearers. 

v.  3,  4.  Fornication  and  uncleanness,  let  it 
not  be  once  named  amongst  you  ;  neither  filthi- 
ness,  nor  foolish  talking,  nor  jesting,  which 
are  not  convenient.  Matt.  xii.  36.  For  every 
idle  word  that  men  shall  speak,  they  shall  give 
an  account  thereof  in  the  day  of  judgment. 

Col.  iii.  8.  Put  off  all  these,  anger,  wrath, 
blasphemy,  filthy  communication  out  of  your 
mouth. 

iv.  6.  Let  your  speech  be  always  with  grace. 

2  Pet.  ii.  7.  God  delivered  just  Lot,  vexed 
with  the  filthy  conversation  of  the  wicked. 
See  Isa.  ix.  17. 

CXCIII.  Unprofitable  disputes  about  reli- 
gion. ITim.  i.  4.  Neither  give  heed  to  fables, 
which  minister  questions  rather  than  godly 
edifying.  See  1  Tim.  vi.  4,  5.  2  Tim.  ii.  14. 
16,  17.  Tit.  iii.  9. 

CURSING. 

CXCIV.  Cursing  forbidden  in  Scripture, 
and  avoided  by  the  righteous.    Exod.  xxii.  28. 
Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  ruler  of  thy  people. 
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Lev.  xix.  14.  Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  deaf, 
nor  put  a  stumbling-block  before  the  blind. 

Job  xxxi.  30.  Job  said,  Neither  have  I  suf- 
fered my  mouth  to  sin,  by  wishing  a  curse  to 
his  soul  that  hated  me. 

Eccl.  x.  20.  Curse  not  the  king  in  thy 
thought ;  curse  not  the  rich. 

Matt.  v.  44.  Bless  them  that  curse  you. 
Rom.  xii.  14.  Bless  and  curse  not. 

James  iii.  10.  Out  of  the  same  mouth  pro- 
ceedeth  blessing  and  cursing.  These  things 
ought  not  so  to  be, 

CXCV.  Cursing  practised  by  the  wicked. 
Gen.  xii.  3.  The  Lord  said  to  Abram,  I  will 
curse  him  that  curseth  thee.  Ch.  xxvii.  29. 

Judg.  xvii.  2.  Micah's  mother  cursed  about 
her  silver. 

2  Sam.  xvi.  5.  12.  Shimei  cursed  David. 
He  is  punished.  1  Kings  ii.  8.  46. 

Ps.  x.  7.  The  mouth  of  the  wicked  is  full 
of  cursing. 

lix.  12.  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth,  for 
cursing  and  lying,  consume  them  in  wrath. 
Ver.  13.  Ps.  Ixii.  4. 

cix.  17.  As  he  loved  cursing,  let  it  come 
unto  him. — Ver.  28.  Let  them  curse,  but  bless 
thou. 

Prov.  xxvi.  2.  The  curse  causeless  shall  not 
come. 

xxix.  24.  The  wicked  heareth  cursing,  and 
bewrayeth  it  not. 

Isa.  viii.  21.  The  wicked  shall  fret  them- 
selves, and  curse  their  king  and  their  God. 

Jer.  xv.  10.  Every  one  of  them  doth  curse  me. 

xxiii.  10.  Because  of  cursing  the  land 
mournethi 

Acts  xxiii.  12.  The  Jews  bound  themselves 
with  a  curse,  neither  to  eat  nor  drink,  till  they 
had  killed  Paul. 

See  Numb.  xxii.  6  to  17.— xxiii.  1  to  25. 
Deut.  xxiii.  4.  Josh.  xxiv.  9.  Neh.  xiii.  2. 
Where  Balak  hires  Balaam  to  curse  Israel. 

See  Matt.  xxvi.  74.  When  Peter  denied  his 
Master. 


THE  RIGHTEOUS. 

CXCVI.  The  righteous,  their  care  of  their 
words.  Job  ii.  10.  In  all  this  Job  sinned  not 
with  his  lips. 

xxvii.  4.  Job  said,  My  lips  shall  not  speak 
wickedness. 

xxxiii.  3.  My  words  shall  be  of  the  upright- 
ness of  my  heart. 

Ps.  xxxix.  1.  David  said,  I  will  take  heed  to 
my  ways,  that  I  sin  not  with  my  tongue :  I 
will  keep  my  mouth  with  a  bridle  while  the 
wicked  is  before  me. 

cxli.  3.  Set  a  watch,  O  Lord,  before  my 
mouth  ;  keep  the  door  of  my  .lips. 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


Prov.  viii.  6.  Wisdom  saith,  The  opening 
of  my  lips  shall  be  right  things. 

xvi.  23.  The  heart  of  the  wise  teacheth  his 
mouth,  and  addeth  learning  to  his  lips. 

Mai.  ii.  6.  Iniquity  was  not  found  in  Levi's 
lips. 

CXCVII.  They  praise  God  with  their 
mouths.  Ps.  xvii.  1.  My  prayer  goeth  not 
out  of  feigned  lips. 

xl.  9.  I  preached  righteousness  ;  I  refrained 
not  my  lips. 

Ixiii.  3.  My  lips  shall  praise  thee. 

Ixvi.  14.  I  will  pay  my  vows,  which  my  lips 
have  uttered  when  I  was  in  trouble. 

Ix'xi.  23.  My  lips  shall  greatly  rejoice  when 
I  sing  unto  thee. 

cxix.  13.  With  my  lips  have  I  declared  all 
the  judgments  of  thy  mouth. — Ver.  171.  My 
lips  shall  utter  praise,  when  thou  hast  taught 
me  thy  statutes. 

Hos.  xiv.  2.  We  will  render  the  calves  of 
our  lips. 

Heb.  xiii.  15.  Let  us  offer  the  fruit  of  our 
lips,  giving  thanks  to  his  name.  See  Mai.  iii. 
16.  Matt.  xiii.  52. 

CXCVIII.  The  words  of  the  righteous,  the 
just,  <$rc.  toward  men.  Job  vi.  25.  How  for- 
cible are  right  words.  Prov.  xv.  23.  Eccl. 
xii.  10,  11. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  30.  The  mouth  of  the  righteous 
speaketh  wisdom,  and  his  tongue  talketh  of 
judgment. 

Prov.  x.  11.  The  mouth  of  the  righteous  is 
a  well  of  life. — Ver.  13.  In  the  lips  of  him 
that  hath  understanding,  wisdom  is  found. 

Ver.  20,  21.  The  tongue  of  the  just  is  as 
choice  silver.  The  lips  of  the  righteous  feed 
many,  but  fools  die  for  want  of  wisdom. 

Ver.  31 , 32.  The  mouth  of  the  just  bringeth 
forth  wisdom,  but  the  froward  tongue  shall  be 
cut  out.  The  lips  of  the  righteous  know 
what  is  acceptable,  but  the  mouth  of  the 
wicked  speaketh  frowardness. 

xii.  6.  The  mouth  of  the  upright  shall  de- 
liver them. — Ver.  14.  A  man  shall  be  satisfied 
with  good  by  the  fruit  of  his  mouth.  Ch. 
xiii.  2. 

Ver.  18.  There  is  that  speaketh  like  the 
piercing  of  a  sword,  but  the  tongue  of  the  wise 
is  health. 

xiv.  3.  In  the  mouth  of  the  foolish  is  a  rod 
of  pride,  but  the  lips  of  the  wise  shall  pre- 
serve them. 

xv.  1.  A  soft  answer  turneth  away  wrath, 
but  grievous  words  stir  up  anger. 

Ver.  2.  The  tongue  of  the  wise  useth  know- 
ledge aright,  but  the  mouth  of  fools  poureth 
out  foolishness. 

Ver.  4.  A  wholesome  tongue  is  a  tree  of 
Life,  but  perverseness  therein  is  a  breach  in  the 


spirit. — Ver.  7.  The  lips  of  the  wise  disperse 
knowledge,  but  the  heart  of  the  foolish  doeth 
not  so. 

Ver.  28.  The  heart  of  the  righteous  studieth 
to  answer,  but  the  mouth  of  the  foolish 
poureth  out  evil  things. 

xvi.  13.  Righteous  lips  are  the  delight  of 
kings,  and  they  love  him  that  speaketh  right. 

Ver.  21.  The  sweetness  of  the  lips  in- 
creaseth  learning. — Ver.  24.  Pleasant  words 
are  as  a  honey-comb ;  sweet  to  the  soul,  and 
health  to  the  bones. 

xviii.  20,  21.  A  man's  belly  shall  be  satis- 
fied with  the  fruit  of  his  mouth,  and  with  the 
increase  of  his  lips  shall  he  be  filled.  Death 
and  life  are  in  the  power  of  the  tongue,  and 
they  that  love  it  shall  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

xx.  15.  The  lips  of  knowledge  are  a  pre- 
cious jewel. 

xxii.  1 1.  He  that  loveth  pureness  of  heart,  for 
the  grace  of  his  lips  the  king  shall  be  his  friend. 

Ver.  17,  18.  Hear  the  words  of  the  wise. 
They  shall  be  fitted  in  thy  lips. 

xxiii.  16.  My  reins  shall  rejoice  when  thy 
lips  speak  right  things. 

xxiv.  26.  Every  man  shall  kiss  his  lips  that 
giveth  a  right  answer. 

Eccl.  ix.  17.  The  words  of  the  wise  are 
heard  in  quiet,  more  than  the  cry  of  him  that 
ruleth  among  fools. 

x.  12.  The  words  of  a  wise  man's  mouth 
are  gracious,  but  the  lips  of  a  fool  will  swal- 
low up  himself.  Ver.  13,  14. 

Matt.  v.  37.  Let  your  communication  be, 
Yea,  yea  ;  Nay,  nay :  for  whatsoever  is  more 
than  these  cometh  of  evil. 

xii.  35.  A  good  man,  out  of  the  good  trea- 
sure of  his  heart,  bringeth  forth  good  things. 

xiii.  52.  Every  scribe  instructed  unto  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  is  like  a  man  that  is  a 
householder,  which  bringeth  forth  out  of  his 
treasure  things  new  and  old. 

Luke  iv.  22.  Gracious  words  proceeded  out 
of  Jesus's  mouth. 

Eph.  iv.  29.  Let  no  corrupt  communication 
proceed  out  of  your  mouth ;  but  that  which  is 
good  to  the  use  of  edifying,  that  it  may  minis- 
ter grace  unto  the  hearers. 

v.  3,  4.  Fornication  and  all  uncleanness,  let 
it  not  be  once  named  amongst  you :  neither 
filthiness  nor  foolish  talking,  nor  jesting,  which 
are  not  convenient ;  but  rather  giving  of 
thanks. 

Col.  iii.  8.  Put  off  filthy  communication 
out  of  your  mouth. 

iv.  6.  Let  your  speech  be  always  with 
grace,  seasoned  with  salt,  that  ye  may  know 
how  ye  ought  to  answer  every  man. 

James  i.  26.  If  any  man  seem  to  be  reli- 
gious, and  bridleth  not  his  tongue,  that  man's 
religion  is  vain. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


COVETOUSNESS. 


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Hi.  2.  If  any  man  offend  not  in  word,  the 
same  is  a  perfect  man. 

TENTH  COMMANDMENT. 

COVETOUSNESS. 

CXCIX.  Of  covetousness.  Exod.  xx.  1 7. 
Thou  shall  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house, 
thou  shall  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor 
his  man  servant,  nor  his  maid  servant,  nor 
his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy 
neighbour's.  Deut.  v.  21.  Rom.  vii.  7. — 
xiii.  9. 

Ps.  cxix.  36.  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy 
testimonies,  and  not  to  covetousness. 

1  Cor.  v.  11.  I  have  written  to  you,  if  any 
one  that  is  called  a  brother,  be  covetous,  &c. 
with  such  a  one,  no,  not  to  eat. 

Eph.  v.  3.  Covetousness,  let  it  not  be  once 
named  among  you,  as  becometh  saints. 

Col.  iii.  5.  Mortify  your  members,  &c.  and 
covetousness,  which  is  idolatry. 

Heb.  xiii.  5.  Let  your  conversation  be  with- 
out covetousness. 

CC.  Threatening  against  covetous  per- 
sons. Ps.  x.  3.  The  wicked  blesseth  ihe 
covetous,  whom  the  Lord  abhorreth. 

Isa.  Ivii.  17.  For  the  iniquity  of  his  covet- 
ousness was  I  wroth,  and  smote  him. 

Jer.  vi.  12, 13.  Their  houses  shall  be  turned 
unto  others,  with  their  fields.  For  from  the 
least  of  them  even  to  the  greatesl,  every  one 
is  given  to  covetousness.  Ch.  viii.  10. 

xxii.  17 — 19.  Thine  eyes  and  thy  heart  are 
not  but  for  thy  covetousness.  Therefore,  saith 
the  Lord,  they  shall  not  lament  for  him,  (viz. 
Jehoiakim.)  He  shall  be  buried  with  the 
burial  of  an  ass. 

li.  13.  O  Babylon,  thine  end  is  come,  and 
the  measure  of  thy  covetousness. 

Mic.  ii.  1,2.  Woe  to  them,  they  covet  fields, 
and  take  them  by  violence. 

Hab.  ii.  9.  Woe  to  him  that  coveteth  an 
evil  covetousness  to  his  house,  that  he  may 
set  his  nest  on  high,  that  he  may  be  delivered 
from  the  power  of  evil. 

Mark  vii.  22,  23.  Thefts,  covetousness,  &c. 
defile  the  man. 

Rom.  i.  29.  Being  filled  with  all  unrighte- 
ousness, covetousness,  &c. — Ver.  32.  They 
that  commit  such  things  are  worthy  of  death. 

1  Cor.  vi.  9,  10.  Know  ye  not  that  the  un- 
righteous shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God  1  neither  thieves,  nor  covetous,  shall  in- 
herit the  kingdom  of  God. 

Eph.  v.  5.  No  covetous  man  hath  any  in- 
heritance in  the  kingdom  of  Christ  and  of 
God.  See  Ezek.  xxxiii.  28.  31. 

See  instances  of  covetous  persons  punish- 
ed. Balaam,  Numb.  Chap.  xxii.  and  xxiii. 


Compare  2  Pet.  ii.  15.  Jude  11.  Rev.  ii.  14. 
— His  death,  Num.  xxxi.  8.  16. — Achan, 
Josh.  vii.  5  to  25. — Ahab,  1  Kings  xxi.  1  to 
16.  19,  &c.  2  Kings  ix.  25. 

CCI.  An  insatiable  desire  of  riches.  Prov. 
xv.  27.  He  that  is  greedy  of  gain  troubleth 
his  own  house. 

xxvii.  20.  Hell  and  destruction  are  never 
full ;  so  the  eyes  of  man  are  never  satisfied. 

Eccl.  iv.  8.  There  is  one  alone,  and  there 
is  not  a  second;  yea,  he  hath  neither  child 
nor  brother  ;  yet  there  is  no  end  of  his  labour, 
neither  is  his  eye  satisfied  with  riches;  neither 
saith  he,  For  whom  do  I  labour,  and  bereave 
my  soul  of  good  1  This  is  also  vanity  ;  it  is 
a  sore  travail. 

v.  10.  He  that  loveth  silver,  shall  not  be 
satisfied  with  silver ;  neither  he  that  loveth 
abundance  with  increase. 

CCII.  Threats  against  unjust  measures 
of  acquiring  riches.  Prov.  i.  18,  19.  They 
lay  wait  for  their  own  blood,  they  lurk  privily 
for  their  own  lives.  So  are  the  ways  of 
every  one  that  is  greedy  of  gain,  which  taketh 
away  the  life  of  the  owners  thereof. 

Matt.  xvi.  26.  What  is  a  man  profited,  if 
he  gain  the  whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul? 
or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for  his 
soul  ]  Job  xxvii.  8,  9.  For  what  is  the  hope 
of  the  hypocrite,  though  he  hath  gained,  when 
God  taketh  away  his  soul  ?  Will  God  hear 
his  cry  when  trouble  cometh  upon  him  1 

1  Tim.  vi.  9,  10.  They  that  will  be  rich  fall 
into  temptation,  and  a  snare,  and  into  many 
foolish  and  hurtful  lusts,  which  drown  men  in 
destruction  and  perdition.  For  the  love  of 
money  is  the  root  of  all  evil ;  which  while 
some  coveted  after,  they  have  erred  from  the 
faith,  and  pierced  themselves  through  with 
many  sorrows. — Ver.  11.  But  thou,  O  man 
of  God,  flee  these  things.  See  James  iv. 
13.  16. 

CCIII.  Riches  are  not  a  lasting  possession. 
Prov.  xxiii.  5.  Riches  make  themselves  wings 
and  fly  away. 

xxvii.  24.  Riches  are  not  for  ever ;  and  doth 
the  crown  endure  to  every  generation  1  1  Cor. 
vi.  13. 

Matt.  vi.  1 9.  They  are  treasures  which  moth 
and  rust  do  corrupt,  and  which  thieves  break 
through  and  steal.  1  Tim.  vi.  17.  They  are 
uncertain. 

xiii.  22.  They  are  deceitful.  Mark  iv.  19. 
Heb.  x.  34.  Ye  have  in  heaven  a  better  and  an 
enduring  substance. 

CCIV.  Riches  cannot  be  carried  hence  to 
the  other  world.  Ps.  xlix.  16,  17.  Be  not  afraid 
when  one  is  made  rich,  when  the  glory  of  his 
house  is  increased  ;  for  when  he  dieth  he  shall 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


carry  nothing  away;  his  glory  shall  not  de- 
scend after  him. 

Eccl.  v.  15.  As  he  came  forth  of  his  mo- 
ther's womb,  naked  shall  he  return  to  go  as  he 
came ;  and  shall  take  nothing  of  his  labour, 
which  he  may  carry  away  in  his  hand. 

Job  i.  21.  Naked  came  I  out  of  my  mother's 
womb,  and  naked  shall  I  return. 

1  Tim.  vi.  7.  We  brought  nothing  into  this 
world,  and  it  is  certain  we  can  carry  nothing 
out. 

CCV.  Possessing  riches  but  not  using 
them  ,•  the  vanity  thereof.  Prov.  xiii.  7.  There 
is  that  maketh  himself  rich,  yet  hath  nothing. 
There  is  that  maketh  himself  poor,  yet  hath 
great  riches.  Eccl.  vi.  1,  2. — ii.  26. 

CCVI.  Riches  are  attended  with  care  and 
trouble.  Eccl.  ii.  4.  I  made  me  great  works, 
I  builded  me  houses,  I  planted  me  vineyards, 
&c.  (to  ver.  10.)  Ver.  11,  I  looked  on  all 
the  works  that  my  hands  had  wrought,  and  on 
the  labour  that  I  had  laboured  to  do  ;  and  be- 
hold all  was  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit,  and 
there  was  no  profit. 

Ver.  22,  23.  For  what  hath  man  of  all  his 
labour,  and  of  the  vexation  of  his  heart  where- 
in he  hath  laboured?  For  all  his  days  are 
sorrows,  and  his  travail  grief;  yea,  his  heart 
taketh  not  rest  in  the  night. 

v.  11,12.  When  goods  increase,  they  are 
increased  that  eat  them ;  and  what  good  is 
there  to  the  owners  thereof,  saving  the  behold- 
ing of  them  with  their  eyes  1  The  abundance 
of  the  rich  will  not  suffer  him  to  sleep. 

Ver.  13.  I  have  seen  riches  kept  for  the 
owners  thereof  to  their  hurt. — Ver.  16,  17. 
What  profit  hath  he  that  laboureth  for  the 
wind  1  All  his  days  he  eateth  in  darkness, 
and  hath  much  sorrow  and  wrath  with  his 
sickness. 

ix.  11.  Riches  are  not  to  men  of  understand- 
ing, &c. 

Prov.  xv.  6.  In  the  revenues  of  the  wicked 
is  trouble. 

xxii.  1.  A  good  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen 
than  great  riches. 

CCVII.  Riches  recommend  no  man  to  the 
favour  of  God.  Job  xxxiv.  19.  God  accept- 
eth  not  the  persons  of  princes,  nor  regardeth 
the  rich  more  than  the  poor. 

xxxvi.  19.  Will  he  esteem  thy  riches  ?  No, 
not  gold,  nor  all  the  forces  of  strength. 

Prov.  xi.  4.  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of 
wrath. 

xxii.  2.  The  rich  and  poor  meet  together ; 
ihe  Lord  is  the  maker  of  them  all. 

Ezek.  vii.  19.  Their  silver  and  their  gold 
shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  them,  in  the  day  of 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord.  Zeph.  i.  18. 


Mark  xii.  41 — 44.  Many  that  were  rich  cast 
much  into  the  treasury  of  the  temple.  A 
poor  widow  cast  in  two  mites,  which  make  a 
farthing.  Jesus  said,  This  poor  widow  hath 
cast  in  more  than  they  all :  For  they  did  cast 
in  of  their  abundance;  but  she  did  cast  in  all 
that  she  had,  even  all  her  living. 

Luke  i.  53.  He  hath  filled  the  hungry  with 
good  things,  and  the  rich  he  hath  sent  empty 
away. 

See  the  parable  of  the  rich  fool,  Luke  xii. 
20,  &c.  And  of  the  rich  man  and  Lazarus, 
Lukexvi.  19  to  25. 

CCVIII.  The  advantages  which  one  man 
hath  over  another  by  means  of  riches.  Prov. 
x.  15.  The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his  strong  city  ; 
the  destruction  of  the  poor  is  their  poverty. 
Chap,  xviii.  1 1. 

xiii.  8.  The  ransom  of  a  man's  life  are  his 
riches.  Eccl.  vii.  12. 

xiv.  20.  The  poor  is  hated  even  of  his 
neighbour,  but  the  rich  hath  many  friends. 
Chap.  xix.  4. 

Ver.  24.  The  crown  of  the  wise  is  their 
riches. 

Eccl.  ix.  16.  The  poor  man's  wisdom  is  de- 
spised and  his  words  are  not  heard. 

Prov.  xxii.  7.  The  rich  ruleth  over  the  poor, 
and  the  borrower  is  servant  to  the  lender. 

xviii.  23.  The  poor  useth  entreaties,  but  the 
rich  answereth  roughly 

CCIX.  Trusting  in  riches  and  abusing 
them,  the  sin  of  the  wicked,  and  avoided  by 
the  good.  Job  xxxi.  24, 25.  28.  If  I  have  made 
gold  my  hope,  or  have  said  to  the  fine  gold, 
Thou  art  my  confidence — If  I  rejoiced  be- 
cause my  wealth  was  great,  and  because  my 
hand  had  gotten  much — I  should  have  denied 
the  God  that  is  above. 

Ps.  xlix.  6,  7.  They  that  trust  in  their  wealth, 
and  boast  themselves  in  the  multitude  of  their 
riches;  none  of  them  can  by  any  means  re- 
deem his  brother,  nor  give  to  God  a  ransom  for 
him.  Ver.  8.  14. 

lii.  5.  God  shall  destroy  thee  for  ever. — Ver. 
7.  Lo,  this  is  the  man  that  made  not  God 
his  strength,  but  trusted  in  the  abundance  of 
his  riches. 

Ixii.  1 0.  If  riches  increase,  set  not  your  heart 
upon  them. 

Prov.  xi.  28.  He  that  trusteth  in  his  riches 
shall  fall. 

x.  15.  The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his  strong 
city,  and  a  high  wall  in  his  own  conceit.  Chap, 
xviii.  1 1 . 

xxviii.  11.  The  rich  man  is  wise  in  his  own 
conceit. 

Jer.  ix.  23.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  not  the 
[wise  man  glory  in  his  wisdom,  neither  let  the 


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COVETOUSNESS. 


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mighty  man  glory  in  his  might,  let  not  the  rich 
man  glory  in  his  riches. 

Mark  x.  24.  How  hard  is  it  for  them  that 
trust  in  riches  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
God !  Ver.  25. 

1  Tim.  vi.  17.  Charge  them  that  are  rich  in 
this  world,  that  they  be  not  high  minded,  nor 
trust  in  uncertain  riches,  but  in  the  living  God, 
who  giveth  us  richly  all  things  to  enjoy. 

James  ii.  6.  Do  not  rich  men  oppress  you, 
and  draw  you  before  the  judgment-seats? 

OCX.  Riches  take  the  heart  and  thoughts 
off  from  God  and  religion.  Deut.  viii.  12. 
Beware,  lest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
and  when  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks  are  multi- 
plied, and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  multiplied ; 
then  thy  heart  be  lifted  up,  and  thou  forget  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  thou  say  in  thy  heart, 
My  power  and  the  might  of  my  hand  hath 
gotten  me  this  wealth.  Ver.  13,  14.  17,  18. 

xxxii.  13,  14.  The  Lord  made  Jacob  ride  on 
the  high  places  of  the  earth,  that  he  might  eat 
the  increase  of  the  fields ;  and  he  made  him 
to  suck  honey  out  of  the  rock,  and  oil  out  of 
the  flinty  rock ;  butter  of  kine  and  milk  of 
sheep,  with  fat  of  lambs,  and  rams  of  the  breed 
of  Bashan,  and  goats,  with  the  fat  of  kidneys 
of  wheat ;  and  thou  didst  drink  the  pure  blood 
of  the  grape. — Ver.  15.  But  Jeshurun  waxed 
fat  and  kicked :  thou  art  waxen  fat,  thou  art 
grown  thick,  thou  art  covered  with  fatness ; 
then  he  forsook  God  which  made  him,  and 
lightly  esteemed  the  Rock  of  his  salvation. 

Hos.  ii.  8,  9.  She  did  not  know  that  I  gave 
her  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  multiplied  her 
silver  and  gold.  Therefore  will  I  return  and 
take  away  my  corn,  &c.  Ezek.  xvi.  6  to  20. 

Amos  viii.  5.  The  wicked  say,  When  will 
the  Sabbath  be  gone,  that  we  may  set  forth 
wheat "? 

Matt.  viii.  34.  Those  who  lost  their  swine, 
entreated  Jesus  to  depart  out  of  their  coasts. 

xiii.  22.  The  cares  of  this  world,  and  the 
deceitfulness  of  riches,  choke  the  word,  arid 
he  becometh  unfruitful. 

xix.  21.  Jesu^said  to  the  young  man,  If 
thou  wilt  be  perfect,  go  sell  that  thou  hast  and 
give  to  the  poor,  and  thou  shall  have  treasure 
in  heaven,  and  come  and  follow  me. — Ver.  22. 
When  the  young  man  heard  that  saying,  he 
went  away  sorrowful,  for  he  had  great  posses- 
sions. 

Ver.  24.  Jesus  said,  It  is  easier  for  a  camel 
to  go  through  the  eye  of  a  needle,  than  for  a 
rich  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
Mark  x.  23—25. 

xxii.  2,  3.  Jesus  said,  The  kingdom  of  hea- 
ven is  like  unto  a  certain  king,  which  made  a 
marriage  for  his  son ;  and  sent  forth  his  ser- 
vants to  call  them  that  were  bidden  to  the  wed- 


ding, and  they  would  not  come. — Ver.  5.  They 
made  light  of  it,  and  went  their  ways,  one  to 
his  farm,  another  to  his  merchandise.  Luke 
xiv.  16  to  20. 

Luke  xvi.  14.  The  Pharisees,  who  were  co- 
vetous, heard  these  things  spoken  by  Christ 
against  covetousness,  and  derided  him. 

Acts  xvi.  19.  Those  who  lost  their  worldly 
gain  by  Paul's  casting  out  a  spirit  of  divina- 
tion, raise  a  tumult  against  him. 

xix.  24.  Demetrius  and  his  craftsmen  do  the 
same,  for  Paul's  preaching  against  idolatry,  by 
which  they  had  their  wealth. 

2  Cor.  iv.  4.  Satan  is  called  the  god  of  this 
world.  Luke  iv.  7.  He  tempted  Christ  with 
riches,  to  worship  him. 

Phil.  iii.  1 9.  The  wicked,  whose  end  is  de- 
struction, mind  earthly  things. 

1  Tim.  vi.  10.  The  love  of  money  is  the  root 
of  all  evil ;  which  while  some  coveted  after, 
they  erred  from  the  faith. 

2  Tim.  iv.  1 0.   Demas  hath  forsaken   me, 
(saith  Paul)  having  loved  this  present  world. 

James  iv.  4.  Whosoever  will  be  a  friend  of 
the  world,  is  the  enemy  of  God. 

1  John  iv.  5.  They  are  of  the  world ;  there- 
fore speak  they  of  the  world,  and  the  world 
heareth  them.  See  Prov.  xxx.  9.  Hab.  i.  16. 

CCXI.  The  wicked  rich  man;  his  portion. 
Job  xx.  15.  He  hath  swallowed  down  riches, 
and  shall  vomit  them  up  again :  God  shall  cast 
them  out  of  his  belly. 

xxvii.  16,  17.  Though  they  heap  up  silver 
as  the  dust,  and  prepare  raiment  as  the  clay ; 
(Hab.  ii.  6.)  he  may  prepare  it,  but  the  just 
shall  put  it  on,  and  the  innocent  shall  divide 
the  silver. 

Ver.  1 9.  The  rich  man  shall  lie  down,  but 
he  shall  not  be  gathered  ;  he  openeth  his  eyes, 
and  he  is  not.  Ver.  20.  23. 

Ps.  xvii.  14.  0  Lord,  deliver  my  soul  from 
men  of  the  world,  which  have  their  portion  in 
this  life,  and  whose  belly  thou  fillest  with  thy 
hid  treasure. 

xxxix.  6.  He  heapeth  up  riches,  and  knoweth 
not  who  shall  gather  them. 

Ixxiii.  3.  I  was  envious  at  the  foolish,  when 
I  saw  the  prosperity  of  the  wicked. — Ver.  7. 
Their  eyes  stand  out  with  fatness ;  they  have 
more  than  their  heart  could  wish. — Ver.  12. 
These  are  the  ungodly ;  they  prosper  in  the 
world,  they  increase  in  riches. — Ver.  17,  18. 
I  went  into  the  sanctuary  of  God ;  then  I  un- 
derstood their  end.  Surely  thou  didst  set  them 
in  slippery  places ;  thou  castedst  them  down 
into  destruction.  Ps.  xxxvii.  1.  Job  xxi.  7. 
Jer.  xii.  1.  Hab.  i.  4. 

Luke  vi.  24.  Woe  unto  you  that  are  rich, 
for  ye  have  received  your  consolation. 

xvi.  19.  A  rich  man,  clothed  in  purple  and 
20 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


fine  linen,  fared  sumptuously  every  day. — Ver. 
22,  23.  He  died ;  and  in  hell  he  lifted  up  hi? 
eyes,  being  in  torment,  &c. 

James  i.  10,  11.  As  the  flower  of  the  grass, 
the  rich  man  shall  fade  away. 

v.  1 — 3.  Ye  rich  men,  weep  and  howl,  for 
your  miseries  that  shall  come  upon  you.  Your 
riches  are  corrupted,  and  your  garments  are 
moth-eaten.  Your  gold  and  silver  is  cankered ; 
and  the  rust  of  them  shall  be  a  witness  against 
you,  and  shall  eat  your  flesh  as  fire.  Ye  have 
heaped  treasure  together  for  the  last  days.  See 
Rev.  vi.  15.— xviii.  3.  8.  15.  17.  Eccl.  xi.  9. 


THE  USE  OF  RICHES. 

CCXII.  The  use  of  riches  in  the  hands  of 
a  wise  and  good  man  towards  himself.  Eccl. 
iii.  12.  There  is  no  good  in  them,  but  for  a 
man  to  rejoice  and  do  good  in  his  life. 

v.  18.  Behold  that  which  I  have  seen  ;  it  is 
good  and  comely  for  one  to  eat,  and  to  drink, 
and  to  enjoy  the  good  of  all  his  labour  that  he 
taketh  under  the  sun  all  the  days  of  his  life, 
which  God  giveth  him ;  for  it  is  his  portion. 

Ver.  19,  20.  Every  man  also  to  whom  God 
hath  given  riches  and  power  to  eat  thereof,  and 
to  take  his  portion,  and  to  rejoice  in  his  labour ; 
this  is  the  gift  of  God.  For  he  shall  not  much 
remember  the  days  of  his  life ;  because  God 
answereth  him  in  the  joy  of  his  heart.  Ch.  ii. 
24. — iii.  13. — viii.  15. 

For  the  other  uses  which  riches  answer,  see 
in  Commandment  bth,  Duties  of  parents 
toward  children,  and  Of  people  toward  mi- 
nisters— And  Commandment  8th,  Duties  of 
the  rich. 

CCXIII.  God  maketh  rich.  Deut.  viii.  18. 
The  Lord  thy  God,  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee 
power  to  get  wealth. 

1  Sam.  ii.  7.  The  Lord  maketh  poor,  and  he 
maketh  rich. 

1  Kings  iii.  13.  The  Lord  said  to  Solomon, 
I  have  given  thee  both  riches  and  honour. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  12.  Solomon  said  to  God, 
Both  riches  and  honour  come  of  thee. 

Job  i.  21.  Job  said,  The  Lord  gave,  and  the 
Lord  hath  taken  away ;  blessed  be  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

Prov,  x.  22.  The  blessing  of  the  Lord  it 
maketh  rich,  and  he  addeth  no  sorrow  with  it. 

Eccl.  ii.  26%  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is 
good  in  his  sight,  wisdom  and  knowledge,  and 
joy :  but  to  the  sinner  he  giveth  travail,  to 
gather  and  to  heap  up,  that  he  may  give  to 
him  that  is  good  before  God.  Ch.  iii.  13.  See 
Gen.  xxiv.  35. 

CCXIV.  Riches  promised  to  the  righteous. 
Ps.  cxii.  2,  3.  The  generation  of  the  upright 


shall  be  blessed.  Wealth  and  riches  shall  be 
in  his  house. 

Prov.  iii.  16.  Length  of  days  is  in  her 
[Wisdom's]  right  hand,  and  in  her  left  hand 
riches  and  honour.  Ch.  viii.  18, 19. — xxii.  4. 
— xxiv.  3,  4. 

xv.  6.  In  the  house  of  the  righteous  is  much 
treasure;  but  in  the  revenues  of  the  wicked  is 
trouble. 

xxii.  4.  By  humility,  and  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  are  riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

^  CCXV.  Instances  of  good  men  that  were 
rich.  Abram,  Gen.  xiii.  2. — Lot,  Gen.  xiii. 
5. — Isaac,  Gen.  xxvi.  12,  13, 14. — Jacob,  Gen. 
xxx.  43. — xxxvi.  7. — David,  1  Chron.  xxix. 
28.— Solomon,  1  Kings  iii.  13.— x.  23.  Eccl. 
ii.  4  to  10.— Job,  ch.  i.  3.— Jehoshaphat, 
2  Chron.  xvii.  5.— Hezekiah,  2  Chron.  xxxii. 
17  to  31. 

CCXVI.  Instances  of  riches  not  regarded 
by  good  men.  Gen.  xiv.  21.  The  king  of  So- 
dom said  to  Abram,  Give  me  the  persons,  and 
take  the  goods  to  thyself. — Ver.  23.  Abram 
said,  I  will  not  take  any  thing  that  is  thine. 

xxviii.  20,  21.  Jacob  said,  If  God  will  be 
with  me,  and  keep  me  in  the  way  that  I  go ; 
and  will  give  me  bread  to  eat,  and  raiment  to 
put  on,  so  that  I  come  again  to  my  father's 
house  in  peace ;  then  shall  the  Lord  be  my 
God. 

1  Kings  iii.  11.  Solomon  asked  wisdom,  and 
not  riches. 

Prov.  xxx.  8,  9.  Agur  prayed,  Give  me 
neither  poverty  nor  riches ;  feed  me  with  food 
convenient  for  me :  Lest  I  be  full,  and  deny 
thee,  and  say,  Who  is  the  Lord  1  or  lest  I  be 
poor,  and  steal,  and  take  the  name  of  my  God 
in  vain. 

Gal.  vi.  14.  Paul  said,  The  world  is  cruci- 
fied unto  me,  and  I  unto  the  world. 

CCXVII.  Those  things  that  are  necessary 
for  the  support  of  man's  life,  promised  to  the 
righteous.  Food  promised.  Gen.  i.  29.  God 
said,  Behold,  I  have  given  you  every  herb 
bearing  seed,  which  is  upon  the  face  of  all  the 
earth,  and  every  tree  in  the  which  is  the  fruit 
of  a  tree  yielding  seed  ;  to  you  it  shall  be  for 
meat. 

ix.  3.  Every  moving  thing  that  liveth  shall 
be  meat  for  you ;  even  as  the  green  herb  have 
I  given  you  all  things. 

Exod.  xxiii.  25.  Serve  the  Lord  your  God, 
and  he  shall  bless  thy  bread  and  thy  water. 

Deut.  vii.  12,  13.  If  ye  hearken  to  these 
judgments,  and  keep  and  do  them,  the  Lord 
thy  God  will  bless  the  fruit  of  the  land ;  thy 
corn  and  thy  wine,  and  thine  oil,  the  increase 
of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep.  Ver. 
14.  Isa.  xxx.  23. 


CHAP.  XVII. 


DELIVERANCE  FROM  FAMINE. 


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viii.  7 — 9.  The  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee 
into  a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water, 
of  fountains  and  depths  that  spring  out  of  the 
valleys  and  hills  ;  a  land  of  wheat  and  barley, 
and  vines,  and  fig-trees,  and  pomegranates ;  a 
land  of  oil  and  honey ;  a  land  wherein  thou 
shalt  eat  bread  without  scarceness,  thou  shall 
not  lack  any  thing  in  it ;  a  land  whose  stones 
are  iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills  thou  raayest 
dig  brass. — Ver.  10.  When  thou  hast  eaten 
and  art  full,  then  thou  shalt  bless  the  Lord,  for 
the  good  land  which  he  hath  given  thee. 

xi.  13 — 15.  If  ye  shall  hearken  diligently 
unto  my  commandments,  to  love  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  to  serve  him  with  all  your  heart 
and  with  all  your  soul ;  I  will  give  you  the 
rain  of  your  land  in  due  season,  the  first  rain 
and  the  latter  rain,  that  thou  mayest  gather  in 
thy  corn,  and  thy  wine,  and  thine  oil.  And 
I  will  send  grass  in  thy  fields  for  thy  cattle, 
that  thou  mayest  eat  and  be  full. 

xxviii.  2.  These  blessings  shall  come  on 
thee,  if  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

Ver.  3 — 5.  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city, 
and  blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  field.  Blessed 
shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  the  fruit  of 
thy  ground,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and  the 
increase  of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of  thy 
sheep.  Blessed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy 
store. — Ver.  8.  The  Lord  will  command  his 
blessing  upon  thee  in  thy  store-houses. — Ver. 
12.  The  Lord  shall  open  unto  thee  his  good 
treasure ;  the  heaven  to  give  the  rain  unto  thy 
land  in  his  season,  and  to  bless  all  the  work 
of  thy  hands ;  and  thou  shalt  lend  unto  many 
nations,  and  thou  shalt  not  borrow.  Ch.  xxx. 
9. — xxxiii.  28.  Isa.  xxx.  23. 

Ruth  i.  6.  The  Lord  hath  visited  his  people, 
in  giving  them  bread. 

Ps.  xxiii.  1.  The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  I 
shall  not  want. — Ver.  5.  Thou  prepares!  a 
table  for  me,  my  cup  runneth  over. 

xxxiv.  9.  There  is  no  want  to  them  that 
fear  God. — Ver.  10.  The  young  lions  do  lack 
and  suffer  hunger;  but  they  that  seek  the 
Lord  shall  not  want  any  good  thing. 

xxxvii.  3.  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good  ; 
so  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily  thou 
shalt  be  fed. 

Ver.  16.  A  little  that  a  righteous  man  hath, 
is  better  than  the  riches  of  many  wicked. 
(Prov.  xvi.  8.)  Ver.  25.  I  have  not  seen  the 
righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  begging  bread. 

cvii.  38.  He  blesseth  them,  so  that  they  are 
multiplied  greatly;  and  suffereth  not  their  cattle 
to  decrease. 

cxi.  5.  He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  that 
fear  him ;  he  will  ever  be  mindful  of  his  co- 
venant. 

cxxviii.  1,  2.    Blessed   is  every   one  that 


feareth  the  Lord ;  that  walketh  in  his  ways. 
For  thou  shalt  eat  the  labour  of  thy  hands : 
happy  shalt  thou  be,  and  it  shall  be  well  with 
thee. 

cxxxii.  15.  I  will  abundantly  bless  her  pro- 
vision, and  will  satisfy  her  poor  with  bread. 

Prov.  iii.  9,  10.  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy 
substance,  and  with  the  first  fruits  of  all  thine 
increase.  So  shall  thy  barns  be  filled  with 
plenty,  and  thy  presses  shall  burst  out  with 
new  wine. 

x.  3.  The  Lord  will  not  suffer  the  soul  of 
the  righteous  to  famish. 

xiii.  25.  The  righteous  eateth  to  the  satisfy- 
ing of  his  soul ;  but  the  belly  of  the  wickec 
shall  want. 

Isa.  xxxiii.  15.  He  that  walketh  righteously, 
bread  shall  be  given  him,  and  his  waters  shali 
be  sure.  Ver.  16. 

Ixv.  13.  Behold,  my  servants  shall  eat,  but 
ye  shall  be  hungry  ;  behold,  my  servants  shall 
drink,  but  ye  shall  be  thirsty. 

Ver.  21—23.  They  shall  build  houses  and 
inhabit  them,  and  they  shall  plant  vineyards 
and  eat  the  fruit  of  them.  They  shall  not 
build  and  another  inhabit,  they  shall  not  plant 
and  another  eat;  for  as  the  days  of  a  tree  are 
the  days  of  my  people,  and  mine  elect  shall 
long  enjoy  the  work  of  their  hands.  They 
shall  not  labour  in  vain,  nor  bring  forth  for 
trouble ;  for  they  are  the  seed  of  the  blessed 
of  the  Lord,  and  their  offspring  with  them. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  29,  30.  I  will  save  you  from 
your  uncleanness :  I  will  call  for  the  corn,  and 
will  increase  it ;  and  I  will  multiply  the  fruit 
of  the  tree,  and  the  increase  of  the  field. 

Joel  ii.  19.  26.  I  will  send  you  corn  and 
wine.  (Hos.  ii.  22.)  Ye  shall  eat  in  plenty 
and  be  satisfied.  See  Zech.  ix.  17. 

See  Isaac's  blessing  to  his  sons,  consisting 
chiefly,  (Zech.  viii.  12.)  of  the  fruits  of  the 
earth,  Gen.  xxvii.  28.  37.  39.  See  Acts  xiv.  17. 

See  Promises  to  obedience. 

DELIVERANCE  FROM  FAMINE. 

CCXVIII.  Deliverance  from  famine.  Job 
v.  20.  In  famine  he  shall  redeem  thee  from 
death. — Ver.  22.  At  destruction  and  famine 
thou  shalt  laugh. 

Ps.  xxxiii.  18,  19.  Behold  the  eye  of  the 
Lord  is  on  them  that  fear  him,  on  them  that 
hope  in  his  mercy  ;  to  deliver  their  soul  from 
death,  and  to  keep  them  alive  in  famine. 

xxxvii.  19.  They  shall  not  be  ashamed  in 
the  evil  time,  and  in  the  days  of  famine  they 
shall  be  satisfied. 

cvii.  9.  He  satisfieth  the  longing  soul,  and 
filleth  the  hungry  soul  with  goodness. 

cxlvi.  7.  Which  giveth  food  to  the  hungry. 

Isa.  xli.  17.  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek 


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CHAP.  XVII. 


water,  and  there  is  none,  and  their  tongue 
faileth  for  thirst ;  I  the  Lord  will  hear  them,  I 
the  God  of  Israel  will  not  forsake  them. 

Ezek.  xxxvi.  29,  30.  I  will  call  for  the  corn 
and  will  increase  it,  and  lay  no  v  famine  upon 
you.  Ye  shall  receive  no  more  reproach  of 
famine  among  the  heathen. 

Hab.  iii.  17,  18.  Though  the  fig-tree  shall 
not  blossom,  neither  shall  fruit  be  in  the  vines ; 
the  labour  of  the  olive  shall  fail,  and  the  fields 
shall  yield  no  meat ;  the  flock  shall  be  cut  off 
from  the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no  herd  in  the 
stalls :  Yet  will  I  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  I  will 
joy  in  the  God  of  rny  salvation. 

Matt.  iv.  4.  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread 
alone,  but  by  every  word  that  proceedeth  out 
of  the  mouth  of  God. 


SPIRITUAL  RICHES. 

CCXIX.  Not  earthly,  but  spiritual  riches, 
or  the  interests  of  the  soul,  the  chief  object  of 
a  wise  man's  desires  and  pursuits.  Ps. 
xxxvii.  16.  A  little  that  a  righteous  man  hath 
is  better  than  the  riches  of  many  wicked. 

Prov.  xv.  16.  Better  is  little  with  the  fear  of 
the  Lord,  than  great  treasure  and  trouble  there- 
with. 

xxiii.  4.  Labour  not  to  be  rich. 

Jer.  xlv.  5.  Seekest  thou  great  things  for 
thyself!  seek  them  not. 

Matt.  vi.  8.  Your  Father  knoweth  what 
things  ye  have  need  of. 

Ver.  9.  11.  After  this  manner  pray  ye: 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

Ver.  19,  20.  Lay  not  up  for  yourselves 
treasures  on  earth,  &c.  But  lay  up  for  your- 
selves treasures  in  heaven. — Ver.  24.  Ye  can- 
not serve  God  and  mammon. 

Ver.  25 — 27.  Take  no  thought  for  your 
life,  what  ye  shall  eat  or  what  ye  shall  drink, 
nor  yet  for  your  body,  what  ye  shall  put  on : 
Is  not  the  life  more  than  meat,  and  the  body 
more  than  raiment]  Behold  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  for  they  sow  not,  neither  do  they  reap,  nor 
gather  into  barns,  yet  your  heavenly  Father 
feedeth  them ;  are  ye  not  much  better  than 
they  1  Which  of  you  by  taking  thought  can 
add  one  cubit  to  his  stature. — Ver.  32.  Your 
heavenly  Father  knoweth  that  ye  have  need 
of  all  these  things. — Ver.  33, 34.  But  seek  ye 
first  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteous- 
ness, and  all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto 
you.  Take  therefore  no  thought  for  the  mor- 
row, for  the  morrow  shall  take  thought  for  the 
things  of  itself;  sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the 
evil  thereof.  Luke  xii.  21  to  35. 

Luke  x.  41, 42.  Jesus  said,  Martha,  Martha, 
thou  art  careful  and  troubled  about  many 
things ;  but  one  thing  is  needful,  and  Mary 


hath  chosen  that  good  part  that  shall  not  be 
taken  away  from  her. 

xxi.  34.  Take  heed  lest  your  hearts  be 
overcharged  with  the  cares  of  this  life,  and  so 
that  day  come  upon  you  unawares. 

John  vi.  27.  Labour  not  for  the  meat  that 
perisheth,  but  for  that  meat  which  endureth 
unto  everlasting  life,  which  the  Son  of  man 
shall  give  unto  you. 

1  Cor.  iii.  22.  All  things  are  yours.  2  Cor. 
viii.  9.  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  though  he  was 
rich,  for  your  sakes  became  poor,  that  ye 
through  his  poverty  might  be  rich. 

Phil.  iv.  6.  Be  careful  for  nothing,  but  in 
every  thing,  by  prayer  and  supplication,  let 
your  requests  be  made  known  to  God.  1  Cor. 
vii.  31,  32. 

Col.  iii.  1,  2.  Seek  those  things  which  are 
above,  where  Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  God.  Set  your  affections  on  things  above, 
not  on  things  on  the  earth. 

James  i.  10.  Let  the  rich  rejoice  that  he  is 
made  low. 

ii.  5.  Hath  not  God  chosen  the  poor  of  this 
world,  rich  in  faith,  and  heirs  of  the  kingdom, 
which  he  hath  promised  to  them  that  love  him  ? 

1  Pet.  v.  7.  Casting  all  your  care  upon  God, 
for  he  careth  for  you.  Ps.  Iv.  22. 

1  John  ii.  15.  Love  not  the  world,  neither  the 
things  that  are  in  the  world :  if  any  man  love 
the  world,  the  love  of  the  Father  is  not  in  him. 

v.  4.  Whosoever  is  born  of  God  overcometh 
the  world.  See  2  Cor.  ix.  8.  10. 

CCXX.  Raiment  promised.  Matt.  vi.  25. 
Is  not  the  body  more  than  raiment  1 

Ver.  28 — 30.  Why  take  ye  thought  for 
raiment  1  Consider  the  lilies  of  the  field :  they 
toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin ;  and  yet  I  say 
unto  you,  That  even  Solomon,  in  all  his  glory, 
was  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  Wherefore, 
if  God  so  clothe  the  grass  of  the  field,  which 
to-day  is,  and  to-morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven, 
shall  he  not  much  more  clothe  you,  O  ye  of 
little  faith  1 

Clothes  miraculously  supplied  to  Adam  and 
Eve,  Gen.  iii.  21. — To  the  Jews  in  the  wilder- 
ness, Deut.  viii.  4.  Neh.  ix.  21. — A  gourd  for 
Jonas,  Jonah  iv.  6. 

CCXXI.  Supports  of  life  miraculously 
supplied  to  the  Jews.  Exod.  xvi.  13,  14,  15. 
Quails  and  manna. 

Deut.  viii.  3.  The  Lord  thy  God  fed  thee 
with  manna,  that  he  might  make  thee  know, 
that  man  doth  not  live  by  bread  only  :  but  by 
every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth 
of  the  Lord,  doth  man  live.  Neh.  ix.  21. 
Matt.  iv.  4. 

1  Kings  xvii.  6.  The  ravens  brought  to 
Elijah,  bread  and  flesh  in  the  morning,  and 
bread  and  flesh  in  the  evening. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


OF   REPENTANCE. 


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Ver.  14.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
the  barrel  of  meal  shall  not  waste,  neither  shall 
the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  until  the  day  that  the 
Lord  sendeth  rain  upon  the  earth. — Ver.  16. 
The  barrel  of  meal  wasted  not,  neither  did 
the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  according  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord. 


Mark  vi.  43.  Christ  feeds  five  thousand 
with  five  loaves  and  two  fishes. 

viii.  8.  Christ  feeds  four  thousand  with 
seven  loaves  and  a  few  fishes. 

John  ii.  8.  Christ  turns  water  into  wine. 

See  Contentment,  Submission,  and  Resig- 
nation. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


OF  REPENTANCE. 


I.  REPENTANCE,  the  first   doctrine 
preached  at  the  publishing  of  the  Gospel. 
Matt.  iii.  1,  2.  John  the  Baptist  came  preach- 
ing, and  saying,  Repent,  for  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  at  hand.     Acts  xiii.  24. — xix.  4. 

Ver.  8.  Bring  forth  fruits  meet  for  repentance. 

Ver.  10.  The  axe  is  laid  unto  the  root  of 
the  trees  ;  every  tree  which  bringeth  not  forth 
good  fruit  is  hewn  down  and  cast  into  the  fire. 

iv.  17.  Jesus  began  to  preach,  and  to  say, 
Repent,  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand. 

ix.  13.  Jesus  said,  I  came  to  call  sinners  to 
repentance.  Mark  ii.  17. 

Mark  vi.  12.  The  disciples  being  sent  forth 
by  Christ,  preached  that  men  should  repent. 
Ver.  7. 

Acts  xx.  21.  Paul  said,  I  taught,  testifying 
both  to  the  Jews,  and  also  to  the  Greeks,  re- 
pentance toward  God,  and  faith  toward  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

xxvi.  20.  I  shewed  first  to  the  Jews  and 
then  to  the  Gentiles,  that  they  should  repent 
and  turn  to  God,  and  do  works  meet  for  re- 
pentance. See  above,  Matt.  iii.  8. 

II.  The  duty  of  repentance  enforced  by 
threatenings  in  the  New  Testament.    Matt. 
xi.  20 — 22.  Then  began  Jesus  to  upbraid  the 
cities  wherein  most  of  his  mighty  works  were 
done,  because  they  repented  not:  saying,  Woe 
unto  thee,  Chorazin !  woe  unto  thee,  Beth- 
saida  !    for  if  the  mighty  works  which  were 
done  in  you,  had  been  done  in  Tyre  and  Si- 
don,  they  would  have  repented  long  ago  in 
sackcloth  and  ashes.     But  I  say  unto  you,  It 
shall  be  more  tolerable  for  Tyre  and  Sidon  at 
the  day  of  judgment  than  for  you.     Ver.  23. 
See  Capernaum  threatened.     Ver.  24. 

xii.  41.  The  men  of  Nineveh  shall  rise  in 
judgment  with  this  generation,  and  shall  con- 
demn it :  because  they  repented  at  the  preach- 
ing of  Jonas ;  and,  behold,  a  greater  than  Jonas 
is  here.  Luke  xi.  32.  Compare  Jonah  iii.  5. 

xxi.  31,  32.  The  publicans  and  harlots  go 
39 


into  the  kingdom  of  God  before  you.  For 
John  came  to  you  in  the  way  of  righteous- 
ness, and  ye  believed  him  not ;  but  the  publi- 
cans and  harlots  believed  him;  and  ye  re- 
pented not. 

Acts  xvii.  30.  The  times  of  ignorance  God 
winked  at,  but  now  commandeth  all  men 
every  where  to  repent. 

Rev.  ii.  5.  Remember  from  whence  thou 
art  fallen,  and  repent ;  or  I  will  come  and  re- 
move thy  candlestick  out  of  his  place,  except 
thou  repent.  See  ver.  16.  21,  22.  Ch.  iii.  3. 
— ix.  20. — xvi.  9. 

III.  The  duty  of  repentance  encouraged 
by  promises  in  the  New  Testament.    Luke 
xxiv.  46,  47.  It  behoved  Christ  to  suffer,  and 
to  rise  from  the  dead,  that  repentance  and  re- 
mission  of  sins   should  be  preached   in  his 
name  among  all  nations. 

Acts  ii.  38.  Repent  and  be  baptized  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of 
sins ;  and  ye  shall  receive  the  Holy  Ghost. 

iii.  19.  Repent  and  be  converted,  that  your 
sins  may  be  blotted  out. 

viii.  22.  Repent  of  this  thy  wickedness,  and 
pray  God,  if  perhaps  the  thought  of  thy  heart 
may  be  forgiven  thee. 

IV.  Promises  to  those  that  return  to  God. 
Deut.  iv.  30,  31.  When  thou  art  in  tribula- 
tion, and  all  these  things  are  come  upon  thee, 
if  thou  turn  to  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  shall  be 
obedient  to  his  voice,  he  will  not  forsake  thee. 
Ch.  xxx.  1  to  10.     2  Chron.  xv.  4. 

1  Sam.  vii.  3.  If  ye  return  unto  the  Lord 
with  all  your  hearts,  and  prepare  your  hearts 
unto  the  Lord,  and  serve  him  only,  he  will 
deliver  you.  1  Kings  viii.  33  to  38.  48,  49. 
2  Chron.  vi.  37.  Neh.  ix.  33.  Ps.  cvi.  6. 
Dan.  ix.  5.  15. 

Job  xxii.  23.  If  thou  return  to  the  Al- 
mighty, thou  shall  be  built  up. 

Isa.  Iv.  7.  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way, 
and  the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts ;  and 


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CHAP.  XVIII. 


let  him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will  have  | 
uiercy  upon  him  ;  and  to  our  God,  for  he  will 
abundantly  pardon. 

Jer.  iii.  12.  Return,  thou  backsliding  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  I  will  not  cause  mine 
anger  to  fall  upon  you.  (Ver.  1.  10.  14.) 
Ver.  22.  Return  and  I  will  heal  your  back- 
«lidings.  Ch.  iv.  1. — xv.  19. 

xviii.  7,  8.  At  what  instant  I  shall  speak 
concerning  a  nation,  and  concerning  a  king- 
dom, to  pluck  up,  and  to  pull  down,  and  to 
destroy  it :  If  that  nation  turn  from  their  evil, 
I  will  repent  of  the  evil  that  I  thought  to  do 
unto  them.  Ch.  xxvi.  2,  3. — xxxvi.  3. 

Ezek.  xviii.  21—23.  If  the  wicked  will 
turn  from  all  his  sins  that  he  hath  committed, 
and  keep  all  my  statutes,  and  do  that  which  is 
lawful  and  right,  he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall 
not  die.  They  shall  not  be  mentioned  unto 
him :  in  his  righteousness  that  he  hath  done 
he  shall  live.  Have  I  any  pleasure  at  all  that 
the  wicked  should  die?  saith  the  Lord  God; 
and  not  that  he  should  return  from  his  ways, 
and  live  1  Ver.  27,  28. 

Ver.  30.  32.  Repent,  and  turn  from  all 
your  transgressions ;  so  iniquity  shall  not  be 
your  ruin.  For  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the 
death  of  him  that  dieth,  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
wherefore  turn  and  live. 

xxxiii.  11.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death  of  the  wicked ; 
but  that  the  wicked  turn  from  his  way,  and 
live.  Turn  ye,  turn  ye,  from  your  evil  ways ; 
for  why  will  ye  die,  0  house  of  Israel  ?  Ver. 
14.19.  2  Pet.  iii.  9. 

Hos.  vi.  1.  Let  us  return  unto  the  Lord ; 
for  he  hath  torn,  and  he  will  heal  us ;  he  hath 
smitten,  and  he  will  bind  us  up.  Lam.  iii.  40. 

xiv.  1,  2.  O  Israel,  return  unto  the  Lord: 
for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine  iniquity;  take 
with  you  words,  and  say  unto  him,  Take  away 
all  iniquity,  and  receive  us  graciously. — Ver. 
4.  I  will  heal  their  backslidings,  I  will  love 
them  freely,  saith  the  Lord.  Ch.  xii.  6. 

Joel  ii.  12,  13.  Therefore  also  now,  saith 
the  Lord,  Turn  ye  even  to  me  with  all  your 
heart,  and  with  fasting,  and  with  weeping,  and 
with  mourning ;  and  rend  your  heart,  and  not 
your  garments,  and  turn  unto  the  Lord  your 
God  :  for  he  is  gracious  and  merciful,  slow  to 
anger,  and  of  great  kindness,  and  repenteth 
him  of  the  evil. 

Zech.  i.  3.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Turn  ye  unto  me,  and  I  will  turn  unto  you. 
Mai.  iii.  7. 

ix.  12.  Turn  to  the  strong-hold,  ye  prisoners 
of  hope. 

V.  Remarkable  instances  of  penitent  re- 
turning sinners  obtaining  mercy.  2  Chron 
*v.  4.  When  they  ua  their  trouble  did  turn 


unto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  sought  him, 
he  was  found  of  them.  Ch.  xxx.  6. 9.  Neh. 
i.  9.— ix.  28. 

Ps.  Ixxviii.  34.  They  returned,  and  inquired 
early  after  God. — Ver.  38.  He  forgave  their 
niquity. 

cxix.  59.  I  turned  my  feet  unto  thy  testi- 
monies.— Ver.  65.  Thou  hast  dealt  well  with 
thy  servant,  according  to  thy  word.  2  Kings 
xxiii.  25. 

Jonah  iii.  10.  God  saw  the  works  of  the 
Ninevites,  that  they  turned  from  their  evil 
way :  and  God  repented  him  of  the  evil  that 
he  had  said  he  would  do  unto  them,  and  he 
did  it  not.  Matt.  xii.  41. 

VI.  Turning  to  God  enjoined  by  com' 
mands,  and  enforced  by  threatenings  against 
those  who  turn  not  from  sin.  2  Kings  xvii. 
13,  14.  The  Lord  testified  against  Israel  and 
Judah,  by  the  prophets  and  seers,  saying,  Turn 
ye  from  your  evil  ways.  But  they  would  not 
hear. — Ver.  18.  The  Lord  was  angry,  and  re- 
moved them  out  of  his  sight.  Jer.  xliv.  4,  5,  6. 

Neh.  ix.  26,  27.  They  slew  the  prophets, 
which  testified  against  them,  to  turn  them  to 
thee.  Therefore  thou  deliveredst  them  into 
the  hand  of  their  enemies. 

Ver.  35.  They  have  not  served  thee,  in  thy 
great  goodness,  neither  turned  from  their  wick- 
edness.— Ver.  36.  Behold,  we  are  servants 
this  day,  &c.— Ver.  37. 

Job  xxxvi.  10 — 12.  He  openeth  their  ear 
to  discipline,  and  commandeth  that  they  return 
from  iniquity.  If  they  obey  and  serve  him, 
they  shall  spend  their  days  in  prosperity,  and 
their  years  in  pleasures.  If  they  obey  not,  they 
shall  perish  by  the  sword,  and  die  without 
knowledge. 

Ps.  vii.  12,  13.  If  the  wicked  turn  not,  God 
will  whet  his  sword :  he  hath  bent  his  bow  and 
made  it  ready.  He  hath  also  prepared  for  him 
the  instruments  of  death. 

Isa.  xxxi.  6.  Turn  ye  to  him  from  whom 
the  children  of  Israel  have  deeply  revolted. 

Jer.  v.  3,  4.  Thou  hast  stricken  them,  but 
they  have  not  grieved ;  thou  hast  consumed 
them,  but  they  have  refused  to  receive  correc- 
tion. They  have  made  their  faces  harder  than 
a  rock,  they  have  refused  to  return.  There- 
fore I  said,  Surely  these  are  poor,  they  are  fool- 
ish.— Ver.  6.  A  lion  out  of  the  forest  shall 
slay  them,  &c. 

viii.  5,  6.  Why  is  this  people  slidden  back 
with  a  perpetual  backsliding1?  they  refuse  to 
return.  No  man  repenteth  him  of  his  wicked- 
ness, saying,  What  have  I  done  ?  Every  one 
turned  to  his  course,  as  the  horse  rusheth  into 
the  battle.  Hos.  xi.  5. 

xv.  7.  I  will  destroy  my  people,  since  they 
return  not  from  their  ways. 


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xviii.  11.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I 
frame  evil  against  you ;  return  ye  now  every 
one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make  your  ways 
and  your  doings  good.  Ch.  xxxv.  15. 

xxiii.  14,  15.  The  false  prophets  strengthen 
the  hands  of  evil-doers,  that  no  man  doth  re- 
turn from  his  wickedness.  Therefore,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  concerning  the  pro- 
phets, Behold,  I  will  feed  them  with  worm- 
wood, and  make  them  drink  the  water  of  gall. 
Ezek.  xiii.  22. 

xxv.  4,  5.  The  Lord  sent  unto  you  his  ser- 
vants the  prophets.  They  said,  Turn  ye 
every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and  from  the 
evil  of  your  doings,  and  dwell  in  the  land,  &c. 
— Ver.  7.  Yet  ye  have  not  hearkened  unto 
me,  saith  the  Lord.  See  threats  to  ver.  12. 
Ch.  xxvi.  3. — xxxvi.  3.  7. 

Ezek.  iii.  19.  If  thou  warn  the  wicked,  and 
he  turn  not  from  his  wickedness,  he  shall  die 
in  his  iniquity ;  but  thou  hast  delivered  thy 
soul.  Ch.  xxxiii.  9. 

Dan.  ix.  13,  14.  All  this  evil  is  come  upon 
us,  yet  made  we  not  our  prayer  before  the 
Lord  our  God,  that  we  might  turn  from  our 
iniquities.  Therefore  hath  the  Lord  watched 
upon  the  evil,  and  brought  it  upon  us.  Zech. 
i.  4.  6. 

Hos.  v.  3,  4.  I  know  Ephraim,  and  Israel  is 
not  hid  from  me.  They  will  not  frame  their 
doings  to  turn  unto  their  God. — Ver.  14.  I 
will  be  unto  Ephraim  as  a  lion,  and  as  a  young 
lion  to  the  house  of  Judah  ;  I  will  tear,  and  I 
will  take  away,  and  none  shall  rescue. 

vii.  9,  10.  Gray  hairs  are  here  and  there 
upon  Ephraim,  and  he  knoweth  it  not.  The 
pride  of  Israel  doth  testify  to  his  face,  and 
they  do  not  return  to  the  Lord  their  God,  nor 
seek  him  for  all  this. — Ver.  13. 16.  Woe  unto 
them,  destruction  unto  them,  they  return,  but 
not  to  the  Most  High.  Ch.  xi.  5. 

xiv.  1.  0  Israel,  return  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God ;  for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine  iniquity. 

Amos  iv.  6.  I  have  given  you  cleanness  of 
teeth,  and  want  of  bread ;  yet  have  ye  not  re- 
turned unto  me,  saith  the  Lord.  Ver.  8 — 11. 

Jer.  iv.  3,  4.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  them 
of  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  Break  up  your  fal- 
low ground ;  and  sow  not  among  thorns.  Cir- 
cumcise yourselves  to  the  Lord,  and  take  away 
the  foreskins  of  your  hearts ;  lest  my  fury 
come  forth  like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can 
quench  it.  Hos.  x.  12. 

Matt,  xviii.  3.  Except  ye  be  converted,  and 
become  as  little  children,  ye  shall  not  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

VII.  The  cause  and  means  of  repentance 
and  cmiversion.  God  the  cause,-  this  im- 
plied in  prayers  made  to  God  for  it,  and 
other  expressions  ascribing  it  to  God  as  his 


gift.  Ps.  Ixxx.  3.  Turn  us  again,  0  God, 
and  cause  thy  face  to  shine,  and  we  shall  be 
saved.  Ver.  7.  19. 

Ixxxv.  4.  Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 
and  cause  thine  anger  towards  us  to  cease. 

Song  i.  4.  Draw  me,  I  will  run  after  thee. 

Jer.  xxxi.  18,  19.  Turn  thou  me,  and  I 
shall  be  turned ;  for  thou  art  the  Lord  my 
God.  After  that  I  was  turned,  I  repented  ; 
and  after  that  I  was  instructed,  I  smote  upon 
my  thigh :  I  was  ashamed ;  yea,  even  con- 
founded, because  I  did  bear  the  reproach  of 
my  youth. 

Lam.  v.  21.  Turn  thou  us  unto  thee,  0 
Lord,  and  we  shall  be  turned. 

Acts  xi.  18.  They  said,  Then  hath  God 
also  to  the  Gentiles  granted  repentance  unto 
life. 

Ver.  21.  The  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with 
the  disciples,  and  a  great  number  believed, 
and  turned  unto  the  Lord. 

Rom.  ii.  4.  The  goodness  of  God  leadeth 
to  repentance. 

2  Tim.  ii.  25.  In  meekness  instructing  those 
that  oppose  themselves;  if  God  peradventure 
will  give  them  repentance,  to  the  acknow- 
ledgment of  the  truth. 

VIII.  Jesus  Christ  giveth  repentance.   Acts 
iii.  26.  God  having  raised  up  his  son  Jesus, 
sent  him  to  bless  you,  in  turning  away  every 
one  of  you  from  his  iniquities. 

v.  3 1 .  Him  hath  God  exalted,  a  Prince  and 
a  Saviour,  to  give  repentance  to  Israel,  and 
forgiveness  of  sins. 

IX.  God's  law  a  mean  of  converting  sin- 
ners.    Ps.  xix.  7.  The  law  of  the  Lord  is  per- 
fect, converting  the  soul. 

Luke  xvi.  30.  And  he  said,  Nay,  father 
Abraham ;  but  if  one  went  unto  them  from 
the  dead,  they  will  repent. — Ver.  31.  If  they 
hear  not  Moses  and  the  prophets,  neither  will 
they  be  persuaded,  though  one  rose  from  the 
dead. 

X.  The  ministry  a  mean  of  converting 
sinners.     Ezek.   iii.    19.    If   thou  warn  the 
wicked,  and  he  turn  not  from  his  wickedness, 
he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity  ;    but  thou  hast 
delivered  thy  soul.     Ch.  xxxiii.  9. 

Dan.  xii.  3.  They  that  turn  many  to  right- 
eousness, shall  shine  as  the  stars  for  ever  and 
ever.  James  v.  19.  Prov.  xi.  30. 

Luke  i.  16.  Many  of  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  John  Baptist  turn  to  the  Lord  their  God. 
Matt.  xxi.  32. 

Acts  xxvi.  17,  18.  The  Lord  said  to  Paul, 
I  send  thee  to  open  men's  eyes,  to  turn  them 
from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of 
Satan  unto  God ;  that  they  may  receive  the 
forgiveness  of  sins,  and  an  inheritance  among 


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CHAP.  XVIII. 


all  them  that  are  sanctified,  by  faith  that  is 
in  me. 

XL  Repentance  promised.  Ps.  xxii.  27. 
All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall  remember,  and 
turn  to  the  Lord.  Ps.  li.  3. — ex.  3. 

Lsa.  i.  27.  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with 
judgment,  and  her  converts  with  righteous- 
ness. 

x.  21.  The  remnant  shall  return  unto  the 
mighty  God.  Mic.  v.  3. 

Ix.  5.  The  abundance  of  the  sea  shall  be 
converted  unto  thee,  and  the  forces  of  the 
Gentiles  ?hall  come  unto  thee.  Ch.  Iv.  7. 

Jer.  xx iv.  7.  They  shall  return  unto  me 
with  their  whole  heart. 

Hos.  ii.  7.  The  church  shall  say,  I  will  re- 
turn to  my  first  husband. 

xiv.  7.  They  that  dwell  under  his  shadow 
shall  return ;  they  shall  revive  as  the  corn, 
and  grow  as  the  vine. 

XII.  Self-examination  needful  to  repent- 
ance.    1  Kings  viii.  38.  Know  every  man  the 
plague  of  his  own  heart. 

Ps.  iv.  4.  Commune  with  your  own  heart 
on  your  bed,  and  be  still. 

Ixxvii.  6.  My  spirit  made  diligent  search. 

cxix.  59.  I  thought  on  my  ways,  and  turned 
my  feet  unto  thy  testimonies. 

Lam.  iii.  40.  Let  us  search  and  try  our 
ways,  and  turn  again  to  the  Lord. 

1  Cor.  xi.  28.  Let  a  man  examine  himself. 

2  Cor.  xiii.  5.    Examine  yourselves,  prove 
your  own  selves. 

Gaf.  vi.  4.  Let  every  man  prove  his  own 
work. 

XIII.  Consideration    needful  to  repent- 
ance.    Deut.  iv.  39.  Consider  in  thy  heart, 
that  the  Lord  he  is  God  in  heaven  above,  and 
in  the  earth  beneath. 

1  Sam.  xii.  24.  Consider  how  great  things 
the  Lord  hath  done  for  you. 

Job  xxiii.  15.  When  I  consider  him,  I  am 
afraid. 

Ps.  cxix.  95.  I  will  consider  thy  testimonies. 

Eccl.  vii.  14.  In  the  day  of  adversity,  con- 
sider. 

Isa.  xli.  20.  Consider  that  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  hath  done  this. 

Ezek.  xii.  3.  It  may  be  they  will  consider, 
though  they  be  a  rebellious  house.  Ch. 
xviii.  14. 

Hag.  i.  5.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Consider 
your  ways. 

2  Tim.  ii.  7.  Consider,  and  the  Lord  give 
thee  understanding  in  all  things.     For  consi- 
dering God's  works,  see  Job  xxxvii.  14.     Ps. 
viii.  3.— Ixiv.  9.     EccL  vii.  13.     Isa.  Iii.  15. 
Jer.  xxx.  24. 

XIV.  The  inconsideration  of  the  wicked. 


Deut.  xxxii.  29.  0  that  they  would  consider 
their  latter  end. 

Ps.  1.  22.  Consider,  ye  that  forget  God  ;  lest 
I  tear  you  in  pieces,  and  there  be  none  to  de- 
liver. 

Eccl.v.  1.  They  consider  not  that  they  do  evil. 

Isa.  i.  3.  Israel  doth  not  know,  my  people 
doth  not  consider.  Ch.  v.  12.  Ps.  Ixxxii.  5. 
— xciv.  8. 

xliv.  19.  None  considereth  in  his  heart. 
Ch.  xlvii.  7. 

Ver.  20.  A  deceived  heart  hath  turned  him 
aside  ;  he  cannot  deliver  his  soul,  nor  say,  Is 
there  not  a  lie  in  my  right  hand  1 

Jer.  ii.  10,  11.  Consider,  hath  a  nation 
changed  their  gods?  but  my  people  have 
changed  their  glory. 

x.  8.  They  are  altogether  brutish.  Ver.  14. 
Ch.  li.  17. 

Hos.  vii.  2.  They  consider  not  in  their  hearts 
that  I  remember  all  their  wickedness. 

Matt.  vii.  3.  Thou  consideredst  not  the  beam 
that  is  in  thine  own  eye. 

Luke  ix.  55.  Ye  know  not  what  manner  of 
spirit  ye  are  of. 

xix.  42.  If  thouhadst  known  the  things  that 
belong  to  thy  peace,  but  now  they  are  hid  from 
thine  eyes. 

Rev.  iii.  17.  Thou  sayest,  I  am  rich,  and 
increased  with  goods,  and  have  need  of  no- 
thing ;  and  knowest  not  that  thou  art  wretch- 
ed, and  miserable,  and  poor,  and  blind,  and 
naked. 

XV.  The  case  of  those  who  withstand  the 
appointed  means  of  repentance.  Matt.  xiii. 
13,  14.  Jesus  said,  I  speak  to  them  in  para- 
bles ;  because  they  seeing,  see  not ;  and  hear- 
ing, they  hear  not ;  neither  do  they  understand. 
And  in  them  is  fulfilled  the  prophecy  of  Esaias, 
which  saith,  By  hearing  ye  shall  hear,  and 
shall  not  understand  ;  and  seeing  ye  shall  see, 
and  shall  not  perceive :  (Isa.  vi.  9.)  Ver.  15. 
For  this  people's  heart  is  waxed  gross,  and 
their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing,  and  their  eyes 
they  .have  closed  ;  lest  at  any  time  they  should 
see  with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with  their  ears, 
and  should  understand  with  their  heart,  and 
should  be  converted,  and  I  should  heal  them. 
Mark  iv.  12.  Luke  viii.  10.  John  xii.  40. 
Acts  xxviii.  26.  Rom.  xi.  8. 

Luke  xvi.  30.  Dives  said,  If  one  went  from 
the  dead  unto  my  brethren  they  will  repent. 
— Ver.  31.  Abraham  said,  If  they  hear  not 
Moses  and  the  prophets,  neither  will  they  be 
persuaded,  though  one  rose  from  the  dead. 

xix.  41,  42.  Jesus  wept  over  Jerusalem, 
saying,  If  thou  hadst  known,  in  this  thy  day, 
the  things  which  belong  to  thy  peace !  But 
now  they  are  hid  from  thine  eyes. 

Rom.  ii.  5.  After  thy  hardness  and  impeni- 


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tent  heart,  thou  treasurest  up  unto  thyself 
wrath  against  the  day  of  wrath. 

Heb.  vi.  4 — 6.  It  is  impossible  for  those  who 
were  once  enlightened,  and  have  tasted  of  the 
heavenly  gift,  and  were  made  partakers  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  and  have  tasted  the  good  word  of 
God,  and  the  powers  of  the  world  to  come,  if 
they  fall  away,  to  renew  them  again  to  repent- 
ance; seeing  they  crucify  to  themselves  the 
Son  of  God  afresh,  and  put  him  to  open 
shame. 

xii.  17.  Esau  found  no  place  for  repentance, 
though  he  sought  it  carefully  with  tears.  Matt. 
xxvii.  3. 

Gen.  vi.  3.  God  saith,  My  Spirit  shall  not 
always  strive  with  man.  Ps.  xcv.  8.  Harden 
not  your  hearts.  Heb.  iii.  8.  15. — iv.  7. 

XVI.  Sorrow  for  sin.  Ps.  xiii.  2.  How  long 
shall  I  take  counsel  in  my  soul,  having  sorrow 
in  my  heart  daily  1 

xxxviii.  17.  I  am  ready  to  halt ;  my  sorrow 
is  continually  before  me. — Ver.  18.  I  will  de- 
clare my  iniquity  ;  I  will  be  sorry  for  my  sin. 

Ixix.  29.  I  am  poor  and  sorrowful ;  let  thy 
salvation,  0  God,  set  me  on  high.  Ps.  cxvi. 
3,4. 

Eccl.  vii.  3.  Sorrow  is  better  than  laughter. 
Prov.  xiv.  13. 

Jer.  xxxi.  25.  I  have  satiated  the  weary 
soul ;  I  have  replenished  every  sorrowful  soul. 

Zeph.  iii.  18.  I  will  gather  them  that  are 
sorrowful  for  the  solemn  assembly. 

John  xvi.  20.  Your  sorrow  shall  be  turned 
into  joy. 

Rom.  ix.  2.  I  have  continual  sorrow  in  my 
heart. 

2  Cor.  vi.  10.  As  sorrowful,  yet  always  re- 
joicing. 

vii.  9  to  12.  Ye  sorrowed  to  repentance. 

XVII.  Mourning  for  sin.     Exod.  xxxiii. 
4.  When  the  people  heard  God's  threatenings 
against  them,  they  mourned.    Numb.  xiv.  39. 

Ezra  x.  6.  Ezra  mourned,  because  of  the 
transgression  of  those  that  had  been  carried 
captive. 

Neh.  i.  4.  Nehemiah  wept  and  mourned, 
fasted  and  prayed,  and  said,  &c. 

Job  v.  11.  God  doth  great  things,  that  those 
that  mourn  may  be  exalted.  Ver.  8,  9. 

Ps.  xxxviii.  6.  I  go  mourning  all  the  day. 
Ps.  xlii.  9.— xliii.  2. 

Iv.  2.  Attend  unto  me  and  hear  me ;  I  mourn 
in  my  complaint. 

Isa.  xxxviii.  14.  Like  a  crane  or  a  swallow, 
so  did  I  chatter ;  I  did  mourn  as  a  dove.  Isa. 
lix.  11. 

Ivii.  18.  I  will  restore  comforts  unto  him  and 
to  his  mourners. 

Ixi.  2,  3.  The  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  comfort 
all  that  mourn.  To  give  unto  them  that  mourn 


in  Zion,  beauty  for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for 
mourning,  and  the  garments  of  praise  for  the 
spirit  of  heaviness. 

Jer.  xxxi.  13.  I  will  turn  their  mourning 
into  joy  :  I  will  comfort  them,  and  make  them 
rejoice  from  their  sorrow. 

Ezek.  vii.  16.  They  shall  be  on  the  moun- 
tains like  doves  of  the  valleys,  mourning  every 
one  for  his  iniquity.  Ver.  27. 

ix.  4.  Set  a  mark  on  the  foreheads  of  them 
that  sigh  and  cry  for  the  abominations.  Rev. 
vii.  3. 

Dan.  x.  2.  I  Daniel  was  mourning  three  full 
weeks,  &c. 

Joel  i.  9.  The  priests,  the  Lord's  ministers 
mourn. 

ii.  12.  Turn  ye  unto  me  (saith  the  Lord) 
with  all  your  heart,  with  fasting,  with  weeping 
and  mourning. 

Ver.  13.  Rend  your  heart  and  not  your  gar- 
ments, and  turn  unto  the  Lord  your  God. 

Zech.  xii.  10.  They  shall  look  on  me  whom 
they  have  pierced,  and  mourn. 

Ver.  12.  The  land  shall  mourn,  every  fami- 


Matt.  v.  4.  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn  ; 
they  shali  be  comforted. 

XVIII.  Reproofs  and  threats  for  nolmourn- 
ing  for  sin.  Isa.  xxii.  12,  13.  In  that  day  did 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts  call  to  weeping  and 
mourning,  and  baldness,  and  to  girding  with 
sackcloth.     But  behold  joy  and  gladness. 

Zech.  vii.  5.  When  ye  fasted  and  mourned, 
did  ye  at  all  fast  to  me,  even  to  me  1 

Luke  vi.  25.  Woe  unto  you  that  laugh  ;  ye 
shall  mourn. 

1  Cor.  v.  2.  Ye  are  puffed  up,  and  have  not 
rather  mourned. 

James  iv.  9.  Be  ye  afflicted,  and  mourn  and 
weep ;  let  your  laughter  be  turned  to  mourning, 
and  your  joy  to  heaviness. 

XIX.  Heaviness  for  sin.  Ezra  ix.  5. 1  arose 
from  my  heaviness. 

Ps.  xxxviii.  4.  Mine  iniquities  are  as  a 
heavy  burden. 

cxix.  28.  My  soul  melteth  for  heaviness. 

Matt.  xi.  28.  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  la- 
bour and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest.  Isa.  Ixi.  3. 

XX.  Grief  for  sin.    2  Chron.  vi.  29,  30. 
When  every  one  shall  know  his  own  sore,  and 
his  own  grief,  and  shall  spread  forth  his  hands 
and  pray  ;  Hear  thou,  and  forgive.     1  Kings 
viii.  38,  39.  When  he  shall  know  the  plague 
of  his  own  heart ;  Hear  thou,  and  forgive. 

Neh.  xiii.  8.  Their  profaning  the  house  of 
God,  grieved  me  sore. 

Ps.  cxix.  158.  I  beheld  transgressors  and 
was  grieved. 


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OF  REPENTANCE. 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


Mark  iii.  5.  Jesus  was  grieved  for  the  hard- 
ness of  their  hearts. 

XXI.  Not  being  grieved  for  sin.    Jer.  v.  3. 
Thou   hast   stricken   them ;    they   have   not 
grieved.     Isa.  Ivii.  10. 

XXII.  Weeping  for  sin.    Judg.  ii.  4.  The 
Israelites  being  reproved  by  an  angel  for  their 
sins,  they  lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept. 

2  Kings  xxii.  1 9.  Because  thy  heart  was 
tender,  and  thou  hast  rent  thy  clothes,  and 
wept  before  me,  I  also  have  heard  thee,  saith 
the  Lord.  2  Chron.  xxxiv.  27. 

Ezra  x.  1.  Ezra  confessed,  weeping. 

Ps.  vi.  8.  The  Lord  hath  heard  the  voice  of 
my  weeping. 

cii.  9.  I  have  mingled  my  drink  with  weep- 
ing. 

cxxvi.  6.  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth, 
bearing  precious  seed,  shall  come  again  with 
rejoicing. 

Jer.  xiii.  17.  My  soul  shall  weep  in  secret 
for  your  pride. 

xxxi.  9.  They  shall  come  with  weeping  and 
supplications. 

1.  4.  The  children  of  Israel  shall  go  together 
weeping,  to  seek  the  Lord  their  God. 

Joel  ii.  12.  Turn  ye  unto  me  with  all  your 
heart,  with  fasting,  weeping  and  mourning. 

Ver.  1 7.  Let  the  priests,  the  ministers  of  the 
Lord,  weep  between  the  porch  and  the  altar ; 
and  let  them  say,  Spare  thy  people,  O  Lord. 

Luke  vi.  21.  Blessed  are  ye  that  weep. 
Ver.  25. 

vii.  38.  A  woman  stood  weeping,  and  began 
to  wash  Jesus'  feet  with  tears. 

xxiii.  28.  Jesus  said,  Weep  not  for  me,  but 
weep  for  yourselves.  James  iv.  9. — v.  1. 

XXIII.  Tears  for  sin.     2  Kings  xx.  5.  I 
have  seen  thy  tears ;  behold  I  will  heal  thee. 
Isa.  xxxviii.  5. 

Job  xvi.  20.  Mine  eye  poureth  out  tears 
unto  God. 

Ps.  vi.  6.  I  water  my  couch  with  my  tears. 

xxxix.  12.  Hold  not  thy  peace  at  my  tears. 

xlii.  3.  My  tears  have  been  my  meat  day 
and  night. 

Ivi.  8.  Put  my  tears  in  thy  bottle. 

cxxvi.  5.  They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap 
in  joy. 

Jer.  ix.  1.  O  that  my  head  were  waters,  and 
mine  eyes  a  fountain  of  tears.  Ver.  18. 

xiii.  17.  Mine  eye  shall  run  down  with  tears. 

Lam.  ii.  11.  Mine  eyes  do  fail  with  tears. 

Ver.  18.  Let  tears  run  down  like  a  river  day 
and  night;  give  thyself  no  rest.  Jer.  xiv.  17. 

Acts  xx.  19.  Serving  the  Lord  with  many 
tears. 

Rev.  vii.  17.  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears 
from  their  eyes. 


XXIV.  The  heart  affected  for  having  sin- 
ned.  1  Sam.  xxiv.  5.  David's  heart  smote  him. 

1  Kings  viii.  38.  Know  the  plague  of  his 
own  heart.     2  Chron.  vi.  29.  His  own  sore. 

2  Kings  xxii.  19.   Because   thy  heart  was 
tender. 

Isa.  xlvii.  7.  Lay  to  heart.  Dan.  v.  22. 
Humble  the  heart.  Joel  ii.  13.  Rend  the 
heart.  Acts  ii.  37.  They  were  pricked  in  their 
hearts.  Ch.  ix.  6. — xvi.  30.  Ps.  cix.  22. 
Heart  wounded. 

XXV.  A  broken  and  contrite  heart.     Ps. 
xxxiv.  18.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that 
are  of  a  broken  heart,  and  saveth  such  as  be 
of  a  contrite  spirit. 

Ii.  17.  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken 
spirit ;  a  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  0  God, 
thou  wilt  not  despise. 

cix.  16.  See  prayers  against  those  who 
would  slay  the  broken  in  heart.  Ver.  17,  &c. 

cxlvii.  3.  The  Lord  healeth  the  broken  in 
heart,  and  bindeth  up  their  wounds. 

Isa.  Ivii.  15.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  dwell 
with  him  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble 
spirit ;  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and 
to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

Ixi.  1.  The  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up 
the  broken-hearted.  Luke  iv.  18. 

Ixvi.  2.  To  this  man  will  I  look,  even  to 
him  that  is  poor,  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and 
trembleth  at  my  word. 

XXVI.  Shame  the  portion  of  sinners. 
Prov.  iii.  35.  Shame  shall  be  the  promotion  of 
fools. 

xiii.  5.  A  wicked  man  cometh  to  shame, 
xiv.  34.  Sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people. 
Dan.  xii.  2.  Some  (at  the  last  day)  shall 
awake  to  shame,  &c. 

XXVII.  Shame  enjoined  as  a  mark  of  true 
penitents.      Jer.   xxii.  22.    Thou    shalt    be 
ashamed  and  confounded,  for  all  thy  wicked- 
ness. 

Ezek.  xliii.  10.  Show  the  house  of  Israel, 
that  they  may  be  ashamed  of  their  iniquities. 
Ver.  11.  Hos.  iv.  19. 

Rom.  vi.  21.  What  fruit  had  ye  in  these 
things  whereof  ye  are  now  ashamed  ]  Jer. 
xxxi.  19. — iii.  25. 

XXVIII.  Avoiding  sin  is  avoiding  shame. 
Ps.  cxix.  6.   Then  shall   I  not  be   ashamed 
when  I  have  respect  unto  all  thy  command- 
ments.    See  Rev.  iii.  18. — xvi.  15.  Compare 
Gen.  iii.  7,  8. 

Job  xi.  14,  15.  If  iniquity  be  in  thy  hand, 
put  it  far  away  ;  and  let  not  wickedness  dwell 
in  thy  tabernacles.  For  then  thou  shalt  lift 
up  thy  face  without  spot,  &c. 

XXIX.  Reproofs  for  not  being  ashamed 


CHAP.  XVIII. 


OF   REPENTANCE. 


311 


of  sin.  Jer.  vi.  15.  When  they  had  commit- 
»  ted  abomination  they  were  not  ashamed, 
neither  could  they  blush.  Ch.  viii.  12. 

Zeph.  iii.  5.  The  unjust  knoweth  no  shame. 

Phil.  iii.  19.  The  wicked  glory  in  their 
shame. 

Jude  13.  Foaming  out  their  own  shame. 

XXX.  Abhorring  and  loathing  one's  self 
for  sin.     Job  xlii.  6.  Job  said,  I  abhor  myself, 
and  repent  in  dust  and  ashes. 

Ezek.  vi.  9.  They  shall  loathe  themselves 
for  the  evils  which  they  have  committed,  in  all 
their  abominations.  Ch.  xx.  43. — xxxvi.  31. 

XXXI.  Confession  and  acknowledgment 
of  sin  required  of  penitents. 

XXXII.  Promises  to   confessing  and  ac- 
knowledging sin.     Lev.  xxvi.  40 — 42.  If  they 
shall  confess  their  iniquity,  and  the  iniquity  of 
their  fathers  ;  if  their  uncircumcised  hearts  be 
humbled ;  then  will  I  remember  my  covenant. 
1  Kings  viii.  33.  35. 

i  Ps.  xxxii.  5.  I  said,  I  will  confess  my  trans- 
gressions ;  thou  forgavest  the  iniquity  of  my 
sin. 

Prov.  xxviii.  13.  He  that  covereth  his  sins 

f      shall  not  prosper ;  but  whoso  confesseth  and 

forsaketh  them,  shall  have  mercy.  Job  xxxi.  33. 

1  John  i.  9.  If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is 

.     faithful  and  just  to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to 

cleanse  us  from  all  unrighteousness. 

XXXIII.  Exhortations  to  confession.  Josh, 
vii.  19.  Give  glory  to  God,  and  make  confes- 
sion. 

Jer.  iii.  13.   Acknowledge   thine  iniquity, 
7     that  thou  hast  transgressed  against  the  Lord 
thy  God.     Ezra  x.  11.     Hos.v.  15. 

Rom.  xiv.  11.  Every  knee  shall  bow,  and 
every  tongue  shall  confess  to  God. 

XXXIV.  Instances.      Matt.  iii.  6.    They 
were  baptized,  confessing  their  sins. 

Acts  xix.  18.  Many  that  believed,  confessed 
and  shewed  their  deeds. 

XXXV.  Confessions  made  in  Scripture 
expressions.     Ezra  ix.  6.  O   my   God,  I  am 
ashamed,  and  blush  to  lift  up  my  face  to  thee, 

_/  my  God  ;  for  our  iniquities  are  increased  over 
our  heads,  and  our  trespass  is  grown  up  unto 
the  heavens.  Ver.  7.  13.  15.  Ps.  xxxviii.  4. 
— xl.  12.  Jer.  xiv.  20. 

Neh.  i.  6,  7.  Both  I  and  my  father's  house 
have  sinned.  (Ps.  cvi..6.)  We  have  dealt 
very  corruptly  against  thee. 

ix.  16.  They  dealt  proudly  and  hardened 
their  necks,  and  hearkened  not  to  thy  com- 
mandments. 

Ver.  26.  They  were  disobedient  and  rebelled 
against  thee,  and  cast  thy  law  behind  their 
backs. 


Ver.  35.  They  have  not  served  thee  in  thy 
great  goodness,  neither  turned  they  from  their 
wicked  works. 

Job  xiii.  23.  How  many  are  my  iniquities 
and  my  sins :  make  me  to  know  my  transgres- 
sion and  my  sin. 

xiv.  4.  Who  can  bring  a  clean  thing  out  of 
an  unclean  ? 

xv.  14.  What  is  man  that  he  should  be 
clean  1  and  he  that  is  born  of  a  woman,  that 
he  should  be  righteous]  1  Kings  viii.  46. 

Ver.  15.  Behold  he  putteth  no  trust  in  his 
saints,  and  the  heavens  are  not  clean  in  his 
sight. 

xl.  4.  Behold  I  am  vile,  what  shall  I  answer 
thee  1  I  will  lay  my  hand  upon  my  mouth. 

Ps.  xxxviii.  18.  I  will  declare  mine  iniquity ; 
I  will  be  sorry  for  my  sin.  Ps.  xxxii.  5. 

li.  3.  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions ;  my 
sin  is  ever  before  me. 

Ver.  5.  Behold  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity, 
and  in  sin  did  my  mother  conceive  me. 

Ixix.  5.  O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolish- 
ness, and  my  sins  are  not  hid  from  thee.  Ps. 
cxxx.  3.  If  thou,  Lord,shouldst  mark  iniquities, 
0  Lord,  who  shall  stand  ] 

Prov.  xx.  9.  Who  can  say,  I  have  made  my 
heart  clean,  I  am  pure  from  my  sin  1  1  John 
i.  8.  If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  our- 
selves, and  the  truth  is  not  in  us. 

Eccl.  vii.  20.  There  is  not  a  just  man  upon 
earth,  that  doeth  good  and  sinneth  not. 

Isa.  lix.  12.  Our  transgressions  are  multi- 
plied before  thee,  and  our  sins  testify  against  us. 

Ixiv.  6.  We  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing, 
and  all  our  righteousnesses  are  as  filthy  rags ; 
and  we  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf,  and  our  iniquities 
like  the  wind  have  taken  us  away. 

Jer.  xiv.  7.  Our  backslidings  are  many ;  we        _J 
have  sinned  against  thee.     Ver.  20.     Luke 
xv.  21. 

Dan.  ix.  5.  We  have  sinned,  and  have  com- 
mitted iniquity,  and  have  done  wickedly  and 
have  rebelled  ;  even  by  departing  from  thy  -7 
precepts,  and  from  thy  judgments. — Ver.  8. 
O  Lord,  to  us  belongeth  confusion  of  face,  to 
our  kings,  to  our  princes,  and  to  our  fathers ; 
because  we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

Rom.  vii.  18.  In  my  flesh  dwelleth  no  good 
thing. — Ver.  21.  I  find  a  law,  that  when  I 
would  do  good,  evil  is  present  with  me. — Ver. 
23.  I  see  a  law  in  my  members,  warring 
against  the  law  of  my  mind,  and  bringing  me 
into  captivity  to  the  law  of  sin,  which  is  in  my 
members. 

XXXVI.  Amendment.  Deut.  x.  16.  Cir- 
cumcise the  foreskin  of  your  heart,  and  be  no 
more  stiff-necked.  Jer.  iv.  4. 

Job  xxxiv.  32.  If  I  have  done  iniquity,  I 
will  do  no  more. 


312 


FRUITFULNESS — DE  A  TH. 


CHAP.  XIX. 


Isa.  i.  16,  17.  Cease  to  do  evil,  learn  to  do  | 
well. 

Jer.  vii.  3.  Amend  your  ways   and  your 
doings.     Ver.  5.     Ch.  xxvi.  13. — xxxv.  15. 

Matt.  iii.  8.  Bring  forth  fruits  meet  for  re- 
pentance.    Luke  iii.  8. 

John  v.  14.  Sin  no  more.    Ch.  viii.  11.    Ps. 
iv.  4.  Stand  in  awe,  and  sin  not. 

Rom.  vi.  1.  Shall  we  continue  in  sin,  &c. 
God  forbid. 

Eph.  v.  14.  Awake,  thou  that  sleepest,  arise 
from  the  dead.     See  Dead  ivorks. 

James  iv.  8.  Cleanse  your  hands,  purify 
your  hearts. 


FRUITFULNESS. 

XXXVIT.  Fruitfulness  in  religion.  Ps.i. 
3.  He  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers 
of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his  fruit  in  his 
season. 

xcii.  14.  They  shall  bring  forth  fruit  in  old 
age ;  they  shall  be  fat  and  flourishing.  See 
ver.  12,  13.  Ps.  Ixxxiv.  7. 

Prov.  iv.  18.  The  path  of  the  just  is  as  the 
shining  light,  that  shineth,  &c. 

Isa.  v.  4.  What  could  have  been  done  more 
to  my  vineyard  that  I  have  not  done  in  it,  to 
make  it  fruitful  ] 

Jer.  xxxi.  12.  Their  soul  shall  be  as  a 
watered  garden.  Mai.  iv.  2. 

Hos.  xiv.  5.  I  will  be  as  the  dew  unto  Is- 
rael ;  he  shall  grow  as  the  lily,  and  cast  forth 
his  roots  as  Lebanon. — Ver.  8.  I  am  like  a 
green  fir-tree ;  from  me  is  thy  fruit  found. 

Matt.  vii.  16.  Ye  shall  know  them  by  their 
fruits.  Ver.  20.  Ch.  xii.  33. 


Ver.  17.  Every  good  tree  bringeth  forth 
good  fruit.  Ch.  xiii.  23.  Mark  xii.  2. 

John  xv.  2.  Every  branch  that  beareth  fruit 
he  purgeth,  that  it  may  bring  forth  more  fruit. 
Matt.  xiii.  12. 

Ver.  5.  I  am  the  vine,  ye  are  the  branches : 
he  that  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
bringeth  forth  much  fruit ;  for  without  me  ye 
can  do  nothing. 

Ver.  8.  Herein  is  my  Father  glorified,  that 
ye  bear  much  fruit;  so  shall  ye  be  my  disciples. 

Ver.  16.  I  have  chosen  you,  and  ordained 
you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit. 

Rom.  vi.  22.  Being  made  free  from  sin,  ye 
have  your  fruit  unto  holiness,  and  the  end 
everlasting  life.  Ch.  vii.  4. 

Eph.  iv.  15.  Grow  up  unto  Christ  in  all 
things. 

v.  9.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  in  all  good- 
ness, righteousness,  and  truth. 

Phil.  i.  11.  Being  filled  with  the  fruits  of 
righteousness,  which  are  by  Jesus  Christ,  to 
the  glory  and  praise  of  God. 

Col.  i.  10.  Walk  worthy  of  the  Lord  to  all 
pleasing,  being  fruitful  in  every  good  work. 
Ch.  ii.  6,  7. 

James  iii.  17.  The  wisdom  from  above  is 
full  of  good  fruits. 

1  Pet.  ii.  2.  Desire  the  sincere  milk  of  the 
word,  that  ye  may  grow  thereby. 

2  Pet.  i.  8.  If  these  things  be  in  you,  and 
abound,  they  make  you  that  ye  shall  neither 
be  barren  nor  unfruitful  in  the  knowledge  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

iii.  18.  Grow  in  grace,  and  in  the  know- 
ledge of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

Jude  20.  Building  yourselves  up  in  your 
most  holy  faith. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


OF  DEATH  AND  THE  RESURRECTION. 


I.  THE  shortness  of  human  life.  Gen. 
xlvii.  9.  Jacob  said,  Few  and  evil  have  the 
days  of  the  years  of  my  life  been.  Job  xiv.  1. 
Man  that  is  born  of  a  woman,  is  of  few  days. 

1  Sam.  xx.  3.  There  is  but  a  step  between 
me  and  death. 

1  Chron.  xxix.  15.  Our  days  on  earth  are 
as  a  shadow,  and  there  is  none  abiding.  Job 
viii.  9.  Ps.  cii.  1 1.— cxliv.  4.  Zech.  i.  5. 

Job  vii.  6.  Our  days  are  swifter  than  a 
weaver's  shuttle. 

ix.  25, 26.  Our  days  are  swifter  than  a  post, 
they  fly  away.  They  are  passed  away  as  the 


swift  ships,  and  as  the  eagle  that  hasteth  to 
the  prey. 

xvi.  22.  When  a  few  years  are  come,  then 
I  shall  go  the  way  whence  I  shall  not  return. 

xvii.  1.  My  breath  is  corrupt,  my  days  are 
extinct,  the  graves  are  ready  for  me. 

Ps.  xxxix.  4,  5.  Lord,  make  me  to  know 
my  end,  and  the  measure  of  my  days,  what  it 
is,  that  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am.  Behold, 
thou  hast  made  my  days  as  a  handbreadth, 
and  mine  age  is  as  nothing  before  thee :  verily 
every  man  at  his  best  estate  is  altogether 
sanity. — Ver.  13.  0  spare  me,  that  I  may 
* 


CHAP.  XIX. 


OF   DEATH. 


313 


recover  strength  before  I  go  hence  and  be  no 
more.  Ps.  xc.  3.  5,  6.  10.  12. 

ciii.  15,  16.  Man's  days  are  as  grass;  as  a 
flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth.  For  the 
wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is  gone  ;  and  the 
place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more.  Isa.  xl. 
6,  7,  8.  James  i.  10.  1  Pet.  i.  24. 

James  iv.  14.  Our  life  is  even  a  vapour, 
that  appeareth  for  a  little  time,  and  then 
vanisheth  away.  Heb.xiii.  14.  Here  we  have 
no  continuing  city.  1  Chron.xxix.  15.  There 
is  none  abiding. 

II.  Of  the  term  or  boundary  of  human 
life.     Job  vii.  1.    Is  there  not  an  appointed 
time  for  man  upon  earth  1     Are  not  his  days 
like  the  days  of  a  hireling  1 

xiv.  5.  Man's  days  are  determined ;  the 
number  of  his  months  are  with  thee,  thou 
hast  appointed  his  bounds  that  he  cannot  pass. 
— Ver.  14.  All  the  days  of  my  appointed 
time  will  I  wait,  till  my  change  come. 

Ps.  xc.  10.  The  days  of  our  years  are  three- 
score and  ten ;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength 
they  be  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength 
labour  and  sorrow ;  for  it  is  soon  cut  off  and 
we  fly  away. 

Eccl.  iii.  2.  A  time  to  be  born,  and  a  time  to  die. 

Matt.  vi.  27.  Which  of  you  can  add  one 
cubit  to  his  stature  ?  [or  age.] 

Acts  xvii.  26.  God  hath  made  of  one  blood 
all  nations  of  men  to  dwell  on  the  face  of  the 
earth ;  and  hath  determined  the  times,  before 
appointed,  and  the  bounds  of  their  habitation. 

III.  The  time  of  life  is  in  God's  hand. 
Job  v.  18.  The  Lord  maketh  sore,  and  bindeth 
up ;  he  woundeth,  and  his  hands  make  whole. 

1  Sarn.  ii.  6.  The  Lord  killeth,  and  he 
maketh  alive;  he  bringeth  down  to  the  grave, 
and  he  raiseth  up.  Deut.  xxxii.  39. 

Ps.  Ixviii.  20.  Unto  God  the  Lord  belong 
the  issues  from  death.  Ps.  ix.  13. — ciii.  4. 

Dan.  v.  23.  God,  in  whose  hand  thy  breath 
is,  and  whose  are  all  thy  ways. 

Acts  xvii.  28.  In  him  we  live,  and  move, 
and  have  our  being. 

Rev.  i.  18.  I  have  the  keys  of  hell  and  of 
death,  saith  Christ. 

IV.  Death  prevailing  over  all  mankind,  of 
every  character,   rank   and  station.     Josh, 
xxiii.  14.  Joshua  said,  I  am  going  the  way  of 
all  the  earth.     1  Kings  ii.  2. 

Job  iv.  1 9 — 21 .  Mortal  men  dwell  in  houses 
of  clay  ;  their  foundation  is  in  the  dust,  they 
are  crushed  before  the  moth.  They  are  de- 
stroyed from  morning  to  evening ;  they  perish 
for  ever,  without  any  regarding  it.  Doth  not 
their  excellency  that  is  in  them  go  away  ] 
they  die  without  wisdom. 

vii.  9,  10.  He  that  goeth  down  to  the  grave 
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shall  come  up  no  more.  He  shall  return  no 
more  to  his  house,  neither  shall  his  place  know 
him  any  more. 

ix.  22.  God  destroyeth  the  perfect  and  the 
wicked. 

xiv.  2.  Man  cometh  forth  like  a  flower,  and 
is  cut  down. — Ver.  10.  Man  dieth  and  wasteth 
away ;  yea,  man  giveth  up  the  ghost,  and 
where  is  he? — Ver.  12.  Man  lieth  down,  and 
riseth  not  till  the  heavens  be  no  more,  they 
shall  not  awake,  nor  be  raised  out  of  sleep. 

Ver.  1 9,  20.  Thou  destroyest  the  hope  of 
man.  Thou  prevailest  for  ever  against  him, 
and  he  passeth ;  thou  changest  his  countenance, 
and  sendest  him  away. 

xvii.  13,  14.  If  I  wait,  the  grave  is  my 
house.  (Ver.  1.)  I  have  said  to  corruption, 
Thou  art  my  father ;  and  to  the  worm,  Thou 
art  my  mother  and  sister. — Ver.  15.  And 
where  is  now  my  hope  ] 

xxi.  23 — 26.  One  dieth  in  his  full  strength, 
being  wholly  at  ease  and  quiet.  His  breasts 
are  full  of  milk,  and  his  bones  moistened  with 
marrow.  Another  dieth  in  the  bitterness  of 
his  soul,  and  never  eateth  with  pleasure.  They 
shall  lie  down  alike  in  the  dust,  and  the  worms 
shall  cover  them. 

xxiv.  24.  The  mighty  are  exalted  for  a  little 
while,  but  are  gone  and  brought  low ;  they  are 
taken  eutof  the  way  as  all  others,  and  cut  ofF 
as  the  tops  of  the  ears  of  corn.  Eccl.  viii.  8. 
Neither  shall  wickedness  deliver  those  that  are 
given  to  it. 

xxx.  23.  I  know  that  thou  wilt  bring  me  to 
death,  and  to  the  house  appointed  for  all  living. 
Eccl.  viii.  8.  There  is  no  discharge  in  that  war. 

xxxiv.  14.  If  he  set  his  heart  upon  man, 
and  if  he  gather  unto  him  his  spirit  and  his 
breath  ;  all  flesh  shall  perish  together,  and  man 
shall  turn  again  to  dust. 

Ps.  xlix.  6,  7.  9,  10.  They  that  trust  in 
their  wealth,  none  of  them  can  by  any  means 
redeem  his  brother,  nor  give  to  God  a  ransom 
for  him ;  that  he  should  live  for  ever,  and  not 
see  corruption.  Wise  men  die,  likewise  the 
fool  and  the  brutish  person  perish,  and  leave 
their  wealth  to  others.  Ver.  1 1  to  14. 

Ixxxii.  G,  7.  I  have  said,  Ye  are  gods,  and 
all  of  you  children  of  the  Most  High.  But 
ye  shall  die  like  men.  Ps.  cxlvi.  4. 

Ixxxix.  48.  What  man  is  he  thatliveth,  and 
shall  not  see  death  1  Shall  he  deliver  his  soul 
from  the  hand  of  the  grave  7 

xc.  3.  Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction. — 
Ver.  5,  6.  Thou  carriest  them  away  as  with 
a  flood :  they  are  as  a  sleep :  in  the  morn- 
ing they  are  like  grass  that  groweth  up.  In 
the  morning  it  flourisheth  and  groweth  up,  in 
the  evening  it  is  cut  down  and  withereth. 

Eccl.  i.  4.  One  generation  cometh,  and  an- 
other goeth, 

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OF  DEATH. 


CHAP.  XIX. 


ii.  1 6.  How  dieth  the  wise  man  1  as  the 
fool. 

viii.  8.  No  man  hath  power  over  the  spirit 
to  retain  the  spirit;  neither  hath  he  power  in 
the  day  of  death :  and  there  is  no  discharge  in 
that  war. 

xii.  5.  Man  goeth  to  his  long  home,  and  the 
mourners  go  about  the  streets. 

Ver.  7.  The  dust  shall  return  to  the  earth  as 
it  was,  and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto  God 
who  gave  it. 

V.  Preparative  duties  for  death.    Deut. 
xxxii.  29.  O  that  they  were  wise ;  that  they 
would  consider  their  latter  end. 

Ps.  xc.  12.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days, 
that  we  may  apply  our  hearts  to  wisdom.  Ps. 
xxxix.  4. 

John  ix.  4.  I  must  work  the  works  of  him 
that  sent  me,  while  it  is  day ;  the  night  cometh 
when  no  man  can  work. 

1  Pet.  i.  17.  Pass  the  time  of  your  sojourn- 
ing here  in  fear.  Matt.  x.  28. 

VI.  No  preparative  duties  are  to  be  per- 
formed after  death.  Isa.  xxxviii.  18,  19.  The 
grave  cannot  praise  thee ;  death  cannot  cele- 
brate thee :  they  that  go  down  to  the  pit  cannot 
hope  for  thy  truth.     The  living,  the  living,  he 
shall  praise  thee,  as  I  do  this  day.     See  Ps.  vi. 
5. — xxx.  9. — Ixxxviii.  10,  11,  12. — cxv.  17. 

VII.  The  death  of  the  righteous  happy. 
Ps.  xxxi.  5.  Into  thy  hand  I  commit  my  spi- 
rit, O  Lord.    Acts  vii.  59. 

xxxvii.  37.  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and  be- 
hold the  upright ;  for  the  end  of  that  man  is 
peace. 

cxvi.  15.  Precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
is  the  death  of  his  saints. 

Prov.  xiv.  32.  The  righteous  hath  hope  in 
his  death.  Numb,  xxiii.  10.  Let  me  die  the 
death  of  the  righteous,  and  let  my  last  end  be 
like  his. 

Eccl.  vii.  1.  The  day  of  his  death  is  better 
than  the  day  of  his  birth. 

Isa.  Ivii.  1,  2.  The  righteous  is  taken  away 
from  the  evil  to  come.  He  shall  enter  into 
peace.  2  Kings  xxii.  19,  20. 

Jobiii.  17,  18.  There  the  wicked  cease  from 
troubling,  and  there  the  weary  be  at  rest.  There 
the  prisoners  rest  together ;  they  hear  not  the 
voice  of  the  oppressor. 

Ps.  Ixxiii.  24.  Thou  wilt  guide  me  with  thy 
counsel,  and  afterward  receive  me  to  glory.  Ps. 
Ixxxiv.  11.  The  Lord  will  give  grace  and 
glory. 

Luke  xvi.  22.  Lazarus  died,  and  was  carried 
by  angels  into  Abraham's  bosom.  Ver.  25. 
Now  he  is  comforted. 

xxiii.  43.  Jesus  said,  This  day  shall  thoube 
with  me  in  paradise. 


1  Cor.  iii.  22,  23..  Whether  life  or  death,  all 
are  yours ;  and  ye  are  Christ's. 

2  Cor.  v.  6.  While  we  are  at  home  in  the 
body,  we  are  absent  from  the  Lord. — Ver.  8. 
We  are  willing  rather  to  be  absent  from  the 
body,  and  to  be  present  with  the  Lord. 

Phil.  i.  21.  For  me  to  live  is  Christ,  and  to 
die  is  gain. — Ver.  23.  I  have  a  desire  to  depart 
and  to  be  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better. 

1  Thess.  v.  10.  Christ  died  for  us,  that 
whether  we  wake  or  sleep,  we  should  live 
together  with  him.  Rom.  xiv.  8,  9. 

Heb.  xii.  23.  The  righteous  go  to  the  spirits 
of  just  men  made  perfect. 

Rev.  xiv.  13.  Blessed  are  the  dead  which 
die  in  the  Lord,  from  henceforth  :  yea,  saith 
the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their 
labours,  and  their  works  do  follow  them. 

VIII.  Death  of  the  wicked.    Job  xxvii.  20, 
21.  Terrors  take  hold   on  him  as  waters;  a 
tempest  stealeth  him  away  in  the  night     The 
east  wind  carrieth  him  away  and  he  departeth, 
and  as  a  storm  hurleth  him  out  of  his  place. — 
Ver.  22,  23.  For  God  shall  cast  upon  him, 
and  shall  not  spare.      Men  shall  clap  their 
hands  at  him,  and  shall  hiss  him  out  of  his 
place.    Jer.  xxiii.  19. 

xxxvi.  6.  God  preserveth  not  the  life  of  the 
wicked. 

Ps.  xxxvii.  34.  When  the  wicked  are  cut 
off  thou  shalt  see  it. — Ver.  38.  The  end  of 
wicked  men  shall  be  cut  off. 

Prov.  xi.  7.  When  a  wicked  man  dieth,  his 
expectation  perisheth. — Ver.  10.  When  the 
wicked  perish  there  is  shouting. 

xii.  7.  The  wicked  are  overthrown  and  are 
not  Ch.  x.  27. 

xiv.  32.  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his 
wickedness. 

Eccl.  viii.  10.  I  saw  the  wicked  buried ;  they 
were  forgotten. 

Isa.  xiv.  9.  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for 
thee,  to  meet  thee  at  thy  coming. 

xiv.  15.  Thou  shalt  be  brought  down  to 
hell,  to  the  sides  of  the  pit. 

Ezek.  xviii.  18.  He  shall  die  in  his  iniquity, 
Ch.  xxxiii.  8,  9. 

Luke  xvi.  23.  The  rich  man  died,  and  was 
buried ;  and  in  hell  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  being 
in  torment.  Ps.  ix.  17. 

IX.  The  dead  have  all  their  possessions 
behind  them.  Ps.  xlix.  10.     They  leave  their 
wealth  to  others.    Job  i.  21.     Eccl.  ii.  18. 

Ver.  14.  Their  beauty  shall  consume  in, 
the  grave. — Ver.  17.  When  he  dieth  he 
shall  carry  nothing  away,  his  glory  shall  not 
descend  after  him. 

Eccl.  v.  15,  16.  As  he  came,  naked  shall  he 
return,  and  shall  take  nothing  of  his  labour, 
which  he  may  carry  away  in  his  hand.  In  all 


CHAP.  XIX. 


OF   THE   RESURRECTION. 


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points  as  he  came,  so  shall  he  go.  Ch.  ii.  19. 
Who  knoweth  whether  he  shall  be  a  wise  man 
or  a  fool  that  shall  be  after  him  1 

ix.  5,  6.  The  memory  of  them  is  forgotten. 
Also,  their  love,  and  their  hatred,  and  their 
envy,  is  now  perished ;  neither  have  they  any 
more  a  portion  for  ever  in  any  thing  that  is 
done  under  the  sun. 

Job  xiv.  21.  His  sons  come  to  honour,  and 
he  knoweth  it  not ;  they  are  brought  low,  but 
he  perceiveth  it  not. 

1  Tim.  vi.  7.  We  brought  nothing  into  this 
world,  and  it  is  certain  we  can  carry  nothing 
out. 


OF    THE    RESURRECTION    FROM 
THE  DEAD. 

X.  That  there  shall  be  a  resurrection  of 
the  dead.  (See  Christ  shall  raise  the  dead.) 
Job  xix.  25 — 27.  I  know  that  my  Redeemer 
liveth,  and  that  he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day 
upon  the  earth.  And  though  after  my  skin 
worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall 

1  see  God  :  whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and 
mine  eyes   shall   behold,   and    not  another; 
though  my  reins  be  consumed  within  me.  Ps. 
xlix.  15. 

Ps.  xvi.  9.  My  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope.  Ver. 
10.  Ps.  Ixviii.  20.  Acts  ii.  26,  27,  28.  31. 

Dan.  xii.  2.  Many  of  them  that  sleep  in  the 
dust  of  the  earth  shall  awake ;  some  to  ever- 
lasting life,  and  some  to  everlasting  shame  and 
contempt.  Ps.  xvii.  15. 

Matt.  xxii.  30.  In  the  resurrection  they  nei- 
ther marry  nor  are  given  in  marriage  ;  but  are 
as  the  angels  in  heaven. — Ver.  31,  32.  As 
touching  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  have  ye 
not  read  that  which  was  spoken  unto  you  ty 
God,  saying,  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  and 
the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob  ?  God 
is  not  the  God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living. 
Luke  xx.  35,  36. 

Luke  xiv.  14.  Thou  shall  be  recompensed 
at  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

Acts  iv.  2.  The  apostles  taught  the  people, 
and  preached  through  Jesus  the  resurrection 
from  the  dead.  Heb.  vi.  1,  2. 

xxiii.  6.  Paul  said.  Of  the  hope  and  resur- 
rection of  the  dead  I  am  called  in  question. 
Ch.  xxiv.  21. 

xxiv.  15.  Paul  said,  I  have  hope  toward 
God,  that  there  shall  be  a  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  both  of  the  just  and  unjust. 

xxvi.  8.  Why  should  it  be  thought  a  thing 
incredible  with  you,  that  God  should  raise  the 
dead] 

Rom.  iv.  17.    God   quickeneth    the  dead. 

2  Cor.  i.  9.  God  raiseth  the  dead. 

viii.  1 1.  If  the  Spirit  of  him  that  raised  up 
Jesus  from  the  dead  dwell  in  you,  he  that 


raised  up  Christ  from  the  dead  shall  also 
quicken  your  mortal  bodies  by  his  Spirit  that 
dwelleth  in  you. 

Ver.  19.  The  earnest  expectation  of  the 
creature  waiteth  for  the  manifestation  of  the 
sons  of  God. — Ver.  21.  Because  the  creature 
shall  be  delivered  from  the  bondage  of  corrup- 
tion, into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  children 
of  God. — Ver.  23.  We  ourselves,  who  have 
the  first  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  groan  within  our- 
selves, waiting  for  the  adoption,  to  wit,  the 
redemption  of  our  body. 

1  Cor.  vi.  14.  God  both  raised  up  the  Lord 
Jesus,  and  will  also  raise  up  us,  by  his  own 
power. 

xv.  12 — 14.  How  say  some  of  you,  that 
there  is  no  resurrection  of  the  dead  1  (2  Tim. 
ii.  17,  18.)  If  there  be  no  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  then  is  Christ  not  risen :  And  if  Christ 
be  not  risen,  then  is  our  preaching  vain,  and 
your  faith  is  also  vain. — Ver.  20.  But  now  is 
Christ  risen  from  the  dead,  and  become  the 
first  fruits  of  them  that  slept. 

Ver.  21 — 23.  Since  by  man  came  death,  by 
man  came  also  the  resurrection  of  the  dead. 
For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall 
all  be  made  alive.  But  every  man  in  his 
order:  Christ  the  first  fruits,  and  afterward 
they  that  are  Christ's,  at  his  coming.  Col 
i.  18. 

Ver.  35.  Some  man  will  say,  How  are  the 
dead  raised!  and  with  what  bodies  do  they 
come1? — Ver.  38.  God  giveth  a  body  as  it 
pleaseth  him. — Ver.  42.  So  also  is  the  resur- 
rection of  the  dead  :  it  is  sown  in  corruption, 
it  is  raised  in  incorruption. — Ver.  43.  It  is 
sown  in  dishonour,  it  is  raised  in  glory  :  it  is 
sown  in  weakness,  it  is  raised  in  power. — Ver. 
44.  It  is  sown  a  natural  body,  it  is  raised  a 
spiritual  body. 

Ver.  52—54.  The  dead  shall  be  raised  in- 
corruptible. For  this  corruptible  must  put  on 
incorruption,  and  this  mortal  must  put  on  im- 
mortality. Then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the 
saying  that  is  written,  Death  is  swallowed  up 
in  victory.  Isa.  xxv.  7,  8. — xxvi.  19.  Hos. 
xiii.  14. 

2  Cor.  iv.  14.  He  that  raised  up  the  Lord 
Jesus,  shall   raise  up  us  also  by  Jesus,  and 
shall  present  us  with  you. 

v.  1 — 3.  We  know  that  if  our  earthly  house 
of  this  tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we  have  a 
building  of  God,  a  house  not  made  with  hands, 
eternal  in  the  heavens.  For'in  this  we  groan, 
earnestly  desiring  to  be  clothed  upon  with  our 
house  which  is  from  heaven.  If  so  be  that 
being  clothed,  we  shall  not  be  found  naked. — 
Ver.  4.  For  we  that  are  in  this  tabernacle  do 
groan,  being  burdened  ;  not  for  that  we  would 
be  unclothed,  but  clothed  upon,  that  mortality 
might  be  swallowed  up  of  life. 


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OF   A   FUTURE   JUDGMENT. 


CHAP.  XX. 


Eph.  iv.  30.  By  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God  ye  ! 
are  sealed  unto  the  day  of  redemption. 

1  Thess.  iv.  14.  If  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again  ;  even  so  them  that  sleep 
in  Jesus,  will  God  bring  with  him. 

Ver.  15 — 17.  For  this  we  say  unto  you,  by 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  That  we  which  are  alive 
and  remain  unto  the  coming  of  the  Lord,  shall 
not  prevent  them  which  are  asleep.  For  the 
Lord  himself  shall  descend  from  heaven  with 
a  shout,  with  the  voice  of  the  archangel,  and 
with  the  trump  of  God ;  and  the  dead  in 
Christ  shall  rise  first.  Then  we  which  are 
alive  and  remain,  shall  be  caught  up  together 
with  them  in  the  clouds  to  meet  the  Lord 


in  the  air  :  so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the 
Lord. 

Heb.  xi.  19.  Abraham  accounted  that  God 
was  able  to  raise  Isaac  from  the  dead. 

Ver.  35.  Others  were  tortured,  not  accepting 
deliverance,  that  they  might  obtain  a  bettei 
resurrection. 

Rev.  xx.  6.  Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  hath 
part  in  the  first  resurrection  :  on  such  the  se- 
cond death  hath  no  power ;  but  they  shall  be 
priests  of  God  and  of  Christ,  and  shall  reign 
with  him  a  thousand  years. 

Ver.  13.  The  sea  gave  up  the  dead  which 
were  in  it.  Isa.  xxvi.  19.  See  Christ  shall 
change  the  bodies  of  mankind. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

OF  A  FUTURE  JUDGMENT,  AND  THE  STATE  OF  THE  RIGHTEOUS  AND 

THE  WICKED. 


I.  OF  a  future  judgment,  and  its  conse- 
quences.    Acts  xxiv.  25.  As  Paul  reasoned  of 
righteousness,  temperance,  and  judgment  to 
come,  Felix  trembled. 

Heb.  vi.  1,  2.  Let  us  go  on  unto  perfection. 
Not  laying  again  the  foundation  of  the  resur- 
rection of  the  dead  and  of  eternal  judgment. 

ix.  27.  It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to 
die,  but  after  this  the  judgment. 

II.  God  is  judge.     (See  Christ  shall  judge 
the  world.}      Ps.  1.  6.    God  is  judge.— The 
judge  of  all  the  earth.     Gen.  xviii.  25. 

xcvi.  13.  He  cometh  to  judge  the  earth. 
He  shall  judge  the  world  with  righteousness, 
and  the  people  with  his  truth.  Ver.  10.  Ps. 
Iviii.  11. — xcviii.  9. 

Acts  xvii.  31.  He  hath  appointed  a  day 
wherein  he  will  judge  the  world  in  righteous- 
ness. 

Rom.  ii.  2.  The  judgment  of  God  is  accord- 
ing to  truth.  Ch.  iii.  5. 

Ver.  12.  As  many  as  have  sinned  in  the 
law,  shall  be  judged  by  the  law. 

Ver.  16.  In  the  day  when  God  shall  judge 
the  secrets  of  men  by  Jesus  Christ 

1  Cor.  iv.  4.  He  that  judgeth  me  is  the 
Lord. 

Rev.  xx.  1 1,  12.  I  saw  a  great  white  throne, 
and  him  that  sat  on  it,  from  whose  face  the 
earth  and  the  heaven  fled  away  ;  and  there 
was  found  no  place  for  them.  And  I  saw  the 
dead,  small  and  great,  stand  before  God  ;  and 
the  books  were  opened ;  and  another  book  was 
opened,  which  is  the  Book  of  Life :  and  the 


dead  were  judged  out  of  those  things  which 
were  written  in  the  books,  according  to  their 
works. 

III.  The  persons  and  things  that  shall  be 
judged.      Eccl.  iii.  1 7.   God  shall  judge  the 
righteous  and  the  wicked. 

xi.  9.  Rejoice,  O  young  man,  in  thy  youth, 
and  let  thy  heart  cheer  thee  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  and  walk  in  the  ways  of  thy  heart,  and 
in  the  sight  of  thine  eyes  :  but  know,  that  for 
all  these  things  God  will  bring  thee  into  judg- 
ment. 

xii.  14.  God  will  bring  every  work  into 
judgment,  with  every  secret  thing,  whether  it 
be  good  or  whether  it  be  evil.  Rom.  ii.  16. 
God  shall  judge  the  secrets  of  men. 

Matt.  xii.  36.  Every  idle  word  that  men 
shall  speak,  they  shall  give  account  thereof  in 
the  day  of  judgment.  Ver.  37. 

Rom.  xiv.  12.  Everyone  shall  give  account 
of  himself  to  God. 

1  Cor.  iii.  13.  Every  man's  work  shall  be 
made  manifest. 

Heb.  xiii.  17.  Ministers  watch  for  your 
souls,  as  they  that  must  give  account. 

1  Pet.  iv.  4,  5.  They  that  run  to  excess  of 
riot,  shall  give  account  to  him  that  is  ready  to 
judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

Ver.  17.  Judgment  must  begin  at  the  house 
of  God. 

IV.  When  the  day  of  judgment  shall  be. 
Mark  xiii.  24 — 26.  The  sun  shall  be  darken- 
ed, and  the  moon  shall  not  give  her  light;  and 
the  stars  of  heaven  shall  fall,  and  the  powers 


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that  are  in  heaven  shall  be  shaken.  And  then 
shall  they  see  the  Son  of  Man,  coming  in  the 
clouds  with  great  power  and  glory. — Ver.  32. 
But  of  that  day  and  hour  knoweth  no  man  ; 
no,  not  the  angels  which  are  in  heaven,  neither 
the  Son,  but  the  Father.  Matt.  xxiv.  29  to  44. 

1  Thess.  v.  2.    The  day  of  the  Lord    so 
cometh  as  a  thief  in  the  night.     2  Pet.  iii.  10. 

2  Thess.  ii.  3.    That  day  shall  not  come, 
except  there  come  a  falling  away  first,  and  that 
man  of  sin  be  revealed,  the  son  of  perdition. — 
Ver.  8.  Whom  the  Lord  shall  consume,  &c. 

V.  Uses  to  be  made  of  the  doctrine  of  a 
future  judgment,  and  its  consequences ;  for 
encouraging  steadfastness  and  perseverance  in 
sundry  graces  and  duties  of  the  Christian 
life.  Luke  xxi.  34,  35.  Take  heed  to  your- 
selves, lest  at  any  time  your  hearts  be  over- 
charged with  surfeiting  and  drunkenness,  and 
the  cares  of  this  life ;  and  so  that  day  come 
upon  you  unawares.  (Compare  1  Pet.  iv.  4, 
5.)  For  as  a  snare  shall  it  come  on  all  them 
that  dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth. — Ver.  36. 
Watch  ye,  therefore,  and  pray  always ;  that 
ye  may  be  accounted  worthy  to  escape  all  these 
things  that  shall  come  to  pass,  and  to  stand 
before  the  Son  of  man.  See  Matt.  xxiv.  42. 
44  to  51.  Mark  xiii.  33  to  37. 

1  Cor.  i.  7,  8.  Waiting  for  the  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  shall  confirm  you 
unto  the  end,  that  ye  may  be  blameless  in  the 
day  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

iv.  4,  5.  He  that  judgeth  me  is  the  Lord. 
(See  Christ  shall  judge.}  Therefore  judge 
nothing  before  the  time,  till  the  Lord  come. 
See  Matt.  vii.  1,  2.  Rom.  xiv.  3.  10.  13.  Col. 
ii.  16.  James  iv.  11. 

Acts  xvii.  30,  31.  The  times  of  ignorance 
God  winked  at,  but  now  commandeth  all  men 
every  where  to  repent.  Because  he  hath  ap- 
pointed a  day  wherein  he  will  judge  the  world 
in  righteousness,  by  Jesus  Christ. 

Col.  iii.  4,  5.  When  Christ,  who  is  our  life, 
shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  appear  with  him  in 
glory.  Mortify  therefore  your  members  which 
are  upon  the  earth  ;  fornication,  uncleanness, 
inordinate  affection,  evil  concupiscence,  and 
covetousness,  which  is  idolatry. — Ver.  8.  Also 
put  off  anger,  wrath,  malice,  blasphemy,  filthy 
communication  out  of  your  mouth. — Ver.  9. 
Lie  not. — Ver.  24.  Knowing  that  of  the  Lord 
ye  shall  receive  the  reward  of  the  inheritance. 

1  Thess.  ii.  19.  We  who  are  ministers,  what 
is  our  hope  or  joy,  or  crown  of  rejoicing  1  are 
not  even  ye  in  the  presence  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  at  his  coming  ? 

iii.  12,  13.  The  Lord  make  you  to  increase 
and  abound  in  love  one  toward  another,  and 
toward  all  men.  To  the  end  he  may  es- 
tablish your  hearts  unblameable  in  holiness, 


before  God,  even  our  Father,  at  the  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his  saints. 

iv.  17.  We  shall  be  caught  up  in  the  clouds 
to  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air :  so  shall  we  be 
ever  with  the  Lord. — Ver.  18.  Wherefore 
comfort  one  another  with  these  words. 

v.  2.  The  day  of  the  Lord  cometh  as  a  thief 
in  the  night.  2  Pet.  iii.  10. 

Ver.  4.  But  ye,  brethren,  are  not  in  darkness, 
that  that  day  should  overtake  you  as  a  thief. — 
Ver.  6.  Therefore  let  us  not  sleep  as  do  others, 
but  let  us  watch  and  be  sober. 

Ver.  8.  Putting  on  the  breast-plate  of  faith 
and  love ;  and  for  a  helmet  the  hope  of  sal- 
vation. 

2  Thess.  ii.  1,  2.  We  beseech  you,  brethren, 
by  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
by  our  gathering  together  unto  him,  that  ye 
be  not  soon  shaken  in  mind. 

1  Tim.  vi.  14.  Keep  this  commandment  with- 
out spot,  unrebukable,  until  the  appearing  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  See  Obedience  to 
Christ. 

Tit.  ii.  12,  13.  Denying  ungodliness  and 
worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly,  right- 
eously, and  godly,  in  this  present  world  :  Look- 
ing for  that  blessed  hope,  and  the  glorious 
appearing  of  the  great  God  and  our  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ. 

James  v.  7.  Be  patient,  brethren,  unto  the 
coming  of  the  Lord. — Ver.  8.  Establish  your 
hearts,  for  the  coming  of  the  Lord  draweth  nigh. 

1  Pet.  i.  7.  That  the  trial  of  your  faith,  being 
much  more  precious  than  that  of  gold  that  pe- 
risheth,  though  it  be  tried  by  fire,  might  be 
found  unto  praise,  and  honour,  and  glory,  at 
the  appearing  of  Jesus  Christ. — Ver.  9.    Ye 
receiving  the  end  of  your  faith,  the  salvation 
of  your  souls. 

Ver.  13 — 15.  Gird  up  the  loins  of  your 
mind,  be  sober  and  hope  to  the  end,  for  the 
grace  that  shall  be  brought  to  you  at  the  reve- 
lation of  Jesus  Christ ;  As  obedient  children, 
not  fashioning  yourselves  according  to  the  for- 
mer lusts  in  your  ignorance :  but  as  he  which 
hath  called  you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy  in  all 
manner  of  conversation. 

iv.  7.  The  end  of  all  things  is  at  hand  ;  be 
ye  therefore  sober,  and  watch  unto  prayer. 

Ver.  13.  Rejoice,  in  as  much  as  ye  are  par- 
takers of  Christ's  sufferings;  that  when  his 
glory  shall  be  revealed,  ye  may  be  glad  also 
with  exceeding  joy. 

2  Pet.  iii.  11,  12.  Seeing  then  that  all  these 
things  shall  be  dissolved,  what  manner  of  per- 
sons ought  ye  to  be,  in  all  holy  conversation 
and  godliness  1     Looking  for,  and  hasting  to 
the  coming  of  the  day  of   God,  wherein  the 
heavens  being  on  fire,  shall  be  dissolved,  and 
the  elements  shall  melt  with  fervent  heat.  Ver. 
13,  14. 


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1  John  ii.  28.  Little  children,  abide  in  Christ, 
that  when  he  shall  appear  ye  may  have  confi- 
dence, and  not  be  ashamed  at  his  coming. 

iv.  17.  Herein  is  our  love  made  perfect, 
that  we  may  have  boldness  in  the  day  of  judg- 
ment. 

Rev.  xiv.  7.  Fear  God,  and  give  glory  to 
him  ;  for  the  hour  of  his  judgment  is  come  ; 
and  worship  him  that  made  heaven  and  earth, 
and  the  fountains  of  waters. 

VI.  The  dissolution  of  the  heavens  and  the 
earth.  Ps.  cii.  25.  The  heavens  are  the  work 
of  thy  hands.— Ver.  26.  They  shall  perish, 
but  thou  shalt  endure ;  yea,  all  of  them  shall 
wax  old  like  a  garment,  and  as  a  vesture  shalt 
thou  [Christ]  change  them,  and  they  shall  be 
changed.  See  Heb.  i.  10,  11,  12. 

2  Pet.  iii.  7.    The  heavens  and  the  earth, 
which  are  now,  are  kept  in  store,  reserved  unto 
fire  against  the  day  of  judgment,  and  perdition 
of  ungodly  men. — Ver.  10.  The  heavens  shall 
pass  away  with  a  great  noise,  and  the  elements 
shall  melt  with  fervent  heat;   the  earth  also 
and  the  works  that  are  therein  shall  be  burnt 
up.     Ver.  12. 

Ver.  13.  Nevertheless  we,  according  to  his 
promise,  look  for  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth, 
wherein  dwelleth  righteousness.  See  Rev.  vi. 
14.  Isa.  xxxiv.  4.— li.  6.— Ixv,  17.— Ixvi.  22. 


HAPPINESS  OF  THE  RIGHTEOUS. 

VII.  The  happiness  of  the  righteous  in 
heaven,  inconceivably  great.    1  Cor.  ii.  9.  Eye 
hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have  en- 
tered into  the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which 
God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him. 
Isa.  Ixiv.  4. 

1  John  iii.  2.  Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons 
of  God  ;  and  it  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we 
shall  be :  but  we  know  that  when  he  shall  ap- 
pear we  shall  be  like  him ;  for  we  shall  see  him 
as  he  is.  Rom.  viii.  29.  Phil.  iii.  21. 

VIII.  Christians  are  heirs.  Rom.  viii.  17. 
If  children,  then  heirs;   heirs  of  God,  and 
joint  heirs  with  Christ.     Ch.  iv.  14.  16. 

Gal.  iii.  29.  Heirs  according  to  the  promise. 
Eph.  iii.  6. 

Tit.  iii.  7.  Heirs  according  to  the  hope  of 
eternal  life. 

Heb.  i.  1 4.  Heirs  of  salvation. 

vi.  17.  Heirs  of  promise. 

xi.  7.  9.  Heirs  of  righteousness  by  faith. 

James  ii.  5.  Heirs  of  the  kingdom  which 
God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him. 

1  Pet.  iii.  7.  Heirs  of  the  grace  of  life. 

Christians  have  an  inheritance,  a  kingdom, 
4-c.  Matt.  xix.  21.29.  Thou  shalt  have  trea- 
sure in  heaven — Shall  inherit  everlasting  life. 


xxv.  34.  Christ  will  say,  Come,  ye  blessed 
of  my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared 
for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world. 
Luke  xii.  32. 

Luke  xxii.  29,  30.  I  appoint  unto  you  a 
kingdom,  even  as  my  Father  hath  appointed 
unto  me ;  that  ye  may  eat  and  drink  at  my 
table,  in  my  kingdom. 

Acts  xiv.  22.  We  must  through  much  tri- 
bulation enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

xx.  32.  To  an  inheritance  among  them  that 
are  sanctified,  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ.  Chap, 
xxvi.  18. 

Rom.  v.  17.  They  which  receive  abundance 
of  grace,  and  of  the  gift  of  righteousness,  shall 
reign  in  life  by  Jesus  Christ.  2  Tim.  ii.  12.  If 
we  suffer  with  Christ  we  shall  also  reign  with 
him.  Matt.  xix.  28. 

Gal.  iii.  18.  An  inheritance,  not  of  law  but 
of  promise.  Rom.  iv.  14. 

Eph.  i.  11.  In  Christ  we  have  obtained  an 
inheritance. 

Ver.  14.  The  Spirit  of  promise  is  the  earn- 
est of  our  inheritance. 

Ver.  18.  The  glory  of  God's  inheritance  in 
the  saints. 

Col.i.  12.  The  Father  hath  made  us  meet 
to  be  partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints 
in  light. 

iii.  24.  Of  the  Lord  ye  shall  receive  the 
reward  of  the  inheritance ;  for  ye  serve  the 
Lord  Christ. 

1  Thess.  ii.  12.  God  hath  called  us  to  his 
kingdom  and  glory. 

2  Thess.  i.  5.   That  ye  may  be  accounted 
worthy  of  the  kingdom,  for  which  ye  also 
suffer. 

2  Tim.  iv.  18.  The  Lord  shall  preserve  me 
to  his  heavenly  kingdom. 

Heb.  ix.  15.  Christ  the  mediator,  &c.  that 
they  might  receive  the  promise  of  eternal  in- 
heritance. 

x.  34.  An  enduring  substance.  Ch.  xii.  28. 
A  kingdom  that  cannot  be  moved. 

1  Pet.  i.  3,  4.  God  hath  begotten  us  to  a 
lively  hope ;  to  an  inheritance  incorruptible, 
undefiled,  and  that  fadeth  not  away,  reserved 
in  heaven. 

2  Pet.  i.  11.  An  entrance  shall  be  ministered 
unto   you   abundantly,  into   the    everlasting 
kingdom    of   our  Lord    and   Saviour  Jesus 
Christ. 

Rev.  i.  6.  Jesus  Christ  hath  made  us  kings 
and  priests  unto  God  and  his  Father.  Ch.  v. 
10.— xx.  4.  6.  See  Luke  vi.  20.— xiii.  28, 
29.— xiv.  15. 

xxi.  7.  He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit  all 
things. 

1  Cor.  vi.  9.  The  unrighteous  shall  not  in- 
herit the  kingdom  of  God.  Ver.  10.  Gal.  v. 
21.  Eph.  v.  5. 


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IX.  The  righteous  have  rest.    Job  iii.  1 7. 
There  [in  heaven]  the  weary  are  at  rest. 

Ps.  cxvi.  7.  Return  unto  thy  rest,  O  my 
soul. 

Jer.  vi.  16.  Walk  in  the  good  way,  and  ye 
shall  find  rest  for  your  souls.  Isa.  Ivii.  2. 

Matt.  xi.  28.  Come  unto  me  [said  Jesus,] 
and  I  will  give  you  rest. — Ver.  29.  Ye  shall 
find  rest  unto  your  souls. 

2  Thess.  i.  7.  God  will  give  you  rest,  when 
the  Lord  Jesus  shall  be  revealed  from  heaven. 

Heb.  iv.  9.  There  remaineth  a  rest  for  the 
people  of  God. — Ver.  11.  Let  us  labour  to 
enter  into  that  rest. 

Rev.  xiv.  13.  The  dead  which  die  in  the 
Lord,  rest  from  their  labours,  and  their  works 
do  follow  them. 

X.  They  enjoy  mansions,  a  new  heaven,  a 
heavenly  temple,  light,  $c.     John  xiv.  2.  In 
my  Father's  house  are  many  mansions ;  I  go 
to  prepare  a  place  for  you. — Ver.  3.    I  will 
come  again,  and  receive  you  unto  mysel'f,  that 
where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also. 

2  Pet.  iii.  13.  We  look  for  new  heavens, 
and  a  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth  righteous- 
ness. 

Rev.  iii.  4.  They  shall  walk  with  me  in 
white,  for  they  are  worthy. 

xxi.  22.  The  Lord  God  Almighty,  and  the 
Lamb,  are  the  temple  of  it. — Ver.  23.  The 
glory  of  God  did  lighten  it,  and  the  Lamb  is 
the  light  thereof. 

xxii.  4.  They  shall  see  his  face,  and  his 
name  shall  be  in  their  foreheads. — Ver.  5. 
The  Lord  God  giveth  them  light;  and  they 
shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

XI.  They  are  present  with  Christ.    John 
xvii.  24.  I  will  that  they  also  whom  thou  hast 
given  me  be  with  me  where  I  am,  that  they 
may  behold  my  glory  which  thou  hast  given 
me.     Ch.  xii.  26. 

Col.  iii.  4.  When  Christ  who  is  our  life 
shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  also  appear  with 
him  in  glory.  1  John  iii.  2. 

1  Thess.  iv.  17.  We  shall  be  caught  up  in 
the  clouds  to  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air ;  and 
so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the  Lord. 

Rev.  iii.  4.  Thou  hast  a  few  names  even  in 
Sardis,  which  have  not  defiled  their  garments ; 
and  they  shall  walk  with  me  in  white,  for 
they  are  worthy. 

Ver.  21.  To  him  that  overcometh  will  I 
grant  to  sit  with  me  in  my  throne  ;  even  as  I 
also  overcame,  and  am  set  down  with  my 
Father  in  his  throne.  Ver.  5. 

vii.  15.  They  are  before  the  throne  of  God, 
and  serve  him  day  and  night  in  his  temple ; 
and  he  that  sitteth  on  the  throne  shall  dwell 
among  them. 

xiv.  4.  These  are  they  which  follow  the 


Lamb  whithersoever  he  goeth :  these  were  re- 
deemed from  among  men;  being  the  first- 
fruits  unto  God  and  to  the  Lamb.  Ver.  5. 

XII.  Are  in  a  state  of  joy.    Ps.  xvi.  11. 
Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of  life ;  in  thy 
presence  is  fulness  of  joy,  and  at  thy  right 
hand  are  pleasures  for  evermore.     Ps.  xxxvi. 
8,  9.     Isa.  xxxv.  10. 

Matt.  xxv.  21.  Enter  into  the  joy  of  thy 
Lord. 

Jude  24.  He  is  able  to  present  you  fault- 
less before  the  presence  of  his  glory,  with  ex- 
ceeding joy. 

XIII.  Free  from  pain  and  sorrow.    Isa. 
xxxiii.  24.  The  inhabitant  shall  not  say,  I  am 
sick ;  the  people  that  dwell  there  shall  be  for- 
given their  iniquity. 

xxxv.  10.  Sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee 
away. 

Ix.  19.  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light 
by  day,  neither  shall  the  moon  give  light  unto 
thee ;  but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  ever- 
lasting light,  and  thy  God  thy  glory.  Ver.  20. 

N.  B.  The  above  texts  from  Isaiah,  though 
prophetical  of  the  happy  state  of  the  church 
on  earth,  are  more  strictly  true  and  expressive 
of  the  happiness  of  glorified  saints  in  heaven. 

Matt.  vi.  20.  Lay  up  for  yourselves  trea- 
sures in  heaven,  where  neither  moth  nor  rust 
doth  corrupt,  nor  thieves  break  through  and 
steal. 

Rev.  vii.  15—17.  They  are  before  the 
throne  of  God,  and  serve  him  day  and  night 
in  his  temple ;  and  he  that  sitteth  on  the 
throne  shall  dwell  among  them.  And  they 
shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any  more ; 
neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any 
heat.  For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst 
of  the  throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead 
them  unto  living  fountains  of  waters,  and  God 
shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 

xxi.  4.  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from 
their  eyes ;  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death, 
neither  sorrow  nor  crying  ;  neither  shall  there 
be  any  more  pain ;  for  the  former  things  are 
passed  away. 

xxii.  3.  There  shall  be  no  more  curse ;  but 
the  throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb  shall  be 
in  it,  and  his  servants  shall  serve  him. 

XIV.  Eternal  life  is  from  God.     Ps.  xvi. 
11.  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of  life.  Acts 
ii.  28. 

xxxvi.  9.  With  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life. 

Ixiii.  3.  Thy  loving-kindness  is  better  than 
life. 

Rev.  xxii.  1.  I  beheld  a  pure  river  of  water 
of  life,  clear  as  crystal,  proceeding  out  of  the 
throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb. 


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Ver.  2.  In  the  midst  of  the  street,  and  on  I 
either  side  of  the  river,  was  the  tree  of  life.  | 
See  Life  through  Christ.  .  | 

XV.  Life  promised  to  sundry  graces  and 
duties.     (See  Promises  to  faith  in  Christ  ; 
to  obedience.}     Lev.  xviii.  5.  Keep  my  statutes 
and  my  judgments ;  which  if  a  man  do  he 
shall  live  in  them.     Neh.  ix.  29.     Ezek.  xx. 
11.13.21.     Rom.  x.  5.     Gal.  iii.  12. 

Ezek.  xviii.  9.  He  that  hath  walked  in  my 
statutes,  and  kept  my  judgments,  he  shall 
surely  live.  Ver.  17.  19.  Ch.  xxxiii.  13. 

Matt.  xix.  16, 17.  One  came,  and  said  unto 
Jesus,  Good  Master,  what  good  thing  shall  I 
do  that  I  may  have  eternal  life '?  Jesus  said 
unto  him,  If  thou  wilt  enter  into  life,  keep 
the  commandments.  Ver.  18,  19.  21.  Mark 
x.  17.  19.  Lukex.  25,  &c. 

John  ir,  36.  He  that  reapeth  receiveth 
wages,  atvJ  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal ; 
that  he  that  soweth  and  he  that  reapeth  may 
rejoice  together. 

xii.  50.  The  Father's  commandment  is  life 
everlasting. 

Rom.  ii.  7.  To  them  who,  by  patient  con- 
tinuance in  well-doing,  seek  for  glory,  honour, 
and  immortality,  God  will  give  eternal  life. 

vi.  22.  Being  made  free  from  sin,  and  be- 
come the  servants  of  God,  ye  have  your  fruit 
unto  holiness,  and  the  end  everlasting  life. 

Rev.  ii.  7.  To  him  that  overcometh  will  I 
give  to  eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  the  paradise  of  God. 

xxii.  14.  Blessed  are  they  that  do  his  com- 
mandments, that  they  may  have  a  right  to  the 
tree  of  life,  and  may  enter  in  through  the  gates 
into  the  city.  See  Promises  to  obedience  ;  to 
good  works  ;  well-doing,  $c. 

XVI.  To  righteousness.      Prov.  xi.    19. 
Righteousness  tendeth  to  life.     Ver.  30.     Ch. 
xxi.  21. 

xii.  28.  In  the  way  of  righteousness  is  life, 
and  in  the  pathway  thereof  is  no  death. 

Matt.  xxv.  46.  The  righteous  shall  go  into 
life  eternal.  See  Promises  to  the  righteous. 

XVII.  To  the  spiritually  minded.    Rom. 
viii.  6.  To  be  spiritually  minded  is  life  and 
peace.     Ver.  10.  13. 

Gal.  vi.  8.  He  that  soweth  to  the  Spirit, 
shall  of  the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting. 

XVIII.  To  seeking   God.    Ps.  xxii.   26. 
Your  hearts  shall  live  that  seek  him. 

Amos  v.  4.  Seek  ye  me,  and  ye  shall  live. 
See  Promises  to  seeking  God. 

XIX.  To  godliness.    See  Promises  to  god- 
liness. 

1  Tim.  iv.  8.  Godliness  hath  the  promise 


(A  the  life  that  now  is,  and  of  that  which  is  to 
come. 

XX.  To  the  ftar  of  God.     See  Promises 
to  fearing  God. 

Prov.  xiv.  27.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  a 
fountain  of  life,  to  depart  from  the  snares  of 
death.  Ch.  xix.  23. — xxii.  4. 

XXI.  To  loving  God.     See  Promises  to 
loving  God. 

James  i.  12.  A  crown  of  life  he  hath  pro- 
mised to  them  that  love  him. 

XXII.  To  mortification,  dying  unto  sin. 
Matt,  xviii.  8.  If  thy  hand  or  thy  foot  offend 
thee,  cut  them  off  and  cast  them  from  thee :  it 
is   better   for  thee  to  enter  into  life  halt  or 
maimed,  rather  than  having  two  hands  or  two 
feet  to  be  cast  into  everlasting  fire. — Ver.  9. 
If  thine  eye  offend  thee,  pluck  it  out  and  cast 
it  from  thee ;  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  into 
life  with  one  eye,  rather  than  having  two  eyes 
to  be  cast  into  hell-fire. 

Rom.  vi.  8.  If  we  be  dead  with  Christ,  we 
shall  also  live  with  him.  (2  Tim.  ii.  11.) 
Ver.  11.  Reckon  ye  yourselves  to  be  dead  in- 
deed to  sin,  but  alive  unto  God  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord. 

Gal.  ii.  20.  I  am  crucified  with  Christ: 
nevertheless  I  live  ;  yet  not  I,  but  Christ  liveth 
in  me.  Rom.  viii.  2. 

XXIII.  To  suffering  for    Chrisfs  sake. 
Matt.  x.  39.  He   that  loseth  his   life  for  my 
sake,  shall  find  it.    John  xii.  25. 

xix.  29.  Every  one  that  hath  forsaken 
houses,  or  brethren  or  sisters,  or  father  or  mo- 
ther, or  wife  or  children,  or  lands,  for  my 
name's  sake,  shall  receive  a  hundred  fold,  and 
shall  inherit  everlasting  life. 

XXIV.  To  perseverance.    Rev.  ii.  10.  Be 
thou  faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee 
a  crown  of  life.     Matt.  x.  22. 

XXV.  To  those  that  overcome.     Rev.  ii.  7. 
To  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give  to  eat  of 
the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
paradise  of  God.     See  ver.  11.  17.  26.      Ch. 
iii.  5.  12.  21. — xxi.  7. 

XXVI.  To  repentance.    See  Promises  to 
repentance,  conversion,  turning,  $c. 

Acts  xi.  1 8.  Then  hath  God  to  the  Gentiles 
granted  repentance  unto  life. 

XXVII.  To  the  wise.    See  Promises  to  the 
love  and  study  of  wisdom. 

Prov.  iv.  4.  Wisdom  saith,  Keep  my  com- 
mandments and  live. 


CHAP.  XX. 


FUTURE   PUNISHMENTS. 


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vih.  35.  Whoso  findeth  wisdom  findeth  life, 
and  shall  obtain  favour  of  the  Lord.  Ch. 
xvi.  22. 

Eccl.  vii.  12.  Wisdom  giveth  life.  See 
Prov.  xiii.  14. — xv.  24. 

FUTURE  PUNISHMENTS 

XXVIII.  Sinners  that  shall  not  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Matt.  v.  20.  Except 
your  righteousness  shall  exceed  the  righteous- 
ness of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye  shall  in 
no  case  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

vii.  21 — 23.  Jesus  said,  Not  every  one  that 
saith  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  ;  but  he  that  doeth  the  will 
of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  Many  will 
say  unto  me  in  that  day,  Lord,  Lord,  have  we 
not  prophesied  in  thy  name,  and  in  thy  name 
cast  out  devils,  and  in  thy  name  done  many 
')C  wonderful  works]  And  then  will  I  profess 
unto  them,  I  never  knew  you :  depart  from  me, 
ye  that  work  iniquity.  Luke  xiii.  26,  27. 

xviii.3.  Except  ye  be  converted,  and  become 
as  little  children,  ye  shall  not  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.  Mark  x.  1 5. 

Mark  x.  23—25.  27.  Jesus  said,  How  hardly 
shall  they  that  have  riches  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God !  how  hard  is  it  for  them  that  trust 
in  riches  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God ! — 
It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go  through  the  eye 
of  a  needle,  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  God. — With  men  it  is  impos- 
sible, but  not  with  God ;  for  with  God  all 
things  are  possible. 

/  Luke  xiii.  24.  Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait 
jjjte ;  for  many  shall  seek  to  enter  in,  and  shall 
not  be  able.  Matt.  vii.  13, 14.  For  wide  is  the 
gate,  and  broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  de- 
struction, and  many  there  be  which  go  in 
thereat :  because  strait  is  the  gate,  and  narrow 
is  the  way,  which  leadeth  unto  life,  and  few 
there  be  that  find  it. 

John  iii.  3.  Except  a  man  be  born  again,  he 
cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God. — Ver.  5. 
Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the 
Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

1  Cor.  vi.  9,  10.  Know  ye  not,  that  the  un- 
righteous shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God  1 
Be  not  deceived :  neither  fornicators,  nor  idola- 
ters, nor  adulterers,  nor  effeminate,  nor  abusers 
of  themselves  with  mankind  ;  nor  thieves,  nor 
covetous,  nor  drunkards,  nor  revilers,  nor  ex- 
tortioners, shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God. 

xv.  50.  Flesh  and  blood  cannot  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

Gal.  v.  19 — 21.  The  works  of  the  flesh  are 
manifest,  which  are  these  ;  adultery,  fornica- 
tion,   uncleanness,     lasciviousness,    idolatry, 
witchcraft,  hatred,  variance,  emulations,  wrath, 
41 


strife,  seditions,  heresies,   envyings,  murders, 
drunkenness,  revellings  and  such  like,  of  the 
which  I  tell  you  before,  as  I  have  also  told  you  £ 
in  time  past,  that  they  which  do  such  things 
shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God.          .. 

Eph.  v.  5.  No  whoremonger,  nor  unclean 
person,  nor  covetous  man  who  is  an  idolater, 
hath  any  inheritance  in  the  kingdom  of  God 
and  of  Christ. 

Heb.  iii.  19.  The  Jews  could  not  enter  into 
the  promised  land,  because  of  unbelief. 

iv.  1.  Let  us  fear,  lest  a  promise  being  left 
us  of  entering  into  his  rest,  any  of  you  should 
seem  to  come  short  of  it. 

Rev.  xxi.  27.  There  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
into  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  any  thing  that  ">- 
defileth,  neither  whatsoever  worketh  abomina- 
tion, or  maketh  a  lie.     Ch.  xx.  15. 

xxii.  15.  Without  are  dogs,  and  sorcerers, 
and  whoremongers,  and  murderers,  and  idola- 
ters, and  whosoever  loveth  and  maketh  a  lie. 
Ch.  xxi.  8. 

XXIX.  The  greatest  punishments  and 
sufferings  in  this  life,  set  forth  in  the  lan- 
guage expressive  of  future  punishments. 
Deut.  iv.  24.  The  Lord  thy  God  is  a  consum- 
ing fire.  Heb.  xii.  29. 

xxxii.  22.  A  fire  is  kindled  in  my  anger,  and 
shall  burn  unto  the  lowest  hell ;  and  shall 
consume  the  earth  with  her  increase,  and  set 
on  fire  the  foundations  of  the  mountains. 

Ps.  xi.  6.  Upon  the  wicked  he  shall  rain  fire 
arid  brimstone,  and  a  horrible  tempest.  Ps.  1. 3. 

xcvii.  3.  A  fire  goeth  before  him,  and 
burneth  up  his  enemies  round  about.  See  in- 
stances hereof,  Gen.  xix.  24.  Exod.  ix.  23, 
24.  Lev.  x.  2.  2  Kings  i.  10.  12. 

Isa.  xiv.  9.  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved,  to 
meet  thee  at  thy  coming. 

xxxiii.  14.  Who  of  us  shall  dwell  with  de- 
vouring fire  1  who  of  us  shall  dwell  with  ever- 
lasting burnings'? 

xxxv.  4.  God  will  come  with  vengeance,  &c. 

Ixvi.  14,  15.  The  indignation  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  known  towards  his  enemies.  For 
behold  the  Lord  will  come  with  fire,  and  with 
his  chariots  like  a  whirlwind,  to  render  his 
anger  with  fury,  and  his  rebuke  with  flames 
of  fire. 

Ver.  24.  The  men  that  have  transgressed 
against  me,  their  worm  shall  not  die,  neither 
shall  their  fire  be  quenched. 

Jer.  iv.  4.  Circumcise  your  hearts  to  the 
Lord,  take  away  the  foreskin  of  your  hearts ; 
lest  my  fury  come  forth  like  fire,  and  burn 
that  none  can  quench  it,  for  the  evil  of  your 
doings.  Ch.  xxi.  12. 

Lam.  ii.  4.  He  poured  out  his  fury  like 
fire.  Ezek.  xxxviii.  22. 

Amos  v.  6.    Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall 


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CHAP.  XX. 


live ;  lest  he  break  out  like  fire,  and  devour, 
and  there  be  none  to  quench  it. 

Nah.  i.  5.  The  mountains  quake  at  him,  and 
the  hills  melt,  and  the  earth  is  burnt  up  at  his 
presence,  yea,  the  world,  and  all  that  dwell 
therein. 

Hab.  iii.  5.  Before  him  went  the  pestilence, 
and  burning  coals  went  forth  at  his  feet. 

Mai.  iii.  2.  Who  may  abide  the  day  of  his 
coming]  and  who  shall  stand  when  he  ap- 
peareth  ?  for  he  is  like  a  refiner's  'fire,  and 
fuller's  soap. 

iv.  1.  Behold  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh 
that  shall  burn  as  an  oven,  and  all  the  proud, 
yea,  and  all  that  do  wickedly,  shall  be  stubble ; 
and  the  day  that  cometh  shall  burn  them  up, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

XXX.  The  punishment  of  the  wicked  in  a 
future  state  is  thus  set  forth.  Ps.  ix.  17. 
The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  and  all 
the  nations  that  forget  God.  Ps.  Ixxix.  6. 

Matt.  iii.  10.  Every  tree  that  bringeth  not 
forth  good  fruit,  is  hewn  down  and  cast  into 
the  fire.  Ch.  vii.  19.  John  xv.  2.  6. 

v.  22.  Whosoever  shall  say  to  his  brother, 
Thou  fool,  shall  be  in  danger  of  hell-fire. 

x.  28.  Fear  him  that  is  able  to  destroy  both 
soul  and  body  in  hell. 

xiii.  40 — 42.  As  the  tares  are  gathered,  and 
burnt  in  the  fire ;  so  shall  it  be  in  the  end  of 
the  world.  The  Son  of  Man  shall  send  forth 
his  angels,  and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his 
kingdom  all  things  that  offend,  and  them 
'  which  do  iniquity  ;  and  shall  cast  them  into  a 
furnace  of  fire ;  there  shall  be  wailing  and 
gnashing  of  teeth. 

xxiii.  29.  33.  Woe  unto  you,  hypocrites, 
&c.  How  can  ye  escape  the  damnation  of  helll 

xxv.  41 — 43.  Chris);  shall  say  unto  them 
on  the  left  hand,  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed, 
into  everlasting  fire,  prepared  for  the  devil  and 
his  angels:  for  I  was  a  hungered,  and  ye 
,  gave  me  no  meat ;  I  was  thirsty  and  ye  gave 
j  me  no  drink ;  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took 
me  not  in ;  naked,  and  ye  clothed  me  not ; 
sick  and  in  prison,  and  ye  visited  me  not. — 
Ver.  45,  46.  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to  one 
of  the  least  of  these,  ye  did  it  not  to  me.  And 
these  shall  go  away  into  everlasting  punish- 
ment. 

Mark  ix.  43.  If  thy  hand  offend  thee,  cut 
it  off;  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  into  life 
maimed,  than  having  two  hands,  to  go  into 
hell. — Ver.  45.  And  if  thy  foot  offend  thee, 
cut  it  off;  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  halt 
into  life,  than  having  two  feet,  to  be  cast  into 
hell,  into  the  fire  that  never  shall  be  quenched. 
— Ver.  47,  48.  And  if  thine  eye  offend  thee, 
pluck  it  out ;  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  God  with  one  eye,  than  having 


two  eyes,  to  be  cast  into  hell-fire ;  where  their 
worm  dieth  not,  and  the  fire  is  not  quenched. 
Matt.  v.  29.— xviii.  8,  9. 

Luke  iii.  17.  He  will  gather  the  wheat  into 
his  garner,  but  the  chaff  he  will  burn  with 
fire  unquenchable. 

xvi.  23.  In  hell  the  rich  man  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  being  in  torments. — Ver.  24.  Tormented 
in  this  flame.  Ver.  25.  28. 

Rom.ix.22.  God  endureth  with  much  long- 
suffering  the  vessels  of  wrath,  fitted  to  de- 
struction. 

Phil.  iii.  18,  19.  The  enemies  of  the  cross 
of  Christ,  their  end  is  destruction. 

1  Thess.  v.  2,  3.  The  day  of  the  Lord  so 
cometh,  as  a  thief  in  the  night.     When  they 
shall  say,  Peace  and  safety  ;  then  sudden  de- 
struction cometh  upon  them,  as  travail  upon 
a   woman  with   child ;    and   they   shall  not 
escape.     2  Pet.  iii.  10.  12.     Rev.  iii.  3. — 
xvi.  15. 

2  Thess.  i.  7—9.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty  angels, 
in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  them  that 
know  not  God,  and  that  obey  not  the  gospel   7 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  who  shall  be  pu- 
nished with  everlasting  destruction,  from  the 
presence  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of 
his  power. 

ii.  8.  Then  shall  that  Wicked  be  revealed, 
whom  the  Lord  shall  consume  with  the  spirit 
of  his  mouth,  and  shall  destroy  with  the 
brightness  of  his  coming. 

Ver.  12.  That  they  all  might  be  damned, 
who  believed  not  the  truth,  but  had  pleasure 
in  unrighteousness. 

Heb.  vi.  8.  The  end  of  the  unfruitful  is  to 
be  burned.  Matt.  iii.  10. — vii.  19. 

x.  27.  Fiery  indignation  shall  devour  the 
adversaries. 

Ver.  28,  29.  He  that  despised  Moses'  law 
died  without  mercy.  Of  how  much  sorer 
punishment  shall  he  be  thought  worthy,  who 
hath  trodden  under  foot  the  Son  of  God,  and 
hath  counted  the  blood  of  the  covenant  where- 
with he  was  sanctified  an  unholy  thing,  and 
hath  done  despite  unto  the  Spirit  of  grace  ? 

Ver.  30.  Vengeance  is  mine,  I  will  recom- 
pense, saith  the  Lord? — Ver.  31.  It  is  a  fear- 
ful thing  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  living 
God.  Heb.  xii.  29.  For  our  God  is  a  con- 
suming fire. 

2  Pet.  ii.  4.  He  spared  not  the  angels  that 
sinned,  but  cast  them  down  to  hell ;  and  de-    / 
livered  them  into  chains  of  darkness,  to  be  re- 
served unto  judgment. 

Ver.  9,  10.  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  de- 
liver the  godly  out  of  temptation,  and  fo  re- 
serve the  unjust  unto  the  day  of  judgment  to 
be  punished.  But  chiefly  them  who  walk 
after  the  flesh  in  the  lust  of  uncleanness. 


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4 


iii.  7.  The  heavens  and  the  earth  are  kept 
in  store,  reserved  unto  fire,  against  the  day  of 
judgment,  and  perdition  of  ungodly  men. 

Jude  7.  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  are  set  for 
an  example,  suffering  the  vengeance  of  eternal 
fire. 

Rev.  xiv.  9,  10.  If  any  man  shall  worship 
the  beast  and  his  image,  and  shall  receive  his 
mark  in  his  forehead,  or  in  his  hand,  the  same 
shall  drink  of  the  wine  of  the  wrath  of  God, 
poured  out  without  mixture,  into  the  cup  of 
his  indignation  ;  and  he  shall  be  tormented 
with  fire  and  brimstone. — Ver.  11.  The  smoke 
of  their  torment  ascendeth  up  for  ever  and 
ever,  and  they  have  no  rest  day  nor  night. 

xviii.  9.  They  shall  see  the  smoke  of  her 
burning. 

xix.  20.  The  beast  and  the  false  prophet 
were  cast  alive  into  a  lake  of  fire,  burning 
with  brimstone. 

xx.  10.  The  devil  was  cast  into  the  lake  of 


fire  and  brimstone,  where  the  beast  and  the 
false  prophet  are ;  and  shall  be  tormented  day 
and  night,  for  ever  and  ever. 

Ver.  14,  15.  Death  and  hell  were  cast  into 
the  lake  of  fire;  this  is  the  second  death. 
And  whosoever  was  not  found  written  in  the 
Lamb's  book  of  life,  was  cast  into  the  lake 
of  fire. 

xxi.  8.  The  fearful  and  unbelieving,  and 
the  abominable  and  murderers,  and  whore- 
mongers, and  sorcerers,  and  idolaters,  and  all 
liars,  shall  have  their  part  in  the  lake  that 
burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone ;  which  is  the 
second  death.  Ch.  xxii.  15. 

N.  B.  The  reader  may  observe  the  dread- 
fulness  and  duration  of  the  foregoing  punish- 
ments mentioned :  Also,  against  what  sins 
they  are  denounced.  See  also  threats  de- 
nounced against  the  various  sorts  of  sinners, 
under  the  words,  Wicked,  Ungodly,  Disobe- 
dient, Unbelievers,  &c.  in  this  work. 


INDEX. 


NOTE. — In  the  following  Index,  the  Numerical  Letters  refer  to  the  Sections,  and  the 
Figures  to  the  Page. 


ABHOIIRED  of  God,  who  are  so,  cliv.  65. 
Abhorring  one's  self  for  sin,  xxx.  31 L 
Ability  for  obedience,  Ixiii.  200. 

—  For  good  works,  Ixxv.  204. 

Able  to  do  every  thing,  God  is  so,  Ixviii.  41. 
Abominableness  of  sin,  cxii.  209. 
Access  to  God  in  prayer,  xxxi.  145. 
Admonish  one  another,  Ivi.  243. 
Adoption  is  of  grace,  cxxvii.  59. 

—  Promised  to  faith,  xxii.  144. 
Adversaries  of  God,  cxxvi.  213. 
Adversity  of  man  in  God's  hand,  Ixx.  42. 

,  rejoicing  in  it,  cxi.  157. 

Adultery  and  fornication,  cxlix.  284. 
Affection,  natural,  how  destroyed,  Ixxxvii.  263. 
Affliction,  deliverance  from  it,  matter  of  praise 

to  God,  ccxxiv.  183. 
Alive,  the  righteous  are  only  truly  so,  Ixxxvii. 

206. 

Almighty  God,  Ix.  41. 
Alms  called  grace,  cxxx.  59. 

—  Must  accompany  prayer,  clxxii.  172. 

—  Required  of  Christians,  clxvii.  290. 
Amendment  of  life,  xxxvi.  311. 

Angels,  their  numbers  and  names,  xvii.  xviii. 
68. 

—  Their  employment  about  mankind,  xxi.  69. 

—  They  have  revealed  God's  will,  xxiii.  69. 

—  They  have  inflicted  God's  judgments,  xxiv. 
69. 

—  Their  attendance  on  Christ,  xxv.  xxvi.  70. 

—  Their  work  at  the  day  of  judgment,  xxvii. 
70. 

—  They  worship  God,  xxviii.  70. 

—  They  worship  Christ,  xxix.  70. 

—  They  are  not  to  be  worshipped,  cli.  109. 
Anger  ascribed  to  God,  cxlvii.  64. 

—  Threatened  against  sinners,  cxlviii.  64. 

—  In  men,  xvi.  xvii.  xviii.  234. 
Apostasy  from  God,  Ixxxi.  98. 
Apostles,  their  commission,  cxv.  270. 

—  Their  power,  cxvi.  271. 
Apostles,  their  miracles,  Ivii.  106. 

—  Their  inspiration  by  the  Spirit,  ix.  131. 

—  Their  writing  by  the  Spirit,  xi.  132. 


Applause  of  men  not  sought  by  Christ,  xiil 

100. 
—  Not  sought  by  ministers  of  Christ,  cxxv 

276. 

Appointments  of  God,  x.  75. 
Arm  of  God,  denoting  his  power,  Ixii.  41. 
Arrogancy,  xlvii.  257. 
Ascension  of  Christ,  xliv.  104. 
Astray  from  God,  cxlviii.  1 69: 
Assistance  in  prayer  from  the  Spirit,  clxiii. 

171. 

Assurance  of  faith,  cxxxiii.  166. 
Atonement  of  Christ,  xxxiv.  126. 
Author  of  faith,  xv.  xvi.  xvii.  142. 


B. 


Backbiting,  clxxxv.  295. 

Backsliding  from  God,  cxlvii.  168. 

Baptism,  i.  127. 

Bearing  with  one  another's  weaknesses  and 

infirmities,  Ixv.  245. 
Being  of  God,  how  evidenced,  i.  33,  and  iv. 

138. 

Believers,  promises  to  them,  143  to  145. 
Benefits  of  Christ  to  mankind,  119  to  127. 
against  sin,  xvii.  122. 


Blameless,  xlii.  240. 
Blasphemy,  cxciii.  227. 
Blessedness  of  God,  xxiii.  35. 
Blessings  of  God  to  his  people,  cxliv.  61 

—  To  whom  promised,  cxlv.  62. 

—  Promised  by  way  of  covenant,  cxlvi.  63. 

—  Through  Christ,  matter  of  praise,  ccxvii. 
182. 

—  Spiritual,  cause  of  joy,  cvii.  157. 

—  God's  power  therein,  Ixxv.  43. 
Blind  cured  by  Christ,  liii.  106. 
Blood  of  Christ,  its  efficacy,  xxxii.  125. 
Boasting  in  God,  cxix.  159. 

Boasting  sinfully,  cxx.  159,  and  liv.  258. 
Body  of  Christ  formed  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  iii. 
130. 

2E  325 


326 


INDEX. 


Bodies  of  mankind  will  be  changed  by  Christ, 

iii.  113. 
Boldness  of  Christ's  servants  in  speaking  his 

truth,  cxxvii.  276. 
Bounty  in  God,  cxlii.  61. 

—  In  men,  cxliii.  61. 

Bread,  daily,  to  be  prayed  for,  clxxxiii.  174. 

—  God  to  be  praised  for  it,  ccxxiii.  183. 
Brethren,  the  duties  of  Christians,  as  such, 

xli.  84. 

Broken  heart,  xl.  195. 
Brother,  Christ  so  called,  xlii.  84. 
Builder,  God  is  so  to  his  church,  Ixxix.  97. 
Burial  of  Christ,  xxxviii.  103. 


c. 


Calamities  on  wicked  parents  and  children, 
Ixxxii.  263. 

—  On  the  children  of  the  wicked,  Ixxxii.  263. 
Calling  of  God's  people,  xv.  77. 

—  Is  of  grace,  cxxiv.  59. 

—  Is  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  Persons  called  of  God  to  offices,  xvi.  78. 
Care  of  God  for  his  people,  cause  of  joy,'  c. 

156. 

—  Cause  of  praise,  ccxx.  182. 

—  Of  Christ  for  his  people,  xviii.  123. 
Cast  off,  who  are  so,  xxxv.  81. 

—  Who  are  not  so,  xxxiii.  81. 
Charity,  v.  vi.  232. 

Childless,  promises  to  them,  xc.  264. 
Children,  their  duties  towards  parents,  xci. 
264. 

—  Dutiful,  blessed,  xcii.  264. 

—  Undutiful,  cursed,  xciii.  264. 

—  Desired,  Ixxvii.  262. 

—  Promised,  Ixxvi.  262. 

—  God's  care  of  them,  Ixxix.  262. 

—  Duties  toward  them,  Ixvi.  260. 

—  Of  God,  how  made  so,  xxxvii.  82. 

—  Their  duties  and  marks,  xxxix.  83. 

—  Their  blessings,  xxxviii.  82. 

—  Of  the  devil,  Ixxxviii.  207. 

—  What  the  wicked  are  children  of,  xl.  84. 
Chosen  of  God,  see  election,  xii.  75. — xiii.  76. 

— xiv.  77. 
Christ,  prophecies  concerning  him,  98  to  104. 

—  His  incarnation,  iii.  99. 

—  His  miracles,  105,  106. 

—  His  glory,  i.  107. 

—  His  exaltation,  iv.  108. 

—  His  titles,  109  to  112. 

—  His  works,  113  to  115. 

—  His  worship,  i.  115. 

—  His  perfections,  116  to  118. 

—  His  benefits,  119  to  127. 

Christ,  his  benefits  against  sin,  xvii.  122. 

cause  of  joy,  xcv.  1 55. 

cause  of  praise,  ccxvi.  182. 


Church  of  God,  prayers  for  it,  clxxxviii.  175. 

—  God's  power  toward  it,  Ixxiii.  42. 
Clean  heart,  xxxix.  195. 

Cleanse,  God  doth  cleanse  his  people,  xxv.  7 

—  Duty  to  cleanse  ourselves,  xxv.  79. 
Clouds,  wind,  and  rain,  created,  vii.  viii.  67. 
Comfort  to  believers,  xxix.  144. 

—  Is  the  gift  of  God,  cxii.  157. 

—  Giving  it  to  one  another,  Ixiii.  244. 
Coming  to  God  through  Christ,  cxlii.  168. 

to  Christ,  cxlii.  168. 


Commands  of  God  are  right,  Ixxxiii.  48. 
are  faithful,  xc.  50. 


Communications,  evil,  forbidden,  cxcii.  297. 
Compare,  nothing  to  God,  x.  33. 
Compassion  ascribed  to  God,  cviii.  56. 

—  To  whom  exercised,  cix.  56. 

—  Instances  thereof,  ex.  56. 

—  Ascribed  to  Christ,  cxi.  56. 
Compassion  in  men,  xlv.  241. 

—  God  excites  it  toward  his  people,  cviii.  56. 
Conceit,  being  wise  therein,  xiv.  250. 
Confessing  Christ,  xi.  140. 

Confession  of  sin,  xxxii.  311. 

—  To  be  made  in  prayer,  clxx.  172. 
Confidence  of  the  righteous  in  God,cxxx.  164 

of  the  wicked,  sinful,  cxxxii.  1 65. 

Conscience,  good,  xlviii.  197. 

—  How  attained,  xlix.  197. 

—  An  evil  one,  Hi.  197. 

—  Natural,  its  force,  I.  197. 

—  Weak,  not  to  be  wounded,  li.  197. 
Consideration,  xiii.  308. 
Contention,  xx.  235. 
Contentious,  fools  are  so,  xx.  251. 
Contentment,  xxvii.  253. 

Contrite  heart,  xl.  195. 

Correcting  children,  Ixxii.  261. 

Corruption  of  sin,  xcv.  208. 

Covenant  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

Covenant  blessings,  cxlvi.  63. 

Covenants  with  the  heathen  inhabitants  of 

Canaan  forbidden  to  the  Jews,  cxl.  220. 
Covenants  with  them  punished,  cxli.  220. 
Covetousness  in  general,  cxcix.  299. 

—  In  magistrates,  ciii.  267. 

—  In  ministers,  cxxxiv.  280. 
Counsels  of  God,  iv.  74. 

—  Are  faithful,  xc.  50. 

Counsel,  God  giveth  it  to  his  people,  li.  88. 

—  The  wicked  are  deprived  of  it,  Hi.  88. 

—  The  duty  of  giving  and  receiving  it,  xlix. 
242. 

—  Rejecting  evil  counsel,  the  wisdom  thereof, 
I.  242. 

Creation  of  all  things,  i.  66. 

—  The  wisdom  of  God  therein,  Iv.  40. 

—  The  power  of  God  therein,  Ixxi.  42. 

—  By  Christ,i.  113. 

—  The  Spirit's  work  therein,  i.  129. 

—  A  cause  of  joy  to  angels,  cix.  157. 


INDEX. 


327 


Creator,  God  is  so  to  his  people,  Ixxvi.  96. 

Creatures,  Christians  are  new  ones,  Ixxvii.  97 

Creatures  in  the  sea  and  lanrf  made,  ix.  67. 

Crucifixion  of  Christ,  xxix.  102. 

Cruelty,  xlvi.  241. 

Cures,  miraculous,  performed  by  Christ,  li.  105, 

Cursing,  the  sin  thereof,  cxciv.  297. 


D. 


Darkness,  works  thereof,  Ixxxiv.  206. 
David,Christ  descended  from  him,  xxxviii.  127. 
Dead  works,  Ixxxvii.  206. 
Dead  raised  by  Christ,  liv.  106. 

—  Will  all  be  raised  by  him,  ii.  113. 
Deaf  cured  by  Christ,  liii.  106. 
Death  prevails  over  all,  iv.  313. 

—  Preparative  duties  for  it,  v.  vi.  314. 

—  Of  the  righteous,  happy,  xi.  190. — vii.  347. 

—  Of  the  wicked,  miserable,  viii.  348. 
Death  of  Christ,  xxxvi.  103. 

—  Its  efficacy,  xxxi.  125. 

Deceiving  by  false  doctrines,  cxxxvii.  281. 

Decrees  of  God,  ix.  75. 

Defence,  God  is  so  to  his  people,  xlviii.  87. 

Defilement  of  sin,  xcviii.  208. 

Delight  in  God,  cxiv.  159. 

—  In  Christ,  cxvi.  159. 
Deliverance  from  sickness,  Ixvi.  93. 

—  From  enemies,  Ixvii.  93. 

—  From  sins,  Ixxii.  94. 

—  To  whom  promised,  Ixix.  94. 

—  Of  God's  church,,  cause  of  joy,  cvii.  157. 
Deliverer,  Christ  so  called,  Ixviii.  93. — v.  120. 
Denying  God,  ii.  138. 

Christ,  xxvi.  102. — xii.  140. 

Departing  from  God,  cxlvi.  168. 
Descent  of  Christ,  iv.  99. 
Desiring  God,  Ixxxiv.  154. 
Despising  Christ,  xv.  101. 

ministers  of  Christ,  cxlii.  283. 

one  another,  xxxi.  237. 

Destruction  of  the  wicked,  ccxlii.  187. 

Determinations  of  God,  vii.  74. 

Devils,  their  sin  and  punishment,  xxx.  71. 

—  Their  enmity,  xxxiii.  71. 

—  Their  knowledge,  xxxv.  72. 

—  They  were  cast  out  by  Christ,  lii.  105. 

—  They  were  overcome  by  Christ,  xxxviii.  72. 

—  How  to  be  overcome  by  Christians,  xxxix. 
72. 

—  Works,  and  children  of  the  devil,  Ixxxviii. 
207. 

Diligence  and  industry,  vi.  248. 
Direction  from  God,  Ivi.  89. 

—  Promised  to  believers,  xxvii,  144. 
Discontentment,  xxviii.  253. 
Dishonouring  God,  ccxxxii.  185. 
Disobedience  to  God,  Ixviii.  202. 

—  To  Christ,  Ixxii.  203. 


Disobedience  to  parents,  xciii.  264. 

—  To  magistrates,  cxiv.  270. 

—  To  ministers,  cxlii.  283. 
Disputes  about  religion,  cxciii.  297. 
Diviners,  clxiii.  225. 

Divisions,  xxxiv.  238. 
Divorce,  Iviii.  259. 
Dominion  of  God,  i.  73. 

Doxologies,  or  glory  ascribed  to  God  in  wor- 
ship, ccxxxix.  186. 
Drawing  near  to  God,  cxli.  167. 
Dreadfulness  of  God,  clviii.  65. 
Drunkenness,  iii.  iv.  247. 

—  In  magistrates,  civ.  268. 

—  In  ministers,  cxxxv.  280. 
Duties  accompanying  faith,  xiv.  141. 

—  Toward  God  and  Christ,  i.  138,  &c. 


E. 


Edifying  one  another,  liii.  243. 
Efficacy  of  prayer  in  working  miracles,  cxcix. 
176. 

—  In  defeating  enemies,  cc.  176. 
Election  of  grace,  cxxiii.  59. 

—  Of  Jews,  xii.  75. 

—  Of  Christians,  xiii.  76. 

—  Of  persons  to  office,  xiv.  77. 
Enemies  of  God,  cxxvi.  213. 
Enemies  to  be  prayed  for,  cxc.  175. 

—  Overcome  by  prayer,  cc.  176. 

—  Their    prevailing    occasions    fasting  and 
prayer,  clix.  170. 

—  Prayers  against  evil  from  them,  cci.  177. 

—  God  redeemeth  his  people  from  them,  1.  87 

—  God  delivereth  from  them,  Ixvii.  93. 

—  Deliverance  from  them,  cause  of  praise  to 
God,  ccxxv.  183. 

—  Salvation  from  them,  cause  of  joy  in  God, 
ciii.  156. 

—  God  excited  compassion  in  them  toward  his 
people,  cviii.  56. 

—  The  wicked  delivered  up  to  their  fears  of 
enemies,  Ixv.  152. 

—  The  wicked  delivered  into  their  enemies' 
hands,  Ixxiii.  95. 

Enlightened  persons,  their  duties,  vi.  139. 
Enquiring  of  those  who  are  no  gods,  forbidden, 

cxlvi.  221. 

Enticing  others  to  sin,  Ixviii.  246. 
Envy,  xi.  xii.  xiii.  233,  234. 

—  Known  to  God,  xlix.  40. 
Eternal  life  is  from  God,  xiv.  319. 

,  to  whom  promised,  xv.  320. 


Eternity  of  God,  xvii.  34. 

—  Of  Christ,  xiii.  118.      See  Christ's  glory 

before  his  incarnation,  i.  107. 
Everlasting  God,  xviii.  34. 
Evil-doers  to  be  avoided,  Ixxxi.  205. 
Evil-doing,  Ixxix.  205. 


328 


INDEX. 


Evil  men,  cxviii.  211. — Doing  evil  to  men, 
xxxviii.  239. 

Exaltation  of  Christ,  108. 

Exalted,  God  is  so,  xxvii.  35. 

Exalting  self,  the  sin  and  punishment  there- 
of, 1.  258. 

Examination  of  self,  the  duty  thereof,  xii. 
308. 

Example,  giving,  Ixvii.  246. 

Excellency  of  God,  xxviii.  35. 

of  Christ,  xx.  123. 

Excommunication,  cxvii.  271. 

Exhort  one  another,  liv.  243. 

Expectation  from  God,  cxxiii.  161. 

—  That  God  will  hear  prayer,  cxcvi.  1 76. 

Expectation  of  the  wicked,  cxxiv.  161. 


F. 


Faith  in  God,  viii.  139. 

—  In  Christ,  ix.  139. 

—  God  is  glorified  by  it,  ccxxxvi.  186. 

—  The  author,  cause  and  means  of,  xv.  xviii. 
142. 

—  Marks  and  evidence  of  true  faith,  xiv.  141. 

—  Through  grace,  cxxxiii.  60. 

—  Promises  to  it,  xx.  143. — xciii.  155. 

—  Prayer  to  be  made  with  it,  clxv.  171. 
Faithfulness  of  God,  Ixxxix.  49. 

1 —  In  his  promises,  xci.  50. 

—  In  his  threatenings,  xcii.  50. 
Faithfulness  of  Christ,  xc.  50. 
Faithfulness  in  friendship,  Ixiv.  244. 
Fall  of  man  into  sin,  xv.  68. 
Familiar  spirits,  clxvi.  225. 
Fasting  appointed,  cliv.  170. 

—  What  kind  is  acceptable,  clvi.  170. 

—  What  kind  unacceptable,  clvii.  170. 

—  Occasions  of  fasting,  clviii.  170. 

—  Voluntary  fasting,  clxi.  170. 

—  Miraculous  fasting,  civ.  170. 

Father,  God  is  so  to  his  people,  xxxvi.  82. 

—  To  Christ,  i.  ii.  109. 

Favour  of  God  promised  to  the  righteous, 
cxxxviii.  61. 

—  Denied  to  the  wicked,  cxxxix.  61. 
Favour  with  men  promised  to  the  righteous, 

cxl.  61. 

—  Denied  to  the  wicked,  cxli.  61. 
Fear  of  God  enjoined,  1.  149. 

—  Promises  as  the  gift  of  God,  Iv.  149. 

—  Promises  to  it,  lix.  150. — xx.  320. 

—  Duties  joined  with  it,lvi.  149. — clxviii.  172. 

—  Its  usefulness  in  life,  I  viii.  150. 

—  Threats  against  those  that  fear  not  God, 

Ixii.  151. 

Fear  of  men,  the  security  against  it,  cxxxi.  165. 
Feeds, — Christ  feeds  thousands,  Iv.  106. 
Fellowship  with  the  wicked  to  be  avoided, 

Ixxxix.  207. 


Fig-tree  cursed,  withers,  Iv.  106. 
Fightings,  xxxiii.  238. 
Filthiness  of  sin,  cvi.  209. 
Finger  of  God,  denoting  his  power,  Ixiv.  41. 
First  and  last,  God  so  called,  xx.  34. 
Fishes,  a  miraculous  draught  of  them,  Iv.  106. 
Flattery,  clxxxii.  295. 
Following  God,  cxliv.  168. 
Christ,  cxliv.  168. 


Folly  and  wickedness  the  same,  xxiv.  252. 
Food  promised,  ccxvii.  302. 

miraculously  supplied,  ccxxi.  304. 

Fools  described,  xiv.  to  xxiii.  250. 

Forbearance  of  God,  cxv.  57. 

Forbearing  one  another,  Ixvi.  245. 

Forgetting  God,  xlvi.  148. 

Forgiveness  in  God.    See  pardon  of  sin,  cvi.  55. 

—  Promised  to  believers,  xxv.  144. 

—  Promised  to  penitents,  xv.  191. 

—  Prayed  for,  cvii.  56. 

—  Is  of  grace,  cxxvi.  59.     See  mercy  of  God, 
c.  52.  to  cv.  55. 

Forgiveness  in  men,  xlvii.  241. 

—  -Required  in  prayer,  clxxi.  172. 
Forms  of  swearing,  cxcii.  227. 
Fornication,  cl.  284. 
Forsaking  God,  cxlv.  168. 

—  God  forsaketh  the  wicked,  xxxii.  81. 

—  Forsaketh  not  his  people,  xxx.  80. 
Forsaken  of  friends,  Christ  was  so,  xxv.  102. 
Fortress,  God  is  so  to  his  people,  Ixiii.  91. 
Fraud  forbidden,  civ.  287. 

Friendship,  faithfulness  therein,  Ixiv.  244. 

Frowardness,  cxxi.  211. 

Fruitfulness  in  religion  required,  xxxvii.  312. 

—  From  whence  it  proceeds,  Ixxx.  97. 
Fulfilment   of   prophecy   concerning  Christ, 

99  to  104. 
Fury  ascribed  to  God  against  the  wicked,  clii. 

65. 
Future  punishments,  xxviii.  321. 


G. 


Gall  given  to  Christ,  xxxii.  103. 

Garments  of  Christ  parted,  xxxiv.  103. 

Gentleness  toward  men,  Ixi.  244. 

Gestures  in  prayer,  clxxviii.  174. 

Given,   Christ  was    so,   and  for  what  end, 

xxviii.  125. 
Glory  of  God,  xxx.  36. 

—  In  favours  to  his  people,  xxxi.  36. 

Glory  of  Christ,  i.   107.     See   his  eternity, 

xiii.  118. 
Glorying  of  the  righteous  in  God,  cxvii.  159. 

—  Of  the  wicked   in  sin,  cxviii.  159. — liii. 
258. 

Glorifying  God,  ccxxxiii.  185. 

—  Christ  glorified  God,  ccxxxiv.  185. 

—  How  men  glorify  God,  ccxxxv.  185. 


INDEX. 


329 


God,  how  known,  i.  33. — iv.  138. — v.  138. 
God,  Christ  so  called,  iv.  110. 
Godliness,  promises  to  it,  ii.  138. — xix.  320. 
Goodness  of  God,  xcviii.  51. 

—  God  doth  good,  xcix.  51. 

—  Matter  of  praise,  ccxv.  181. 
Goodness  of  Christ,  xi.  118. 
Good  man,  his  character,  cxvi.  210. 
Good  men,  promises  to  them,  cxvii.  211. 

—  Doing  good  in  general,  Ixxix.  205. 
Good,  doing  good  to  others,  xxxvii.  239. 
Gospel  of  grace  given,  cxxix.  59. 
Government  of  God,  i.  73.     Cause  of  joy,  cvi. 

157. 

—  Over  the  visible  heavens  and  earth,  Ixxii. 
42. 

Government  is  of  divine  appointment,  ci.  267. 
Governors,  then:  duties,  xcvii.  265. 

—  The  Spirit's  influence  over  them,  xiv.  135. 

—  Their  sins,  cii.  267. 

—  Duties  toward  them,  ex.  269. 

—  Sins  against  them,  cxiii.  269. 

Grace  of  God  in  man's  salvation,  cxxiii.  59. 
Grace  prayed  for,  cxxxvii.  60. 

—  Promised  to  believers,  xxviii.  144. 

—  Promised  from  Christ,  xi.  121. 
Graciousness  of  God,  cxix.  58. 

of  Christ,  cxxii.  58. 

Grass,  herbs,  trees,  &c.  created,  xi.  67. 
Gratitude,  Ixix.  246. 

Greatness  of  God,  xxvi.  35. 

Grief  of  parents  for  children,  Ixxx.  262. 

Grief  for  sin,  xx.  309. 

—  At  prayer  not  being  heard,  cxcviii.  176. 
Grudging  at  others'  prosperity,  xxix.  253. 
Guide,  God  is  so,  lix.  89. 


H. 

Habitation  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

Hand  of  God,  denoting  his  power,  Ixiii.  41. 

Hard,  nothing  is  so  to  God,  Ixvi.  41. 

Harmless,  xli.  240. 

Hated  of  God,  the  wicked  are  so,  clvi.  65. 

Hated  of  men,  Christ  was  so,  xvi.  101. 

—  Promises  to  those  that  are  unjustly  hated, 
x.  233. 

Haters,  duties  toward  them,  viii.  233. 

—  Prayers  against  them,  ix.  233. 
Hating  God,  Ixxxii.  154. 

—  Christ,  Ixxxiii.  154. 
Hatred  toward  men,  vii.  232. 
Haughtiness,  xlix.  257. 
Health  to  be  prayed  for,  clxxxiv.  174. 
Heart  known  to  God,  xxxviii.  38. — xlii.  195. 

—  Of  the  righteous  described,  xxxiv.  to  1. 
194. 

—  Duties  respecting  the  heart,  xli.  xlii.  195. 

—  Affected  for  sin,  xxiv.  310. 

—  Broken,  contrite,  xxv.  310. — xl.  195. 

42 


Heart,  serving  God  with  the,  liv.  198. 

—  God's  influences   on    the   hearts  of   the 
righteous,  xliii.  195. — Ixiii.  200. 

Heart,  evil,  xlvi.  xlvii.  196. 

—  Of  the  wicked,  Satan's  influence  on  it, 
xlv.  196. 

—  God's  judgments  on  it,  xlv.  196. 
Heaven  and  earth,  the  creation  thereof,  ii.  66. 

—  The  dissolution  thereof,  vi.  318. 

—  Holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  The  happiness  of  the  righteous  in  it,  vii. 
318. 

Heaviness  and  grief  for  sin,  xix.  309. 
Heirs,  Christians  are  so,  viii.  318. 
Help  from  God  promised,  Ixiv.  92. 

—  Cause  of  joy,  cii.  156. 

—  From  creatures  vain,  Ixv.  92. 
Hell.     See  future  punishments,  321. 
Hill  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

Holy   Ghost,  his  influences  and  operations 
upon  the  creatures,  129  to  135. 

—  Promised  to  believers,  xlvi.   104. — xxvi. 
144. 

—  Rejoicing  in  him,  xcvi.  155. 
Holiness  of  God,  xciv.  to  xcvi.  50. 

of  Christ,  viii.  118. 

of  angels,  xix.  68. 

in  men,  God  honoured  by  it,  ccxxviii. 

185. 

directions  for  attaining  it,  xxiv.  192. 

in  ministers  of  Christ,  cxxiii.  274. 

Honour  due  to  God,  ccxxvi.  184. 

—  How  performed,  ccxxvii.  to  ccxxx.  184. 

—  Due  to  Christ,  ccxxxi.  185. 

—  Due  to  magistrates,  cxi.  269. 

—  Due  to  parents,  xci.  264. 

—  Due  to  one  another,  xxx.  237. 
Hope  in  God  and  Christ,  cxxi.  159. 

—  Through  grace,  cxxxiv.  60. 

—  Promises  to  it,  xcii.  155. 

—  Of  the  wicked  perisheth,  cxxii.  161. 
Hospitality,  clxiii.  289. 

House  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

Humble  saints,  their  expressions,  xl.  255. 

Humility  toward  God,  xxxiv.  254. 

—  Toward  men,  xxxv.  254. 
Humility  of  ministers,  cxxiv.  275. 

—  Examples  of  it,  xxxviii.  255. 
Humility  in  prayer,  clxx.  1 72. 

—  Promises  to  it,  xxxvi.  254.    See  pride,  xli, 
256. 

Husbands,  their  duties,  Ixiv.  260. 
Hypocrisy,  xxx.  193. 

—  Marks  of  it,  xxxi.  193. 
Hypocrites  known  to  God,  xlvii.  39. 

—  Their  prayer  not  accepted,  cciv.  178. 


Idleness,  vii.  248. 
i  Idolatry,  cxxxvi.  219. 

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330 


INDEX. 


Idolatry,  threats  against  it,  219.  221,  222. 
Jealousy  of  God  for  his  people,  clix.  65. 

—  against  his  enemies,  clix.  65. 

Jesus  Christ,  prophecies  concerning  him,  i.  98. 

—  His  miracles,  xlix.  105. 

—  His  glory,  i.  107. 

—  His  exaltation,  iv.  108. 

—  His  titles,  i.  109.— vii.  112. 

—  His  works,  i.  113. 

—  His  worship,  i.  115. 
-~-  His  perfections,  i.  116. 

—  His  benefits,  i.  119. 
Ignorance  of  God,  vii.  139. 
Images  forbidden,  222. 

—  With  threatenings,  cxlviii.  222. 

—  Are  no  representation  of  God,  223. 
Immortality  of  God,  xxi.  35. 

Impenitent  known   to  God,  xlvi.   39.     See 

xv.  308. 

Importunity  in  prayer,  clxxiii.  172. 
Incarnation  of  Christ,  iii.  99. 
Inchanters,  clviii.  224. 
Inconsideration,  xiv.  308. 
Incorruptible  God,  xxii.  35. 
Indignation  ascribed  to  God,  cli.  65. 
Industry,  vi.  248. 
Influences  of  God's  Spirit,  129  to  135. 

In  prayer,  171. 

In  praise,  ccxi.  180. 

Ingratitude,  Ixx.  246. 

Inheritance  of  Christians,  viii.  318. 

Iniquity  forbidden,  cxxxiii.  218. 

—  Threats  against  the  workers  of  it,  213. 
Iniquity  is  not  in  God,  Ixxxv.  49. 
Injustice  not  in  God,  Ixxxv.  49. 
Instruction  from  God,  Iv.  89. 

From  ministers,  cxxxviii.  282. 

Not  receiving  it  from  ministers,  cxlii. 

283. 

Giving  and  receiving  it,  li.  242. 

Refusing  it,  Iii.  243. 

Fools  refuse  it,  xv.  251. 

To  be  given  to  children,  Ixix.  260. 

Integrity,  xx.  192. 

Intemperance  in  meat  and  drink,  ii.  246.    See 

drunkenness,  247. 

In  magistrates,  civ.  268. 

In  ministers,  cxxxv.  280. 

Intercession  of  Christ,  vii.  120. 

Intreaties  that  prayer  may  be  heard,  cxcvii. 

176. 

Intruders  into  the  ministerial  office,  cxviii.  271. 
Invisible  God,  xv.  34. 
Joy  in  God,  Ixxxvi.  155. 
Joy  in  God  through  Christ,  Ixxxvii.  155. 

In  God  promised,  xciv.  1 55. 

Joy  and  comfort  promised  to  believers,  xxix. 

144. 

Joy  in  heaven,  xii.  319. 
Judge  of  the  world,  God,  iii.  74.— ii.  316. 
Judge  at  the  last  day,  Christ,  iv.  113. 


Judging  one  another  forbidden,  Ixvi.  245. 
Judgment,  future,  i.  316. 

—  The  time  of  it,  iv.  316. 

—  The  persons  to  be  judged,  iii.  316. 

—  Employment  of  angels  at  it,  xxvii.  70 

—  Uses  of  the  doctrine  of  it,  v.  317. 
Judgments  of  God  right,  Ixxxiii.  48. 

—  Have  been  inflicted  by  angels,  xxiv.  69. 

—  Threatened,  occasioned  fasting,  clx.  170. 
Just,  promises  to  them,  cxiii.  210. 
Justice  of  God,  Ixxxiv.  49. 

—  Of  Christ,  ix.  118. 

Justice  of  magistrates,  xcvii.  265. 
Justification  from  God,  xvii.  78. 

—  Not  by  works  of  the  law,  xviii.  78. 

—  Is  of  grace,  cxxv.  59. 

—  Is  free,  and  by  grace  through  Christ,  xix.79. 

—  Is  by  Christ,  xii.  121. 

—  Is  promised  to  faith  in  God,  xx.  143. 

—  Is  promised  to  faith  in  Christ,  xxl  143. 


K. 


Keep,  God  doth  keep  his  people,  Ixxiv.  95. 
Kindness  of  God,  cxvi.  57. 

—  Prayed  for,  ex  vii.  57. 

—  Thanks  for  it,  cxviii.  58. 
Kindness  in  men,  Ixii.  244. 
King,  God  is  so,  i.  73. 

—  Christ  is  so,  xxxv.  126. 

King.     See  magistrates,  265  to  270. 
Kings,  disobeying  them  sinful,  cxiii.  269. 

—  When  not  sinful,  cxiv.  270. — cliii.  223. 
Kingdom  of  heaven,  who  shall  not  enter  into 

it,  xxviii.  321. 

Who  shall  enter  into  it,  vii.  viii.  318. 

Knowing  God  and  Christ,  a  duty,  i.  138. 

—  Not  knowing  God,  a  sin,  vii.  139. 

—  How  God  is  made  known,  iv.  138. — i.  33. 
Knowledge,  God's  is  perfect,  xxxii.  36. 

—  Things  which  God  alone  knoweth,  xxxv. 
37. 

—  God  knoweth  his  people,  xii.  38. 

—  He  knoweth  the  wicked,  xl.  38. 

—  Sins  against  this  attribute  of  God,  liii.  40. 
Knowledge,  Christ's,  i.  116. 


L. 

Labour,  a  duty,  vi.  248. 
Lame  cured  by  Christ,  liii.  106. 
Lands,  the  law  thereof,  clvi.  288. 
Law  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  To  be  esteemed  and  obeyed,  Ixi.  199. 

—  Is  a  means  of  conversion,  ix.  307. 
Lawgiver,  God  is  so,  ii.  73. 
Leader,  God  is  so,  Ivii.  89. 

—  Christ  is  so,  Iviii.  89. 


INDEX. 


331 


Lending,  the  law  thereof,  clvii.  288. 
Leprosy,  cured  by  Christ,  liii.  106. 
Liars,  clxxvii.  293. 
Life  of  man,  short,  i.  312. 

—  The  term  of  it,  ii.  Hi.  313. 

Life  eternal,  the  gift  of  God  through  Christ, 
xvi.  122. 

—  Is  from  and  by  Christ,  xv.  122. 
Life,  Christ  so  called,  xiv.  122. 

Light,  the  works  and  children  thereof,  Ixxxvi. 

206. 
Light  of  the  world,  Christ  is,  xxv.  124. — v. 

138. 

Light  and  direction  promised,  xxvii.  144. 
Likeness,  none  of  God,  xi.  33. 
Living  God,  xii.  33. 
Loathed  of  God,  who,  civ.  65. 
Loathing  of  self,  because  of  sin,  xxx.  311. 
Loftiness  in  man,  xlviii.  257. 
Longing  for  God,  Ixxxv.  154. 
Long-suffering  of  God,  cxiv.  57. 

—  Of  men,  see  Ixvi.  245. 
Looking  to  God,  xliv.  147. 
Lord,  Christ  so  called,  v.  110. 
Love,  God's  to  Christ,  Ixxviii.  154. 

to  believers  in  Christ,  xxiii.  144. 

to  his  people,  cause  of  joy,  c.  156. 

Love  to  God,  Ixvi.  152. — xxi.  320. 

—  How  produced,  Ixxi.  153. 

—  How  evidenced,  Ixxiv.  153. 

—  Prayer  to  be  made  with  it,  clxvii.  1 72. 
Love,  Christ's  to  his  church,  xviii.  123. — Ixxx. 

154. 

—  The  church's  to  Christ,  Ixxix.  154. 

—  To  Christ,  how  enforced,  Ixxv.  Ixxvi.  Ixxvii. 
153. 

—  How  evidenced,  Ixxxi.  154. 

—  To  mankind,  i.  231. 

—  To  ministers  of  Christ,  cxxxix.  282. 
Lusts  of  the  flesh,  xci.  207. 
Lukewarmness.     See  want  of  zeal,  xvi.  191. 
Lying,  clxxiv.  293. 

M. 

Magicians,  clvii.  224. 
Magistrates,  265  to  270. 

—  Their  qualifications,  xcviii.  266. 

—  Their  duties,  xcvii.  265. 

—  Their  sins,  cii.  267. 

—  Their  concern  with  religion,  xcix.  266. 

—  Good  ones  promised,  c.  267. 

—  Evil  ones  threatened  to  be  given  as  a  pu- 
nishment, cvi.  268. 

—  Evil  ones,  enemies  to  religion,  cvii.  268. 

—  Enemies  to  civil  interest,  cv.  268. 
Magnifying  one's  self,  lii.  258. 
Majesty  of  God,  xxix.  36. 

Malice,  xiv.  234. 

Man,  his  creation,  xii.  67. 

—  His  condition  after  his  creation,  xiv,  68. 


Man,  his  fall  into  sin,  xv.  68. 
Mansions  in  heaven,  x.  319. 
Marks  and  evidences  of  faith,  xiv.  141, 
Marriage,  Ivii.  259. 

—  Into  religious  families,  Ixxiii.  261 

—  With  heathens,  forbidden,  Ixi.  259. 
Masters,  their  duties,  xcv.  265. 
Means  of  conversion,  x.  307. 

—  Of  faith,  xviii.  xix.  142. 

—  Of  godliness,  Hi.  188. 

—  Of  perfection,  xxvi.  193. 

—  Of  salvation,  xlvii.  87. 

Meat  and  drink,  temperance  therein,  i.  246. 
Mediator,  Christ,  vi.  1 20. 
Meditation  upon  God  and  his  word,  xlix.  148. 
Meek,  they  rejoice  in  God,  Ixxxix.  155. 

,  promises  to  them,  xxx.  254. 

Mercy  of  God,  c.  52. 

—  Promised,  ci.  53. 

—  To  whom  promised,  cii.  54. 

—  Prayed  for,  ciii.  54. 

—  Acknowledged,  civ.  54. 

—  Cause  of  joy,  ci.  156. 

—  Cause  of  praise,  ccxv.  181. 

—  Cause  of  thanks,  cv.  55. 
Mercy  in  men,  xliii.  240. 
Might,  ascribed  to  God,  lix.  4 

Mind  of  man  influenced  by  God's  Spirit,  ii. 

129. 

Mind  of  Christ,  was  influenced  by  it,  iv.  130. 
Ministerial  abilities  are  of  grace  given,  cxxxi.  59 
Ministers,  their  duties,  cxv.  270. 

—  They  are  means  of  conversion,  x.  307. 

—  Of  faith,  xix.  142. 

—  Of  perfection,  xxvii.  193. 

—  Of  salvation,  xxvii.  193. 

—  Good  ones  promised,  cxxi.  274. 

—  Promises  to  them,  cxxii.  274. 

—  Wicked  ones,  threats  against  them,  cxxxiii. 
279. 

—  Duties  towards  ministers,  282. 

—  Sins  against  them,  ex  lii.  283. 

Miracles  recorded  in  the  Old  Testament,  God's 
power  therein,  Ixxviii.  45. 

—  The  design  thereof,  Ixxviii.  45. 

—  The  evidence  thereof  appealed  to  by  Christ, 
xlix.  105. 

—  Attending  the  birth  of  Christ,  1.  105, 

—  Wrought  by  Christ,  ix.  100. 

—  Wrought  by  the  influence  of  the  Spirit, 
Iviii.  107. 

—  Attending  the  death  of  Christ,  Ivi.  106. 

—  Of  the  apostles,  107  and  146. 

—  Wrought  by  prayer,  cxcix.  176. 

—  Wrought  for  persons  of  eminent  faith, 
xxxvii.  146. 

Miraculous  gifts  of  the  Spirit,  xii.  132. 
Mischief,  doing  it,  xl.  240. 
Mischievous,  fools  are  so,  xviii.  251. 
Money  in  a  fish's  mouth,  Iv.  106. 

—  Christ  was  sold  for  it,  xxi.  101. 


332 


INDEX. 


Mortification,  promises  to  it,  xxii.  320. 
Mothers,  God's  care  of  them,  Ixxviii.  262. 
Motives  to  prayer,  cxcii.  tocxcviii.  175. 
Mountain  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 
Mourning  for  sin,  xvii.  309. 
Murder  forbidden,  cxliv.  284. 
Murderers  known  to  God,  lii.  40. 

—  Threats  against  them,  cxlvi.  284 
Murmuring,  xxviii.  253. 

N. 

Name  of  God  is  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

Name  of  Christ,  prayer  to  be  made  in  it,  clxiv. 

171. 
New  creatures,  Christians  are,  Ixxvii.  97. 

—  Their  duty  as  such,  Ixxviii.  97. 
North  and  south  created,  vi.  67. 


0. 


Oath,  the  nature  and  duty  thereof,  clxxv.  226. 
Obedience  to  God,  lix.  to  Ixvii.  199.— xv.  320. 

—  Must  accompany  prayer,  clxix.  172. 

—  Thanks  for  it,  ccxix.  182. 
Obedience  to  Christ,  Ixix.  202. 
Obedience  is  an  evidence  of  love  to  Christ, 

Ixxxi.  154. 
Obedience  to  parents,  xci.  264. 

—  To  magistrates,  cxii.  269. 

—  To  ministers,  cxxxviii.  282. 
Oblation  of  Christ,  vii.  131. 
Observers  of  times,  clx.  224. 
Offences  forbidden,  xxxv.  238. 
Offices  of  Christ,  as  prophet,  124. 

,  as  priest,  124. 

,  as  king,  126. 

One  with  the  Father,  Christ,  vi.  111. 
Operations  of  the  Spirit,  129  to  135. 
Oppression  forbidden,  clviii.  288. 

—  Deliverance  from  it,  Ixvii.  93. 
Oppressors,  threats  against  them,  clx.  288. 
Oppressed,  promises  to  them,  clxii.  289. 
Oracle  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 
Ordination  of  God,  viii.  74. 

Overcome,  promises  to  such  as  do,  xl.  72. — 
Ixxi.  203.— xxv.  320. 


P. 


Pain,  freedom  from  it  in  heaven,  xiii.  319. 
Palsy  cured  by  Christ,  liii.  106. 
Pardon  of  sin,  cvi.  55. 

—  Promised  to  faith,  xx.  143. 
to  repentance,  xv.  191. 

—  Is  of  grace,  cxxvi.  60. 

—  Prayed  for.  cvii.  56. 
Parents,  their  duties,  Ixvi.  260. 

—  Duties  toward  them,  xci.  264. 


Parents,  a  fool's  conduct  toward  them,xvii.251. 

—  Wicked,  cursed,  Ixxxii.  263. 

—  Godly,  blessed,  Ixxxi.  263. 
Partiality  forbidden,  cii.  267. 
Patience  towards  God,  xxv.  252. 

—  Towards  men,  xxvi,  253. 
Patience  in  God.     See  compassion,  56. 
Peace  with  God,  xxvii.  236. 

—  Through  Christ,  x.  121. 

—  Promised  to  believers,  xxviii.  144. 

—  Promised  to  the  church  of  God,xxviiL237. 
Peace  with  men,  xxiii.  xxv.  xxvi.  235. 
People  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  Known  to  him,  xli.  38. 
Perfections  of  God,  ii.  33. 

—  Of  Christ,  i.  to  xiii.  116. 
Perfection  required  in  men,  xxiii.  192. 
Persecution  of  Christ,  xix.  101. 

—  Of  Christians,  xlviii.  104. 
Perseverance,  promises  to  it,  xxiv.  320. 
Perseverance  in  faith,  xiii.  140. 
Perverseness,  211. 

Pity  ascribed  to  men,  xlv.  241. 

—  To  God,  cxii.  56. 

—  Persons  that  God  will  not  pity,  cxiii.  57. 
Place  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  5 1 . 

Planter,  God  is  so  to  his  people,  Ixxix.  97. 
Pleasures  of  fools,  xxii.  251. 
Pollution  of  sin,  cv.  209. 
Poor,  promises  to  them,  clxix.  290. 

—  God  will  deliver  them,  Ixix.  94. 

—  Their  prayer  heard,  clxxxv.  174. 

—  Duties  toward  them,  clxxi.  291. 

—  Charity  to  them  is  honouring  God,  ccxxx 
185. 

Portions  to  children,  Ixxiv.  261. 
Possible,  all  things  so  to  God,  Ixvii.  41. 
Power  of  God,  Iviii.  40. 

—  In  creation,  Ixxi.  42. 

—  In  government,  Ixxii.  42. 

—  Toward  his  church,  Ixxiii.  42. 

—  Toward  the  righteous,  Ixxiv.  43. 

—  In  spiritual  blessings,  Ixxv.  43. 

—  Against  the  wicked,  Ixxvi.  43. 

—  Sins  and  duties  respecting  God's  power, 
Ixxvii.  44. 

—  Of  Christ,  iii.  116. 

—  Toward  his  church,  iv.  117. 

—  Against  his  enemies,  v.  117. 

—  Committed  to  the  apostles,  cxvi.  271. 
Praise  due  to  God,  and  required,  ccvi.  179. 

—  Subjects  of  it,  181  to  183. 

—  Divine  influence  therein,  ccxi.  180. 

—  Must  be  frequent,  ccix.  179.   . 

—  Must  be  sincere,  ccx.  179. 

—  God  is  honoured  by  it,  ccxxvii.  1 84. 

—  God  is  glorified  by  it,  ccxxx  v.  185. 

—  Offered  by  the  righteous,  acceptable,  298. 

—  By  the  wicked,  unacceptable,  ccvii.  1 79. 
Prayer,  the  Lord's,  a  good  model,  clxxx.  174. 

—  Promises  that  it  shall  be  heard,  cxciii.  175. 


INDEX. 


333 


Prayer,  persons  whose  prayer  shall  be  heard, 
clxii.  171. 

—  Access  to  God  in  it  promised,  xxxi.  145. 

—  Through  grace,  cxxxv.  60. 

—  In  the  name  of  Christ,  171. 

—  With  assistance  of  the  Spirit,  171. 

—  With  duties  toward  God  and  man,  172. 

—  Public,  173. 

—  Private,  clxxv.  173. 

—  Intercessory,  for  whom,  175. 

—  Of  parents  for  children,  Ixviii.  260. 

—  Subjects  for  governors,  ex.  269. 

—  Governors  for  subjects,  xcix.  266. 

—  People  for  ministers,  cxl.  282. 

—  Ministers  for  people,  cxxxi.  278 

—  For  what  we  ought  to  pray,  174. 
Prayerless  persons,  cciii.  178. 
Preacher,  Christ  one,  xii.  100. 
Preaching,  its  good  effects,  cxx.  274. 
Precepts  of  God,  righteous,  48. 

—  Holy,  51. 
Predestination,  xi.  75. 

Presence  of  God,  everywhere,  xxv.  35. 

—  With  his  people,  xxix.  80. 

—  A  cause  of  joy,  xcix.  156. 
Presence  of  Christ  with  his  people,  123. 
Present  with  Christ,  xi.  319. 
Preserver,  God,  is  so,  Ixxv.  96. 
Precious,  Christ  is  so,  xxx.  145. 

Price.  Christ  is,  120. 
Pride  against  God,  xli.  256. 

—  Against  men,  xlii.  256. 

—  Spiritual,  xliii.  256. 
Priest,  Christ  so  called,  124. 
Prince,  Christ  so  called,  126. 
Procession  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  xv.  135. 
Promises  of  God,  holy,  xcvii.  51. 
Profaning  the  name  of  God,  225. 
Prophecy  concerning  Christ,  98. 

Prophet,  Christ,  xi.  100.— xxii.  xxiii.xxiv.  123. 
Prophets  directed  by  the  Spirit,  ii.  129. 

—  Were  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  Delivered  from  enemies,  Ixx.  94. 

—  False  ones,  225. 
Propitiation,  Christ,  xxxiii.  126. 
Prosperity  and  adversity  in  God's  hand,  42, 

—  From  God,  cause  of  joy,  ex.  157. 
Proud  described,  xli.  256. 

—  They  are  known  to  God,  xlv.  39. 

—  Threats  and  prayers  against  them,  257. 259. 
Provide  for  children,  Ixvi.  260. 
Providence  towards  kings,  268. 
Punishments,    God    righteous    in    inflicting 

them,  Ixxx.  48. 

—  Will  be  inflicted  by  Christ,  vii.  114. 

—  Inflicted  by  angels,  xxiv.  xxvii.  69. 

—  Future,  xxviii.  321. 
Purge,  God  doth,  xxvi.  80. 
Purify,  God  doth,  xxvii.  80. 
Purity  of  God,  xciii.  50. 

—  Of  heart,  194. 


Q. 

Qualifications  of  magistrates,  266. 

—  Of  ministers,  274. 
Quarrels,  238. 

R. 

Railing,  297. 
Raiment  promised,  304. 
Ransom,  Christ,  120. 
Rebellion  against  God,  212. 

—  Against  magistrates,  269. 

—  Against  ministers,  cxlii.  283. 
Rebuke  one  another,  243. 
Reconciliation  by  Christ,  120. 
Redemption  by  Christ,  ii.  120. 

—  The  wisdom  of  God  in  it,  Ivi.  40. 

—  Promised  to  God's  people,  1.  87. 
Refine,  God  doth,  xxviii.  80. 
Refuge,  God  is,  Ixiii.  91. 
Rejoicing  in  God,  Ixxxvi.  155. 

—  In  things  of  God,  xcv.  155. 

—  Through  Christ,  Ixxxvii.  155. 

—  In  Christ,  xciii.  155. 

—  To  whom  promised,  Ixxxviii.  155. 
Relying  upon  God,  163. 
Remembering  God,  148. 
Repentance  preached,  i.  305. 

—  Enforced  by  threats,  xv.  309. 

—  Enforced  by  promises,  iii.   305. — xxxii. 
311. 

—  Promised,  xi.  308. 

—  Cause  and  means,  God,  vii.  307. 

Christ,  viii.  307. 

God's  law,  ix.  307. 

The  ministry,  x.  307,  308. 


Reproach,  296. 

—  Cast  on  Christ,  xvii.  101. 
Reprove  one  another,  243. 
Resignation  to  God,  cxxvii.  162. 
Resolution  to  obey  God,  Ixii.  200. 
Restitution,  288. 

Resurrection  of  Christ  foretold,  103. 

—  Evidences  of  it,  xli.  103. 

—  How  effected,  xliii.  104.— viii.  131. 

—  Of  the  dead,  x.  315. 
Returning  to  God,  305,  306. 
Revelations  of  God's  will  by  angels,  69. 
Revenge,  xlviii.  242. 

Revilings,  296. 
Revolting  from  God,  212. 
Rewards,  God  righteous  therein,  48. 

—  According  to  works,  203. 

—  Dispensed  by  Christ,  v.  113. 

To  the  righteous,  vi.  113. 

Rich,  their  duties,  289. 

—  Their  sins,  300,  301. 

Riches,  their  disadvantages,  299,  300. 


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INDEX. 


Riches,  their  advantages,  300.  302. 

—  Promised,  302. 

—  Ministers  seek  them  not,  276. 

—  Spiritual,  only  to  be  sought,  304. 
Righteous,  promises  to  them,  189. 

—  Life  promised  to  them,  xvi.  320. 

—  Their  happiness  in  heaven,  318. 

—  Their  joy  in  God,  Ixxxviii.  155. 

—  God's  power  toward  them,  Ixxiv.  93. 

—  Christ's  power  toward  them,  117. 
Righteousness  required,  188. 
Righteousness  of  God,  Ixxix.  48. 

—  Of  Christ,  vi.  117. 
Robbery  forbidden,  287. 

Rock,  the  power  of  God,  Ixv.  41. — Ixiii.  91. 
Ruler,  God  is  so,  i.  73. 

—  Christ  is  so,  126. 
Rulers,  their  duties,  xcvii.  265. 

—  Their  sins,  cii.  267. 


S. 


Sabbath,  229—230. 

Sacraments,  or  baptism  and  the  supper,  127. 

Sacrifice  of  Christ,  125  and  131. 

Safety  is  from  God,  91. 

Salvation  from  God,  xliii.  84. 

—  By  Christ,  i.  119. 

• —  To  whom  promised,  xliv.  86. 

—  Promised  to  faith  in  Christ,  145. 

—  Through  grace,  cxxxvi.  60. — xlv.  86. 

—  Means  of  it,  87. 

—  Prayed  for,  xliv.  86. 
Sanctification,  79. 

—  Through  faith,  145.  » 

—  Through  and  by  Christ,  121. 

—  The  Spirit's  work  therein,  133. 
Sanctifying  God,  187. 

Satan's  influences  on  the  hearts  of  the  wicked, 

196. 

Satisfy,  God  doth,  158. 
Saviour,  God,  84. 

—  Christ,  119. 
Scorning,  258. 
Scriptures,  holy,  51. 

—  Written  under  the  influence  of  the  Spirit, 
132. 

—  Are  means  of  faith,  142. 

Of  sanctification,  xxiii.  79. 

Scriptures  are  means  of  perfection,  193. 
Of  salvation,  87. 

Sea  created,  66. 

Secret  things  known  to  God,  xxxv.  37. 

Seeking  God,  166. 

—  Promises  to  it,  166. 

—  Not  seeking  God,  167. 

Servants  of  God,  promises  to  them,  94.  198. 

—  Serving  God,  liii.  to  Iviii.  197. 
Servants,  their  duties,  265. 
Shame  for  sin,  xxvii.  310. 


Shield,  God  so  called,  Ixiii.  91. 
Shortness  of  life,  312.       v 
Sickness,  deliverance  from  it,  93. 
To  be  prayed  for,  174. 

—  Cured  by  Christ,  106. 

Sin,  its  entrance  into  the  world,  xvi.  68. 

—  Called  corruption,  208.     Defilement,  208. 
Uncleanness,  208.    Pollution,  209.    Filthi- 
ness,  209.      Vileness,  209.     Abominable- 
ness,  209.     Perverseness,  211. 

—  Benefits  of  Christ  against  it,  122. 
Sinners,  threats  against  them,  213. 
Sincerity,  192. — In  heart,    194. — In  prayer, 

171.— In  praise,  179. 
Singing  God's  praise,  181. 
Single  heart,  195. 

Sitting  at  God's  right  hand,  Christ,  104. 
Slander,  295. 

Sleep,  temperance  therein,  248. 
Sloth.     See  sluggard,  vii.  248. 
Slothfulness  in  ministers,  280. 
Son  of  God,  Christ,  109. 
Sons  of  God.     See  adoption,  59. 
Soothsayers,  224. 
Sorrows  of  God's  people  known  to  him,  xliii. 

39. 

—  None  in  heaven,  xiii.  319. 
Sorrow  for  sin,  xvi.  309. 
Speaking  evil,  clxxx.  294. 
Spirit  of  God,  Holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  Sanctifieth  or  maketh  holy,  79. 

—  See  Holy  Ghost,  129  to  135. 
Spirit  of  grace,  cxxi.  58. 

—  Was  upon  Christ,  x.  100. — iii.  136. 
Spirits,  familiar,  225. 

Spiritual  riches  to  be  sought,  304. 
Spiritual  things  to  be  prayed  for,  174. 
Spirituality  of  God,  xiv.  34. 
Spiritually  minded,  xvii.  320. 
Statutes  of  God,  righteous,  Ixxxiii.  48. 
Steadfastness  in  faith,  xiii.  140. 
Strange  gods,  221. 

—  Are  vanity,  221. 

—  Worshippers  thereof  punished,  221. 
Strangers,  duties  toward  them,  291. 

—  Promises  to  them,  292. 
Strength  of  God,  41. 

—  God  giveth  strength,  89. 
Strength  of  God  a  cause  of  joy,  156. 
Striking,  the  law  thereof,  284. 
Strife,  xxxii.  238. 

Strong  in  faith,  xiii.  140. 
Stubbornness,  cxxiii.  212. 
Subjection  to  Christ,  vii.  108. 
Submission  and  resignation  to  God,  162. 

—  Prayer  to  be  made  with  it,  174. 
Sufferings  of  Christ,  xiv.  100. 

—  The  benefits  thereof,  125. 
Sufferings  of  Christ's  servants,  277. 

—  Their  supports  therein,  278. 

—  Promises  to  them,  320. 


INDEX. 


335 


Summer  and  winter  created,  v.  67. 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars  created,  iii.  66. 
Supper,  Lord's,  its  institution,  128. 

—  Preparation  for  it,  v.  128. 
Supports  of  life  promised,  ccxvii.  302. 

—  Miraculously  supplied,  304. 
Supporting  ministers,  283. 

—  Not  supporting  them,  284. 
Swearing  lawfully,  clxxv.  226. 

—  Sinfully,  clxvii.  225. 

T. 

Talebearing,  295. 
Talkativeness,  294. 
Teacher,  God  is,  88. 

—  Holy  Ghost,  89. 

—  Christ,  xii.  100. 

—  Ministers,  272. 
Tears  for  sin,  310. 

—  With  prayer,  173. 
Temperance,  i.  246. 

—  In  ministers  of  Christ,  277, 
Temple,  heavenly,  319. 
Terribleness  of  God,  65. 
Testimonies  of  God  are  righteous,  48. 

—  Are  faithful,  50. 
Thanks  due  to  God,  179. 

—  To  be  offered  through  Christ,  180. 

—  For  what  to  be  offered,  181,  &c. 
Theft,  287. 

Thirsting  for  God,  154. 

Threats,  God's  faithfulness  therein,  50. 

Throne  of  God,  dominion,  i.  73. 

—  Is  holy,  xcvii.  51. 

—  Of  grace,  58. 

Titles  of  Christ,  109.— xxi.  123. 

Transgressors,  threats  against  them,  217. 

Treatment  for  fools,  251. 

Trinity,  136. 

Trouble,  prayers  in  it,  177. 

—  Deliverance  from  it,  183. 
Trusting  in  God  and  Christ,  163. 

—  Joy  promised  to  it,  xci.  155. 
True  God,  xiii.  34. 

Truth  of  God,  Ixxxvi.  49. 

—  Things  of  God  called  truth,  Ixxxvii.  49. 
Truth  of  Christ,  x.  1 1 8. 

Truth,  speaking  it,  293. 
Turning  to  God,  vi.  306. 


u. 

Unbelief.     See  want  of  faith,  146. 
Unchangeableness  of  God,  xxiv.  35. 
Uncharitableness  toward  the  poor,  291. 
—  Known  to  God,  xlviii.  39. 
Uncleanness  of  sin,  208. 
Ungodly,  threats  against  them,  188. 


Unity  of  God,  iii.  33. 

—  Of  Christ  with  God,  vi.  111. 

—  Among  men,  237. 

Unjust,  threats  against  them,  210. 
Unmerciful,  241. 
Unrighteous,  threats,  190. 
Unsearchableness  of  God,  xvi.  34. 
Untharikfulness,  179. 
Uphold,  God  doth,  90. 
Upright,  xvii.  191. 
Upright  in  heart,  194. 
Usury,  289. 


V. 


Vengeance  of  God,  65. 

—  Upon  the  wicked,  cause  of  joy  to  God's 

people,  156. 
Vileness  of  sin,  209. 
Vows,  228. 


w. 

Waiting  upon  God,  161. 

—  Not  waiting  upon  him,  162. 
Wander  from  God,  169. 
Want  of  children,  264. 

Wants  of  God's  people  known  to  him,  39. 

Warn  one  another,  243. 

Wash,  God  doth,  79. 

Ways  of  God  right,  Ixxxiii.  48. 

Ways  of  man's  heart,  212. 

Weeping  for  sin,  xxii.  310. 

Whispering,  295. 

Whoredom,  natural  and  spiritual,  known  to 

God,  li.  40. 
Wicked,  their  sins  known  to  God,  xliv.  39. 

—  His  threatenings  against  them,  213. 

—  They  glorify  not  God,  187. 

—  God  glorified  in  their  destruction,  187. 

—  His  power  against  them,  Ixxvi.  43. 

—  Their  prayer  not  heard,  178. 

—  Their  praise  not  acceptable,  179. 
Will  of  God,  vi.  74. 

—  Revealed  is  matter  of  praise,  182. 
Wisdom  of  God,  liv.  40. 

—  In  creation,  Iv.  40. 

—  In  redemption,  Ivi.  40. 

Wisdom,  man's  nothing  compared  to  God's, 

Ivii.  40. 

Wisdom  of  Christ,  ii.  116. 
Wisdom,  its  excellency,  ix.  249. 
Wisdom  and  religion  the  same,  250. 

—  The  study  of  it  recommended,  249 

—  Is  the  gift  of  God,  249. 

—  Prayed  for,  174.  250. 

—  Promises  to  it,  xxvii.  320 

—  Vainly  pretended  to  by  fools,  250. 

—  Being  proud  of  it,  256. 


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INDEX. 


Witches,  225. 

Witness-bearing,  292. 

Wives,  their  duties,  260. 

Wizards,  225. 

Wonderful  doings,  God's  power  therein,  41. 

Word  of  God  right,  Ixxxiii.  48. 

—  Faithful,  50. 

—  A  mean  of  faith,  142. — Of  sanctification, 
79.— Of  salvation,  87. 

Words  of  prayer,  173. 

Words  of  the  righteous,  cxcvi.  297. 

—  Of  the  wicked,  294. 

—  Of  fools,  251. 

Works,  God's,  matter  of  praise,  183. 
Works  of  Christ,  113. 

—  Of  God's  people  known  to  him,  39. 

—  Of  the  wicked,  known,  40. 

—  Rewards  according  to  them,  Ixxiii.  203. 

—  Good,  commanded,  204. 

—  God  is  glorified  by  them,  186. 

—  Of  the  devil,  207. 

—  Of  the  flesh,  207. 

—  Of  darkness,  206. 


Worship  of  God,  169. 

—  Of  Christ,  115. 

—  Of  the  Holy  Ghost,  137. 

Worship  offered  by  angels,  xxviii.  xxix.  70. 

—  Not  due  to  angels,  71.  169. 

—  God  honoured  by  it,  184. 

—  What  kind  acceptable,  169. 

—  What  kind  unacceptable,  170. 

—  Rejoicing  in  it,  155. 

—  Public.     See  prayer,  173.     Praise,  180. 

—  Private,  173. 
Wounding,  maiming,  284. 

Wrath  of  God  against  the  wicked,  64. 

—  Prayers  and  promises  to  be  delivered  from 
it,  64. 

Wrath  in  men  forbidden,  235. 
Wrathful,  fools  are  so,  251. 


z. 


Zeal  in  God,  66. 
—  In  men,  191. 


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